Listen & Be Heard Weekly Archives

Honesty by martha mims

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SLEEPING THIRTEEN by jennifer sweeney

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CASTELLATION
by dr. charles frederickson

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In their production of Thorton Wilder’s Our Town, there are hardly any flaws for me to write of. Well, perhaps, I well divulge on the pleasantries on my first attendance to RSVP, which stands as one of Northern California’s oldest community theatre. The theatre is a charming old barn house that has gone through a [...]

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June Reif wears three hats for the Dreamweaver’s production of Vera Caspary mystery drama “Laura”:director, set designer, and painter. Laura is based on a novel by Vera Caspary. It was adapted in to a film under the direction of Otto Preminger in 1944. June strives to respect the time of the film’s genre in her [...]

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Click here for Archived Articles about Kim Shuck
Friday March 30, 8-11pm $5
Listen & Be Heard Poetry Café
818 Marin Street, Downtown Vallejo, 94590
707-554-4540

The relationship between me and Kim Shuck is also an informal relationship between Listen & Be Heard and the Native American Cultural Center in San Francisco. The relationship being that Kim [...]

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Dear Kara:
Thanks for the lovely review. I had no idea L&BH was doing a review of Done for a Dime. (I’d heard you were doing one for Blood of Paradise, though.) Thanks so much for the kind words and the support. If you come to the Bookshop Benicia event on March 21st, please come up [...]

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she didn’t intend to
sleep late
she didn’t wake
at sunrise
victim of her own
appetites
the night
the light
the day
went on without her
she didn’t hurry
to catch up
just gave it up
as lost time
a rhyme
she didn’t complete
didn’t come out neat
like she planned
a man
will do it every time…

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Thursday, March 22 you can witness the swearing in of Benicia’s first woman Police Chief. SANDRA SPAGNAOLI will be sworn in at 4:00 PM in the Council Chambers at CITY HALL. There will be a reception immediately following the ceremony in the Commission Room. For more info call ANNE CARDWELL at 746-4210. [...]

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Pesach, Passover, Is April 3rd this year
I decided to list a traditional Jewish dish. When I was a young boy, growing up in Brooklyn, Brownville, it was during the great depression. My family was not religious; we still enjoyed our communities’ quiet transformation during the Jewish Holidays. Latka, were the typical treat, that everyone I [...]

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I would like to welcome you to another week of self-discovery and universal understanding. You only have three major transits this week, and they all involve the planet Mars. The planet Mars is the energizer of the Zodiac, whereever you find the placement of Mars in your chart, you find the engine that drives your [...]

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“Getting To Know…Bad Blood” by Bad Blood
DATELINE LOUISVILLE, KY, FIRST WEEK OF MARCH 2007: I was bicycling down Bardstown Road with local artist Noah Church, whose outstanding paintings are currently on display at that street’s hookah bar known as Café 360 (we stopped there to see them, along with the mural he painted on the [...]

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Bluesy, jazzy sounds surrounding smooth contemporary lyrics are what Volker Strifler and Don Bassey will be offering as the play acoustic tunes from Volker Strifler Band CDs. These are expertly crafted songs that achieve the near-impossible feat of not only creeping into the brain but under the skin, borrowing from every decade, not just the [...]

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