Yo! Venice! is intended to be a celebration of the city that we all love. Unfortunately in the last year there has been a huge influx of violent transients that are terrorizing our city. I keep wanting to just post “happy things” about the community, but if I do that … then I am part [...]

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It looks like the peepz over at Wit Animation in the WitZend building on Lincoln are starting a new live music venue in Venice. They have applied for a beer and wine license and have a video up talking about the night club they are starting, which you can watch here. We can’t find a [...]

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This Saturday, March 13th, Venice (The Band) will be playing at the Stronghold on Abbot Kinney. It is likely to sell out so you may want to pre-order your tickets online at Venice’s website. Venice starts about 10:15, with opening act The Daily Routine.

The Stonghold Speakeasy
1625 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291

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Have you noticed Venice getting better? Are there less aggressive transients around town? If you have not noticed a change (I haven’t) then we must continue with week four of the write in and call in campaign. 20-40k people read this site each week, and if 10% of you care enough we can make change [...]

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Picture by Colin Young-Wolff for the LA Weekly
The 3rd annual LA Urban Iditarod was held this past Saturday in Venice Beach. Loosely based on the Alaskan Iditarods, participants wear “team” costumes and push shopping carts full of booze around the streets while on a bar crawl.
In general a lot of fun appears to be [...]

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