(photos by juliet tondowski and devan mulvaney)

the willie dixon birthday bash organized by harry bodine and spencer thomas was actually a fundraiser for music for literacy project started by issa medrano, a librarian at an eastside elementary school, in memory of omar dykes’ late wife lyn. theyre looking to get a lot of books into the hands of young folks without the means and access so hook em up if youve got some spare reading material.