Venice (Italy)

Lina's Party Pick of the Week: Myth Masque Ball

VIBIANA 214 S. Main St., dwntwn., Sat., May 25, 6 p.m.-2 a.m., 21 and older; tickets start at $45 There are dress-up parties, and then there's Myth Masque. Last year, the fantasy fashion extravaganza saw the city's most imaginative costume designers gather for an enchanted evening that brought Hal ... More >>

Ciclavia To Get Beefed Up Security Sunday In Wake of Boston Attacks

CicLAvia, Los Angeles' celebrated outdoor bike ride, has the misfortune of being scheduled the weekend after Boston's tragic terror attack. It starts Sunday at 10 a.m. and runs from downtown to Venice. Like the Boston Marathon, the route runs along many miles (about 15 in this case) of streets line ... More >>

Beach Baby, Beach Baby, Give Me a Bag

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Feed Body & Soul Opens Today in Venice

Abbot Kinney Boulevard is getting a new restaurant today with the opening of Feed Body & Soul from owner-designer DeeAnna Staats and chef Matthew Dickson, formerly of Grace and Rockenwagner. This being Venice, Feed is primarily focused on healthful eating. There are smoothies. There are a lot of o ... More >>

Happy Repeal Day: Drink Up at the Longest Continuously Running Bar in L.A.

Farewell to the 18th Amendment. Seventy-nine years ago today, on Dec. 5, booze in the United States flowed freely again. Celebrate the repeal of Prohibition at the longest continuously running bar in Los Angeles. "We never technically closed during Prohibition," General Manager and Beverage Director ... More >>

Mar Vista Time Travel Mart Opens: A New L.A. Outpost of Dave Eggers' 826 Organization

Dino eggs are nestled inside the incubator, with the extra large cans of Mastodon Chunks arranged in a neat pyramid formation beside a display of Barbarian repellent and caveman candy (looking suspiciously similar to beef jerky). "It's been a really long last month getting everything ready," May Pe ... More >>

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Anjelica Houston's Venice Pad to Become Social Club With 'Gourmet Bathing'

Leave it to a star of the 1960s to endorse turning her Venice home into a "social club" that offers "gourmet bathing" (what, are the bath salts organic?). Page Six reports that the great Anjelica Houston, a.k.a. Morticia Addams from The Addams Family, is set to sell her Venice compound known as "Th ... More >>

46: Edomae Tendon Bowl at Hannosuke

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 46: Edomae Tendon Bowl at Hannosuke. The saying goes that good tempura should last about as long as a snowball in August (or September, if you happen to be ca ... More >>

Ronald Weekley Jr., Skater Punched by LAPD, Hires Trayvon Martin Lawyer Benjamin Crump

The family of Ronald Weekley, Jr., that Venice skateboarder tackled by police and punched by one cop in a take-down captured on video, has hired the same attorney who represents the parents of late teen shooting victim Trayvon Martin. The attorney was introduced to the press yesterday during a news ... More >>

Venice Beach Biennial Preview: 'Art World' Artists Meet Boardwalk Vendors

What's Up With All the Dapper Baristas?

In a city known for its casual dress, one wearing suspenders and a tie can stick out like a sore (but dapper!) thumb. Especially if that person is not, say, a lawyer or an actor on their way to a audition to play Butler #1 but instead the person behind the counter at a coffee shop. The nicely-dress ... More >>

Skateboard as 'Deadly Weapon' in Venice Attack: Ashley Berg, Savoy Anderson Charged

Skateboards are for riding, not for fighting. But the L.A. City Attorney's office today said that a Venice homeless couple -- 21-year-old Ashley Berg and 33-year-old Savoy Anderson -- was involved in using a board as a weapon in an attack on another pair last week. It happened on a street becoming ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: L.A. Chamber Orchestra with Susan Feniger, Beer Festival, Venice Meet, The Coop Nose to Tail Lamb at Sotto

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Westside Connections With Susan Feniger Westside Connections, a series that explores the relationship between music and other arts, is focusing on food. For this concert, pieces include works by Saint-Saens and Ravel, and chef Susan Feniger of Border Grill and Street w ... More >>

9 Awesome 8-Bit Video Game Posters From 'Multiplayer x2' at Gallery 1988

Starting tonight, Gallery 1988: Melrose plays host to "Multiplayer x2," featuring the pixelated posters of more than 30 artists riffing on Golden Age video games. It's a follow-up to last year's "Multiplayer" show at Gallery 1988: Venice. The show runs through March 3. Join in the fun at the opening ... More >>

Venice Barber Shop Shooting Wounds Two

Two people were shot and wounded after a suspect walked into a Venice barber shop and opened fire this morning, police said. It happened about 9:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of Lincoln Boulevard, LAPD Officer Richard French told the Weekly. One victim was shot in the foot and ...

Body Found Outside Google's Venice Offices

Updated with the bottom with the victim's gender, age. A body was discovered steps from the newly minted L.A. offices of Google in Venice, authorities said. The find on Main Street between Sunset and Rose avenues was reported to the LAPD by paramedics about 5:55 p.m., Officer Bruce Borihanh told t ... More >>

10 Cheap Restaurants for New Year's Eve

Last week, we listed 11 new restaurants open for New Year's Eve. All will present special menus -- at "special" prices ranging from $46 to $475. Prefer to not break the bank for New Year's? We've selected ten restaurants where you can dine for less than $30 per person (not including drinks) past ... More >>

Ed Moses: I'm Not Creative. Really

Intelligentsia's Slow Bar or: An Experiment in Coffee and Customer Service

T. NguyenAn affogato at Intelligentsia's slow bar.​ Google allows its engineers to devote 20% of their full-time jobs to "work on what they're really passionate about." Similarly, Harvard & Stone has a "R&D bar" for visiting mixologists to beta test drinks. The closest thing to a coffee shop ... More >>

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Venice Boardwalk Could See New Rules For Vendors, Free-Thinkers: Gadfly Zuma Dogg Says he'll Challenge City Hall in Court (Again)

Robin ArcuriAction on the Venice boardwalk.​Nearly a year after a federal judge knocked down the city's way of regulating free speech and trinket hawking on the Venice boardwalk, L.A. city Councilman Bill Rosendahl is circulating a proposed ordinance that would try once again to bring order to ... More >>

Burglars Robbed in Venice? Two Guys Take Their IDs And Send Them Off to be Caught by Cops

Ariana Rose Taylor-StanleyThe yoga burglar.​Two would-be burglars were sent scrambling with their tails between their legs after being surprised by two men who took their IDs. The pair was eventually nabbed by cops, on top of that. Quote of the day from LAPD Sgt. Joel Sydanma: "They basica ... More >>

Sea Lion Shot in Waters Off Venice: $5,000 Reward Offered For Info Leading to Capture of Killer

MARThe victim.​Warning: Disturbing photos after the jump. The group Marine Animal Rescue is offering $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whomever fatally shot a sea lion off Venice last week. The shooting was reported about 3:30 p.m. Aug. 3, according to the organi ... More >>

Go Skateboarding Day: Thousands of Skaters Overtake Downtown L.A., Venice Boardwalk

​Updated after the jump with live pics from the traffic nightmare. No, that's not a swarm of cicadas outside your office, celebrating the first day of summer like it's 1840! That, friend, is an adorable mob of 1,000s of skateboarders, practicing their right to rebel on the one day of the year ... More >>

Gjelina Take Away: Up and Running

A. FrougGTA interior​ If the name of Gjelina's to-go annex, now open three weeks, is simply Gjelina Take Away, then we should expect it to be an absolute reflection of chef Travis Lett's Venice restaurant Gjelina, the only difference being that its food is made to be taken away. Wonder of wond ... More >>

Canlove Answers the Question: Where Do Street Artists' Spray Paint Cans Go to Die?

Lea LionCanlove founders Paul Ramirez (left) and DJ Neff​ When the mysterious British street artist Banksy left an image of a young boy holding a paint can next to the words "I remember when all this was trees" on the abandoned Packard Plant in Detroit last year, some fans interpreted it as an ... More >>

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Gallery 1988 Opens Venice Location with Video Game Tribute Multiplayer

Gallery 1988 on Melrose Avenue has been serving Los Angeles' quirkier pop culture artist fare for over six years now. Its shows have been proud to feature many up and coming artists before they become huge, which allows collectors of all price ranges the opportunity to purchase affordable artwork be ... More >>

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[Updated] No Parking for Food Trucks at Venice First Fridays

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Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/29-12/3

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The refrigerator is swept of leftovers, the bowl of cranberries has been scraped clean, and the half-gallon of superconcentrated turkey stock in the freezer doesn't begin to compensate for the loss." Ask Mr. Gold: Take a Dip ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- Jamie Oliver turned down by L.A. school district. [Daily Dish] -- Grass Fed-Up. Or, a rant against foodies. (Hilarious.) [The New York Times] -- The Safe Drivers' Guide to Cupcake Calculation. [Alice Medrich] -- Do all cookbooks need photos? A poll. [MattBites] -- Justin Timberlake opens his ... More >>

A Better Bobble, Er, Bottle of Water

​ Between unnerving water quality reports, speculation that plastic water bottles leak phthalates, and even suspicious recalls of the supposedly safer metal thermoses, there's one clear takeaway message from the bottled vs tap water controversy: Damned if you drink, damned if you don't. Cou ... More >>

L.A. Area Gold's Gyms Rocked By CEO's Donation To Anti-Gay Group

postersguide.comArnold rep'd Gold's liberal ethos to the fullest.​Local Gold's Gym franchise owners were between a rock and a hard place this week after news spread that the CEO of TRT Holdings, the company that owns the Gold's brand, recently donated $2 million to a conservative group opposed ... More >>

Theater Reviews: K2, The Train Driver

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Your Weekend Restaurant PSA: Sunday's Triathalon Street Closure

map of LA triathlon​ If your Sunday morning routine typically includes wandering around northern Culver City, stopping in at Akasha for brunch and then strolling over to Ford's Filling Station and then maybe across the street to Tara's Himalayan and then heading back over to Le Saint Amour to ... More >>

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'Go Topless Day' Goes Off In Venice Without A Hitch

Rae Rae / YoVenice via Flickr​National Go Topless Day apparently went off without a hitch in Venice over the weekend. The Los Angeles Times reported that about two dozen women and nearly two hundred onlookers gathered for the demonstration against laws that treat chest-baring differently for m ... More >>

Some Targeted L.A. Dispensaries Stay Open, Defy City

dey via Flickr​Two weeks after the city's new law outlawing most dispensaries in Los Angeles took effect, the Weekly has found that many have chose to defiantly stay open, with some citing what operators believe are loopholes in the L.A. ordinance: Many seem to have closed their doors but kept ... More >>

Love is in the Aisles: A Valentine's Day Mixer at Whole Foods

william c hutton jr via Flickr​Tonight you can pick up more than vanilla rice milk and whole grain Puffins at Whole Foods. The organic health foods market in Venice is hosting its second annual Valentine's Day singles mixer at the in-store wine tasting bar from 6-7:30 p.m. Though you may not ... More >>

DANCE IN VENICE

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