Greg Brown and the group Three Flights Up offers an evening of contemporary Americana Saturday at 8 o'clock at the Treestar Coffeehouse.

Tonight's mix is just that, a disjointed collection of pieces looking at a broad range of contemporary Americana.

He commissioned another song from Webb, who soon provided "Wichita Lineman", a "gorgeous, haunting piece of contemporary Americana full of longing, distance, loneliness, and resigned exhaustion."

Mr. Thiebaud, a Bay Area legend and one of our finest painters, miraculously conveys the magic of California light and the peculiarities of contemporary Americana.

J.R.'s hat is now displayed in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's contemporary Americana exhibit.

The grass also seems in character for an artist who makes frequent use of contemporary Americana, including lawn and garden accessories.

At Nature Morte (204 East 10th Street) through Sunday, Howard Halle uses contemporary Americana to amplify well-known cartoons and caricatures.

Mr. Mantello's terrifyingly funny "Box Rap" is like a walk-in CARE package of contemporary Americana, ready for shipping anywhere out to the world.

An astoundingly vital performance by the British actress Janet McTeer makes this small, beautifully acted slice of contemporary Americana a must-see film.

Yet in this arena, too, contemporary Americana has intruded.