Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

Welcome to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. You start your forecast week of major transits on Thursday morning when Mars, the planet of personal drive and your ego identity, at 27º Aries will trine Pluto, the planet of regeneration and soul evolution, at 27º Sagittarius. The energy of this trine will make this [...]

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Thomas Lainer Williams III, better known as Tennessee Williams, wrote some of¬?the most memorable American plays¬?of the 20th century during his long and celebrated career.¬? Chief among them is “A Streetcar Named Desire,” currently¬?being presented by the Off Broadway West Theatre Company in San¬?Francisco through July 28th.¬?¬? ¬? In the U.S. and England there have [...]

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The Fantastic Four maintain a public image as the perfect team. In reality, as with all teams, the Four have their idiosyncrasies. In Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the group dynamics of team F4 are rehashed. The Silver Surfer arrives, calmly heralding the imminent destruction of Earth. Meanwhile, Dr. Doom escapes and resumes [...]

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About 15 years ago, I performed in an off-Broadway showcase production of Christopher Fry’s adaptation of Jean Anouilh’s delightful romantic comedy, “Ring Around the Moon.” I have not read nor seen the play since then until this weekend. The Masquers Playhouse production reminded me of his extraordinary writing and insight on the juxtaposition of love, [...]

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El Nopal Mexican Restaurant 406 Virginia St. Vallejo, 94590 707 557-0456 Open 11 a.m. ?Äì 6 p.m. Monday ?Äì Friday El Nopal feels like an authentic mom and pop Mexican restaurant. It is a long narrow room with paint peeling from the ceiling, a wooden scaffolding left over from some decorative use in the past, [...]

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Here are five releases, new and not-so-new, all worth checking out. ?ÄúKamahiwa?Äù by Keali?Äôi Reichel: This music is the epitome of smooth and soothing music, featuring a polished vocal sound, a steady pace of slow- to medium-tempo rhythms, orchestral accompaniment, even a track titled ?ÄúToad Song.?Äù Clyde Pound arranged the strings for orchestra on this [...]

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Follow     your    dreams Trust    your    instincts Pursue your    desires Examine    YOU     yourself Assert    your       uniqueness Respect your       peers Cherish your       freedom See     for     yourself Nurture your        talents Hone     your     skills Establish    your    ethics True    to    yourself Remediate your       past Reconcile your       present Re-visualize your       future Delve    within     [...]

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Nothing?Äôs the matter strangely familiar    In-denial typical blank space response      Kept track of keepsake memories        Sorted into piles collecting dust Twilight sprinkled with black pepper    Sure as salt as stars      Dusky certainty disappearing save echo        Metal bars preventing graceless fall Quiver of arrows shouldered burden    Unbuckled Orion belt [...]

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now i know he was a sweet talker that was obvious and it’s no secret as to how he got his way …with me. maybe it’s just me but i’m sick and tired of falling for that guy just cuz he has a way with words slick tongue smooth moves all sincerity lost not genuine [...]

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from “When the Body Calls” by Martha Cinader, Writers and Readers, 1998 My mother gave birth in her blue depths and cradled me next to the undulating rhythms of her heart. Blue ripples of love extended everlasting to her shores where she deposited me under a blue sky. I strode boldly away and almost forgot [...]

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Nothing more playful than a gray moth dancing -skeleton wings- and a green-eyed cat prancing -paws swatting- around a lit kerosene lamp -shadow boxing- & we all had fun in the moonlight

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