‘Miscellany’ Archives
“I’ve been up and I’ve been down. I’ve been all around.”
By MIKE HAZARD Peter appeared at Peace House, a face out of the past. He jumped in my face and smiled. “I remember you and you don”™t remember me, Mike.” I remember your face, but not your name. “Peter. Pete the Greek from Crete. I was the guy who voted against you making a movie about Peace House back in 2007. I was wrong. It came out OK. Now I love you.” MIKE HAZARD This is the picture that Pete asked to have added to the We Remember wall where Peace House people who have passed away are remembered. “I stop by Peace House every month or two. I have been coming here for over 30 years. I”™ve been through it all. I have been up and I”™ve been down. I”™ve been all around.” “I knew Sister Rose (who founded Peace House). I drove her home daily. She was wholesome, hearty, and spirited. She could settle the biggest guy down. She was so wholesome, she was innocent. She was one of the most [...]
Alley Communication”™s 2019 annual gathering celebrated 45 years!
When a nonprofit organization has been around for 45 years, it can be a task to find a way to host an Annual Meeting that can both convey some of the important activities of the recent past and to instill the momentum going for the year ahead. With the skills and talents of many Alley Newspaper and community friends and volunteers, we were able to do both! Here is a sampling of what attendees experienced on November 8th: ”¢ We were moved by the words of Phillips Community spoken word artist, Amjed Yusef and our spirits nurtured by the music of Siama Matuzungidi and Dallas Johnson with Tim O”™Keefe, Siama”™s Congo Music. FIRST PERSON PRODUCTIONS-AARON THOMSON Tim O”™Keefe, Siama Matuzungidi, and Dallas Johnson, Siama”™s Congo Music at Alley Gathering Nov 8th ”¢ Tom O”™Connell, historian, organizer, professor, and author (including “It”™s Up to Us”) inspired us with a dynamic talk about [...]
