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- A small sacrifice for a Long Man - Daily Telegraph
I am hiding behind a long wall in an East Sussex car park trying to keep dry in the face of a blustery squall, but it's not working. The 230-ft Long Man of Wilmington (top) and members of Anderida Gorsedd (bottom) Wherever I stand, the wind and its ...
- Obama & the Conquest of Denver (New York Review of Books)
1. I tagged along to the Democratic National Convention in Denver with my wife, Ayelet Waldman, one of five pledged Obama delegates elected from the 9th Congressional District of California. Like every political convention, I suppose, this one was quite a show: a spectacle.
- Big Bend women's deaths still a mystery - Tallahassee Democrat
Gadsden County Sheriff's investigator Scott Ivey has spoken with the mother of 33-year-old Bobbi Jean Tew so often, he said, he gets the feeling he knew her daughter. One year ago today, Tew's skeletal remains were found in a heavily wooded area ...
- Gate of the Orient†opens in Spain - Tehran Times
The event is held by the Vitoria municipality and cosponsored by Iran’s cultural attaché office in Spain, The University of the Basque Country and other Spanish organizations. At the opening ceremony on August 19, the deputy mayor of Vitoria, Juan ...
- Regional Happenings: Grape festival, other events slated (Baxter Bulletin)
Here's a look at local and regional happenings for August.
- Healing the spirit through dance (The Villager)
In her recently published memoir, “Skin of Glass: Finding Spirit in the Flesh,†ballerina-turned-Sufi Dunya Dianne McPherson, explores dance as a spiritual practice.
- Bella Vista band leader Mitchell calling it quits (NWAnews.com)
BELLA VISTA — The sound of music here will soon change forever. Jack Mitchell and his wife, Betty, are relocating to Tennessee to be closer to family. (Benton County Daily Record)
- St. Cloud writer's novel is 'Spirits in the Grass' - Grand Forks Herald
ST. CLOUD, Minn. Author Bill Meissner's blue manuscript folder has seen years of use and abuse. Its seams are held together with various types of clear tape - some packaging tape and some "magic" tape. But the real magical part of Meissner's thick ...
- Hailing Rain Taxi for years of service - Minneapolis City Pages
Hailing Rain Taxi for years of serviceMinneapolis City Pages, MN - 13 minutes ago"We're seeing creators in this medium really pushing their boundaries, in the same way that poetry or visual art did in the early part of the 20th century. ...
- GRATEFUL DEAD - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphGRATEFUL DEADCalcutta Telegraph, India - 18 minutes ago... John Ruskin and George Eliot were born, and the stethoscope was invented — he was excitedly starting a life of poetry and not serenely ending it.
- Salvadoran poet to sign books this weekend - Frederick News Post (subscription)
Salvadoran poet to sign books this weekendFrederick News Post (subscription), MD - 7 minutes agoA well-known writer in her hometown of San Salvador, Cortez had published her first book of poetry, "Lumbre de Soledad" (Fire of Solitude), in 1976, ...
- Learning made fun: Uni camp gives taste of high school life (The Champaign News-Gazette)
URBANA – In an echoing dance studio at the University of Illinois, children are kicking and screaming. And in this case, it's a good thing. The kicking comes when the kids, mostly ages 9-11, practice their moves at University Laboratory High School's summer camp, where sessions range from a week learning how to program a robot to another week creating spoken-word poetry.
- Enjoying The Baylor School Class Of 1978's 30th Reunion (The Chattanoogan)
I attended the 30th reunion for my Baylor School Class of 1978 recently and had a great time. I am quite aware that people’s attitudes toward high school reunions generally run the gamut of emotions.
- Hedging P&G With Puts - Barron's
Hedging P&G With PutsBarron's - 23 hours agoHere, 126 years later, Labor Day brings evidence of great irony or lesser poetry, as the fruits of US industry are firmly at the forefront of global trading ...
- Bumming with Jane | B Sharp - Australian Stage Online
Bumming with Jane | B SharpAustralian Stage Online, Australia - 8 hours agoInspired by the poetry of Charles Bukowski, Bumming with Jane is an exploration of love, poverty and constructed reality. Patrick and Jane are madly in love ...
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