February 2008 ISSUE 

Next Month's Issue will be released
March 1st

photo copyrights belong to Karen Bowles


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All subjects are to be found on the page of the contributor, unless otherwise noted

Advice

        Baby the Greatest; Wildebeests and New Year's Resolutions

Art

        Diana Bonebrake; collaboration with S.A. Griffin, on S.A.'s page

        Patrick Kawahara; "Freedom of Art and Commerce: An
        Essay"

        S.A. Griffin; Collage for "Genocide Sutra: A Love Poem" by    
        David Smith



Awareness (Native American History and Culture)


        Brenda Everett;  An essay about her journey to participate 
        in The Longest Walk 2008     



Film

        Diana Bonebrake; review of Girls Rock! The Movie 
        Article and trailer...       

Museum


        Chumash Indian Museum: 2 Exhibits, 2 New Curators 
        Article by Dawn Mena

Music


        Melanie Dorsey;  "Harry Partch's Delusions of the Fury: An
        Unexpected Delight"
                


Photography

        Ada de Paris;  Beautiful Parisienne Lola le Chat, on Baby's  
        page     

        Dawn Mena;   "Eneq Qasil" (Beautiful Woman), Chumash
        Indian Museum page

        David Smith; "Stanley and Stella Kowalski's imagined home"
        and "Stanley Kowlaski's imagined place of work: The S&M 
        Ironworks"

        Ena La Freneiere;  "Memoirs of..." on the homepage;
        "~Madame X~" and "A myriad of brief love affairs_flirtations
         w/ words, actions, or not..." (title continues) on Ena's page;
        "Iris on Black Velvet" and "~Ode to the Road Trip~" on
        Valentine's Day page

        Karen Bowles; "Backyard, March 2007" and "Reflections in a
        bucket of water, March 2007" and "Berry Ice, January 29,
        2008"

Poetry

        Aine MacAodha; "Home Again" 

        Brenda Everett; "A True Native American"
        
        Bridget Van Loon; "comparing" and "waiting"
                                           
        Dena Rash Guzman; "cup of wine a kyrielle" and "my
        cunning"

        Geraldine Green; "TONIGHT I SIT, A TANKFUL OF
        FISH" and "THE FLAGMAN" 

        Karen Bowles; "Winter Crisp" and "Peel"

        Patricia Carragon; "Chocolate" and "The 4-Dimensional
        Man" 

        S.A. Griffin; "Variation On Sonnet of Shakespeare" 
                                      
        Scott Wannberg; "new year's verbal hallucination, 2008" 

     

Prose (humorous)

        Carey Fosse; "Delicious Recipes: Brownies from Scratch" and
        "Was Mona Lisa on Steroids?"

Valentine's Day     

        Art: Diana Bonebrake, collaboration with S.A. Griffin

        Essay: Janie...

                     Thomas Brorsen Smidt 

        Play: David Smith; "A Streetcar Named Desire's Stanley and 
        Stella Kowalski in 2008: After Hurrican Katrina"  

        Poem: S.A. Griffin; "Variation On Sonnet of Shakespeare" 

        Quotes: Ada de Paris 

                        Aine MacAodha 

                        Alison Mackie   

                        Helene Pince  

                        John Dorsey

Upcoming Events 

        Art: Olafur Eliasson, exhibit at SFMOMA; Native 
        American doll display at the Chumash  Indian     
        Museum  

        Movie: Girls Rock! The Movie (opens March 7)

        Music: The Counterfeit Gypsies
                       X
                       Zulya and The Children of the Underground
                      
        Poetry: California: S.A. Griffin and more   
                        NYC: The Brownstone Poets  
                        UK: Geraldine Green    

         Theatre: Denmark: Teatret DRAKOMIR

Worth a Look 

        Ellen R. Sheeley, author 
        Olafur Eliasson, artist 
        The Longest Walk 2008
        International Campaign Against Honour Killing 
        The Argotist Online   
        Chumash Interpretive Center   
        World Wide Radio Network     
        Tara Watch