Author Archives: Richard Guzman
The Plymouth Rock Singers
The VIDEO BELOW is being posted as one of a pair, the other being “Hope Is A Home: Danny Gokey’s Benefit Concert for Emmanuel House.” Gokey, third place finalist in 2008’s American Idol, did an exciting, bells-and-whistles benefit for our family’s … Continue reading
Mark Turcotte: Songs for the Endless Others
Poet Mark Turcotte (b. 1958) spent his earliest years on North Dakota’s Turtle Mountain reservation and in several migrant camps in the western U.S. Drawn to Chicago in 1993, partly because of the city’s thriving poetry scene, he established himself … Continue reading
Remembering Julian Bond
Julian Bond (b. 1940) passed away this past August 15, 2015. He led an extraordinary life of service, especially in the cause of Civil Rights: one of the founders of SNCC (The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), first president of the … Continue reading