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Big Police Turn out at Rose and 5th street

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

YoVenice reader Christian posted up some pictures from a large Police incident in Venice today at Rose and 5th. The original picture is here with some good Flickr notes attached.
Anyone know what happened?
Update: Sadly, it appears it was an apparent suicide attempt. We hope they are o.k.

From Christian:
there were atleast ten police cars gathered today [...]

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Tourist in a F-bomb T-shirt

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

We spotted this at the beach this afternoon.  I don’t know how old the kid is, but I’d guess he can’t see a movie with the F-word in it.  In this country anyway.  I’m no prude, btw - I sometimes feel like a truck-driver in a kindergarten class.  But I do have SOME discretion.

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Venice Cabaret Theatre at Blankenship

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve been hearing great things about Venice Cabaret Theatre ’s monthly show at the Blankenship Ballet Studio .  Here’s a little description they emailed YoVenice:
On Saturday August 30th, at 8:00 pm, Venice Cabaret Theatre will once again return to the Blankenship Ballet Studio. Co-producers Mark Blankenship and Lauri Reimer are excited to watch the cabaret [...]

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Nice Rack

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

A reader sent us a link about new eco-friendly artsy bike racks being used in NYC.   We like them!  We need some for Venice!

Image via www.davidbyrne.com

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