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- New album, new fears, same old attitude for the Roots - International Herald Tribune
Characteristically for the Roots, "Rising Down" grapples with tough issues: its title is an allusion to "Rising Up and Rising Down," William Vollmann's seven-volume treatise on the nature of violence. "I think this Roots album has a very mirror ...
- The Week[end]: June 20-22, 2008 (Isthmus)
Summer officially begins this weekend, dawning with a multitude of tunes at the National Women's Music Festival, the Mad City Summer Hip-Hop Jam, MadCeltFest, the Madison Blues Picnic, and the Launchpad state finals. That's only the start, though, with the fun also including: productions of 'lt;i'gt;For What It's Worth'lt;/i'gt; and 'lt;i'gt;Ah, Wilderness!'lt;/i'gt;; Rooftop Cinema, Feast with ...
- Words to save the world - The Gazette (Montreal)
Words to save the worldThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 56 minutes agoThey answered on paper - with poetry, non-fiction, fiction and art. The result is a high-quality book, titled Down to Earth, which was launched this spring. ...
- Heritage Week - Mayo News
Heritage WeekMayo News, Ireland - 18 hours agoSTUDENTS in Newport stepped back in time last week, to sample the past as part of Heritage Week at Holy Family National School. As part of the nationally ...
- Bend's brew pubs cure what ales you (Seattle Times)
Sunriver Resort, Mount Bachelor and 300 days of sunshine a year draw hordes of visitors to the town of Bend, a central Oregon vacation spot...
- As The Man Says - Leaves of Summer - Ulster Herald (subscription)
As The Man Says - Leaves of SummerUlster Herald (subscription), UK - 14 minutes agoThis summer, a week of activity was given over to celebrating the life and achievement of the Omagh-born playwright and short-story writer, Brian Friel. ...
- And the award goes to ... art, Grimshaw, and Maori history epic - The Press
The PressAnd the award goes to ... art, Grimshaw, and Maori history epicThe Press, New Zealand - 2 hours agoCharlotte Grimshaw, the daughter of acclaimed writer CK Stead, won the Montana Medal for fiction or poetry for her short story collection, Opportunity. ...
- The End of an Era for Hobart Lacrosse (R News)
After 14 years of competing against some of the best college lacrosse teams in the nation, Hobart College is dropping is program from Division I to Division III. Since the NCAA will not allow Hobart to offer its lacrosse recruits athletic scholarships, the school’s board of trustees decided it could no longer compete with other Division I schools.
- 'The Shack' opens doors for self-published author - USA Today
A little novel written by an Oregon salesman and self-published by two former pastors with a $300 marketing budget is lighting up USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list with a wrenching parable about God's grace. First-time author William P. Young's ...
- What It Is, by Lynda Barry - Hour.ca
What It Is, by Lynda BarryHour.ca, Canada - 10 hours agoConstructed of beautiful watercoloured visions of monsters and animals alongside self-portraiture, poetry and collage, this book sets out to answer one ...
- Prince penning book - Jam! Showbiz
"21 Nights," a "photographic essay" that offers "a rare glimpse into the life, lyrics, and mystique" of the maker of such hits as "1999" and "Purple Rain," will be published worldwide come fall, according to Atria Books, an imprint of Simon ...
- To be a Cuban in exile is to ache, to yearn - MiamiHerald.com
To be a Cuban in exile is to ache, to yearnMiamiHerald.com, FL - 1 hour agoWhy do they find their only true expression in poetry -- in art? ''We are the last of the Mohicans,'' Miami architect Raul RodrÃguez says of his generation, ...
- Kim Wayans & Vanessa Williams: From TV to Stage - Blackvoices
Kim Wayans & Vanessa Williams: From TV to StageBlackvoices - 9 minutes agoBased on poetry and prose from her book 'Shine,' the play is directed by Denise Dowse. Playing through June 7, 'Feet' already has received high marks from ...
- The politics of hip-hop - Economist
EconomistThe politics of hip-hopEconomist, UK - 4 hours agoIs it “pavement poetry [that] vibrates with commitment to speaking for the voiceless,†as Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University, ...
- "Festival of Tears": the tragic history of lynchings (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
NEW PALTZ — They didn’t always do it in the dead of night. Sometimes, the sun was shining. Word would go out and hundreds of people would turn up from all over.
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