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Harry Perry is a legend on the Venice boardwalk.As a musician, he's performed with bands such as the Grateful Dead and Jane's Addiction, but he prefers to garnish fans by playing on the streets.
Rudnick's Venice Oceanarium, at the Venice Pier is a makeshift presentation on a portable table with over 25 years' worth of collected speciemns.
Surf & Skate icon Skip Engblom created the Zephyr skateboard team, mentoring a crew of West-side kids into international superstars.
On Abbot Kinney--Pischon was forced to relocate his barbershop due to rent hikes. Jones is disappointed, and relishes the days when locals would play dominos and chat outside his barbershop.
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
Artist Ed Moses was the only abstract expressionist of the Ferus Group, a link between the rebellious emotions of New York and the cool aesthetic of the West
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.
In the 1970s, a young woman from Pacoima named Judith F. Baca moved to Venice with the hopes of becoming the next great American muralist.
Paintings from Bengston, embraced his knowledge and love of motorcycles by incorporating the same materials - metal and automotive paint.
Francisco Letelier and his brother, José, established the "Brigada Orlando Letelier", and began traveling across the country creating collaborative murals.
A mural on Dell Avenue and Carroll Canal, was erected by Emily Winters as a tribute to the culture and change she observed while living in the canals in the 1960s.
Everyone in Los Angeles, even if they don't know it, is familiar with the work of Robbie Conal.
