Jon Cohn knows the power of a good venue. Before he started his career in media, Cohn — now LAist’s executive director of live programming and events — worked as an actor in Washington, D.C., and on a number of touring theatrical productions.
Some of the theaters he performed in were “odd,” he said. Some were intimate. Some were enormous.
“The idea is to find the right place for the right thing,” said Cohn. It’s a mantra he still brings to his events work.