By Suzy Williams I’ve got some good news and some bad news. First, the bad news: They’re fracking in Culver City. That’s right, our next-door neighbor has a 1,000-acre oil field with […]
What The Frack Is Under My Bed?
Book Review: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in The Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
Reviewed by Mary Getlein Once upon a time there was slavery in this country. Jim Crow laws were laws put in place during the reconstruction of the South, for the management and […]
Novel Explores Early Day Venice
Lions & Gondolas By Laura Shepard Townsend Reviewed by Delores Hanney Venetian Laura Shepard Townsend loves Venice and it shows. Opening the stunning mystical cover of her latest book, Lions and Gondolas, is […]
The Alleys of Venice
By Fred Owens I wanted to be alone, by myself. So I walked in the alleys of Venice. They are so quiet and bare. I am surprised how clean they are. People […]
Poetry
Every – francEYE I Love My Homies – Mary Getlein Breaking Through – Jim Smith Untitled – Hillary Kaye Bummer ? Summer – paul tanck Venice Fog – Frank T. Rios Living Life Amused – Cameron Prior ——————————————- […]
Day of Remembrance to Honor Oakwood Deceased
Every year on Memorial Day, we remember the dead and wounded of the wars our country has fought against other countries. The H.E.L.P.E.R Foundation invites everyone, on June 15 and 16, to […]
Theater Review: Astral Dick
By Roger Linnett As Director Hanna Hall writes in the program’s Director’s Note, “Chaos represents the thread in the universe that allows humanity free will. Even though it is wild and unpredictable, […]
The Fire Next Time
By Jim Smith Christine Burrill’s stunning exhibit of photo collages of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising has an impact and immediacy that few other art forms can convey. Three of the large […]
EXTRA! Silicon Discovered in Venice
By Jamie Virostko Free Venice Where Art Thou? How will Venice’s future be affected by the recent and continuing influx of the Tech Industry? That was the subject of the well attended […]
Letters
Venice Skills Center – Rich Mann Big Wheel – Gail Rogers Moved by Open Letter – Diane Loggin ——————————————— Venice Skills Center Dear Beachhead, After reading the April issue of the Beachhead (April […]
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