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- Bulletin Board, June 1 - Norwich Bulletin
Bulletin Board, June 1Norwich Bulletin, CT - 10 hours agoHIV/AIDS IN THE LATINO AND AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, 10 am to 2 pm, 401 West Thames Street, NORWICH. Sponsored by the Southeastern Mental Health ...
- Sorted out for rhymes and lines: the secret of great lyrics (Independent)
On a recent trip to Brazil, I commented to the bossa nova-era songwriter Carlos Lyra that so many of the great Brazilian songs contain the word coracao – heart – in them. "It's so romantic," I said to Lyra. "It seems that Brazilians can't help but sing of the pain and the joy in their hearts." "Actually," Lyra replied, "there's another reason. Coracao is the easiest word in the Portuguese ...
- Poetry isn't in the cards (Denver Post)
For more than a century, nothing but nothing has brought out the shameless sentiment in writers like baseball. Most have missed.
- 'Lesbians' don't have to be from Lesbos - The Independent
A Greek court has dismissed a request by people living on the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban the use of the word lesbian to describe gay women. Three residents of Lesbos, the birthplace of the ancient Greek poetess Sappho whose love poems inspired ...
- Stephen Brown - Marion Chronicle-Tribune
SWAYZEE — Stephen Brown, 58, passed away at 3 a.m. Friday, May 2, at Marion General Hospital. Stephen was born Jan. 16, 1950, in Lebanon. Stephen was an Army Veteran and was a bus driver for 30 years for Marion Community Schools. He loved music and ...
- Go bargain hunting at Arc thrift sale - GoErie.com
Go bargain hunting at Arc thrift saleGoErie.com, PA - 9 minutes agoShe will sign her new book, "Poetry from the Heart Meaning from the Soul," from 1 to 2:30 pm at Blasco Library's Admiral Room, 160 E. Front St. Arrington ...
- Juneteenth festivities begin (The Valdosta Daily Times)
The 16th Annual Juneteenth Celebration kicked off Tuesday.
- 'Step outside the box': Immaculate grads urged to pursue their dreams - Danbury News-Times
DANBURY -- Immaculate High School Principal Richard Stoops gathered his 99 seniors outside the Danbury school after their graduation Wednesday so they could toss their caps into the air in unison. For them, it was his final show of leadership, and in ...
- Literary community lobbies for city to create poet laureate - The Kingston Whig-Standard
Literary community lobbies for city to create poet laureateThe Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada - 1 hour agoOnly those that have published at least one book of poetry -not including self-published volumes -and are noted writers living in Kingston would be eligible ...
- Apres-breakfast with Canadian author Margaret Atwood - Prague Post
Prague PostApres-breakfast with Canadian author Margaret AtwoodPrague Post, Czech Republic - 2 hours agoMA: That era of the poetry readings was also the folk era. So our intermission would be a folk singer, usually playing the auto harp. ...
- Movie Review: 'Flight of the Red Balloon' - IdahoStatesman.com
Movie Review: 'Flight of the Red Balloon'IdahoStatesman.com, ID - 6 hours agoHou gives Binoche free rein, and there are patches in which the actress' rambling, exercised speeches and anxious physicality become a little too much. ...
- Indian River County community calendar: July 14 - TCPalm
Indian River County community calendar: July 14TCPalm, FL - 50 minutes agoCreative Writing, Poetry: Discussion, critiques, encourages budding writers. Indian River County Main Library, 1600 21st St., Vero Beach, 6 pm Adults. ...
- 1967: When Joni met Leonard - Toronto Star
1967: When Joni met LeonardToronto Star, Canada - 1 hour agoAnd in Newport Collins introduced Mitchell to Cohen, then acclaimed for his poetry collection The Spice-Box of the Earth and his novel Beautiful Losers. ...
- Share your poems over a cup of coffee - Hendon & Finchley Times
Share your poems over a cup of coffeeHendon & Finchley Times, UK - 7 hours agoBy Tomasz Johnson A pair of lyrical Edgware ladies have set up a poetry society to encourage budding poets to share their musings with others. ...
- Translating difference: a debate about multiculturalism - Open Democracy
Humans are not the same. But to survive we need to cooperate, to organise, to establish connections that will help us prosper. Humankind has conventionally expressed its alliances in terms of greater or lesser similarity. The cultures, societies, and ...
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