By Jim Smith No one worked harder than Tisha Bedrosian to create a neighborhood council in Venice. And no one had a more controversial term, or resigned before it was over. The […]
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Film Review: If A Tree Falls
By Mary Getlein Coming home from seeing the movie If A Tree Falls, coming home on the #1 Bus. We pass car dealership lots – I imagine them igniting in flame as […]
Text of the Draft Ocean Front Walk Ordinance
As a public service, the Free Venice Beachhead is printing the Draft Ordinance in its entirety: An ordinance amending Section 42.15 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to prohibit vending and excessive […]
Easing The Automobile Out Of Venice
By Jim Smith Getting around Venice can be a problem if you don’t have a car. Even then, if you park your car on the street, don’t even think about moving it […]
Community Garden Sprouts in Venice
CJ Gronner I had just about had it with urban problems this last month. I thought I was actually going crazy from chopper noise that one night that they hovered right over […]
Two Venetians Kick Off Poetry Books at Beyond Baroque
By Greta Cobar My two most favorite poets in the world launched their books, together, while being watched by many others, at Beyond Baroque on Friday, July 1. WOW! Jim Smith shined […]
Poets Honored by Beyond Baroque
By Roger Linnett On July 17, a dinner at the Church in Ocean Park was the setting for the presentation of the inaugural George Drury Smith Award, named for the founder of […]
Poetry
Franceye, Again – Mary Getlein The Rapture That Never Was – Hal Bogotch The Last of the Oil – Jim Smith No More – Howard Minkin The Age of the Jacaranda Trees – Krista […]
Interview with Singer-Songwriter Jacqueline Fuentes
Interviewed by Karl Abrams Jacqueline Fuentes is a dynamic and charismatic Chilean folk singer, songwriter and international activist. She moved to Venice about 15 years ago from Santiago and has been playing […]
Community Pressure Saves Vera Davis Center
By Roger Linnett The City tried to push one past the Oakwood Community, and the Community pushed back. The result is that the city’s “done deal” of turning the social service center […]
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