By Stash Maleski The Venice Art Walls are scheduled to be closed to painting starting July 1, when the last of the city of Los Angeles funding for the current program runs […]
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June 2008 – Folksinger U. Utah Phillips has Died
By Karl Abrams Bruce “U. Utah” Phillips, storyteller and tireless political folk musician for more than 40 years died in his sleep on May 23 at his home in Nevada City. Called […]
June 2008 – Vote To Save Rent Control On June 3 – No On 98
By Jack Neworth In my many years living in an apartment, my experience with landlords it that 4 out of 5 of them are, for lack of a nicer term, greedy. The […]
Venice, 2007
By Alexa Hilal i opened my eyes this morning to an empty mess of sheets beside me and the fat black cat lola basking herself in the same sun that blinded me. […]
June 2008 – Poetry
I have become earth By Jim Smith Tell me the truth, Don was saying, Could you live downtown in one of those new condos? I shrug. I am a Venetian. It’s not […]
June 2008 – The Venice Beat Poets – –The Great River Outside the Mainstream – John Haag
By Jim Smith In many ways, John Haag was a typical member of the Beat Generation in that he forsook a career in Academia or Madison Avenue, for a life dedicated to […]
June 2008 – Poems by John Haag
History Lesson That little ape that came down from a tree and used a stick on his enemy and called aloud to his family to show what a great brave ape […]
June 2008 – Swami X Speaks
By X Swami X Did we fall, were we pushed or did we jump. Am I. I am that I am, a soul, a heel or a chump. Is it reality, a […]
May 2008 – Why May Day Matters
May Day is a truly American holiday. It began in Chicago in 1886 with the struggle to win an 8-hour day. 121 years later, many Venetians still do not work only eight […]
May 2008 – Letters
• Community-Busting Tactics – DeDe Audet • Venice Days – Peter Young • Asbestos at 5 Rose Avenue – Diamond Li • Vandalism on Pacific Avenue – Cristina Rojas CdA • Doggies […]
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