Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

QUEEN MELLA
adapted by Martha Cinader Mims

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What You Mend
by matu feliciano

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Bluish Green by charles frederickson

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I will be starting a storytelling circle on Saturday afternoons from 2:30-4pm, at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Caf� for kids of all ages. A lot of my poetry is actually very narrative, and some of my stories are written in verse, so there really isn�t that much difference. As we enter the whirlwind of [...]

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Listen & Be Heard Awards Show 18 November MMVI Sat.
To those of you that came out to the ‘Award Ceremony’ and there were quite a few, and to those of you that wanted to but did not…a sincere thank you to our ‘B Streeters.’
Steve Oliphant was on stage by my side as I [...]

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According to Judith Brown, Executive Director of Vallejo Music Theatre, the Hard Hat Auction fundraising event that took place on Friday, November 17 was a success. “It was a small crowd but it went well. The bidding got animated at the end.” Paintings, sculptures, photographs and more were donated by mostly local artists to help [...]

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I have been spending the past week downloading music from the Live Music Archive at www.archive.org. For anyone unfamiliar with this website, it provides free and legal downloads of concerts by musicians and bands that allow their performances to be taped (either by audience members or directly through the soundboard) and posted for not-for-profit use [...]

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Where has the Ozcat gone? Ozcat Radio has changed frequency. The local community-based station moved from their former home at 104.9 FM to 91.5 FM in Vallejo. Why the sudden, unannounced change? Ozcat founder David Martin reported that, “When we originally searched for a frequency, we listened for over a month, [...]

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When I first saw this odd little movie, I knew I had a colorful topic for my 4th Toastmasters �CTM� speech. I agree with what pundit John Podhorentz wrote in the conservative magazine The Weekly Standard. As a satire, Borat competes with Jonathan Swift. Borat is one of the funniest, most insightful satires [...]

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photos by sn jacobson
David Koven Receives the 2006 Goodie Award
The publishers of Listen & Be Heard Arts Entertainment and Culture Magazine presented this year�s Goodie Award to David Koven for his long service to the community and his contributions to the magazine. David is the creator and host of a literary series in its 25th [...]

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Is it really possible that the holidays are already upon us? All it takes is a quick look at the retail stores to know it�s true. Virtually bypassing both Halloween and Thanksgiving kicked an early shopping season into gear. Fortunately, theatre companies from the South Bay to Sacramento offer a variety of [...]

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Georgina�s Coffee House and Meeting Place
1515 Tennessee St. Vallejo
707-552-5070
Mon � Fri 6 a.m. � 3 p.m.
Sat. 7 a.m. � 1 a.m. and 6 p.m. � 11 p.m.

There are more than just fresh home-made scones at Georgina�s. Why there are giant cookies, and cakes, and quiche, and an espresso machine�
Behind this opulent show a large [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. On Wednesday Mercury, the planet of communication at 10� Scorpio will trine Uranus, the planet of unexpected change and universal ideas at 10� Pisces. The energy expressed from this trine of Mercury with Uranus will stimulate your mind and feelings. Today [...]

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Last night I finished off the last of my cookies, so this column is preceding my going down to the kitchen to bake myself another batch. I tend not to pig out on sweets, but from time to time I get the urge to have a glass of Chianti accompanied by either my biscotti or [...]

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