Emergency Homeless Shelter Needs Supplies.  Toiletries and coffee are requested for the Emergency homeless shelter serving Venice people at the WLA armory. Contact. Rev. Reed: 323.595.7502 ___________________________________ Be in the know of upcoming Venice events, local deals and more by visiting VenicePaparazzi.com or  by joining the Venice Paparazzi facebook fanpage and twitter.  Click on the “like” button on our Facebook Fanpage and join us on twitter.com/venicepaparazzi. Thank you. Hire Venice...more

The Off their Jingle Bell Rockers, a Venice based group of professional singers, are back just in time for the holidays. The Rockers have been spicing up the holiday season here in LA for the past 10 years. The Off Their Jingle Bell Rockers include Catherine Allison, Rory Johnston, Marianne Lewis, Kathy Leonardo, Jon Preston, and Suzy Williams.  The Rockers are very excited to be performing...more

ATTENTION CREATIVE PARENTS!!!  I know you are out there… After seeing some of the AMAZING Halloween costumes at this year’s parade, I realized that we have some very artistic students, moms and dads at WE. The Booster Club needs you to help us come up with Holiday Craft ideas to sell at December’s First Friday Abbot Kinney on December 2nd.  PLEASE come share your ideas at Tuesday’s Coffee, the Booster...more

Venice Media District's first college intern Zully Garcia, a senior at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles.  ________________________________ Venice, CA -- (October 21, 2011) – The Venice Media District has launched its College Internship Program with the addition of its newest team member: Mount St. Mary’s College (MSMC) senior Zully Garcia. Garcia began interning with Hype Communications, a sponsoring company of VMD, during Summer 2011 and...more

A message from the VENICE SURF & SKATEBOARD ASSOCIATION: Just approved record! The largest skateboard parade was achieved by 498 participants at an event organized by the Venice High School Alummni Association Centennial Celebration Committee (USA) in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 26 June 2011. Photo credit: http://www.rayraepix.com/ On behalf of the VSA, I want to personally thank all of our volunteers and skater that came out for this awesome...more

In the spirit of Abbott Kinney (the original Venetian entertainment entrepreneur) London singer and owner of Wit Animation becomes part of Venice revitalization - opening a fully licensed restaurant and live music venue. Witzend just opened its doors to the Venice community with live entertainment six nights a week - a fully licensed restaurant and bar, serving appetizers, gourmet oven baked pizza, organic salads, toasted sandwiches, and...more

Dear Friend of Venice, When Abbot Kinney officially introduced the world to Venice-of-America in 1905 he did it in style.  Across Windward Avenue at Pacific (then Trolley Way), 3-foot high letters glowed to electric life and spelled out the place to be on that 4th of July - in VENICE.  Historic Windward Avenue with its Italianate architecture and colonnade began life as the entrance to the wonderful...more

WHO?  Whole Kids Foundation, a member of the Whole Foods Market charitable family and FoodCorps, a national service organization, are dedicated to reversing the trend in childhood obesity by engaging children in physical and academic school garden activities. The two organizations have partnered to offer a unique grant opportunity. WHAT?  $2000 grant offer to schools, districts or school-affiliated nonprofit organizations. * Yearlong support and mentoring from...more

A message from Hotel Erwin. Big News! Hash, our lovely lobby-level cafe, is going through changes. We'll be re-launching our little restaurant over the next few months, and we want your help to name it! Please vote for your favorite name at the link below, OR add in your own name as an option. If we pick your write-in name, you'll earn $500 cash AND take...more

Building upon its tradition of unity and taking advantage of the family atmosphere of Venice Beach, the VBL founded: The Kids Venice Basketball League (KVBL) in 2007. This is a non-profit, 501©3 collaborative committed to empowering the under-privileged children of Los Angeles. It is essential we provide a healthy lifestyle and fundamental basketball skills for our kids. Being a part of the “Natural Leaders Camp for...more