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- Athenaeum frames travel in the 1800s (Boston Globe)
In the early 1800s, leisure was a concept more commonly viewed in New England as wasting God's precious time. Here we were more familiar with the practice of taking the cure at a mineral spring, or attending church camp in order to refresh the mind and body - for more work.
- Local Fourth of July celebrations this weekend (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
Friday, July 4
- Leonard Cohen: Out of the monastery and back on the road (Independent)
On Tuesday a spry 73-year-old man in a double-breasted suit and fedora will step on to the stage at the Manchester Opera House. For those of us in Britain who love his music, this moment will be both an epiphany and a relief. It is 15 years since Leonard Cohen last toured – after four nights in Manchester, he'll play several more dates in the UK this summer, including the O2 Arena and the ...
- One actor, one stage, nine Iraqi lives (Portland Tribune)
The pedigree of Heather Raffo’s “9 Parts of Desire†is beyond question. The one-woman play was both a critical and popular hit when it opened in New York in 2004, prompting The New Yorker magazine to call it “an example of how art can remake the world.†For ...
- 200,000 Berliners hail Obama (Toronto Star)
It was Barack Obama holding court for the first time with the world beyond America. And it seemed as if the whole world was waving back.
- Starting Out In the Evening (DVD Talk)
Starting Out In the Evening Lionsgate 2007 / Color / 1:85 anamorphic widescreen / 111 min. / Street Date April 22, 2008 / 27.98 Starring Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lily Taylor, Adrian Lester, Michael Cumpsty Cinematography Harlan Bosmajian Production Design Carol Strober Film Editor Gena Bleier Original Music Adam Gorgoni Written by Fred Parnes, Andrew Wagner from a novel by Brian Morton ...
- Download story podcast - Press-Enterprise
Download story podcastPress-Enterprise, CA - Jun 26, 2008CLOUD 9 COFFEE, poetry night, 7-9 pm Tuesdays; open mic night, acoustic guitarists, poets, songwriters, emcees, comedians and singers, sign-ups start at 5 ...
- Obama’s low expectations - Los Angeles Times
Discuss Gregory Rodriguez 's column. Comments will close after two days. 1. This sounds very distant from MLK's dream of everyone being judged by their character content and not by their skin color. Unfortunately,Obama IS being judged by his skin ...
- Back - due to popular demand - guardian.co.uk
Back - due to popular demandguardian.co.uk, UK - 7 minutes ago"The humour of life, the poetry of death, the release of the spirit - these things Gerhardie describes as no prose writer has done before him," wrote the ...
- Quardle, oodle, ardle... - New Zealand Herald
Quardle, oodle, ardle...New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 1 hour agoBy Jo McCarroll It is, in so far as such things can be judged, the best-known line in New Zealand poetry; the refrain of Denis Glover's poem The Magpies ...
- Feature Story - Uptown
Feature StoryUptown, Canada - 31 minutes agoWhile most of the poet's earlier shows have consisted of smaller, slam poetry-style pieces linked together to create a full-length performance, ...
- City notes - Naperville Sun
City notesNaperville Sun, IL - Jun 26, 2008The American Association of University Women will be holding a used book sale through Saturday at Neuqua Valley High School, 2360 95th St. The sale runs ...
- In d'Harnoncourt's death, city loses art-world treasure - Philadelphia Daily News
ANNE d'Harnoncourt, 64, an icon who turned the Philadelphia Museum of Art into a world-class institution during her 26-year tenure, died of cardiac arrest late Sunday night at her Center City home, museum officials said yesterday. The daughter of a ...
- American vocalist to perform Iranian tunes in White Plains today (The Journal News)
WHITE PLAINS - Hartsdale resident Monika Jalili will share what she calls the beauty and nostalgia of Iranian music with the Westchester Arts Council today.
- Another honor for Wooden - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Rays from the late afternoon sun shined through the peristyle and onto the right side of John Wooden's face. UCLA's legendary coach was talking about the latest acknowledgment of his career, the unveiling of a plaque in the Los Angeles Memorial ...
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