Published by a Collective of volunteers since 1968, the Free Venice Beachhead is not only the oldest Published by a Collective of volunteers since 1968, the Free Venice Beachhead is not only the oldest free publication in the country, but also one of the last underground papers still in existence.
On the first edition front page, this poem. This paper is a poem. It is the first of a series. Your participation will decide how often we appear. This paper is a poem for the people. We decided not to sell it to you, but to give it to all of you. It is a poem for all the people. It is also a paper made by people who love to make poems and dig doing a newspaper which is also a poem. Our subject th
On the first edition front page, this poem. This paper is a poem. It is the first of a series. Your participation will decide how often we appear. This paper is a poem for the people. We decided not to sell it to you, but to give it to all of you. It is a poem for all the people. It is also a paper made by people who love to make poems and dig doing a newspaper which is also a poem. Our subject th
Operating as usual
The Venice Sign Story, a story of civic pride gone wrong.
By Jon Wolff The following is from a recent conversation with Venice Sign Restoration Team Project Manager Todd von Hoffmann. In late 2003, the Venice Centennial was coming up. Venice resident Todd…
Here we examine what is going on behind the scenes, with the DINOS.
by Eric Ahlberg OK so I joined Team Bonin. It was an easy choice for me to make, given that all the wrong people were against him and they were posting slander and lies about him across social medi…
Fresh from the intertubes, the fabulous furry Free Venice Beachhead January 2022. We have Gerry Fialka's Venice Photo Show links, and they remind me of what a fine set of photographers we have in Venice. I personally join Team Bonin to sharpen up my wits for battling DINO trolls! We have Marty Liboff's Alta C**a Songfest. We hear from the Venice Equity Alliance. We hear about Olla Mitchell. Mark Lipman has a new poetry anthology out, Reimagining America, and I hear it and it sounds good.
CONTENTS Perfect Partnerships Provide Provisions – 1 The Venice Sign Story – 1 Bonin Recall Shenanigans – 1 Black History at Venice Library – 2 Venice Equity Alliance Statement – 2 Free Legal Clinic – 3 Abbot Kinney – 2 Articles – 4-5 Venice Photo and Film – 6 Venice – A Poem –...
https://theredtide.wordpress.com/ having a reunion today.
Masthead design by Jono Weiss, 1971
Photos from Stop the Recall's post
Photos from Stop the Recall's post
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Here's your December Free Venice Beachhead
CONTENTS Unzipped Film Premieres – 1 Historic Celebration – 1 Peter Demian – 1 VCH Architecture Awards – 1 Jody Evans Interview - hereinla – 2 Venice Storytellers – 3 SPY Update – 3 Why Can’t We Be Friends – 4 Planning Watch – 5 Marty’s Page – 8 Shefayoga resurrected – 10 P...
Los Angeles is preparing to take a major step forward in phasing out fossil fuels - thanks to the dogged determination of residents who have been directly impacted by oil drilling in their neighborhoods.
This week, our Budget & Finance Committee voted unanimously in favor of legislation that would phase out oil drilling city-wide, clean up existing sites, and implement a just transition jobs plan.
If approved by council, this will be the culmination of years of effort by Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling, a coalition of environmental, faith and neighborhood organizations that have pushing for years to “end drilling where we’re living.” I have been a champion of this proposal from the very start, and look forward to voting for it when it reaches the full City Council.
There was no November 2021 issue. There will be a December 2021 issue.
God himself dare not appear to a hungry man except in form of bread.
ARE YOU HUNGRY? FREE FOOD AT VENICE BEACH (times and places occasionally change) *Hope for the Hearts of the Homeless- Pam & Joel and friends. Coffee, pastries, sandwiches. Thursday & Sunda…
Are we trying to get more control over our spontaneity? What is irreverent? What is essential? What evokes extemporaneousness? What adds to our pleasures? Go with the flow?
Venice Improv Percepts render Very Important People. And versa vice. Whenever I travel through Venice, I run into people, and the improv begins. We engage in the paradoxical exuberance of being thr…
https://thevenicebeachhead.com/2021/10/17/venice-america-part-two-culture-heals/
With filmmaker Stan Mitchel…interview by Enyaj Pitchford In my last article, I focused on the social conditions that led to what was called “The War” by locals, and the dissemination of the c…
https://thevenicebeachhead.com/2021/10/16/venice-america-by-stan-mitchell-part-one/
By Enyaj Pitchford I sat down to have a chat with Stan Mitchell, creator of the award winning Venice America film. I was delighted to find Stan to be a great historian and orator about the local hi…
The Aftermath of The Huntington Beach Oil Spill
Video by Christian Monterrosa shows the massive job cleanup crews have on the Southern California shoreline.
SAVE VENICE WINS HISTORIC DESIGNATION FOR THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF VENICE
By Jon Wolff After four years of struggle to save the First Baptist Church of Venice, the Venice activist group Save Venice won a major victory in L.A. City Hall on September 29, 2021. This histori…
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Save Venice wins Historic Designation – 1 Stobo’s 100th Venice Music Box – 1 Venice America – Culture Heals – 2 V.I.P as VIP - 5 BIrth Announcement Merle Rebeca Anderegg-Pulido – 6 Emily Winters goes to court over mural tagger – 6 Mega-Marty Liboff poems and songs – 8 Manzanar Pilgri...
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Save Venice wins Historic Designation – 1
Stobo’s 100th Venice Music Box – 1
Venice America – Culture Heals – 2
V.I.P as VIP - 5
BIrth Announcement Merle Rebeca Anderegg-Pulido – 6
Emily Winters goes to court over mural tagger – 6
Mega-Marty Liboff poems and songs – 8
Manzanar Pilgrimage Grant available – 10
Poems – 11
Remembering Fred Dewey – 11
The Venice West - Review. – 12
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How NIMBY Hate Culture Impacts Homelessness
Most hate groups justify their animosity toward a specific type of people because the targeted people are publicly and culturally devalued.
Gerry Fialka went to the opening and he was impressed.
Hi Venice! It’s been a while! I’m still handling family affairs in Minneapolis, but when I heard there was a new cool live music venue opening this month in Venice, I had to get the sco…
Eden Ahbez
by Gerry Fialka “Nature Boy,” one of the greatest songs ever written, was composed by Eden Ahbez, who hung out in Venice for a while in the 1950s and ‘60s. He slept in friends’ backyards, including…
How Social Media Misrepresents Homelessness
The NIMBY narrative is rooted in fake concern and uses social media as a weapon against homeless people to instill false fear in the public.
Jeffery Katzenberg was out lobbying the LA City Council, to get the homeless camping ban. Two Black Rock executives, who are major residential real estate investors, sit on Biden's economic advisory board.
Bridge Home success story.
Stacy went into the homeless shelter in Venice Beach, where she received mental health counseling and other badly-needed support. As a result, Stacy was able to get her daughter back, and they are both in Project Roomkey on a path to housing. WATCH ➡️ https://youtu.be/RfKza8cIlSU
Sexual harassment concerns regarding VNC Board member and Presidential candidate #JimMurez surface with no acknowledgement from VNC board or EmpowerLA staff. http://ow.ly/VZNi50F5cR2
Sexual harassment concerns regarding VNC Board member and Presidential candidate Jim Murez surface with no acknowledgement from VNC board or EmpowerLA staff.
Dr. Arnold Springer former Beachhead Collective member has passed away about a week ago.
Real Venice Thoughts on Buscaino's Press Conference and General Bonin Homeless Situation
Was at anti-Indigenous Councilmember Joe Buscaino's press conference this morning in #Venice .. No surprise that the who's who of local anti-black, anti-brow...
The First Baptist Church of Venice (located at 685 Westminster Ave. in Venice, CA) is on the agenda for consideration for historic cultural monument status on Thursday, June 3. This building is part of Venice's Black history. Save Venice, the group attempting to landmark the church has a petition and more info. on their site, but here is a brief history of this project: The Church has an historic legacy in the Venice Community for over 111 years. According to the First Annual Report recorded January 02, 1914 African American residents came together to develop a worship place of their own on July 17, 1910.. a mere 45 years after slavery was abolished. Although the group met in various places at that time, the original church edifice was built in 1927 across the street from the current edifice. That land was donated by Arthur Reese, a black man and seminal figure in Venice, CA history. Arthur Reese came to California seeking refuge for himself and his family from the remnants of slavery in hopes of building a better life. A very remarkable accomplishment considering this was an era of restrictive covenants and the Klu Klux Klan highly active in political and institutional leadership in West Los Angeles. https://savevenice.ca/campaigns/save-historical-black-church-venice-ca/
Charlatan Ben Decker, artwork by Jon Wolff
Charlatan Ben Decker, artwork by Jon Wolff
Fresh off the SSD Drive.
VNC - Black Lives Matter – 1 FBCV & VNC Election – 1 VNC Election Editorial – 1 Who is Ruining Venice? – 1 Letters – 2 Shared Housing - 3 I Don’t Want to go back to Normal! – 4 The Mexical-American Traquero Monument – 5 Beyond Poetry and Radio – 6 Meandering – 6 Where did all the...
Will Black Lives Matter this VNC Election?— You voted for Bernie and don’t enable #racism or #misogyny right? Drum roll please. We shall see this 2021 #VNC Election if #BlackLives really do matter to #Venice. http://vog.news/blm-vnc
You voted for Bernie and don’t enable racism or misogyny right? Drum roll please. We shall see this 2021 VNC Election if Black Lives really do matter to Venice.
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Teachers on strike, marching down Venice Boulevard
Can anyone identify the bird sounds in this video. There is a bird, perhaps the one on top of the tall bush, which seems to have a large loud vocabulary. I opened my door to some sort of loud squabble among the avian locals. Perhaps the squirrel was raiding nests at the top of the Palm Tree.
