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- Cambridge Uni students assess merits of Winehouse's words - The Australian
AS spoken verse, it may scan a little awkwardly, and the rhymes could be considered somewhat laboured. But Amy Winehouse might argue her lyrics were never intended to be scrutinised by the poetry brains of Cambridge University. To the surprise of ...
- Woody Guthrie fest draws music lovers from across world (The Oklahoman)
OKEMAH — Strumming a guitar almost as big as she is and singing in a high, clear voice, Texas singer-songwriter Emily Elbert held the last note of her jazzy number "I Feel Fine†a breathtakingly long time. The crowd of about 250 music fans gathered in the basement of the Brick Street Cafe rewarded the diminutive 19-year-old with a standing ovation that left her grinning and blushing. Thursday ...
- Going Down to South Park 06.26.08: Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the ... - 411mania.com
Going Down to South Park 06.26.08: Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the ...411mania.com, TX - 32 minutes agoThe next day at school, Garrison teaches the class about haikus, a form of Japanese poetry with a pattern of syllables. The first line has five, ...
- Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth opens 5th festival - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth opens 5th festivalFort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 8 hours agoSeattle’s Deborah Birrane had two winners based on poetry. Eva Stone’s The Raven used literal reactions to a hilarious, updated version of Poe’s work; ...
- Wiggins is perfect spot to celebrate Juneteenth - Cherry Hill Courier Post
Wiggins is perfect spot to celebrate JuneteenthCherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 3 hours agoThe event commemorates the day -- June 19, 1865 -- that Union soldiers told slaves in Texas that they were free, 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation ...
- Cambridge students examined on Amy Winehouse song (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
They might not be Shakespeare or Wordsworth but lyrics by soul singer Amy Winehouse have been included in a Cambridge University literature exam for the first time.
- Site navigation (Salford Advertiser)
A SALFORD-born writer has been picked from thousands of entrants around the world as the winner of Scotland‘s prestigious national poetry prize. Jane Weir, 43, who lived in Irlam until her 20s, won Scotland’s £2,500 Wigtown Poetry Prize which she will be awarded with this weekend.
- The “L†or “l†word - New London Day
OK, you've really got to pay close attention here. You've got to keep track of the upper and the lower case. Letters, that is. Because our subject today is Lesbians. Note: Not lesbians. Note: Well, actually, Lesbians and lesbians but with the ...
- Computer Forensics: The New Fingerprinting - Popular Mechanics
The night Cindy M. * disappeared, she ate dinner with her parents and older brother in the family's two-story suburban Pittsburgh home, then went to her room and promised to come back for apple-walnut pie. The pretty 13-year-old with dark blond hair ...
- Fest shakes up the Shakespeare (The Pantagraph)
Ten reasons why the 31st year of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, arriving this weekend, may be its most eye-and-ear-opening to date:
- LA Phil guest conductor Bramwell Tovey at the Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesLA Phil guest conductor Bramwell Tovey at the Hollywood BowlLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoWhat with the earthy nature of "Carmina Burana" -- its Latin and old German love poetry given gung-ho music for chorus, orchestra and vocal soloists ...
- Tiny fiction strikes with poetic energy (The News & Observer)
Short-short stories, micro fiction, flash fiction -- these and other terms are used these days to refer to short stories less than six pages long and often much shorter. Many people seem to think it's a new contemporary genre. But short fiction has been around since the time of Aesop.
- Spanish museum doubts Goya painted "Giant" - International Herald Tribune
MADRID : Experts at Spain's leading museum El Prado said on Thursday they suspected one of their prize exhibits -- long attributed to Goya -- was in fact painted by one of the Spanish master's assistants. Manuela Mena, curator of 18th-century ...
- Local Beat (Corsicana Daily Sun)
Barry Masonic Lodge will have a stated meeting at 7:30 p.m. A meal will be served starting at 6:30 p.m. All masons are invited. Navarro County Relay for Life team captain’s meeting and bank night will be at 6 p.m. at the YMCA Optimist Room. Anyone interested is invited.
- A life-changing experience: man helps youths in way he was helped ... - The Chronicle Journal
A life-changing experience: man helps youths in way he was helped ...The Chronicle Journal, Canada - 1 hour agoIn terms of recreation and activities, the centre hosts movie and game nights, poetry readings, Guitar Hero tournaments, pool tournaments, pizza parties, ...
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