Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

I Work My Mind Like Planet Earth by michael johnson

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Sailmaker/Caretaker
by peter bray

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LIVE LOOK LISTEN LEARN LOVE by dr. charles frederickson

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As The Sun by michael johnson

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Love Poem by ileia thomas

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It was a huge pleasure to play at your establishment last night. I may have to move to Vallejo just to be closer to your cafe.
See you next time,
Tom Bowers
Tia Carroll’s bass player

Martha and Tony, thank you so much for that opportunity. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Your sound system was just perfect, I heard the [...]

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Some people are born great, carrying themselves with a natural ease and confidence that comes from ability to perform in the right place at the right time. Ileia Thomas walked into Listen & Be Heard Poetry Café for the first time with that kind of confidence. She signed the list and made herself comfortable. Some [...]

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Done for a Dime
Murder mysteries, and police dramas may feel like a dime a dozen, but that just makes it that much more satisfying to find one that stands out from the ordinary. “Done for a Dime” by David Corbett doesn’t skim the surface of what are, in reality very complex issues. Stereotypes [...]

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“Slavin’ Over A Hot Girlle” by Medeas Kitchen
Some CDs, unfortunately, have a way of falling through the proverbial cracks. 2000’s “Slavin’ Over A Hot Girlle” by the Vallejo and neighboring cities’ band Medeas Kitchen is one of them.
The apostrophe-free band name may or may not refer to the woman from ancient Greek myth who [...]

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What is self evident is that The Talons play together for the love of music, the love of the drum beat, and just for love too. Originally from a garage in East Palo Alto, The Talons have solidified into a band that keeps the heartbeat of a night meant for fun and exultation alive. Usually [...]

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photos by s.n. jacobson

Canyon Café
644-5011
3845 Broadway St
American Canyon
6 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Monday – Tuesday
6 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Wednesday - Sunday
Every time I pass the Canyon Café on highway 29, the parking lot is full. Recently I decided to stop and find out what the attraction is.
The Canyon Café is an all-American Diner. Booths line [...]

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Welcome to another week of self exploration and universal understanding. I would like to wish all of the mystical Pisces out there a happy Earthday. The Sun is in your sector of the Zodiac, and it’s Pisces’ time to shine in the life-giving Sun’s light. If you were born between February 20th and March 20th, [...]

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I think that I’ve mentioned before that for over 20 years I identified myself as a vegequarian. i ate mostly fish and vegetables. This had evolved with me after I realized that I couldn’t kill animals. I knew I could kill fish because when I was a kid during the time of the Great [...]

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The Trivia Bee was a great success and a lot of fun. I had never been on a team before and I was asked to sub on the Valero Team #2. My team mates, RICHARD TURK and JOHN PETULLO kept me laughing with witty remarks throughout the competition and after all was said and done [...]

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