By Amanda Renner During the peak of summer the Ocean Front Walk in Venice is packed with tourists, locals and everything in between. The block of Westminster Avenue, between Speedway and Ocean […]
August 2008 – The Wonderful World of Westminster
August 2008 – Marx in Venice
By Mark Lipman Contrary to public opinion, Karl Marx is alive and well … and was living, at least temporarily last month, in Venice. His reincarnation comes to us thanks to the […]
August 2008 – Swami X Speaks: Enneagram II
The Enneagram is the most ancient numerological self-analytical system known to man (embracing woman) (and God bless them) (with or without a license). Personally, I am so ancient I fondly and profoundly […]
August 2008 – Beyond Baroque in peril, again?
Beyond Baroque, Venice’s poetry center, is still without a lease at the old Venice City Hall, 681 Venice Blvd. It has been more than five months since the Los Angeles City Council […]
August 2008 – Book Review: Profanities, A New Poetry Book by Sherman Pearl
Beachhead sustainer and poet Sherman Pearl has written a new book of poetry. Profanities is the name of the book and the hook that ties the poems together. Even so, Pearl rises […]
August 2008 – Poetry
• A Walk through the Walk – Maria E. Montano • Old Memory – Mary Getlein • Philomene and the Lady – Jim Smith • To The Guy Who Painted Graffiti On The Freeway Overpass – Sherman Pearl • Third […]
August 2008 – 38 Recommendations for Addressing Problems of Homelessness
Homeless Taskforce Recommendations to the Venice Neighborhood Council – May 20, 2008 (Instead of responding to the Taskforce, it was dissolved by the VNC) General 1: That the VNC work regionally with […]
August 2008 – More Than Unruly
Anti-Semitism in Venice? The place were thousands of survivors of concentration camps sought refugee after World War II? The home of hundreds more retired garment workers from New York City? Eric Mankin, […]
July 2008 – Venice Still Has A Heart!
A packed hearing, June 26, on overnight parking districts (OPDs), firmly rejected the city’s scheme which could require all Venetians to pay to park in front of their homes, while forcing those […]
July 2008 – Venetians Not Pleased with Overnight Parking Districts
By Amanda Renner More than 300 people lined the walls of the auditorium at Westminister School June 26, to voice their concerns on the possibility of overnight parking districts in Venice. “All […]


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