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Athena had a less-than-beautiful experiencewhen she was performing in the pit. A drunk man inher audience spent her entire set encouragingother audience members to sing along. According toAthena, people were responding and "it wasactually rather humorous" until the man rushed atthe bewildered musician, apparently geared forattack. "Three guys I didn't even know ran toprotect me, so that felt nice. I felt veryprotected. I guess the man was just trying to giveme a hug, but I was like...
...Harvard Square debut, she says, "Iwasn't that good. I could sing, but I didn't knowhow to do a show or the ins and outs of gettinggood spots." She would play for hours to crowdsthat never seemed to gather. Athena had vowed tostay out until eleven every night, and graduallyinitiated herself into the sphere of successfulstreet performers. She reflects on her adjustingperiod, "At one point I composed songs to sing toCappy's window," her most appreciative audience...
...mind--murder and mayhem, past and present, stateside and overseas. The swirling, soulful My Love Is with You ends with the chant "Ban the handgun." The anthemic yet prayerful title track, Conversation Peace, rages against ethnic cleansing, slavery and the Holocaust. "There's no chance of world salvation," sings Wonder, "'less the conversation's peace." And even the poppy, sing-along chorus of Take the Time Out--"Take the time out to love someone/ Reach your arms out and hug someone"--belies the fact that the verses are about lost souls caught up in the vicious circle and circling viciousness...
Yesterday's performance marked the beginning of Knowles' reappearance on the stage. The dean is scheduled to sing with Overseer and Arts First Director John Lithgow '67 in Hollywood later this spring...
...Leafs Sing the Blues...