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San Francisco standup comic and performance artist MARGA GOMEZ

Fresh Air

Published August 18, 1994 at 11:00 PM EDT

San Francisco standup comic and performance artist MARGA GOMEZ. In "Memory Tricks," Gomez talks about her mother, who worked as an exotic dancer. Her mother now suffers from Alzheimer's disease. (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 4/15/93.) GOMEZ is currently performing "Memory Tricks" at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. She take the show to Marin, California (Nov. 5 & 6) and to Eugene, Oregon (Nov. 11 & 12).

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