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The Spark
11:27 am
Fri February 24, 2012

Highlander (Tribute to MLK)

In honor of Black History Month, a MLK-memorial sound piece by Elliot Majerczyk.

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The Spark
11:44 am
Fri February 17, 2012

The Cairo Rooster

Bob Bersson debuts a new occasional feature on The Spark, short, creative non-fiction, with his story “The Cairo Rooster.”

The Spark
11:35 am
Fri February 17, 2012

Jeff McCormack

Jeff McCormack’s long relationship with plants includes starting Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Garden Medicinals and Culinaries, co-founding Virginia Plant Savers, and being lead author of Bush Medicine of the Bahamas,  an ethno-botanical study of the native uses of medicinal plants on San Salvador Island.

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The Spark
10:01 am
Fri February 17, 2012

Won’t You Celebrate With Me

JMU student Shanell Dowling reads “Won’t You Celebrate With Me” a poem by Lucille Clifton,  in honor of Black History Month.

The Spark
12:22 pm
Fri February 10, 2012

Urban Renewal XVIII

Kirsten Warne

To honor Black History Month, JMU student Kirsten Warne reads Major Jackson’s poem Urban Renewal XVIII.

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The Spark
12:10 pm
Fri February 10, 2012

Stan Driver

Stan Driver picking hops

Hop grower Stan Driver talks about his fantastical vines, and the burgeoning Virginia hop-growing business.

Blue Mountain Brewery Hops

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