By Eric Yarber At 11 a.m. on January 11, more than 420 people assembled on the green not far from the Sponto Gallery to collectively remember the man who made everything happen […]
Venice Says Good Bye to Sponto
We All Scream for N’ice Cream!
By Yolanda Miranda Many of the new small business recently opened on Abbot Kinney cater to to the hip bohemic affluent and contribute to the gentifrication of Venice. I miss the old […]
Swami X Speaks
Be of good cheer, nothing to fear, the Photon Belt is here. TV can’t hurt you, but it will negate your emotions, lower your IQ and have you kicking your own rear… […]
Poetry
Letter to the Brother taken by War – Antonieta Villamil Winter – hillary kaye Ah Romantics, Thus Are We – Mark Lipman Gaza, 90291 – Jim Smith Monday Morning Errands – krista schwimmer Untitled – Jack Cross Hiroshima […]
Venice History – By Jeffrey Stanton Was the Annexation of Venice to Los Angeles in 1925 a good idea? Part 2
With its amusement pier gone, Venice didn’t recover financially after World War II. Its housing stock was run down and it became a slum by the sea. It was the least expensive […]
Put A Little Love In Your Heart
By Amy V. Dewhurst Everyone knows ya gotta give love to get love. So this Valentine’s Day instead of going out and breaking things (boys) or staying at home with a box […]
24 Years of a Venice Institution End with Death of Mark Sponto
Three articles by Suzy Williams, Leland Auslander and Carol Fondiller
Sponto is gone
By Suzy Williams On December 28, our beloved Mark “Sponto” Kornfeld, died in the gallery that he had created – Sponto’s – at 7 Dudley Avenue. This had been a space in […]
Remembering Sponto
By Leland Auslender Mark Kornfeld, who answered equally to “Sponto,” the name of his art gallery, was always the happy host at his art openings during the many years he operated the […]
My Friend Sponto
By Carol Fondiller Two people who have left their imprint on the Venice “Art Scene” have died. Both within the same week. One got the full funeral treatment of a prominent art […]
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