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 […]
Mural Illustrating Abbot Kinney Should Be Moved to Abbot Kinney Library
Silicon Tsunami Wipes Out Free Venice
By Jamie Virostko About a year ago, I was walking a dog, crossing Abbot Kinney up San Juan, when a tattooed guy in worn jeans, stopped me on Electric Ave. His long […]
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 […]
Sticking to Their Guns
By Jack Neworth For days after the horrific massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School the National Rifle Association was oddly silent. They even shut down their Facebook page and stopped tweeting. (The […]
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 […]
SwamiX Speaks
It’s not wise, or even smart, to take anything personally. Of course, you have to be at a certain level of awareness to appreciate that attitude and perception. Incidentally, Buddha stated the […]
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 […]
Poetry
Limerick regarding the current American Debt Crisis and Impending Global Crisis, by TravelinMaam The Empty Place of Eddie, by Majid Naficy Here we stand, by Aryn Youngless Where Silence Becomes Light, by Humberto Gómez Sequeira-HuGóS […]
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 […]
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