By Amanda Seward. On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Maya Angelou died at the age of 86. Although I did not know her personally, as did Oprah Winfrey, who called her “mentor, mother/sister, […]
Maya Angelou: An Appreciation
In Memoriam: Billie Harris – Serving the Highest Art – 1937-2014
By Chuck Bloomquist From the late sixties until shortly before he died Billie Harris was a superb musician playing pure, beautiful jazz on his tenor saxophone in and around Venice. When he […]
Pete Seeger: Never Gone
By Anthony Castillo On January 27th at the age of 94 iconic folk singer, folk song collector, song writer and activist Pete Seeger died in New York. As a folk musician, Seeger […]
Poetry
The Venice Primer – by Marti Liboff Beyond All This – by Aryn Youngless Social Soul – by Ronald K. McKinley Whole Life is Black – by Jax Zepnick Homing in – […]
RIP Nelson Mandela: July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013
23:59 Thursday, December 5th, 2013, Adullam ….. Mandela has gone home. Back to the source. Apparently, his life has run its course. Was showing symptoms of advancing age, Some caused by his […]
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. […]
Remembering Lou Reed, a Rock n’ Roll Animal
By Anthony Castillo When I first heard the news of Lou Reed’s passing I said to myself “not Lou!” As you age you expect your rock n’ roll heroes to fall. But […]
RIP Alberta Albertano, long-time Venice resident and mother of famous Venice poet Linda Albertano
On the day before his first day in the first grade, I took Joshie – and Leslie, my wife and his mom – to one of our favorite places in the vast […]
Another Door Closes
By Anne Alvarez The music world lost a legend when founding member and keyboardist of “The Doors” Ray Manzarek passed away in Germany on May 19th at age 74 from Bile duct […]
Obit: Nick Lenin Conn
Nick Conn, long-time Venice resident, died at his home at 224 San Juan Avenue on Tuesday Evening, November 13, 2012. Born Nicolai Lenin Conn on February 22, 1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, […]
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