A permanent monument commemorating the incarceration of a thousand local Japanese-Americans during World War II will not be istalled on the 70th anniversary, April 25, despite high hopes of many Venetians. Instead […]
Celebrate the Coming of the Marker
Big Wheel Keeps on Rollin’ – Over Venice Residents
By Greta Cobar Do Venetians want a ferris wheel installed in Windward Plaza, between the police substation and the skate park? Judging by the emotional comments made by Venetians at the March […]
Armed Guards at Whole Foods
By M.A. von Pfeiffer I’ve shopped at Whole Foods stores across the country and I’ve always enjoyed them. I’m willing to pay a bit more for my food in order to have […]
The Coverup continues – Book Review: Watergate – A Novel
By Jim Smith We live in a world shaped by history. It is hard to escape our personal history – parents, aunts, uncles – and others who want to shape us in […]
Swami X Speaks
I never met, however, I remember, vividly, fiercely and formally, Oscar Levant. He was a brilliant pianist, close friend and interpreter of George Gershwin’s music, as well as a master wit and […]
Poetry
Venice – 1963 – KL Bratton Ode to Tom Waits – L.E. Mintz Untitled – Roger Houston Belly-up – Vanessa L., Lexi, Eric, and Frankie That Woman – Joanna Silva Pink Cloud Poem – Philomene Long […]
Zev Comes to Venice
By Anne Alvarez Have you ever wanted to ask a city official: “Can you provide an accurate accounting of the money generated by the City-Owned, County-Operated parking Spaces in Venice – and […]
Venice in the 1970s
By Sam Schatz I moved to Venice when I was 17 years old from freezing cold Pennsylvania. It was the weather, the ocean, and the bohemian lifestyle that made me fall in […]
Fighting back against a faceless bureaucracy
By Jim Smith Nancy Williamson lives a few blocks from the Venice Post Office. For the past 10 years she has visited the building several times a week. “I’ve never gone into […]
Letters
No Curfew – Eddie Wall La Fortuna Market – Ty Allison Anne Alvarez responds —————————————- No Curfew Dear Beachhead, As a proud member of the Venice community, I feel like the curfew […]
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