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	<title>Listen &#38; Be Heard Weekly Archives &#187; Letter from the Editor</title>
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	<description>Archived Articles from L&#38;BH Weekly through April 26, 2008</description>
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		<title>The Listen &amp; Be Heard Network</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/16/the-listen-be-heard-network/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/16/the-listen-be-heard-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 16]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since closing the doors of Listen &#038; Be Heard Poetry Caf&#233;, I have given much thought to the Listen &#038; Be Heard website. The site has been serving several functions, including serving the arts community by publishing announcements, reviews and opportunities, and promoting the events we produced at the caf&#233;. We also publish poetry on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shifting and Changing</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/shifting-and-changing/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/09/shifting-and-changing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5 Issue 15]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poem of the Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s over but it&#8217;s not over. It&#8217;s ending but it&#8217;s beginning. Nothing ever changes and nothing stays the same. Truth is in the moment and encompasses everything that is transforming as we participate in it. With ups and downs of being who we are working with what we have moving toward what we will become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Between Past and Future</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/02/in-between-past-and-future/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/04/02/in-between-past-and-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week when our new issue went live on March 26, 2008, some very strange things happened which brought the entire site down for a little while, and left it only semi-functional for a few days. Now, although we are fully functioning again, with a few little bugs, we are missing our entire last issue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Decision to Create</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/02/27/the-decision-to-create/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/02/27/the-decision-to-create/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issue 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are at a crossroads here in Vallejo. While our city council deliberates whether to declare bankruptcy, or not, I can tell you one thing for certain, the state of the arts remains in the hands of the people who create. Whether we are in an official bankrupt state or not, the arts are never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once Upon a Time</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/02/13/once-upon-a-time-2/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/02/13/once-upon-a-time-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issue 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was a woman who dared to speak truth in the face of death. The truth as she knew it. For she knew that she did not, could not know Truth entirely. In fact she knew that even two seemingly contradictory stories could both be true to the tellers of each side, and both could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Going on Around Here?</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/02/06/whats-going-on-around-here/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/02/06/whats-going-on-around-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Issue 6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The day after Super Tuesday plenty of people are talking but no one actually knows anything definitive about much of anything, and to be honest I wasn&#8217;t clear, going into Super Tuesday about the hard facts behind the issues I was supposed to be voting on. That sentence was really long, almost as long as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strike Writers</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/01/30/strike-writers/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/01/30/strike-writers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Issue 5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Used to be the poet was the clown got struck down when the king&#8217;s laugh turned to a frown on truth masked in rhythm, rhyme and hints of the sublime. Now everyone wants a piece of the action automated reaction in post hallucinogenic times the rhymes come via Madison Avenue reworked to push your panic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Me A Story</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/01/23/tell-me-a-story/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/01/23/tell-me-a-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Issue 4]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure why the current writers strike doesn&#8217;t make it closer to front page news as it drags on. With the Academy Awards coming up, the average American may pay closer attention. Not-for-profits planning fundraisers around the event have already taken note, because if the celebrities don&#8217;t show up in Hollywood, party goers around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Loss in the Listen &amp; Be Heard Family</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/01/16/a-loss-in-the-listen-be-heard-family/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/01/16/a-loss-in-the-listen-be-heard-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issue 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lisa Pastor in February of 2004 attending Listen &#038; Be Heard Open Mic at Rafael&#8217;s Listen &#038; Be Heard has been a presence in Vallejo for more than five years now. First just as an open mic that took place weekly at the now defunct Rafael&#8217;s, then in our own spot at Listen &#038; Be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Stories of 2007 by the Stats</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/01/09/top-stories-of-2007-by-the-stats/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2008/01/09/top-stories-of-2007-by-the-stats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Issue 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you pay attention to these things you will have noticed that Listen &#038; Be Heard Weekly is now into Volume 5. That&#8217;s five years of publishing weekly arts news. We started out as a weekly e-mail newsletter, that five years ago became a print weekly. The print weekly became a print and web weekly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Culture and Christmas</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/12/19/modern-culture-and-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/12/19/modern-culture-and-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 50]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everything is fast these days. You want to call a friend, chances are you can reach your friend with a text message or phone call right away. You&#8217;re hungry? Pop something in the microwave, it&#8217;ll be ready in a minute or two. Want to know more about someone you just saw on TV? Do a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation in the Moment</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/12/12/meditation-in-the-moment/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/12/12/meditation-in-the-moment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 49]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two hours before the new issue of Listen &#038; Be Heard Weekly is scheduled to be posted, (powered by WordPress open source software) I sit before my computer, having all else ready to go (being the copy editor/editor/programmer/co-publisher/publicist,) the remaining task for this week is to write this Letter from the Editor. Really I&#8217;m none [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gabi Wilson Singer, Musician and Poet</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/12/05/gabi-wilson-singer-musician-and-poet/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/12/05/gabi-wilson-singer-musician-and-poet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 48]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first time Gabi Wilson appeared at Listen &#038; Be Heard Poetry Caf&#233; was when she sat in with Alvon. After mesmerizing the audience with her rendition of Donny Hathaway&#8217;s &#8220;A Song for You&#8221; (both piano and vocals) she introduced herself to me by handing me her own business card which reads: Gabriella &#8220;Gabi&#8221; Wilson, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Listen &amp; Be Heard Holiday Shopping Portal</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/11/21/a-listen-be-heard-holiday-shopping-portal/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/11/21/a-listen-be-heard-holiday-shopping-portal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 46]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I remember when I was a kid, my mother spent major time getting around to the department stores to shop for Christmas. She usually came home exhausted, but still planning the next trip to get the things she couldn&#8217;t find. Today she does a lot of her shopping on the internet. I can&#8217;t say that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote Local with your Holiday Dollars</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/11/14/vote-local-with-your-holiday-dollars/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/11/14/vote-local-with-your-holiday-dollars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 45]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately less than 10% of Vallejo&#8217;s population voted in the recent local elections. Now I know that Listen &#038; Be Heard readers take their freedom seriously and most of you voted. Right? I&#8217;m glad I did, because this mayor&#8217;s race will most likely be decided by less than 100 votes. But if you didn&#8217;t vote, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Spiders and Black Spiders</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/11/07/white-spiders-and-black-spiders/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/11/07/white-spiders-and-black-spiders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 44]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[harmless or killers pretty or ugly spinners or swingers big or small tricksters and gods older than christmas weaving past present and future white or black red or brown they&#8217;re all eights. they&#8217;re all spiders.]]></description>
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		<title>Art, Culture and Diversity</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/10/31/art-culture-and-diversity/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/10/31/art-culture-and-diversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 43]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Answering the question of what art is, and whose it is, will take you on a direct route to the heart of a community. Who makes the choices about what cultural activities will take place? Which artists are celebrated and which ones are ignored? The small communities, neighborhoods and tribes, where everyone would have called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breathe Fresh Air in Vallejo</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/10/24/breathe-fresh-air-in-vallejo/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/10/24/breathe-fresh-air-in-vallejo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 42]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve taken notice of the campaign signs around town, you&#8217;ve probably noticed the www.vallejoisburning.com signs as well. The site claims to be &#8220;The Voice of the Unsilent Majority.&#8221; While real fires rage in southern California, consuming homes and displacing thousands of people, there&#8217;s a fire in the form of foreclosures destroying homes here in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The White Spider Leaps</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/10/17/the-white-spider-leaps/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/10/17/the-white-spider-leaps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 41]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes sunny summer plans seem like far away fantasies; what work was woven has been whipped in the wind and worn away. Gatherings of good and gracious people have thinned down to the few who whistle, work and walk in any weather. Vision is the ability to view the veil and the vague but valuable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections of a Forum for Art in Vallejo</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/10/10/reflections-of-a-forum-for-art-in-vallejo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 40]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Art Got to Do With It?&#8221; forum sponsored by Listen &#038; Be Heard, October 4, 2007 at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. Photos by S.N. Jacobson. Listen &#038; Be Heard wants to thank Jim Kern at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum for allowing us to hold a forum entitled &#8220;What&#8217;s Art Got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A City without Art is a City without Heart</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/10/03/a-city-without-art-is-a-city-without-heart/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/10/03/a-city-without-art-is-a-city-without-heart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 39]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s art got to do with it? Imagine your life without art. No songs, no pictures, no freedom of movement, no plays, not even television (if you call it art.) What you are imagining is life without Soul. The art we choose to live with and support with our actions and finances represents who we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh Visual Energy at Listen &amp; Be Heard Poetry Caf&#233;</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/09/26/fresh-visual-energy-at-listen/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/09/26/fresh-visual-energy-at-listen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 38]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tony&#8217;s not quite finished hanging all the framed prints, and in fact there is not even room for them all, but it&#8217;s enough already to feel a not-so-subtle change of energy here at Listen &#038; Be Heard Poetry Caf&#233;. The opening reception for the new exhibition is this Saturday, September 29 from 7-9pm, and it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now Is the Time to Get Involved in Vallejo</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/09/19/now-is-the-time-to-get-involved-in-vallejo/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/09/19/now-is-the-time-to-get-involved-in-vallejo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 37]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a human tendency to become complacent when we&#8217;re reasonably comfortable. In the minutes that we have between one task and the next, when we pause to have a conversation with another person living, working or otherwise investing in Vallejo, we make remarks about life in the city, talk about the way things are, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Spider Worries</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/09/12/white-spider-worries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 36]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 4]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Making mistakes missing details deterrents to democracy security getting the big picture just right each error costing a thousand years.]]></description>
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		<title>The White Spider and the Mob</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/09/05/the-white-spider-and-the-mob/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/09/05/the-white-spider-and-the-mob/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volume 4]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When in a dark warm and cozy cave it&#8217;s easy to feel secure and powerful. But when blinking in the hot sun exposed to a mob of feet which might be moved by the mere mention of POETRY to bruise a skinny leg or even squash life out of her, then she retreats to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling Full Spectrum with Cleven Goudeau in Vallejo</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/08/29/traveling-full-spectrum-with-cleven-goudeau-in-vallejo/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/08/29/traveling-full-spectrum-with-cleven-goudeau-in-vallejo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 34]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[African Lady Print, by Cleven Goudeau, part of new exhibition. Trumpet Player Print, by Cleven Goudeau, part of new exhibition. Lilibeth Helson at Listen &#038; Be Heard Poetry Caf&#233;, by Cleven Goudeau, part of new exhibition. Foxy Lady Greeting Card The Original Greeting Card that started the whole Line&#8230; A Cartoon for Navy Supply Magazine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Tradition on Marin Street</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/08/22/a-new-tradition-on-marin-street/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/08/22/a-new-tradition-on-marin-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 33]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was not able to experience the big picture of the First Annual Listen &#038; Be Heard Marin Street Summer Arts Festival on Saturday August 18, 2007, because I was quite busy most of the day and night inside Listen &#038; Be Heard Poetry Caf&#233;. But it was very satisfying to look up and down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focusing on the Big Picture in Downtown Vallejo</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/08/15/focusing-on-the-big-picture-in-downtown-vallejo/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/08/15/focusing-on-the-big-picture-in-downtown-vallejo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 32]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of the pictures in the montage above were taken from the stage of Listen &#038; Be Heard Poetry Caf&#233; of performing artists who have appeared there to share their poetry, stories, comedy and music with those who would hear them. All of the artists above, and more, will be returning at some time during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Miss the After-Party</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/08/08/dont-miss-the-after-party/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/08/08/dont-miss-the-after-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[vol 02 issue 31]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word has been spreading and people are joining in the plans even as I write this column, about our First Annual L&#038;BH Summer Arts Festival. Since writing about the event last week and inviting artists to join the growing list of vendors who will participate, we have gotten commitments from Jim Cosgrove, photographer, Ric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riding the Gravy Train</title>
		<link>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/08/01/riding-the-gravy-train/</link>
		<comments>http://listenandbeheard.net/archives/2007/08/01/riding-the-gravy-train/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>martha mims</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issue 30]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Volume 4]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jumping on a moving wagon. Going with the flow. Joining a growing trend. In politics, when a candidate gains a threshold of popularity he becomes even more popular based on his popularity. In the Arts, when the underground starts buzzing, it&#8217;s a road sign, pointing the way toward economic development. Whenever we congregate together, to [...]]]></description>
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