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 […]
From the Beachhead Archives: CALL SOMEPLACE PARADISE, KISS IT GOODBYE – Reprinted from January 1980, Number 121
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) […]
Hundreds Eat At “Feed the Beach”
By Roger Linnett What started out as a neighborhood potluck dinner three years ago has grown into a legitimate Venice event the likes of which distinguish the Venice community for its outreach, […]
Swami X Speaks
The meaning of life is beyond the mind and revealed within, in a moment that embraces ecstatic timelessness. We are something more than our mind, body, and emotions, all of which fulfill […]
Made for Each Other: The Story of a Town and a Newspaper
By Jim Smith How is it possible for a newspaper to survive these days without massive advertising from big corporations? And while we’re at it, how is it possible for a Venice […]
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