Carnevale! Venice Beach is celebrating its 7th year on Saturday, June 6th at Windward Ave. and Venice Beach . You have the chance to win the prestigious Venice Carnevale Poster Contest and have your artistic vision be the face of 2009 Carnevale! Venice Beach . Be creative, be Venetian, and show the world what we [...]

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It is time to start practicing your favorite chili recipe for Baja Cantina’s annual chili cookoff. The deadline for entry is April 27th. The rules can be seen by clicking here. If you have never been, the chili cookoff is a lot of fun and people do put some imaginative effort into both their chili [...]

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As the weather gets nicer and more predictable…the yard sales get going.  Lately, they are all the rage: good for the planet (reuse/recycle), good for your wallet, and good for your neighbor’s wallet. Here are a few yard sales going on this weekend in Venice: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/gms/1095092086.html – this one has an excellent description…and a “cute [...]

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This Monday, March 30th, The Westminster Ave Elementary School is having an in-school performance of California Dance Institute‘s R.E.A.D. Come support the school! 1st performance is 1-1:30pm and the second is 1:45-2:15pm Westminster Ave Elementary School 1010 Abbott Kinney 90291 Join the forum discussion on this post

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Yo Venice reader Stef McDonald writes in: Only in Venice? How to explain the fact that a deceased seal (or sea lion?) was dressed in clothes on the shore at Venice breakwater today? Hmmmm. We saw a lifeguard vehicle race across the sand with its siren on and we spotted several police cars parked near [...]

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