The Beachhead presents: John Haag talks about the history of
Venice
Perhaps no one alive has been more involved in
the history of Venice than John Haag.
John was the proprietor, with Anna Haag, of
the Venice West coffeehouse, the center of the Beat generation in
Venice.
Later, he became a founder and
first state chairperson of the Peace and Freedom Party of
California.
John Haag has been in the thick
of Venice politics for the past 40 years.
He was instrumental in the successful
opposition to a freeway through Venice and turning the canals into a yacht
harbor, fighting police brutality in Oakwood and throughout Venice, upholding
the rights of artists and poets to perform and sell their creations, and against
the commercial overdevelopment of
Venice.
7pm, Thursday, April 3 –
FREE
Vera Davis McClendon
Center
610 California Avenue,
Venice
More information:
396-0811
Beachhead@freevenice.org
www.freevenice.org
Posted: Tue - April 1, 2003 at 06:35 PM