A Cup of Coffee & Bagel for 15 Cents – Marty Liboff Marty Liboff-2015 (This is a follow up to another article; “Ruthie in the Bakery” Free Venice Beachhead, April 2014) The […]
A Cup of Coffee & Bagel for 15 Cents – Marty Liboff
Poem: Venice Beach When I First Knew It – By Lisa Marguerite Mora
Venice Beach When I First Knew It was a poor beach town the remnant of one man’s dream. And then it got a reputation but the reputation was borne of ideas that […]
Correction – errata
“In the October issue, the Beachhead wrote a caption for the photo of an apartment building on page 3 that should have read as follows: ‘The photo above is of an apartment […]
SHARING ECONOMY with POTEMKIN WALLS and FALSE MARKET RATES
By Roxanne Brown As so many embrace the short-term rental (STR) sharing economy, here’s what I’ve experienced as a resident living with it. I know a single mother who is renting a […]
Racism Alive and Well in Venice
By Greta Cobar In this day and age, and especially here in Venice, we would like to think that the last thing we would witness would be a socio-economic, racist hate crime. […]
Confessions of X Swami X
10-02 2012 This text was intended to be revealed after my last hand was dealt. After my ashes were sprinkled on a bench in a park in Las Vegas, the capitol of […]
Swami X Has Left the Building
by: Jack Neworth The Venice Boardwalk is the second most visited international tourist destination in Southern California, right behind Disneyland. But in the late 1960’s the boardwalk was practically desolate. But when […]
Letter: LOST IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST
Dear Beachhead LOST IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST -as told to Chee Wah Wah seagull- written anonymously out of fear. I was hanging out one evening by the pagoda on Dudley […]
Venice: Find Your Champions
by Krista Schwimmer In both residential and commercial places, “Venice Proud” blue and white signs are posted. The Outreach Committee of the Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) created this slogan in 2014 to […]
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