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May 11, 2012 at 11:09 am
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21st Annual Santa Monica Festival Saturday May 19
May 10, 2012 at 11:28 pm![Santa_Monica_Festival_2012[1]](http://theopendaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Santa_Monica_Festival_20121-96x49.jpg "Santa_Monica_Festival_2012[1]"){kind=small}
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The Santa Monica Festival offers a free, fun-filled, family day of music, dance, art workshops, food and more on Saturday May 19 from 11am to 6pm at Clover Park.
Modern-Loving Grandma Bought Silver Lake’s Gorgeous Allyn Morris Home and Studio
May 10, 2012 at 7:55 pm
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The New York Times has one of the heartwarmingest tales of pedigreed private homebuying we've heard in a long time, about the Silver Lake home and studio of underrated architect Allyn Morris. The house came on the market last June and sold in July--to an 84 year lifelong modern lover who had nevertheless spent 51 [...]
Venice Arts is Accepting New Students for Summer Media Arts Camp 2012
May 9, 2012 at 9:00 pm
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Hello! We are Venice Arts, a non-profit organization providing free and low-cost multimedia arts programming for youth and adults. This summer from July 2nd - July 27th, we are holding our third annual Summer Media Arts Summer Camp! We will be offering week long youth workshops (at our newly renovated gallery space) in [...]
750 Foot Venice Boardwalk Zipline Could Open in July
May 8, 2012 at 11:20 pm
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A few weeks ago, plans for a massive 200 foot ferris wheel on Ocean Front Walk in Venice ground to a halt, with talk of a zipline along the Boardwalk taking their place. Zipline company Greenheart is proposing to build a 750 foot "FlightLinez attraction" extending the length of Venice Beach Park, roughly from the skate park in the north to the basketball courts to the south.
Touring William Hefner’s Chautauqua Residence Above Will Rogers
May 8, 2012 at 10:57 pm
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The Chautauqua Residence, designed by William Hefner, looks out over a killer expanse of Will Rogers State Park, and Hefner told the AIA/LA that "The canyon and the views from the site absolutely determined the floor plan, the layout of rooms and their exact orientation on the site." From the entryway, the house leads right into the great room and out to an infinity pool to the edge of the site. The house wraps around the yard and pool on a double lot, with "secondary bedrooms" along the street side.
Filling the Canals: 1927
May 7, 2012 at 1:47 pm
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By 1925 the roads, water and sewage systems of Venice of America badly needed repair and expansion to keep up with its growing population. It was proposed that Venice be annexed to Los Angeles. While those for and against annexation were nearly evenly matched, a recent influx of LA residents, who moved to Venice to [...]
Venice Acoustics Seeks Musicians
May 7, 2012 at 12:05 pm
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The new YouTube Channel “Venice Acoustics” is seeking musical acts to video in and around Venice Beach. Amanda and Patrick Shanley: “Clover And The Black Drink” “Venice Acoustics” was started by Dom, a 21 year old business major and marketing minor that loves music. Dom and his partners are not looking to get paid by [...]
New Brentwood Yard Signs Tell Burglars to Bug Off
May 7, 2012 at 11:15 am
brentwood.patch.com
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Brentwood residents have decided to send a clear message to burglars—that they've formed a neighborhood watch group and its working closely with police.The group is distributing yard signs to the neighborhood to act as a visual deterrent for criminals and a reminder for residents to report suspicious activity. Signs are $10 and can be purchased [...]
Photo Gallery: Pali’s Spring Garden Tour
May 7, 2012 at 8:48 am
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The Pacific Palisades Garden Club held it's annual Spring Garden Tour on April 29, taking home and garden lovers through five private gardens and a native plant garden at Canyon Chater Elementary School. According to the PPGC, the tour visited two gardens on Iliff Street, one on upper Chautauqua Boulevard, another garden on El Medio [...]
Seagull Trapped In Palm Tree On Venice Beach Saved By Fire Station 63
May 6, 2012 at 8:05 pm
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Yesterday they made the neighborhood pancakes, today they rescued a bird as hundreds cheered. Thanks Station 63! Today an LAPD motor officer outside the Venice Beach Police substation noticed a seagull struggling in a tree, caught in fishing line, or a kite line that was wound between the trees. He called for animal control, and [...]
Spring is Here! Bee Swarms in Venice!
May 6, 2012 at 3:43 pm
www.yovenice.com
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Boise reports (via intergalactic transmission) that hundreds of bees are swarming near Flower and 6th! Check out the video Boise made as the bees cruised through his yard! The bees were last seen moving east on Flower! When I was a kid my parents had two big bee boxes. Bees are pretty docile creatures, don’t [...]
