By Marisa Peck The summer is a time of abundance. Food, friends, fiestas, and yes our blessed Sun. We Venetians have to be extremely careful when it comes to the Sun. With […]
Sun Exposure: Benefits and Cautions
Public Safety Uber Alles, Says Nuch
By Greta Cobar A bigger-than-usual crowd showed up to the June 19 Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) meeting to hear City Attorney Carmen “Nuch” Trutanich. His opening speech exemplified his job duties of […]
Cannabis is in the Weeds
By Anne Alvarez A ban on medical marijuana dispensaries introduced by Councilmember Jose Huizar was approved by the Los Angeles City Council committee on May 29 and final voting was to take […]
The Hammer Museum’s Venice Beach Biennial
By Dean Henderson The Hammer Museum’s Venice Beach Biennial, an open air art exhibition, will take place July 13-15 on Ocean Front Walk. Fifteen Venice boardwalk artists will be among the nearly […]
4th of July in Venice, 1905
By Vanessa Cabello Since so few of Abbot Kinney’s visionary buildings remain in our beloved Venice, we should cherish what we do have left, and what better time to so than July? […]
Ray Bradbury – Martian and Venetian: Gone with the Transit of Venus
By Jim Smith On June 5, I was peering through Chuck Bloomquist’s telescope in his front yard as a tiny black dot – actually the size of the Earth – slowly made […]
Ray Bradbury and the Free Monorail System
Ray Bradbury may have had his head in the sky for The Martian Chronicles and other amaz- ing stories set on other worlds and dimensions, but he knew a good thing here […]
Swami X Speaks
If you were so inclined and had the opportunity and ability to contemplate the vastness of the manifest universe, being trillions of light years and beyond infinity in space, it could cause […]
Introducing: The Venice Symphony Orchestra
Venice Symphony Orchestra actively seeking local volunteer musicians to join community-based orchestra. Looking for orchestral/symphonic instruments (violin, cello, clarinet, oboe, trumpet, etc.). The purpose of this venture is to bring together local […]
Poetry
Poetry Transition – Jim Smith For Jim – Hillary Kaye Guevara – Nadja Tesiich (translated from Serbian) Mitt: Don’t Run (With Scissors) – Hal Bogotch Stream of Consciousness – Heather Freed Oh […]
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