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- Dorival Caymmi: Leading figure in Brazilian song (Independent)
In February 1939 a young, unknown singer-songwriter got the most fabulous break of his life by recording a duet of his swinging samba "O Que É Que A Bahiana Tem?" ("What is it about Bahian Women?") with Brazil's biggest ever vocal star. The song became one of Carmen Miranda's signature pieces just before she took Hollywood by storm, and launched Dorival Caymmi as a leading figure in Brazilian ...
- Minister for promoting Punjabi culture - The Post
Minister for promoting Punjabi cultureThe Post, Pakistan - 3 hours agoThe minister said despite modern cultural trends and music, the mystic poetry and folk music of Punjab was still popular. He said it was the prime need of ...
- Tom McCarthy's top 10 European modernists - guardian.co.uk
Tom McCarthy's top 10 European modernistsguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoHe survives to write the most powerful and dynamic poetry of the 20th century - work in which the German language buckles and tears with the impossibility ...
- Comedy 'World's Greatest Dad' filming in Seattle (The Post and Courier)
Writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait ("Crank Yankers") and his friend, actor/comedian Robin Williams ("RV," "License To Wed"), have begun a 25-day shoot in the Seattle area.
- At Your Library: Maine's virtual library is MARVEL-ous - Portsmouth Herald News
At Your Library: Maine's virtual library is MARVEL-ousPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 5 hours agoAt 10:30 am Wednesday, July 23, Lawrence Clark will share his one-man show blending music, original poetry, storytelling and drama. At 10:30 am, Thursday, ...
- Intoxicating Rhymes & Sobering wine: The life and times of Khayyam - Payvand
Intoxicating Rhymes & Sobering wine: The life and times of KhayyamPayvand, Iran - 1 hour agoThe earliest references to his poetry come centuries after his death, when poetry attributed to him begins to appear in historical sources. ...
- Godseys, Givens in Circle of Honor - Plainview Daily Herald
Godseys, Givens in Circle of HonorPlainview Daily Herald, TX - 4 hours agoAs president of the World Congress of Poetry, she hosted poets and writers from 35 foreign countries in Plainview for a week in 2002. ...
- Livin’ La Vida Hands-Free Loca - Santa Monica Mirror
Livin’ La Vida Hands-Free LocaSanta Monica Mirror, CA - 1 hour agoBan tint on car windows and now the windows come down… so that everybody can enjoy the delicate poetry and social commentary of your favorite music. ...
- VA: Civil Rights Memorial Unveiled (ABC 2 Baltimore)
For the first time Monday, statues of black children and civil rights leaders were placed alongside statues of some men who had worked to deny racial equality on the lawn...
- Yada Yada Yada | Prone Maybe I am a dirty writer. But so was Nabokov. - Velocity
Yada Yada Yada | Prone Maybe I am a dirty writer. But so was Nabokov.Velocity, KY - 2 hours agoNow, I was fully aware that my column and blog are considered dirty by some people, but I'd never thought my poetry or fiction was, especially not by an ...
- Albany to allow automatic auto insurance rate hikes - Buffalo News
State lawmakers are poised today to hastily pass legislation that would restore auto insurers' ability to raise or lower rates by an average of up to 5 percent without seeking prior approval from regulators. The identical bills to re-establish "flex ...
- Be more careful when taking on the train, my China - Thought Leader
Be more careful when taking on the train, my ChinaThought Leader, South Africa - 2 hours agoRod has had one book of poetry published, Gathering Light (Snailpress), and has had numerous poems published in various magazines and reviewed poetry ...
- Varia: Is Civility for Chumps? - Newsweek
Varia: Is Civility for Chumps?Newsweek - 6 hours agoLikewise, Teresa Heinz Kerry isn't a bit sorry she undermined the poetry of the speech she gave last night at the Democratic National Convention by earlier ...
- Kidnap suspect calls days with daughter 'glorious' - Miami Herald
BOSTON The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller and is accused of kidnapping his young daughter says he spent "six glorious and wonderful days" with the girl while evading authorities, but he still isn't talking about his life before 1993. Police ...
- How Alliteration Enhances Poetry, Prose, And Memory - Medical News Today (press release)
How Alliteration Enhances Poetry, Prose, And MemoryMedical News Today (press release), UK - 3 hours ago... State University had participants read works of poetry and prose with alliterative sentences to show the importance of repetitive consonants on memory. ...
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