by KJ I gallivanted the afterlife’s foggy streets for a millennium and never stumbled upon a place I could call home All the giggle sticks I mortified myself with Lucifer couldn’t give me bliss My trench coat was plastered in Cuban cigar smoke and a prostitute’s pleasure A murder of fiery-eyed crows circled above my […]
poetry
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Crowd Funding Kickoff for Solar Power at the Riverwest Co-Op
Kavon “KJ” Jones and Freesia McKee will be headlining a benefit to kick off the crowdfunding for solar power at the Riverwest Co-Op. The event will be held at 9 p.m. on Friday January 15th. at the Riverwest Public House, 815 E. Locust St. and there is a $5 cover. Read more about Kavon Jones […]
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Kavon Jones – Neighbor Spotlight
by Ellen C Warren Did you see that poet biking down the streets of Riverwest? The one that made you laugh about fried chicken at last year’s Riverwest Follies. The one that you might not have recognized since he’s left nearly fifty pounds behind in the last several months due to his bike and a […]
Posted inBusiness Briefs, Music & Events
Green Holidays
They say you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy local! The Green Holidays section is a handy guide to local holiday music, fairs, art, books, shopping, and dining. “Green Holidays” means local shopping and keeping the “green” in the hood. It also means going “green” with eco-friendly gifts. Our local shopkeepers offer many ways […]
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Celebrating Tagore With Poet Laureate Jeff Poniewaz and Past Laureate Antler
by Jan Christensen A volume of Rabindranath Tagore’s selected short stories had a permanent home in my college backpack in the early 1970s. It was through his prose that I first realized storytelling could open up a foreign world-view in ways that history or sociological studies never could. His tales of Bengali life revealed the […]
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