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- Calls for end to Saudi child marriages - Seattle Times
An 11-year-old boy gave out invitations to his classmates for a big event his family was planning this summer - and it wasn't his birthday party. It was his wedding to a 10-year-old cousin. Muhammad al-Rashidi's marriage was eventually put on hold ...
- No Man's Land - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukNo Man's LandTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours ago... and its depth are the sudden shafts of poetry. It becomes clear as the play progresses that Hirst is entering a realm of either dementia or death. ...
- Stage Preview: Pittsburgh Playwrights revives 'Dorothy 6' - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Pittsburgh Post GazetteStage Preview: Pittsburgh Playwrights revives 'Dorothy 6'Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 30 minutes agoThe texture of the play is very August Wilson, although the language does not summon an equivalent poetry. Marcus Muzopappa directs with assurance, ...
- ‘Tagaytay 5’ go back to interrupted lives (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Philippines—After their release on Thursday afternoon, the five men detained for two years and four months for rebellion case are going back to normal life again.
- BOOK REVIEW: Mother's mysterious friend drives 'Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn' (Belleville News-Democrat)
"Nothing Is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn" by Alice Mattison; Harper Perennial ($14.95)
- Homeowners dig down for more space - Los Angeles Times
COME ON DOWN, Stefan Lemperle says. Here, 13 feet under the ground, there's sunlight and fresh air, an open-to-the-sky patio with a rock-lined pond, a high-ceilinged lounge and a media room large enough to host dozens of friends. Lemperle's new glass ...
- ‘I belong there...’ - Saudi Gazette
‘I belong there...’Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia - Aug 10, 2008Since then, Darwish has published approximately thirty poetry and prose collections which have been translated into more than twenty-two languages. ...
- Arts council offers new online application process (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
The Illinois Arts Council has announced a new online application process (CueRate) for the Artists Fellowship Program. The Artists Fellowship Program awards $7,000 fellowship and $700 finalist awards to honor Illinois artists of exceptional talent and enable them to pursue their artistic goals.
- Love in the Middle Ages - ChicagoPride.com
Love in the Middle AgesChicagoPride.com, United States - 1 hour agoUrban's lyrics and dialogue sound like people talk, and can be credited for their lack of pretension if not their poetry. Give him credit as well for not ...
- Other Sound Festival, Ignite What's Next and more - Creative Loafing Atlanta
Other Sound Festival, Ignite What's Next and moreCreative Loafing Atlanta, GA - 3 hours agoWith a combination of humor, poetry and a bit of song and dance, this work takes a deeper look at post-9/11 America. Through Sept. 14. $25. Thurs., 7:30 pm; ...
- All About Him - Slate
McCain Speech React: I predicted McCain's would be a good speech. Wrong again. That makes two successful conventions ending with weak final acts. 1) McCain screwed up what was potentially the most effective part of the speech, where he blames his own ...
- Dance Theater to step up big (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Two of America's top modern dance companies come to Cincinnati for the first time, leading off Contemporary Dance Theater's 2008-09 season.
- Britain's Poet Laureate Has Writer's Block - Huffingtonpost.com
British poet laureate Andrew Motion is planning to resign next year. And while he has long professed his desire to leave the lifetime appointment early, he is more anxious than ever to get back to living without the laurels. Motion, it seems, has ...
- Mary Sue ‘Petey’ Giroux, 63, educator - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Mary Sue ‘Petey’ Giroux, 63, educatorAtlanta Journal Constitution, USA - 2 hours agoShe popularized a national poetry contest called “River of Words†that Georgia students went on to win. “Petey made an enormous mark on our agency, ...
- Two dead, four injured in W. Phila. playground shooting - Philadelphia Daily News
A tearful Sandra Mack remembered how her son, Miles, would tell her, "Mom, this is my neighborhood and these are my people." His neighborhood was Mantua in West Philadelphia. On Thursday night, he had just wrapped up the fifth season of his X-Tra ...
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