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The Mississippi River's wrath reveals itself to every generation. A few Western Illinois artists are doing their part to make
sure the tragic lessons of the past will spare lives in the future.
The city of Carbondale calls itself 'The Capital of Southern Illinois.' The community's arts organizations are working hard
to make sure that title applies to the cultural realm, too.
Through exciting, original theater, Laura Wiley and her husband David Feiner devote their lives to teenagers from a Chicago
working-class immigrant neighborhood.
With a Ph.D. in history, folk singer and songwriter Bucky Halker knows where he comes from. That's why he's still singing
the working-class songs he heard growing up in blue-collar Ashland, Wis.
Critics have called saxophonist David Boykin one of Chicago's "best kept secrets." A master of improvisation, his free jazz
knows no musical boundaries.
