When Maria Hawkins, a blues singer, asked a group of developmentally challenged adults to express their thoughts through music, one participant created these lyrics . . .
GCTC ponders possible move
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Column: The return of scooters and Motown and shags, oh Mod!
Remember the scene in Village of the Damned where one of the adults suddenly turns around to find herself surrounded by a dozen evil white haired children bent on brutally murdering her . . . ?
Local students honoured for artistic achievements
Matthew Daye and Marven Metellus are not child prodigies. They haven’t devoted their childhoods to attending music lessons or studying at an art school. But if winning an arts award for talent, passion and commitment to their work means anything, then that hasn’t hurt them.
Where have all those hip bohemians gone . . . Bohemia?
Not long ago, I stepped into a poetry reading expecting to find myself in the midst of a smoky lounge, drinking jug wine with a black beret perched atop my shaggy mop . . .