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- Now booking: Henry Normal - Nottingham Evening Post
HENRY Normal, Nottingham's award-winning comedy writer and TV producer - and Steve Coogan's professional 'other half' - will talk about his career, read poetry and perform stand-up comedy in the city next month. Henry Normal & Friends at The Approach ...
- Social networks 'teaching tech skills' (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have suggested that social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook can have educational benefits for students.
- Library of the lost (Guardian Unlimited)
Arts & entertainment: Sickert called him 'the greatest portraitist of this or any other time', but Wyndham Lewis's paintings have never received sufficient recognition, says Iain Sinclair
- Business: Downtown bookstore is a community unto itself (Baraboo News Republic)
Customers browse the shelves and casually note that they'd like to retire and run a used book store. Annie Randall stifles a snicker. She's tempted to ask whether they plan to work 70 hours a week in retirement. She's not complaining about her hours, mind you. As owner of the Village Booksmith, she sets her own schedule and relies on several employees and friends to help her mind the shop. ...
- FLANAGAN: The joys of gluttony - Sun Chronicle
Did anyone else pause this week to remember Episode 9 of the first season (1955) of "You'll Never Get Rich" (better known as "The Phil Silvers Show" and even better as "Sgt. Bilko.")? That's the one where Fred Gwynne, later immortalized as TV's ...
- Second time around - The Australian
The AustralianSecond time aroundThe Australian, Australia - 2 hours agoIt all began nine years ago, when I was travelling with my pregnant wife, Lesley, to research a book about tourists from ancient Rome, Route 66AD. ...
- Silent success: Peace rally to stop violence in city (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
The purpose of the rally 'Silence the Violence' was "to create hope for those who have suffered the effects of violence." It followed a night of shootings in Pittsburgh and McKees Rocks.
- Preview: Liverpool Irish Festival, Various venues - Liverpool Echo
Preview: Liverpool Irish Festival, Various venuesLiverpool Echo, UK - 14 hours agoWith music, drama, poetry, comedy, art and sport, it aims to celebrate the close relationship stretching across the sea. Highlights this year include ...
- ElderCollege fall session begins at Terra Sept. 12 - Port Clinton News Herald
ElderCollege fall session begins at Terra Sept. 12Port Clinton News Herald, OH - 58 minutes agoPoetry Writing -- Instructor Acy Jackson, 1 to 3 pm Fridays from Sept. 26 through Oct. 31. The cost is $20 members and $25 for non-members. The American ...
- TREE House Children's Museum schedules programs for today and Aug. 16 - Alexandria Daily Town Talk
The TREE House Children's Museum will host a program on making Poetry Pebbles at 2 p.m. today. The children will hear some poems and learn a bit about poetry. They will make poetry pebbles that they can then use to create their own poems. The cost of ...
- Club hoppin', June 13 (Rocky Mountain News)
To help you get in the flow for Open Air Denver 2008 and perhaps understand a little about the culture, MC Nathan Perry offers his Top 5 Open-Mike Night Epiphanies.
- Planet writer, ‘Wordwoman,’ named poet laureate (Telluride Daily Planet)
In keeping with Colorado’s rich history as a state that both inspires and nurtures the art of poetry, San Miguel County resident Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer has accepted a second two-year term as the county’s poet laureate. As poet laureate, she will continue to promote the literary arts both locally and throughout Colorado.
- Italy: First Muslim country singer performs in Rome - آكي
آكيItaly: First Muslim country singer performs in Romeآكي, Italy - 5 hours agoIn his songs, he draws on elements of Rock, Pop, Country and Folk music, as well as Islamic themes, Sufism, poetry and issues ranging from chivalry and ...
- Prose watch: Obama acceptance speech (Politico via Yahoo! News)
As a record 38 million tuned in to watch Barack Obama accept his party’s nomination on Friday and 85,000 more saw the speech live from Mile High Stadium, the nominee seemed determined to disprove Mario Cuomo’s adage that “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.â€
- Want to Enjoy a Romantic Interlude: Visit Reesor Ranch - Lovetripper.com
Lovetripper.comWant to Enjoy a Romantic Interlude: Visit Reesor RanchLovetripper.com, TX - 17 minutes agoDuring most evenings, guests often sit around a cozy campfire, swap stories or listen to cowboy poetry, usually by Scott, while in the background they can, ...
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