For most musicians, playing at Carnegie Hall would be the highlight of their careers. For trumpeter Shane O’Brien— who has played Carnegie twice—, it is just another stop on the tour for the Benicia native. However, it was still a great experience for him. “Every musician dreams of playing Carnegie Hall,” he said. “It was […]
Arts Benicia brings out the glass for new juried exhibition
If its newest juried exhibition is anything to go by, Arts Benicia has a heart of glass. That is a compliment, as demonstrated by the creative ways artists from all over have chosen to incorporate glass. If you need proof, it can be seen in the exhibit “Cutting Edge— Nontraditional Glass,” which opens tomorrow in […]
Poetry Corner: Ranjit Gill “Chasing a Butterfly”
Chasing a butterfly constantly out of reach I feel the need to dream I keep struggling and striving to improve, not just surviving. “The time is always now,” I remind myself whenever I feel I’m stuck. And no, I ain’t on drugs. And I ain’t on god. I need to be myself. Screw everything else. […]
Poetry Corner: Nina Serrano “Smoke No. 2 July 2018”
The wind shifted today We get a break from the smoke of 32 thousand acres of forest burning and maybe plastic and other toxics too When the fire started the sun turned red Liz looked up and called it a Chinese Lantern as we drove north along the freeway Not knowing what was happening between […]
Poetry Corner: Carol Gieg “Mirror Image”
(This poem is dedicated to Johanna Ely, Benicia’s sixth poet laureate who completed her term at the end of June.) How very much we’ve been enriched, Through you as poet laureate, this past two years. So like the hummingbird to which you are drawn, A mirror image in so many ways. Drawing forth sustenance as […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Evening Flight”
An evening wind is blowing, Softly pushing at the leaves. Above, a lone plane flies on through the night. I picture you seated by a window. The fragrance of your perfume envelopes me, And I wish that you were home with me tonight. Wish that I could hold you again, As I hear the sound […]
Farmar PTA to raise funds for music program with benefit concert at Lucca
Lucca Beer Garden is generally not open Wednesdays, but to help raise money for a good cause, the stage will be filled with the sounds of music for a special concert benefiting the music program at Mary Farmar Elementary School. The Mary Farmar PTA Music Committee will be hosting its Gimme a Beat! Benefit concert […]
Poetry Corner: Thomas Stanton “A Benicia Poem”
…train once ran to it biggest ships in the world leathered tethered busted and full tied to it gold in a drugstore teeth to the skeins rest and repose daughters of the light men of blue and bold poems here poems about here too fairly democratic duck bones turquoise gusts seagull and guts odes to […]
Poetry Corner: Nina Serrano “The Night After the 4th of July- A Haiku”
No rockets red glare Firecrackers quieted Could hear crickets sing
Poetry Corner: Ranjit Gill “Unfinished Walking Books”
We are unfinished walking books being interviewed by other stars. We are who we are. Well, at least we are who we are thus far. Constantly changing! Thoughts rearranging, archiving and updating. I’m not who I was yesterday. Tomorrow will never come. I’m forever stuck …in the moment!