Local folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld’s latest book is KSAN San Francisco. In bookstores mid-August, it’s a deep delve into how FM rock & roll radio shaped a righteous revolution. This is a brave document […]
Tribal Jive – Here & Wow by Gerry Fialka
THE BATTLE OF LINCOLN PLACE BOOK EVENT AT BEYOND BAROQUE
By Jon Wolff Beyond Baroque and “Where Has All the (Affordable) Housing Gone?” hosted a book reading on Saturday, May 27 for author Dennis Hathaway. His new book, The Battle of Lincoln […]
The Battle of Lincoln Place: An Epic Fight by Tenants to Save Their Homes – Book Review
THE SAGA OF LINCOLN PLACE APARTMENTS A new book by Venice resident Dennis Hathaway, The Battle of Lincoln Place: An Epic Fight by Tenants to Save Their Homes, tells the history of […]
31 Paradiso by Rhoda Huffey, reviewed by Marty Liboff
“This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, This seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by nature for herself Against infection and the hand […]
BOOK REVIEW “YOU CAN CHECK OUT” by Eli Elliott
I love, love, love this non fiction trade paperback novel, written, drawn and published by the one and only Eli Elliott, a Venice Beach local who is originally from Michigan. “You can […]
The Dark Side of Comedy – by Jack Neworth
The Dark Side of Comedy by: Jack Neworth For five decades, the world adored George Carlin as a stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and best-selling author. Carlin’s career included books, record albums, […]
Women of Character, Courage and Commitment
By Krista Schwimmer As part of March’s “Women’s History Month”, the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) has announced as its theme for 2014: “women of character, courage, and commitment.” There are many […]
Book Review: Art Tiles of Venice Beach
By Eric Ahlberg You may stroll in the eternal carnival that Ocean Front Walk has become. You may sit upon one of the distinctive cement and wooden benches and not even know […]
Book Review: VENICE, CA: A CITY STATE OF MIND by John O’Kane
By Carlye Archibeque In setting out to tell the tale of alternative past, present, and possible future of the Venice Beach community of California, author John O’Kane has set a daunting task […]
Book Review: The Lure of a Land by the Sea
By Greta Cobar Long-time Venice historian Delores Hanney did it again: published yet another wonderful Venice memoir, made up of over thirty “vignettes,” as she calls them. With grandiose vocabulary and in […]
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