By Krista Schwimmer
In the spring of 2008, I came home one day to find a phone message on my machine from a pleasant sounding woman named Della Franco. Although I had not met her, I knew she was part of the Beachhead Collective. She said she had really enjoyed one of my recent poetry [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Venice’
December 1, 2009
Monday Nights Working With The Beachhead Collective
December 1, 2009
Made for Each Other: The Story of a Town and a Newspaper
By Jim Smith
How is it possible for a newspaper to survive these days without massive advertising from big corporations? And while we’re at it, how is it possible for a Venice identity to survive nearly 85 years after it lost its legal standing as a city? There may be a connection.
The Free Venice Beachhead is [...]
December 1, 2009
Venice Quiz
The Beachhead sent a questionnaire to our loyal readers who are on our email list to tell us who they are and what they liked about Venice. Here are the aggregated results. If you would like to me on the list (2 or 3 messages a month), send an email to Beachhead@freevenice.org.
1. How long have [...]
December 1, 2009
The Beats in 1959 Venice
By Bill Fleeman
Long hair, beard, looking like Raskolnikov ‘bout to kill his landlady, back in Baltimore I didn’t fit. I read “On the Road” in ‘58, “The Holy Barbarians”early ‘59. Then I read a U.S. highway roadmap. Broke, no car, I bummed money from a friend and a ride out of town to I 94 [...]
November 1, 2009
Skills Center Here to Stay
The Oct. 15 dedication of the new Venice Skills Center’s (VSC) permanent building after nearly 41 years of teaching out of many temporary structures gives the L.A. Unified school an all new feel.
Course offerings include computer repair, graphic design, business English and math, computer applications, optical dispensing, web design, Cisco networking and dental assistant. Most [...]
November 1, 2009
Steve Richmond, Venice Poet, 1941 – 2009
By Panos Douvos
On October 22, 2009, the West lost a great lyric poet. Steve Richmond’s work spoke raw truths while offering sharp inner awareness. He published ten books and also appeared in Kenyon Review, Wormwood and Partisan magazines.
Steve’s friends considered him a most important poet – an American Rimbaud – and that “He didn’t know [...]
October 1, 2009
Venice ‘Out Front’ Skatepark Opens on the Beach
By Amy V. Dewhurst
After 9 months of building, 10 years of lobbying, and 30 years of Skateboard History, Venice’s “Out Front” is finally being immortalized with it’s own park. This Saturday, October 3, 2009, The Dennis ‘Polar Bear’ Agnew Skatepark will open.
The much anticipated 2.5 million dollar renovation was made possible with funds [...]
October 1, 2009
The return of Ali Katz – Out of the Litter Box
By Ali Katz
This cat’s been mewsing about strange human happenings – Seems the Venice Historical Society, aided by former resident of Venice Ray Bradbury, the cat’s meow of speculative fiction, has started a drive to restore the columns that used to line Windward Avenue. The V.H.S. and Mr. Bradbury deserve a pat of the [...]
July 1, 2009
After the Coastal Commission Vote – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
After the Coastal Commission Vote –
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
By Jim Smith
The California Coastal Commission made a wise decision, June 11, when it denied pay parking (Overnight Parking Districts – OPDs) in Venice. It is a decision that I believe most Venetians will come to agree with, even those who adamantly campaigned for the [...]
July 1, 2009
Who Owns the Beach?
By John Davis
If you are a citizen of the United States, you do. Each individual citizen is sovereign.
Instead of a single ruler or king there are millions of us. However, if you do not know or understand the power you wield, such great power is meaningless. In such a system all public officials are your [...]
