By Emily Winters I knew the Osheroff family many years ago when I lived next door to them on 28th street in Venice, late 1960s. There was a plan to refurbish the […]
May 2008 – Abe Osheroff, Venice Hero And Spanish Civil War Vet, Dies At 92
May 2008 – Housing, Homelessness, And The Butt End Of The City Budget
By Peggy Lee Kennedy If you follow the news you know that the Mayor came out strongly in favor of “Public Safety,” in the city’s 2008-09 budget, which includes increasing the LAPD […]
May 2008 – The Bush Legacy: Going Out With A Bang
By Jack Neworth During the last months of a president’s term in office his concerns naturally turn toward his legacy. (Except for Nixon whose thoughts turned toward if he was going to […]
May 2008 – Bea Free, Venice Feminist, Has Died
By Cara Adams Bea Free, as she named herself, was a true Venice legend. The city of Venice has lost a true pioneer. 1966 was the year Bea first set foot into […]
May 2008 – Constitution Amended: Shopping Replaces Free Speech
Now you can shop “without feeling any guilt whatsoever.” Sign at Trader Joe’s, Palms and Sepulveda: “Your Right to Distraction-Free Shopping Out of respect to our customers, Trader Joe’s does not permit […]
May 2008 – New Mural In Venice
The paint is still drying on the new Dog Town Mural at Jungle Video, 423 Lincoln Blvd. Last month, the Beachhead ran a story about the disappearing murals in Venice. It’s good […]
May 2008 – Poetry
• come on down – Rex Butters • The Transient – Jim Smith • Beyond – Rebecca Moore Frey come on down By Rex Butters you hide in the hills aloof from […]
May 2008 – The Venice Beat Poets – The Great River Outside The Mainstream – Lawrence Lipton
By Jim Smith Lawrence Lipton was something of a father figure to the Beat poets of Venice. He was reviled by many of the poets for his manipulations and commercialism. Yet, […]
May 2008 – Bruno In Venice West
By Lawrence Lipton For Giordano Bruno burned by the Inquisition in the year 1600 Velvet and warm sweat under the torches the Procession entered the city, tall bronze men on the bronze […]
May 2008 – Results Of The Beachhead Poll
“Do You Feel Safe In Venice” 77 percent of respondents said, Yes, they feel safe in Venice. 22 percent said they didn’t. Some of your comments included: – I do not at […]
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