News of Venice, CA and Marina del Rey CA
From left to right are: Elisa James, Regina Weller, Rachel (assistant to Regina Weller), and Marianne Brown.
Winners of the Spirit of Venice awards were Elisa James, Regina Weller, Steven Weller (posthumously), and Marianne Brown. Regina Weller accepted the award for her husband Steven Weller who passed away earlier this month. The awards were presented at the annual Abbot Kinney Festival on Abbot Kinney Blvd Sunday.
Many money grants were awarded to individuals.
Abbot Kinney Festival will be 24 September starting at 10 am.
The Abbot Kinney Blvd was packed Sunday for another Abbot Kinney Festival.
Four received the Abbot Kinney Festival “Spirit of Venice Award” this year.
Challis Macpherson, former chair of Land Use and Planning Committee, received it posthumously. The other three were Sue Kaplan, who is the unofficial mayor of Oakwood and who is in charge of guidelines for mass, scale, and character; Edizen Stowell, co-founder of Venice Paparazzi; Cecilla Castillo, former Venice representative from Council office.
Edizen Stowell, who takes photos of everyone did not have her photo taken by Venice Update!!!! Cecilla Castillo is not shown either.
Wally Macpherson accepting for his wife, Challis.
Sue Kaplan
Trees, tent tops, and crowd all seem to line up in this photo.
And the Abbot Kinney band played on.
Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm will be the Abbot Kinney Festival on Abbot Kinney.
Free Park
Free to park, but to retrieve!
They all came, some in doubles.
Aahh! Give you huggies!
There was food from all over to keep the hungry fed.
Even the smoke didn’t deter them.
Abbot Kinney Festival will be this Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm on, of course, Abbot Kinney Blvd from Venice to Pacific.
