By Suzy Williams September 11, 2011. Everyone I know had a big reaction to the falling of the World Trade Towers. Paranoia. One dear friend became completely unhinged. Heightened patriotism. A lot […]
The Beachhead and Me
A Reminiscence
By Jim Zane I was part of the Beachhead collective for a 14 to 16 month period that spanned the end of 1972 through the first few months of 1974. I remember […]
My Mom, Anna Haag-Ricci
Anna Haag-Ricci was born in Rome, Italy, on January 18, 1936. She grew up in Rome and spent the years during World War II in a small village called Agriano, Umbria, also […]
Poetry
The People’s Doge of Venice – By Jim Smith Hybrids – By Mary Getlein Two Thousand to Twelve – By Ronald Keith McKinley My Pain Is Never Borrowed – By Krista Schwimmer […]
As Venice Falls, Who Will Hear Her Appeal?
By Krista Schwimmer Demolition after demolition. Monstrosity after monstrosity. The hyper-gentrification of Venice continues its ugly march. Homes that are over-sized, out-of-character, and illegal are mushrooming on Brooks, in Oakwood, and other, […]
Get That Filthy Rag Out Of My Yard!
By Carol Fondiller This is a re-print from the April 1978 100th edition The Free Venice Beachhead. My funny Valentine. Your columns not so straight. Shaky grammar. Earnest, pompous, sincere, mistaken, precise, […]
Happy New Year Venice!
By Eric Ahlberg Fellow Venetians you have passed the perihelion and have successfully entered the next years’ orbit. Massive forces are at work spinning you, flying you around our most holy Sun. […]
Google Fiddles While Net Neutrality Burns
By Anthony Castillo The battle to maintain a free and open internet is coming to a head. A decision on Net Neutrality will be made in the coming weeks by the Federal […]
Letters
Families and the Department of Children and Family Services Dear Beachhead, I am writing in response to “An Unnamed Writer on the Beachhead,” November 2014 issue, who wrote an article concerning the […]
Bins Are In at Gjusta
THEATER OF THE ABSURD By Roxanne Brown THE SCENES: 320 SUNSET – GJUSTA Architect/Representative: Stephen Vitalich Former Land Use and Planning Committee (LUPC) Case Manager: Jim Murez, Current LUPC case manager Mark […]
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