Start your summer right. 

Just behind the glass, in a small temperature controlled room, supple dough gets kneaded, shaped and rolled into pasta by hand. It’s a repetitive, labor-intensive process, that offers a window into a menu that has little pity on LA’s gluten-free community.

Venice Pride, a weekend of events celebrating the LGBTQ community, its roots in Venice, and its circle of support from friends and neighbors, starts tonight at 5 p.m. with the second annual rainbow Venice Sign lighting and block party at Windward Circle.