Venice Stories
Initiatives:
In celebration of National Women's History Month, we're highlighting a woman-a-day on our calendar and inviting you to nominate a community "Woman of the Week" throughout March.
Venice Mixtape:
Does Venice reminds of a particular song? Or inspire you to write an original ode to the beachfront neighborhood? Submit a song for a chance to be included in our Venice Mixtape and win a $30 Amoeba gift certificate!
Neighborhoods:
"To honor my audience, bring about ethical awareness by illuminating the burden of responsibility and demonstrating accountability for my own life. To teach students about choice, smart decision making and the consequences of personal action, empowering them to change in...
Neighborhoods:
Randy, homeless in Venice for over twenty years, shares a personal revelation that he is related to the Annenbergs.
Venice:
By Myia Davar I moved to L.A. in June 2010 and before I came, I had decided what neighborhood I wanted to live in. I love L.A., like most people, there are things that I both love and hate about...
Neighborhoods:
Departures StoryShare is a one-day community event aimed at capturing the stories of individuals from a neighborhood. Join us September 12th.
Venice:
I was reading the Holy Barbarians and was inspired to write my own rant. I grew up watching the Beats down on Venice Beach and started wondering what it is to be Beat today. Just for fun, dig? Trying to...
Venice:
Our friends from Yo Venice asked us to add this video. Here it is: Sharon Jacobucci talks about what celebrities she has met during her twenty year tenure as a parking enforcement officer in Venice Beach California. Video by www.YoVenice.com...
Venice:
If you could feel what Suzanne Costello felt when she found her home, you would feel a state of euphoria. Real estate agent, and former TV producer, Costello has seen hundreds of estates and has helped many find their dream...
Venice:
Sue Kaplan is proud to be a homeowner along one of three walk streets in Venice. An intimate neighborhood in Venice, houses face each other and are split by a common sidewalk. Along the walk streets one can often children...
Venice:
Laurie Bruier is one of those rare new transplants to Venice. She lived somewhere on the west side, got tired of its "preciousness," packed her bags and moved along with her son and husband to one of the most coveted...
Venice:
Kevin Richards is displaced. A ragged man, a beach bum, a worn hippie, he is ill-fitted. He may be a remnant of Venice as he purports, but Richards may only be a passerby as he lives out of his car....
Venice:
Founder and artistic director of the Electric Lodge (one of the first green theaters in the U.S), Joel Shapiro has created an inclusive cultural space that welcomes everyone from toddlers to world musicians and experimental theater to their yearly programming....
Venice:
Jodie Evans is a highly active social activist being the cofounder of Code Pink, in helping to establish a second 826LA, and working in gang intervention with Venice 2000--and that's only in Venice. Evans has been politically and socially involved...
Venice:
Carol Tantau is owner of Just Tantau an eclectic jewelry and nicknack store. Tantau started on the boardwalk selling jewelry out of her apartment and eventually moved into a storefront on Washington Way before it was renamed Abbot Kinney Boulevard....
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