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2020
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--> 11/05/2020, The Hum Magazine, Sorché Morgan; 
https://www.thehummagazine.com/post/marshall-james-kavanaugh [dream poet for hire]

--> 03/05/2020, "Poetry is a tool that communities use to grieve and commiserate with one another. It’s how we memorialize those who have just entered this plane of existence as much as it is how we process those who have passed on into the void beyond us. It’s how we move on from heart break and get through a rough time of emotional turbulence. The poem and therefore The Poet can become the mode of catharsis to move through and beyond this tempest of emotions. It’s how we find the words to describe what we are experiencing in this thing called Human."
Vanessa Shields; https://vanessashields.com/2020/03/05/dream-poet-for-hire-marshall-james-kavanaugh/ [dream poet for hire]

--> 01/09/2020, 6ABC Action News, Karen Rogers; "Localish Presents: Some of the Best Philly has to offer" https://6abc.com/community-events/localish-presents-some-of-the-best-philly-has-to-offer/5799596/ [dream poet for hire]
2019
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--> 12/04/2019, ABC Localish, Amanda Brady; "The Dream Poet For Hire of Philadelphia" https://abc.com/shows/all-good/episode-guide/season-01/97-the-dream-poet-for-hire-of-philadelphia [dream poet for hire]

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11/21/2019, "It has the potential to reach across the divide, or this imagined divide that we have between each other," Kavanaugh explained. "It is not so much about the words or the meaning or the purpose, it is about how it makes us feel. I hope that it is a positive experience. It is a little bit of sunshine in someone’s otherwise dull day."
Fox 29 Philly, Bill Rohrer; “Philadelphia street poet has a way with words” ​https://www.fox29.com/news/philadelphia-street-poet-has-a-way-with-words 
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[dream poet for hire]​


--> 10/22/2019, Eastside, Sarah Zheng; "Dream Poet For Hire" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fekER6yPzGk
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--> 09/15/2019, Philadelphia Daily News, Stephanie Farr; “Poems to order, in 5 minutes or less” 

https://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/PhiladelphiaDailyNews/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=PHDN%2F2019%2F09%2F15&entity=Ar00500&sk=0A58E411&mode=text&fbclid=IwAR2bygl46Q2s26IiatgBEmbt6GmkcBb1q_hm2i-G_8UgkfZoR4DDFk1N-pM# [dream poet for hire]​


--> 08/28/2019, "In just minutes, Kavanaugh can create for strangers, and for himself, what so many of us long for — connection, validation, and concrete proof through art that whatever else may come, this moment in time mattered."
Philadelphia Inquirer, Stephanie Farr; “Gritty, death, and breadsticks: Philly street poet will write you a poem on any topic | We The People” 
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dream-poet-for-hire-marshall-james-kavanaugh-philadelphia-street-poet-20190828.html [dream poet for hire]​


--> 08/27/2019, Philadelphia Inquirer, Lauren Schneiderman; “Dream Poet For Hire writes poems in Rittenhouse Square” 
https://www.inquirer.com/video/dream-poet-for-hire-writes-poems-in-rittenhouse-square-20190828.html [dream poet for hire]​

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03/01/2019, Center City Quarterly, Bonnie Eisenfeld; “Poet In The Park” 
http://www.centercityresidents.org/resources/Documents/29382_CCRA_Q1_2019_Web_Opt.pdf [dream poet for hire]​

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01/11/2019, "Poems are like prayers — perfect for carrying with us and remembering when we most need them. I am taking these words with me into 2019, setting my sights on a possible future where we are all together, celebrating in the light."
Pasatiempo, Jennifer Levin; “Holiday al Fresco: Downtown and Out in Santa Fe” 
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/holidays-al-fresco-downtown-and-out-in-santa-fe/article_febf68ea-152f-11e9-a9a8-e3111af92515.html [dream poet for hire]​

​2018


--> 09/14/2018, Taos News, Laura Bulkin; “Cavalcade of creatives: Latest Pecha Kucha night celebrates The PASEO and Taos Fall Arts Festival” 
https://www.taosnews.com/stories/cavalcade-of-creatives,51706 [dream poet for hire]
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--> 06/07/2018, ​"For me this is one facet of me being a poet. I view being a poet or being an artist, they're interchangeable. It's not just a thing you show, but a thing that you live," Kavanaugh said. "I don't just put out bits of poetry and hide in the shadows when people read my books. I feel like to be a poet I need to actually live that lifestyle completely."
Taos News, Dawn Franco; “Dreams On Demand” https://taosnews.com/stories/dreams-on-demand,48761?​ ​[dream poet for hire]


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05/12/2018, "Some powerful word art went down at Parse Seco’s “A Poem is Where the Heart Is,” the monthlong exhibition of a multidisciplinary “body” of poetry celebrating National Poetry Month." 
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Taos News, Virginia L. Clark; “Art for art’s sake: Parse Seco multimedia makers-space kicks egos to the door”
https://taosnews.com/stories/art-for-arts-sake,48089 ​[a poem is where the heart is...]


--> 05/11/2018, "Marshall James Kavanaugh wanted to create a space that was inclusive to all through the poetry art form. What he created is the 'A Poem Is Where the Heart Is' exhibit."
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Albuquerque Journal, Adrian Gomez; “Verbal vision: Interactive exhibit features poetry that reflects spirit of Taos area” 
https://www.abqjournal.com/1170093/interactive-exhibit-features-poetry-that-reflects-spirit-of-taos-area.html [a poem is where the heart is...]

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--> 02/22/2018, Santa Barbara Independent, “Poets For Peace” ​ ​https://issuu.com/santabarbaraindependent/docs/sbi_632_02-22-18/36 [poets for peace]

​2017

--> 09/27/2017, Taos News, Rick Romancito; “2017 Taos Fall Arts and The Paseo: Taos celebrates creativity indoors and out” 
http://www.taosnews.com/stories/2017-taos-fall-arts-and-the-paseo,43252 [ma ja ka]

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09/09/2017, "It’s all a part of the adventure,” the poem read. “The way each day we find something new about ourselves that changes the narrative." 
The Santa Fe New Mexican, Robert Nott; “A Poem For Your Thoughts?”  http://www.santafenewmexican.com/life/features/a-poem-for-your-thoughts/article_09033daf-d663-5853-8fd2-5a6ad9350446.html [dream poet for hire]

--> 08/25/2017, "Kavanaugh said the Poets for Peace tour is 'a peace walk in the tradition of Martin Luther King. We are not just bringing a message of hope; we want to bring the community together where the dialogue starts'."
Taos News, Tamra Testerman; “Freedom Is The Word”  http://www.taosnews.com/stories/freedom-is-the-word,42604  [poets for peace]

--> 08/22/2017, KNCE 93.5FM, Julia Daye; “Poets For Peace on KNCE 93.5FM with Julia Daye, Anthony Carson, and Marshall James Kavanaugh”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhKP9lBRhzg [poets for peace]

--> 03/15/2017, The Spirit of the Riverwards, Thomas Beck; “Upcoming Political Poetry Reading at the Random Tea Room”  https://spiritnews.org/articles/upcoming-political-poetry-reading-at-the-random-tea-room-and-curiosity-shop-in-northern-liberties/ 
[poets for peace]

​2016


--> 09/06/2016, KNCE 93.5FM, Julia Daye; “What Are These Things: September Word Exchange” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmfdEzGTgTE

--> 08/22/2016, KNCE 93.5FM, DJ Suchada; “All Over The Map: August Word Exchange” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-EGY8C3Ko

--> 08/14/2016, Taos News, Teresa Dovalpage; “The Farmers Market: a community gathering and a feast for the soul“  https://theastralplane.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/the-farmers-market-a-community-gathering-and-a-feast-for-the-soul/ [dream poet for hire]

​2014


--> 07/23/2014, “Back at the Baltimore Alternative Fair, something is going on at Little Berlin; not sure what. “Trash yoga” has been replaced with a lot more newspapers, live portrait ink painting, and a man typing poems-by-donation on a typewriter.“
Art F City, Whitney Kimball; “Artscape Diary: Three Days of Art Tourism in Baltimore” 
 http://artfcity.com/2014/07/23/artscape-diary-three-days-of-art-tourism-in-baltimore/

--> 07/18/2014, phindie, Julie Scharper; “Goldfish on bikes, unicorns with trumpets—it must be Artscape” 
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-ae-artscape-color-20140718,0,2643401.story [ma ja ka]


--> 06/15/2014, phindie, Julius Ferraro; “Surrealist party, imagery orgy” http://phindie.com/platos-porno-cave-the-trial-little-berlin-surrealist-party-imagery-orgy-4263/ [plato’s porno cave]


--> 06/10/2014, The Art Blog, Alyssa Greenburg; “Plato’s Porno Cave open for biz” 
http://www.theartblog.org/2014/06/news-post-platos-porno-cave-open-for-biz-baits-open-meeting-on-working-artists-nancy-agati-goes-to-boulder-opportunities-and-more/ [plato’s porno cave]



--> 04/25/2014, “A psychedelic tapestry serves as backdrop. Dream catchers float in the air. Audience members line the artwork-covered walls. In the next room, more art, more audience: A TV casts a sea of haze atop a mock fireplace, while half the room swims in a light installation. Poet and musician Marshall James Kavanaugh gives a dream-story preamble before donning a unicorn mask and blasting away on trumpet.“
Philadelphia Inquirer, Brion Shreffler; “Art, fashion, and rock join forces in local shows” http://articles.philly.com/2014-04-25/news/49381458_1_needle-points-visual-art-audience [the dream oven]



--> 02/12/2014, Radical Participation, John Farnum; “Exhibition Review of Little White Cubes II: Little Berlin at the DCCA”  http://imperfectcitydcca.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/exhibition-review-of-little-white-cubes-ii-little-berlin-at-the-dcca/ [little berlin]




2013

...: 10/09/2013, Technica.ly, Juliana Reyes; “This Little Berlin art exhibit is part video-game, part real-life” 
http://technical.ly/philly/2013/10/09/limits-and-demonstrations-little-berlin-lula-chamberlain/ [little berlin]

...: 10/09/2013, “Despite Tussman’s answers, the mystery is not quite solved. Limits and Demonstrations is a spellbinding exhibition that causes the viewer to question why there is a disconnect between the virtual and the real, and analyze his or her own efforts to close that gap.  With the case of Little Berlin’s Lula Chamberlain retrospective, there is definitely more that lurks beneath the surface with this artist.“
Paperclips 215, Kat Zagaria; “Limits and Demonstrations: A Lula Chamberlain Retrospective at Little Berlin” http://www.paperclips215.com/limits-and-demonstrations-a-lula-chamberlain-retrospective-at-little-berlin/ [little berlin]

...: 10/01/2013, “Nothing in what Tusman or game designers Jake Elliott and Tamas Kemenczy say about Chamberlain – who was ostensibly forgotten by art history because of a move to Mexico decades before her death – hints at her non-existence in physical reality. The idea of a virtual artist adds an interesting wrinkle to conceptual art, which often exists as a concept without a form; here it’s the artist that is imaginary, the work real.“
Metro, Shaun Brady; “New exhibit looks at the intersection of art and video games” https://www.metro.us/entertainment/new-exhibit-looks-at-the-intersection-of-art-and-video-games/tmWmja---0eCnclmp8Wo6A​ [little berlin]

...: 07/19/2013, Art Attack, Nick Suklennik; “Staying at home” http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/art_attack/Staying-at-home.html [the dream oven]

...: 03/21/2013, “The opening night party, a reception unlike any other, gave an idea of what’s to come throughout March. A number of shared experiences, interactive performances scheduled through the night, involved the crowd in the creation of the “new world.” Elaborate structural art pieces stationed throughout the intimate gallery space were explored, inhabited and manipulated by party-goers and the happy-go-lucky Lords of the New World—monsters and human characters created and played by artists and actors connected to the gallery.”
The Art Blog, Julius Ferraro, “The New World Order of Plato’s Porno Cave at Little Berlin” http://www.theartblog.org/2013/03/the-new-world-order-of-platos-porno-cave-at-little-berlin/ [plato’s porno cave]


...: 03/15/2013, “Once upon a time, there was a big bread oven conspicuously placed in the middle of the dingy basement on Frankford Avenue. Just sitting there, taking up space, front and center to many a basement house show.”
Jump Magazine, Nikki Volpicelli, “A Kiln For Creativity” http://issuu.com/gwmiller3/docs/jumpmarch2013online/25 [the dream oven]


...: 03/14/2013, “Releasing its audiences from the conventional gallery experience, the current exhibition at Kensington’s Little Berlin Gallery uses ideas from Plato’s Republic to explore the evolution of a new world outside of the familiar. Plato’s Porno Cave: The New World fuses ancient and modern cultures and is influenced by the works of both Plato and, the Mayan Popol Vuh creationist text. The idea arose from a series of “what if’s.” What if the world ended with the Mayan calendar, what if humanity had to recreate society?”
philly.com: Art Attack, Amanda V. Wagner, “What If?” http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/art_attack/What-If.html [plato’s porno cave]


...: 03/13/2013, “When I met PPC creators and curators Marshall James Kavanaugh and Augustus Depenbrock at Little Berlin, I was left to marvel at the bizarre remnants of the March 2 opening reception, a spectacle that took not only six months to conceptualize, but a cast and crew of more than 35 friends and friends of friends to bring to life.”
Philadelphia Weekly, Nicole Finkbiner, “Plato’s Porno Cave Is a Surreal Universe You Won’t Find Elsewhere” http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/arts-and-culture/art/197561101.html [plato’s porno cave]


...: 02/28/2013, City Paper, Joe Poteracki, “Plato’s Porno Cave” https://issuu.com/phillycp/docs/cp_2013-02-28/33​ [plato’s porno cave]




2012

--x 06/14/2012, “Every so often, a scrappy little promoter with no budget except the expansive one in his brain will manage to stack a bill four high with ALL KILLER, NO FILLER talent that somehow falls together like a perfect live-action mixtape.”
Philebrity, “This Evening Unchain Your Brain” http://www.philebrity.com/2012/06/14/this-evening-unchain-your-brain/ [the dream oven]


--x 02/15/2012, “Recording their Key Studio Session last week, I was able to dissect the interplay: Hamilton plays rhythm bass chords in a sharp, punchy, aggressive manner; Ben Contois plays lead bass licks that run the gamut from guitar solos an octave down to eerie organ-sounding arpeggios; and Marshall James Kavanaugh plays bass-bass, all washed out and rumbly as he delivers a robust Ian Curtis-esque vocal.”
WXPN’s The Key, John Vettese: “The Key Studio Sessions: Acid Kicks” http://thekey.xpn.org/2012/02/15/the-key-studio-sessions-acid-kicks/ [acid kicks]


--x 01/21/2012, The Deli Magazine, Annamarya Scaccia: “Plato’s Porno Cave Challenges Your Idea Of Love” http://philadelphia.thedelimagazine.com/8455/plato’s-porno-cave-challenges-your-idea-love-little-berlin-jan-21 [plato’s porno cave]

--x 01/20/2012, City Paper, James Friel: “JUST DO IT: “Plato’s Porno Cave” @ Little Berlin, 1/21″ http://mycitypaper.com/Blogs/JUST-DO-IT-Platos-Porno-Cave-Little-Berlin-1/21/ [plato’s porno cave]




2011

:.... 12/3/2011, “‘We’re the American dream the way it was suppose to be, standing up for your rights being an individual,’ Kavanaugh said.”
ABC News, “Occupy Philly stages rally at Independence Hall” http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8453723 [occupy philly]




:.... 10/21/2011, “One of the only things Acid Kicks take more seriously than their bass guitars are their dreams. They coined the term “dream-punk” to describe their cosmic-minded, noisy, forward-thrusting and electrically hypnotic music. But dream-punk isn’t just a genre.”
Philadelphia Weekly, Elliott Sharp: “Feature: Deep Inside The Pyramidic Valley With Philly Dream-Punks Acid Kicks” http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/music/2011/10/21/feature-deep-inside-the-pyramidic-valley-with-philly-dream-punks-acid-kicks/ [acid kicks]




:.... 09/20/2011, Philadelphia Weekly, Elliott Sharp: “Guide To New Music, 9.20.11: New Releases by Meg Baird, Acid Kicks, Lantern, and Sic Alps” http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/music/2011/09/20/guide-to-new-music-9-20-11-new-releases-by-meg-baird-acid-kicks-lantern-and-sic-alps/ [acid kicks]


:.... 03/22/2011, The Deli Magazine, “Some Pics from VWVOFFKA Benefit” http://philadelphia.thedelimagazine.com/4922/some-pics-from-vwvoffka-benefit [vwvoffka]




2010

--- 12/16/2010, Philadelphia Weekly, Michael Alan Goldberg: “Get Primitive At KFN Next Week” http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/music/2010/12/16/get-primitive-at-kfn-next-week/ [acid kicks]

--- 11/03/2010, City Paper, A.D. Amorsi: “Arts Picks: Soundoffka Vol. 2″ http://archives.citypaper.net/articles/2010/11/04/soundoffka-vol-2 [vwvoffka]

--- 10/19/2010, The Art Blog, Kathleen Vaccaro: “Frankford Ave vibe at Vwvoffka, Extra Extra and 2424 Studios” http://www.theartblog.org/2010/10/frankford-ave-vibe-at-vwvoofka-extra-extra-and-2424-studios/ [vwvoffka]
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--- 07/13/2010, Philadelphia Weekly, Emily Guendelsberger: “Vwvoffka gallery exhibit plays on the experience of scents and senses.” http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/arts-and-culture/art/Olfactics.html [vwvoffka]

--- 05/01/2010, Philthy Magazine, “F1rst Friday May 2010: Fishtown/NoLibs” http://www.philthymag.com/f1rst-friday-may-2010-fishtownnolibs/ [vwvoffka]

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