For a long time I was convinced of the classic aesthetic as shades in the sheen of black or white. Venus de Milo is undressed, plainly. Zeus sat in dominance among mere mortals, bared, bare.

Time hoodwinked us once again.

I laugh in a general direction.

We had a very successful first class this morning, with two very cute and engaging toddlers (one 16 months, the other almost 24 months). We practiced some talking, signing, playing, and drawing. If we get enough of a crowd next time, we may even have a circle time with songs!

If you're interested, please go to The Freeschool for more information. You can also visit Talking with Toddlers to learn more about how to facilitate communication in young children.

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The Evergreen State College Presents:

Poetry Slam featuring Christa Bell, Gabriel Teodros and Evergreen Students!

Christa Bell is an award-winning feminist folk poet, performance artist, and cultural activist from Seattle, Washington. A National Poetry Slam (NPS) Champion, National Public Radio alumna and internationally touring artist Bell’s work is crafted by combining the oral poetic and storytelling traditions of the Classical Black American Church with rhythmic elements of Hip-Hop and the body-centered awareness and transformative mission of women’s sacred ritual. Her work is an act of resistance towards the international corporately-sanctioned attack on women in mainstream hip-hop and mass media. As a spoken-word artist, poet and monologist Bell has created a body of work that is both a cultural insurgency and spiritual-political revival in celebration of the gospel according to women. www.christabellonline.com

Gabriel Teodros is the everyday journeyman with more stories to tell than most people twice his age. Having seen both city and countryside through the eyes of a broke-ass rapper and immigrant child, Teodros spins observations and wordplay into internationalism on wax. Linking first and third world people's struggles, he is sincere when he says "we in this together son, your beef is mine." http://www.myspace.com/gabrielteodros

Friday, Oct 19th @ 7PM--Doors at 6:30
Lecture Hall 1

$2 advanced/$5 @ the door for students, staff and faculty (of any college/high school--not just greeners)
$5 advanced/$8 at the door for general admission

Tickets are available at the TESC Bookstore and Rainy day Records

Hosted by the Appearing Task Force on Anti-Oppression and Umoja. Questions? Call 360-867-6144 or email us at anti.oppression@gmail.com

Here comes the rain wind again.

Even when you're green
Oil steals the scene