By Pat Raphael It is easy to fall, fall, fall — but climbing out? that takes work and strength. The view from the bottom always present a path out, but that out […]
A View From The Bottom
Drama Review: A Wilted Mint Julep
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale by Tennessee Williams By Suzy Williams This engaging Tennessee Williams play is probably his most ambitious. Purported to be a reworking of his hit, Summer and Smoke, […]
Hinano Café is a Venice Institution
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…
FREE BEER
By now, everybody’s heard about the recent election of some new members of the Venice Neighborhood Council. Everyone’s been told that Venice’s election had the biggest turnout of any neighborhood and district […]
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 […]
Letters From May 2016
To the Venice Beachhead, Today I attended a boisterous rally in Eugene, Oregon, for Senator Bernie Sanders. He addressed the prime issues facing America today; the mass incarceration of the poor and […]
My VNC President Candidacy
by Lydia Ponce Some very important questions from the Beachhead and I am honored to answer them. This is a great opportunity to serve our community and shed some love and light […]
We Need An Interim Control Ordinance.
by Lydia Ponce For the love of Venice and for how kooks call themselves locals after paying millions of dollars and living here 4 years… We need an ICO. We need an […]
A View From The Bottom
by Pat Raphael One great benefit to the unscheduled life of a Street Person is the hours and hours available to do whatever we choose. It seems that only a person with […]
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