By Krista Schwimmer In the wake of the recent horrific rape and murder of Venetian resident Eun Kang, as well as reported rapes along the Boardwalk, I decided to seek out more […]
Going to War for Women
Swami X Speaks
Swami in the 1970s Photo by Lance Diskan According to some Hindus, the “multi-verse” we call creation is projected from that Effulgent Reality we call God, and is eventually and ineluctably withdrawn […]
The Decade From Hell
By Jack Neworth Without question, 2000 to 2009 represents one of the worst decades in our history. The 1860s with the Civil War, and the 1960s, with Vietnam and the assassinations of […]
From the Beachhead Archives: CALL SOMEPLACE PARADISE, KISS IT GOODBYE – Reprinted from January 1980, Number 121
By Anne Alexander Where else could a stroll along the beach bring you face-to-face with Arnold Schwarznegger, Vietnam war novelist Ron Kovic, the author of a massive volume on Teeth, or Cher’s […]
Poetry
• Inside the Talking Stick – R.F. Wagner, Jr. • Meet and Greek – Justin Harder • Yoko – Mary Getlein • My Sister, The Painter (For Pegarty Long) – Philomene Long […]
From the Beachhead Archives: CRUD Conspiracy – Jan. 1970, #12
By Carol Fondiller Stepped on any broken bottles lately? Have you noticed that the new trash cans on the Ocean Front Walk have been burned? Are you afraid to go on ocean […]
2009 – The Venice Year In Review
January • The year 2009 began with much of Venice grieving for Mark Sponto, proprietor of Sponto’s Gallery at 7 Dudley Avenue. Sponto, as he was generally known, was only 59 years […]
Monday Nights Working With The Beachhead Collective
By Krista Schwimmer In the spring of 2008, I came home one day to find a phone message on my machine from a pleasant sounding woman named Della Franco. Although I […]
Medical Marijuana Debated in Venice – and L.A.
By Maureen Cotter VENICE – On November 5 the public was invited to join the Neighborhood Council (VNC) for a debate on new regulations controlling medical marijuana. It was held in the […]
Letters
• Was it murder? Isabel Moritz Name withheld Jim Smith • Correction to “Murder on Venice Blvd.” – Christopher Medak • A Voice from the 70s – Joanne Zazzi (formerly Joanne Curtis) […]
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