January • The year 2009 began with much of Venice grieving for Mark Sponto, proprietor of Sponto’s Gallery at 7 Dudley Avenue. Sponto, as he was generally known, was only 59 years […]
Monday Nights Working With The Beachhead Collective
By Krista Schwimmer In the spring of 2008, I came home one day to find a phone message on my machine from a pleasant sounding woman named Della Franco. Although I […]
Made for Each Other: The Story of a Town and a Newspaper
By Jim Smith How is it possible for a newspaper to survive these days without massive advertising from big corporations? And while we’re at it, how is it possible for a Venice […]
Venice Quiz
The Beachhead sent a questionnaire to our loyal readers who are on our email list to tell us who they are and what they liked about Venice. Here are the aggregated results. […]
The Beats in 1959 Venice
By Bill Fleeman Long hair, beard, looking like Raskolnikov ‘bout to kill his landlady, back in Baltimore I didn’t fit. I read “On the Road” in ‘58, “The Holy Barbarians”early ‘59. Then […]
Skills Center Here to Stay
The Oct. 15 dedication of the new Venice Skills Center’s (VSC) permanent building after nearly 41 years of teaching out of many temporary structures gives the L.A. Unified school an all new […]
Steve Richmond, Venice Poet, 1941 – 2009
By Panos Douvos On October 22, 2009, the West lost a great lyric poet. Steve Richmond’s work spoke raw truths while offering sharp inner awareness. He published ten books and also appeared […]
Venice ‘Out Front’ Skatepark Opens on the Beach
By Amy V. Dewhurst After 9 months of building, 10 years of lobbying, and 30 years of Skateboard History, Venice’s “Out Front” is finally being immortalized with it’s own park. This Saturday, […]
The return of Ali Katz – Out of the Litter Box
By Ali Katz This cat’s been mewsing about strange human happenings – Seems the Venice Historical Society, aided by former resident of Venice Ray Bradbury, the cat’s meow of speculative fiction, has […]
After the Coastal Commission Vote – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
After the Coastal Commission Vote – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? By Jim Smith The California Coastal Commission made a wise decision, June 11, when it denied pay parking (Overnight Parking […]
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