I am 8yrs old.Mom moved to Venice in the 50’s. Sleeping in sandy beds of the children of Beatnik poets and artist. Waking in the middle of the night to the artist […]
Memories of Venice, 1956
Poetry
• Poem for the Poets – Shanna Baldwin • Possession – krista schwimmer • Blessed – Rex Butters • A Soldier’s Prayer – Mark Lipman • Del Taco #57 – RF Wagner, Jr. • The Ravings of People […]
Haters of Homeless People
Dear Beachhead, The Mayor’s new housing plan has on it 2,200 units developed for homeless people with special needs in five years (with conditions, of course). The low number estimate of homeless […]
Homelessness – Here We Go Again
By Mark Lipman If you think you are tired of reading about homelessness, just imagine how tired we are of writing about it. Yet again the Venice Neighborhood Council has commissioned a […]
Corruption
Dear Beachhead, The City’s promise was to take away the Commercial vending from the boardwalk and restore the ambiance of quality. The first day of the Lottery, some City employee held spaces […]
Oppression 101
By Mary Getlein Welcome to California: Where we spend 2 million dollars on a skate park Where we spend 6 million dollars on twenty new police where we spend untold million […]
Beachhead Recommendations on the Propositions
Prop. 1 – High Speed Rail Bonds – Yes Bonds are the worst way to finance anything, but a bullet train network in California will never get built overwise. Prop. 2 – […]
September 2008 – The Situation for the Arts on Ocean Front Walk
By Samuel Brantley The writer has experienced the change in the area’s creativity from what was once free and vibrant to what is now oftentimes quite stifling under the influence of the […]
September 2008 – Another View of Spy Cameras
By Laddie Williams I read and reread last month’s article, It’s Spy Camera’s vs. Street Dealers in Oakwood, and I have these thoughts as a born and raised Venetian. I will tell […]
September 2008 – Letters
• More on Spy Cameras – Anonymous • Long Live Poets! – Krista Schwimmer • We Are All “Arch” Conservatives – DeDe Audet ————- More on Spy Cameras Dear Beachhead, I noticed your first page article, written […]
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