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Three Boston Globe Articles Added "Mimi Farina Smiles Again" (April 23 1980) "A Rose Blooms Concert Pays Tribute to Charity's Ailing Founder" (March 24, 2000) "Positively Club 47" (May 3, 2001) These first two are on the Articles on Mimi page; the third is on Reviews of Positively 4th Street. Liberating Richard In honor of the 44th anniversary of Richard's death, Neal Hellman has written some parting thoughts on his Richard Fariņa Dulcimer Book. liberatingrichard.html (April 2010) Screen Grabs of Mimi In honor of Mimi's birthday, we present some images captured from the Joan Baez documentary, How Sweet the Sound. howsweet.html (April 2010) Memories of the Troudadour days: Professor Jonathan Shear, an old friend of Richard, has shared some of his memories, which are added to Troubadour page, next to the third photo down: richardandmimi.com/troubadour.html (Jan. 2010) Farina reference on Family Guy: Added to the "Allusions" page: richardandmimi.com/allusions.html (Jan. 2010)

American Masters Documentary on Joan Baez Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound has previously unreleased footage of Mimi performing with Joan, as well as home movies of the girls playing as children. There are no complete performances by Mimi, but it is definitely worth seeing. More info at www.razorandtie.com/joanbaez/howsweetthesound/ and http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/joan-baez/how-sweet-the-sound/1185/ Banana's New CD and Website The Youngbloods alumnus who collaborated with Mimi for twenty years now has his own website, as well as a new CD: www.grandpabanana.com New translation of Fariņa's novel! At last, a Spanish translation! Published October 2008 by Aleph Editores. New CD of all Fariņa songs!! Caroline Doctorow has recorded an entire CD of Fariņa songs, titled Another Country: The Songs of Mimi and Richard Fariņa. On sale October 26, 2008. www.carolinedoctorow.com Cover version of "Children of Darkness" This song has been recorded several times since the Iraq War began. Check out this new version by The Dulcimer Girls on their first album, Old Ways Are Leaving, available from their website at purrgirl.com/Dulcimer.html

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