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- Sillimanians bag top press literary awards - Visayan Daily Star
Sillimanians bag top press literary awardsVisayan Daily Star, Philippines - 1 hour agoDumaguete-based poet and fictionist Cesar Ruiz Aquino won first prize for Poetry for “Jerahmeel,†Manila-based poet Marjorie Evasco won second prize for ...
- Basra - here's the good news story - Times Online
Basra - here's the good news storyTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoAnd last month they were able to hold al-Murbad, the annual poetry festival, which had been a regular feature of life in Basra for centuries and which again ...
- Mermaids featured at public party in Marshall - Asheville Citizen-Times
Mermaids featured at public party in MarshallAsheville Citizen-Times, NC - 2 hours agoThe performance includes family poetry, art activities and dress up for the Mermaid Parade at 6:30 pm The poetry and balladry concert at 8:30 pm features ...
- Botswana: Bessie Head Competition - AllAfrica.com
Botswana: Bessie Head CompetitionAllAfrica.com, Washington - Jul 16, 2008... Bessie Head's 70th birthday. The 2007 winners were: Khonani Ontebetse, novel; Ms Bontekanye Botumile, short story; and Monty Fanikiso Moswela, poetry. ...
- All ages can catch the reading bug (The Wilmington Star-News)
The library's Summer Reading Program is a safe, fun activity available to all ages. Beginning June 17 in Hampstead, library staff present "Catch the Reading Bug." The weekly time for children ages 2-12 to enjoy the free activities is 11-11:45 a.m. Story Explorations, 45 minutes of stories, crafts and other hands-on activities, is offered in...
- Showcase Nightlife (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Former Portsmouth Poet Laureate John Perrault performs ballads and poems at the Elysium Arts Folk Club in Rollinsford, NH on June 28 at 8 p.m. Drawing from his two books, The Ballad of Louis Wagner and Other New England Stories in Verse and the poetry collection Here Comes the Old Man Now, John will present an overview of his writings on New England, including the Louis Wagner Ballad, which ...
- NAG opens group show of paintings, prints - Pakistan Daily Mail
NAG opens group show of paintings, printsPakistan Daily Mail, Pakistan - 1 hour agoFew of his themes are based on Sufi poetry depicting creative and experimental work while the portrayal of festivals also reflect city scapes of Lahore. ...
- Online Jihadists: Give Us Lightning Guns! - Wired
Lightning guns have been reamed as one of Pentagon's silliest wastes of taxpayer money since the Iraq war began. Defense Department insiders blasted the things as " Rube Goldberg " contraptions that were " bullshit ," "C+ effort[s]," at best ...
- Rock for the ages (China Daily)
The Tang Dynasty's Beijing performance features lead singer Ding Wu (right) and guitarist Liu Yiju (widely known as "Lao Wu"). Vocalist Ding Wu struts across the stage, sporting his signature tight pants and loose T-shirt. The 46-year-old singer now wears his hair cropped closely around his face.
- Editorial: The legacy of Solzhenitsyn - Daily Gazette
The death of the famed Russian author and Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn Sunday won’t receive the kind of attention it would have had it happened at the height of the Cold War, but it certainly is worth noting. There was a 19th century ...
- Ellie Levenson: British men and the art of seduction - Independent
Ellie Levenson: British men and the art of seductionIndependent, UK - 4 hours agoDrunken requests for sex sent by text at 3am, yes, but thoughtful poetry or declarations of undying love, no. I was, however, once sent a book and some ...
- Hendrix's burnt guitar leads rock auction in London (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage, the only remaining fingerprints of Elvis Presley and the first contract signed by The Beatles all go on sale Thursday in a major auction of music memorabilia.
- Carbondale children’s author publishes three new books Meet Patricia ... - Scranton Times
Authors often talk about the need for discipline, to sit down and write even when it’s the last thing they want to do. Patricia Thomas is the first to admit she hasn’t quite mastered this dictum. “I’m not very disciplined. I go in fits and ...
- Gaia Online Gives Teens the Chance to Take Home "Olympic Gold" - Earthtimes
SAN JOSE, Calif. - (Business Wire) For those of us who have dreamt of Olympic glory, but prefer thumb wrestling and hot dog eating to swimming and hurdles, Gaia Online, the leading online hangout of more than 5 million teens, today announced it will ...
- Pretty, ugly - Peace Arch News
Pretty, uglyPeace Arch News, Canada - 10 hours agoSinging as both an art form and career creeped up on her when she started to attend and perform in poetry slams. “I started fusing songs into the poems. ...
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