(This is a re-print from the December 1983 Beachhead 15th Anniversary issue) By Carol Fondiller Write about the Free Venice Beachhead. Easy, I thought. Well, it hasn’t been. Something inside me skitters […]
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Beachhead – Inside to Out
(This is a re-print from the December 1983 Beachhead 15th Anniversary issue) By Rick Davidson “Write your feelings about the Beachhead,” I was asked. “I’ve got mixed feelings,” I said. They replied. […]
An Interview with John Haag
(This is a re-print from the November 2002 issue) By Suzy Williams John Haag – whose long career of fighting for the rights of Venetians has earned him the title of People’s […]
Abbot Kinney to be Christmas Host
By Laura Shepard Townsend If you can spare a moment to contemplate Abbot Kinney’s Venice when he hosted the annual and most splendid Christmas Parties at the Venice Dance Pavilion….The local papers […]
An Animal House For Our Zoo
By CJ Gronner Animal House has been decking out Venetians for so long that owner, Ronny Kleyweg, can’t remember exactly when he opened. “The ’70s? The early 80s? I’m not that good […]
Venice Legend: Venice Street Legends
By Greta Cobar It’s always nice to interview people that I like, and it’s an added bonus if it’s a band whose music makes me get up and dance pretty much every […]
Wanda Coleman: 1946-2013
By Richard Modiano Wanda Coleman was born and raised in Watts and was a lifelong Angeleno. Encouraged by her parents, Coleman began to write poetry when she was only five years old. […]
Poetry
Venice as Mecca or Jerusalem – By John Haag About God & Things – By Wanda Coleman Bedtime Story – By Wanda Coleman OBSERVATIONS ON THE COLOR BLACK – By Philomene Long […]
50 Years After the Coup That Changed America Forever
By Jim Smith Have you heard it on the news About this fascist groove thang Evil men with racist views Spreading all across the land Don’t just sit there on your ass […]
Letters
Della Franco Suzanne Verdal Lola Terrell Gene Mendez Michael Millman Ted ———————————— Dear Beachhead, I would like to thank the Beachhead for printing the article by Brian Connolly “On Being Homeless in Venice”. I […]

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