How To Be Homeless – a stage performance by Larry Hankin at the Fanatic Salon. Reviewed by Lisa Robins Accompanied by a wailing saxophone intro, the inimitable Larry Hankin bounds onstage through […]
Review of Larry Hankin’s “How To Be Homeless”
The Hack: Living In Your Car
Pat Raphael : 420wPat@gmail.com You are here. You’ve arrived at the beautiful seaside paradise of Venice, California. Only you didn’t get here by buying one of these million-dollar beach pads, in LA’s […]
SPY Holiday Report
By Lisa Robins I spoke with Alison Hurst, the founder of Safe Place for Youth, just before Thanksgiving. Safe Place for Youth (SPY), is a drop in center in Venice which provides […]
Venice-Dell-Pacific Housing Project Proposed implementation of HHH in our neighborhood
By Lisa Robins The mysterious Venice-Dell-Pacific (VDP) is a controversial project which would create 136 units of affordable and permanent supportive housing on city owned land in the median currently being used […]
THE VENICE/ DELL/ PACIFIC HOUSING PROJECT
by MARTY LIBOFF This slideshow is from Venice Community Housing. There is a large affordable housing project being proposed for Venice. There was a community discussion about the project on June 23 […]
Safe Place For Youth – Heroes
– by Lisa Robins There are new kids on my block. Actually, they don’t really look like kids. They look like they could be threatening… streetwise, dirty, some with an attitude…like they’ve […]
Envying The Sea
Envying the Sea Oh, sea! Why can’t I be Like you? If the sky roars Or the earth trembles You stay in place And let seagulls and pelicans Open their wings over […]
Fabric Cocoon
FABRIC COCOON by Dee Allen It was his Only insurance policy, Sole defence against December’s icy embrace. Dependable, protective Blanket, machine-stitched Fabric, stuffed with Tufts of cotton spun In the same factory, […]
A letter from neighbors complaining about Safe Place For Youth
– The following letter was written in response to last month’s article about Safe Place for Youth (SPY). The author asked for anonymity lest she be shamed for complaining about a social […]
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I learned to Stop Worrying, and Love All The Nazis Here In Venice
by im.human Eight days after the earth moved in VENICE–while just standing on the sidewalk merely talking to a friend, I was personally screamed at–and then physically threatened by a nut-case: a […]
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