Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

James Brown Kwansabaa by reginald lockett

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Emotional Tourism by christopher barnes

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Mandingo by jonathan stroud

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Unity by kevin frazier

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Happy New Year- On December 26th Lauren (14yrs old), Diane, Ha and myself prepared fifty-three of our usual hefty sack lunches and gave them away to the homeless and needy in People’s Park in Berkeley. We also handed out warm clothing to those who wanted it. Turns out “The North Face” had been there the [...]

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On December 14, 2006 Alvon played his guitar and sang at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Caf? accompanied by Ron Perry on electric bass. A week or so later he confided to me that he had called several drummers to make the gig, but no one could. It was with trepidation that he came as [...]

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I went to see My Morning Jacket at The Fillmore in San Francisco on December 30 intending to write a review of the audience. The show, however, was too good to waste cyberwhimsy on it. How good was it? See for yourself at www.archive.org: click on either ?bands with mp3s? or ?new arrivals? and find [...]

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M.R. Merris was born in Illinois and lived there until he was 13. He started writing in the eighth grade where his first attempt at poetry earned an F. Since he was used to seeing the grade he kept on going. A blackout drinker by age 15, he shipped out as a merchant seaman for [...]

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Karese Young and Herb Ruffin together form a duo of Viola and Piano, called Plum Island, Caribbean Jazz. Now performing with the Solano Community Orchestra and the New Millenium Orchestra in Berkeley, Karese recently joined forces with Herb, who has been writing, arranging and composing on the piano since he was a kid in Mobile, [...]

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Joni Mitchell wrote a song titled “Amelia” that contained a line about one’s life becoming “a travelogue of picture postcard charms.” I think I am beginning to understand what she meant. Last week, for example, my wife and I decided to spend a few days in Pacific Grove. While having breakfast on the second day, [...]

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In the spirit of the season, I began drafting some personal resolutions when something occurred to me. Good things happened in Bay Area theatre this past year, but there?s definitely room for improvement, even in our own backyard. Here are some suggested resolutions to help our performing arts community grow and thrive in 2007. For [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. Your forecast this week on major transits begins on Friday when Venus, the planet of artistic expression, and personal relationships at 10? Aquarius will sextile Jupiter, the planet of growth and expansion at 10? Sagittarius. The energy expressed from this sextile [...]

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[tag]Pilaf [/tag]is the name given to a wide variety of rice dishes from the Middle East to India. The variety of dishes that are called pilaf is astounding. Everything from entrees, main dishes, to deserts. Having eaten at a variety of near eastern restaurants over the years, especially my travel years, and finding myself now [...]

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