A BELOVED institution, made even more so by the fact that it’s just about the last good, old-fashioned dive bar that we have left…
Hinano Café is a Venice Institution
A Snake in the Wheatgrass
We’ve all seen the Cryptic Ballerina Clown atop CVS, proudly throwing up “666”, or the “OM” or “AUM” symbol (depending on your perception), at the corner of Main and Rose. And I’m […]
1969 and 2016
by Jon Wolff In April of 1969, a Venice activist by the name of Helene Wolff presented a prepared statement to Los Angeles City Planning Commission. It went something like this: The […]
A VIEW FROM THE BOTTOM
by Pat Raphael When cooking up a bum stew, you quickly learn there has to be at least three rocks around your fire — saves your teetering meal from ending up all […]
Poetry – The Death of Venice
by Blake Abramovitz i Pit bulls kick up dirt engoldened by the sun, honey to sooth broken streets of Lexus hybrids and homeless clowns. Princes sheathed in denim stagger past out-of- work […]
PROPAGANDA 101
by Jon Wolff The Free Venice Beachhead is the oldest newspaper published of, by, and for Venetians. It has reflected the complex Spirit of Venice for decades. The Beachhead has served as […]
BOOK REVIEW “YOU CAN CHECK OUT” by Eli Elliott
I love, love, love this non fiction trade paperback novel, written, drawn and published by the one and only Eli Elliott, a Venice Beach local who is originally from Michigan. “You can […]
Winter in Venice, 2016
Go home and write a poem, Mary it’s not that easy it looks easy: compared to writing a novel or some long memoir that used to be more interesting but now is […]
Krista’s Mini’s
Time to Throw the Bums Out! Like the nation, this year is an election year for Neighborhood Councils across Los Angeles. Candidate filing for the Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) has already begun […]
Lisa Robins’ “Blessing”
By Suzy Williams Venice goddess Lisa Robins gives a riveting and emotional performance as an Ivy-League Jewish girl who tries out kibbutz life. She falls in love and settles in Tecoa, Israel, […]
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