Ordinarily, April at HOWL conjures images of dreary skies, bare fields, and road ruts and wash-outs that have even veteran mud-season drivers dreaming of the day they’ll live on a paved road.  Not so this April, when the legendary Alix Dobkin entertained a sell-out crowd in HOWL’s community room.  April at HOWL?  Now I’ll think of a packed house of laughing women, two festive cakes baked by Stephie, and of course, the whole room singing along with Amazon ABCs.

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