MUSE-ings: L.A. Edition

Melissa Richardson Banks sits down with The Pie Hole co-owner Lindsay Hollister Heffner. To learn more, visit www.thepieholela.com.

Melissa Richardson Banks talks with co-owner John Rankin of Boomtown Brewery in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles during the brewery's Friday night series, now weekly 6pm-2am.

Melissa Richardson Banks visits the Downtown Showroom of Hughes Estate Sales on the first day of their monthly Three-Day Sale (starts on the 3rd Friday of every month). To learn more, visit www.HughesEstateSales.com.

Downtown Muse chats with content manager Jake Denney who heads House of Guvera, the content division of global music streaming company Guvera. Located in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles, this U.S. flagship location for Guvera is a full-scale creative and event space for artists, musicians and brand partners that hosts live, intimate performances with established and emerging artists as well as provides a unique space to host events for brand partners around the world. In addition, the team creates original content for the House of Guvera website that ranges from short films about the music that inspires the lives of brilliant, creative minds, to interviews of artists on tour, photography of live music, and branded content. To learn more about House of Guvera, visit www.houseofguvera.com or https://www.facebook.com/houseofguvera

Downtown Muse tours the Peoples Sausage Company with Brian Bianchetti, a fourth-generation beef jerky maker. His grandfather John Bianchetti founded the business (then named Peoples Old Market) in 1929 as a neighborhood meat market in Downtown Los Angeles. In 1939, the business was renamed Peoples Sausage Company and it moved to its current location at 1132 Pico Blvd. After a brief stint working elsewhere in advertising, Brian returned last year to lead the rebranding of the family business for his father Mark Bianchetti who is the current President & CEO.

Downtown Muse chats live with Teresa Piro, founder of CAN CAN Cleanse, a seasonal organic cleanse company, which now has a new Arts District location. $25 discount on three- or five-day cleanse if you mention #DTMUSE

Thursday is the NEW Friday at Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles with this summer's "Out of Office" concert series. This week, the indie music performances curated by Edgar Varela of EVFA launched and featured The Rebel Light, Holly Conlan, and The Young Romans (the latter were playing during this podcast!). Meet me there for the next indie music concerts on 8/15, 8/29 and 9/5. Details at www.DowntownMuse.com/calendar or www.grandparkla.org.