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Telling Stories With Song

by Jeremy Berg

When I first heard “The Fire Next Time,” I was struck by its resemblance to a Johnny Cash tune. A month or so later I found out that its author, Al Kammen, had in fact deliberately written the song in the manner of the country giant. That, however, is about the only purposeful nod to anyone else in his songs.

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In Memorium: Marvin Hill, 1952-2003

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by Mark Lawson

Perhaps no other artist has been so closely identified with the Riverwest community as printmaker Marvin Hill. Marvin passed away on December 2 after a five-year battle with lymphoma. His graphics for Artwalk posters, T-shirts, and pins throughout the 1990s gave the event a highly recognizable style with a humorous, down-home character. A prodigious artist who often sketched even while eating in a restaurant or working at one of the countless art fairs he participated in with his wife Wendy, he produced hundreds of different prints in his lifetime.

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MATC’s Gourmet 6

by Jackie Reid Dettloff

Winter is hunker down time. Time to focus on indoor pleasures. Time to enjoy the pleasure of good eating. If you want to enjoy a first-rate meal for a bargain-rate price, I suggest you head to the downtown campus of MATC. On the sixth floor of the building at 1015 N. Sixth St., you will find the Gourmet 6 Dining Room.

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January

Greg Borowski’s First and Long: A black school, a white school and their season of dreams – Woodland Pattern 10th Annual Poetry Marathon Fundraiser – Literature of Ecological Vision – 1/30 Riverwest Currents Second Anniversary Bash @ Linneman’s – Durkin reviews A Nod to Bob, Frank Says Fuck It, Koala – El patron Santiago: cuentos y colaboraciones – MINDFACTORY – Alleluia Erotique