Word: civics
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...Parrotheads--so named by a friend of Buffett's at a Cincinnati, Ohio, show in 1986--have made tonight his 35th consecutive sell-out in this city, the kind of middle-American burg where people are thirstiest for Buffett's cheerful, escapist anthems. Quenching that thirst is Buffett's civic duty...
...whom records his escapades with a digital video camera. Buffett follows this routine on every stop of the tour. This afternoon the footage will be cut at a backstage editing suite, then projected on giant screens during the show--a canny bit of marketing that appeals to the fans' civic pride. Buffett rides by the Heinz 57 factory, rows up the river on a mahogany scull, goofs around with some preschoolers and winds up at Kenny B.'s Eatery, a downtown Cuban-American diner...
...Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue topped off its inaugural season on August 6 with a performance of scenes from House Arrest, a work-in-progress by Anna Deveare Smith...
Smith, a celebrated playwright, is founder and director of the institute, a three-year project focusing on artistic collaboration as a method for expanding civic dialogue...
...slogan Back to Sleep. But not everyone has got the message. Those who are still more likely to place their infants on their stomachs include mothers ages 20 to 29, African Americans in the inner city and families who live in Middle Atlantic or Southern states. Note to the civic-minded: Willinger is looking for volunteers who can help get the word out to any of these communities...