By Mark Lipman While attending the opening of the 2nd Biannual San Francisco International Poetry Festival (July 23-26), I had the opportunity to speak with its organizer, San Francisco’s poet laureate, Jack […]
I Became a Communist in Venice
Poetry
ALL THAT’S LEFT – Jack Hirschman Untitled – Roger Houston City of Dreams – Hillary Kaye CHARLIE WOLF, MUSICOLOGICAL BOY WONDER – Hal Bogotch EVERY POEM I WRITE – Philomene Long COLD ELLISON […]
Venetians Cheer As California Coastal Commission Says No to Permit Parking
By Ian Lovett On June 11, the California Coastal Commission voted 9-1, with one abstention, to reject a proposal to institute Overnight Parking Districts in Venice between the hours of 2-6 am. […]
After the Coastal Commission Vote – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
After the Coastal Commission Vote – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? By Jim Smith The California Coastal Commission made a wise decision, June 11, when it denied pay parking (Overnight Parking […]
Letters
• Gail Gordon and Sonny Zorro – Therese Daniels • Retake OFW for the People – Clay Claiborne • Michael Jackson – Shannon O’Brien • Advertisements on the Beach – Cory Zaun ————– Gail Gordon and Sonny […]
Who Owns the Beach?
By John Davis If you are a citizen of the United States, you do. Each individual citizen is sovereign. Instead of a single ruler or king there are millions of us. However, […]
Pastor Tom Ziegert is leaving
The popular and activist minister of the Venice United Methodist Church (VUMC) has been appointed to the Point Loma church in San Diego (Ocean Beach), beginning August 1. The VUMC will honor […]
Israel Levin Center Needs Help
For 45 years, thousands of senior residents of Venice have been assisted by the Israel Levin Senior Center. Recently, the Center has fallen on hard times and needs the community’s help. When […]
Freemasonry in Venice
By Michael Wamback In 1903, a group of prominent civic and business leaders headed by Abbot Kinney, a Freemason, decided that a Masonic Lodge was needed to serve what was then the […]
Students Continue Campaign for Memorial for Japanese Who Were Taken to World War II Camps
A campaign to create what may be the first historical marker at a round-up point where Japanese were taken away to internment camps in 1942 continues to gain support among Venice High […]
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