New issue features everything from jazz to Chinese military showers

In our October 27, 2008 issue, Youth Journalism International reporter Kiernan Majerus-Collins weighs in with a news story about the unique jazz improvisition program that has helped make West Hartford a high school jazz destination and a review of the new musical 'Big River' at the historic Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut.

Zhu Qin Zhe, a Chinese teen and junior reporter for Youth JournalismInternational, writes about life in a military camp for teens in China, including the sweetness of the countryside and the need to take wicked fast showers.
Finally, West Hartford's Leah Igdalsky has a review of singer and musician Andrew Bird's recent gig at the fabulous old Calvin Theater in Northhampton, Massachusetts. 

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