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Venice Headlines:

THE VENICE MEDIA DISTRICT HOSTS SPRING 2008 MIXER AT WIT ANIMATION
May 8, 2008
(Broadcast Newsroom) wrote:
DMN Newswire--2008-5-8-- The Venice Media District will host its Spring 2008 Mixer at member company, Wit Animation , on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 6-9 pm.

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Lines in the Venice sand
Apr 10, 2008
(Los Angeles Times) wrote:
L.A. council zones the boardwalk to regulate artists and vendors and reduce conflict. Vendors and performance artists who sell their wares and entertain on the Venice Beach boardwalk will soon be operating under a new set of rules.

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New rule for LA's Venice Beach vendors: Permit required
Apr 9, 2008
(The Fresno Bee) wrote:
The Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles is famous for colorful artists and vendors selling wares from blankets and card tables. Now, a new law will limit their noise and put them in their place - literally.

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Newest Article:
Mr.No's Poster Shop
Located just south of Breeze on the Venice Boardwalk, this deceptively small entrance leads to a huge array of well cataloged posters.  You may be able to get posters for less somewhere more


Site News:

About This Site
Mar 18, 2005

This site will be a repository for profiles of various Venice Beach residents, artists, businesses, and boardwalk vendors.  We plan on profiling each entity on their own page, eventually making this a bit of a virtual Venice from a local perspective.  We hope to have fun and meet a lot of great people along the way.  Stay tuned.

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Articles Mentioning Venice:

James Frey takes a novel approach with 'Bright Shiny Morning'
May 12, 2008
(USA Today) wrote:
James Frey's sprawling novel, Bright Shiny Morning, published Tuesday, is set in Los Angeles. But the author, best known as the recovering addict who faked parts of his best-selling memoir, A Million Little Pieces, lives in Manhattan.

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Bright Shiny Morning (Entertainment Weekly)
May 12, 2008
(2008) wrote:
James Frey doesn't lack ambition. In his first official novel, Bright Shiny Morning , the notorious ex-memoirist tries to capture the entirety of Los Angeles, that vast, heterogeneous city that's both a destination for dreamers and a dumping ground for urban bottom-feeders.

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Meet Celeste Lear
May 12, 2008
(BellaOnline) wrote:
Check out the interview with Celeste Lear as she discusses her love of music.

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Marina del Rey 3D City Model Lands on Google Earth
May 10, 2008
(PRWeb via Yahoo! News) wrote:
CyberCity 3D today announced that the 3D City Model of Marina del Rey, California is now available for viewing on Google Earth.

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Life's a beach at Winchester's Griffin Museum
May 8, 2008
(The MetroWest Daily News) wrote:
Photographer Marla Sweeney reveals humanity in the everyday in "Salisbury."

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The Venice Beach Lottery
Mar 21, 2005

Below is a link to a paper I wrote about the Venice Beach lottery....I've since learned some new facts and the paper isn't entirely accurate as I think I got the name of the guy who does the political billboards wrong.  As well, I now realize that some of the spaces are a different size than others, though I don't think it affects the larger point about space flexibility.  Since that time, I've heard a lot of stories about businesses getting spots to specifically keep them empty and I've seen a lot more empty spaces on the boardwalk.   Anyways, here is the paper.....

http://www.aboutvenicebeach.com/uploads/commpsychfinal2.doc

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Westminster Fresh Juice Shop
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The Flight Centre Travel Agency
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