By Jim Smith Venice has always risen to the challenge when an outside force has threatened our community. Over the years, we have prevailed numerous times against developers and the city of […]
Fighting the Postal Monolith
Sidebar – Why Saving the Post Office is important to our community
The Venice Main Post Office was built under the New Deal’s Works Project Administration and includes a cornerstone dated 1939. This historic building has been at the center of Venice community life […]
After 20 years, Ocean Blue closes its doors On the Venice Boardwalk
By Kathy Leonardo When I first came to Venice, before I even moved to LA, I remember a store on the boardwalk called Ocean Blue. It had such cool stuff, mermaids with […]
Unoccupied – Two Views on the Occupy Movement
By Greta Cobar Occupy Venice voluntarily de-occupied the Windward Circle while all over the country the police have taken violent, extraordinary measures to do just that. Infiltrators have penetrated occupation movements in […]
Where’s the Movement? – Two Views on the Occupy Movement
By Bill Mitchell I see no real anti-war movement in the US. Only more wars of aggression, now invading with intent to occupy all of Africa in the name on human rights […]
The Other Venice Film Festival
By CJ Gronner The 8th Annual Other Venice Film Festival was another success – and a blast – this year, featuring wonderful work from our own local filmmakers, as well as entries […]
Interview with Artist Ray Packard
By Mary Getlein Raymond Dean Packard was a Venice artist from 1975 to 1989. He is a renowned water colorist and oil painter who did hundreds of beautiful paintings of Venice.Beachhead: Beachhead: […]
Beat Legend Michael McClure Reads at Beyond Baroque
Michael McClure of Beat Generation fame celebrated his 80th birthday at Beyond Baroque, Oct. 20. McClure was a fictionalized character in the Dharma Bums, Desolation Angels and Big Sur, all written by […]
Snoopin’ Around – The Story of David Asper Johnson and The Argonaut
Reviewed by Jim Smith Sometimes those who report the news have the biggest influence on shaping the news in the first place. Probably no one had a bigger influence on the the […]
Poetry
Burning to Read – Hal Bogotch Let’s take it easy – Jim Smith The Magic Cape – Majid Naficy 90291 – Venice USA – Tina Catalina Corcoran In the Bathroom at the Hotel Cornell – krista schwimmer […]
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