By Deborah Lashever If you are concerned with the urination and defecation in your neighborhood, lobby Bonin to install more public restrooms! Do you realize that we have 16 million visitors a […]
Open Letter About Public Urination, Stuff on Sidewalks … and Parking
The Drum Circle and the Criminalization of Free Speech
By Ronald Keith McKinley The Drum Circle has been under siege since its inception twenty-five years ago. A loud vocal minority has always found it offensive. Randy Banks, ex-marine and capoeira instructor, […]
Santa Monica Airport to Become a Park
By Laura Silagi It just came to my attention that there was a response to my January article about the Santa Monica airport. I stand by all the facts I presented. To […]
Ruthie in the Bakery
By Marty Liboff My mother, Ruthie began managing a Jewish bakery on the oceanfront in 1951. It was two blocks north of Venice in old Ocean Park. Ocean Park in the 1950s […]
In Memoriam: Billie Harris – Serving the Highest Art – 1937-2014
By Chuck Bloomquist From the late sixties until shortly before he died Billie Harris was a superb musician playing pure, beautiful jazz on his tenor saxophone in and around Venice. When he […]
Not Another Gjelina at 320 Sunset!
By Greta Cobar The owner of Gjelina is pushing against the wishes of the Venice community to open a restaurant/bar/take-out food and alcohol establishment at 320 Sunset. The first thing that got […]
New Bollards, More Yellow Than the Old Bollards
By Greta Cobar It is unclear why Mike Bonin, our Councilperson, held a Town Hall meeting on October 29, 2013 to hear the public’s input concerning bollards, cameras and blocking off the […]
7 Dudley
By Rex Butters there was no stage at SPONTOS only performers one and all noisy travelers milled about that inter-dimensional way station hung on 3 white walls eye enlightening art images […]
“Sponto’s” partied like the good ol’ days
The close-out party at Sponto’s, March 15th, was so much fun! The music started with Eddie La Grosse and was followed by Suzy Williams and the Nicknamers. They were wonderful, and Suzy […]
Delightfully Ellyn…
By Anne Alvarez Ellyn Maybe shares her name on the poets monument wall alongside Philomene Long, Linda Albertano, Jim Morrisson and a slew of other Venice Poetic Greats. However, you would never […]
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