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carl joseph walker hoover, jaheem harrera and the unnecessary cycle of hate

this is about carl joseph walker hoover and jaheem harrera, two 11 year olds who committed suicide after a barrage of homophobic abuse from students at their schools, and the schools' refusal to intervene with all of their power.    peace, jamilah -----------------------... Read more

Latest Stage and Studio with Dmae Roberts

Here's the latest SNS show...  Learned a lot from Olga Sanchez of Milagro Theatre about the history of Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino as she talked about "The Shrunken Head of Poncho Villa." It was also good to talk with ason Zimbler director of Re-Theatre Instrume... Read more

Kim McKenna

Listen to Kim MccKenna talk about her new show at Beppu Wiarda. Read more

May Day: Is it still relevant 123 years later?

May 1, 2009 marks the 123rd anniversary of a rally for the eight-hour day in Chicago's Haymarket Square that ended with a police riot that left over a dozen dead. The political trial and hanging of four anarchists that followed sparked protests around the world and the d... Read more

Our Lee Stripling Show

 Lee Stripling died earlier in the week. He was 86 years old and an incandescent gentleman. He'd lived in Seattle for many years working his day job, raising his family & after he retired returning to fiddling. Many of us saw him at the American Festival of Fiddle Tunes ... Read more

this week on KBOO...

I have a couple of interviews this week on KBOO ....Kim McKenna will be my guest on Art Focus. She has a show called "Modern Problems" at the Beppu Wiarda Gallery. Then I am also interviewing Kathe Kollwitz, the Guerilla Girl! She'll be on Political perspectives that sam... Read more