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The Venice Pavilion originally built as recreation facility in the 1960's has played a multitude of roles based on its many contributing forces.
The list of accomplishments linked to Ruth Galanter during her 15-year stint as a councilwoman in Venice are astonishing.
Swami X belongs to an older generation of boardwalk performers from the 1970's. He felt his intellect was on display and poetry on the boardwalk was more than a mere gimmick as he feels boardwalk is now.
The Dennis "Polar Bear" Agnew Memorial Skate Park came to life on October 3rd, 2009, with the vibration of hundreds of poly-urethane wheels hitting the pavement.
Chicano activist Debra J.T. Padilla drove her mint-condition 1964 Ford Galaxy from Deming, New Mexico, to Venice to become the new Executive Director of SPARC in 1993
Located in the old Venice City Hall, built in 1906, is LA's preeminent center for literature and arts directed by Fred Dewey.
Very little remains of the 'original' locally run shops and restaurants in Venice. However, Chris Featherstone of Glencrest BBQ has served southern style food for over twenty years.
Robin Murez resides in the last green space on Abbot Kinney Boulevard. Ironically, along a street lined with decadent shops and gourmet restaurants, sits an open studio space behind a protective chain link fence.
The recent surge in mobile food has brought many unique food experiences including "Kogi". But no matter where they are parked, Chef Roy Choi, co-founder of Kogi, feels Venice is home
While he was a contemporary of the Ferus artists,John Baldesarri was never part of the group.Baldesarri did not care much about their attitudes towards art.
Artist Ed Ruscha describes his emotions as he drove to Los Angeles, at the age of 19, from Oklahoma City.
Frank Rios was born in the Bronx promptly abandoned and moved to a foster home and was unable to speak until the age of 6.
