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...Deidre McCalla, a guitarist and singer-songwriter, tonight will perform a benefit for the Boston National Organization for Women (NOW) at Paine Hall...
Known for her recent album, "With a Little Luck," which received two 1988 New York Music Awards, McCalla will sing a variety of rhythm and blues, folk and jazz songs...
Barbara M. Bolton, a spokesperson for the 1800-member Boston chapter of NOW, said McCalla was chosen to perform because she is supportive of the group's agenda. The women's rights organization has billed the concert as an effort to "support the struggle for women's rights and reproductive freedom...
...McCalla agreed to come to Harvard because she was planning to be in Boston for a concert that fell through, according to Bolton. She said the organization arranged the benefit with the singer's producer at that time...
...McCalla's request was a bit unusual, but, said Warden Frank Pate, "I talked to the parole board, and they agreed to let him stay." McCalla settled down to study in the prison library. Hearing of his plight, Northern Illinois U. snipped academic red tape and gave him his exams early. He sailed through with a B average and sailed out of Stateville only 23 days late. Next fall he hopes to enjoy the real and academic freedom of an undergraduate senior, perhaps on the Northern Illinois campus...