By CJ Gronner Happy New Year, People! In the interest of shining a light on the things that are still awesome about living in Venice in 2013, I recently dug a little […]
Mural Illustrating Abbot Kinney Should Be Moved to Abbot Kinney Library
By Greta Cobar We as Venetians are upholding our reputation of not giving up. So here’s the latest on our up-and-going, not-nearly-over fight with the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the […]
The Killings in Connecticut
By Mary Getlein Michael Moore (of Bowling For Columbine) told the story of a crazy man who went to a school and tried to kill some children, but it was in China […]
John Mooney Blows Moonlight Glass in Venice
By Greta Cobar Venice has always fostered creativity, having drawn and inspired countless artists in endless media for over a hundred years. One such current story of bewildering, shining and colorful beauty […]
Party for Swami at Bill’s
By Anne Alvarez Friday December 21, the Mayans’ supposed “Doomsday,” had many expecting cataclysmic and transformative events worldwide. However, for local poet and astrologer SwamiX, the date had a much greater and significant meaning, a time […]
Circumstance and Opportunity
By Ronald McKinley There is a bike parked just left of the multi-use utility pole on the corner of cold and homeless. We mill about; I mean “we”, not French for more […]
Venice – Where Art Meets (White Collar) Crime
By CJ Gronner If you had left Venice even a year ago, and returned today to stroll down Abbot Kinney, you might think you got lost and wound up on Robertson or […]
California Coastal Commission Silences Pacific Gas & Electric’s Airguns
By Krista Schwimmer On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, the California Coastal Commission unanimously and vehemently denied Pacific Gas & Electric Company a permit that would have allowed them to conduct a high […]
The Venice Drum Circle (Free Expression)
By Ronald McKinley The police routinely stop the Venice Drum Circle. The time is never the same, sometimes sunset, sometimes not. Sunday, November 25, at 5:10 P.M. the circle was stopped. The […]
Being Thankful on Thanksgiving, and Always
By Anne Alvarez Venice’s spirit shone upon Thanksgiving. It was a beautiful day for our less fortunate, and often invisible, Venice residents, many of whom started their day off with a holiday […]
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