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- Skating into his 81st year (Weymouth News)
He ice skates. He composes songs. He writes short stories. He babysits for three grandchildren. He tends to his vegetable garden. He delivers Meals on Wheels. He is an usher and greeter at Sacred Heart Church. Sept. 22 was his 80th birthday. He barely had time to celebrate it.
- Why not ban Shakespeare then? Poet strikes back after knife verse was dropped from GCSE (Daily Mail)
Her poem was dropped from the GCSE syllabus because it describes the thoughts of someone with a knife who plans to kill - but now Carol Ann Duffy has struck back against the ban with a new poem.
- Beck Debuts Stripped-Down Tour in Reno (Rolling Stone)
On the first night of his seven-week North American tour, at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada, Beck was standing on an acre-size stage (the largest indoor stage in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records). "I thought, 'Shit, this goes on forever!' " he says. "If I had known, I would have really done something special." Opening with the tense groove of "Devils ...
- Alaskan Fiddling Poet brings new work to town — lots of it - Register-Guard
The man who has given himself the title of the Alaskan Fiddling Poet returns to Lane County this week with a new memoir, and new album of his words set to music, and many more tracks of instrumental fiddle tunes. Pop notes For an instrumentalist, Ken ...
- The Wit and Wisdom of the Ages - Times and Democrat
“The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones.” “We’re all worms but I do believe I’m a glow worm.” − Churchill “God will help those who help others.” “Lincoln was the best spokesman for our exceptionalism.” “We’d ...
- JMW Turner - ARTINFO
JMW TurnerARTINFO, NY - 49 minutes agoHe also found inspiration in poetry, illustrating the work of Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron and Samuel Rogers. “Turner was obsessive about every aspect of ...
- Taking Life With A Spoonful Of Sugar - The Bulletin
Her voice is as crisp and cool as a fresh breeze. Even at the other end of a telephone line, Julie Andrews comes across as gracious, elegant and unfailingly polite. Ms. Andrews (one would never call her just "Julie") has just finished a photo session ...
- PHOTO CALL: Shanley and Krieger's Romantic Poetry in Rehearsal - Playbill.com
Playbill.comPHOTO CALL: Shanley and Krieger's Romantic Poetry in RehearsalPlaybill.com, NY - 21 minutes agoBy Matthew Blank The cast of Romantic Poetry, the new musical by John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger, is currently rehearsing prior to a Sept. ...
- Young inmates find selves in art (The Florida Times-Union)
Sam is one of those creative 17-year-olds who loves to spend his days reading and writing.
- 'Bottle Shock' is diluted and flat - Baltimore Sun
In a 1976 event that became known as "The Judgment of Paris," California wines beat French ones in a blind taste test. Bottle Shock wastes that intriguing bit of history and some seductive Napa Valley settings on a bland script that's part period ...
- 'The Belle of Amherst" an intimate play in NoHo - California Chronicle
'The Belle of Amherst" an intimate play in NoHoCalifornia Chronicle, CA - 37 minutes agoFor an intimate, enjoyable evening, filled with witty humor, wistful hopes, and a smattering of whimsical poetry; pay a visit to Miss Emily Dickenson, ...
- Three authors come to Austin - two of them live and in person (Austin American-Statesman)
Philip Roth's live "appearance" (via video) at the Ransom Center's Prothro Theater on Sept. 16 was the latest attempt by the publishing industry to promote a major writer's new novel without sending him out on tour, presumably because he doesn't wish to go. Last year, Ian McEwan's publisher put together a short film — something like a music video, but promoting a book, not a song — for his ...
- It’s all about shelf appeal - Centre Daily Times
It’s all about shelf appealCentre Daily Times, PA - 3 hours agoBode-Lang moved to Bellefonte as a Penn State graduate student in poetry, and began to volunteer at the library three years ago. A regular patron, she had ...
- Israel Sex Slavery Thrives - Israel News Agency
Jerusalem-----May 31.....They say that the world's oldest profession is prostitution. There are two basic instincts in the character of the normal individual; the will to live, and the will to propagate the species - sex. It is from the interplay of ...
- Book Review: "Call Me by Your Name" by Andre Aciman - Wesleyan Argus
Book Review: "Call Me by Your Name" by Andre AcimanWesleyan Argus, CT - 50 minutes agoHis project -- perfectly aligned with the sense of boyhood whose evaporation “Call Me by Your Name” depicts -- was to use his poetry as a mouthpiece against ...
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