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- Cultural Life: Ben Whishaw, Actor (Independent)
Books At the moment I'm not managing to read much more than Dostoyevsky's The Idiot because I'm working on a multimedia adaptation of it on stage at the National Theatre. I first read it when I was 18 or 19. I couldn't have understood much of it but it stirred my imagination.
- 'Slam' provides local storytellers a creative outlet (The Oklahoman)
Friday afternoon, I learned about a form of comic relief that likely will appeal to office workers. It's an offshoot of the Arts Council of Oklahoma's Wintertales storytelling program and modeled after PoetrySlam, where budding poets get to share with an audience verses they've penned. OKC StorySlam does the same thing, except in storytelling form, and each month focuses on a different theme. ...
- Is it the Pope? 75,000 turn out to hear Obama speak - Daily Mail
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama was surrounded by a sea of supporters as he stepped up his bid to become America's first black president. The senator also used the event as an excuse to challenge John McCain on foreign policy, firing off ...
- President Musharraf isn’t the most pressing ‘problem’ - The News - International
President Musharraf isn’t the most pressing ‘problem’The News - International, Pakistan - 2 hours agoAt his address at Aiwan-e-Iqbal in Lahore, on the occasion of Yaum-e-Takbeer, Sharif charged his audience with his speech which contained poetry as well as ...
- Influential history of King Faisal featured - Saudi Gazette
RIYADH – The scholarly seminar on the history of King Faisal continued its sessions on Thursday in Riyadh, focusing on the influence of King Faisal on the international arena. Dr. Eid Al-Juhani from Arab Gulf Center for Energy and Strategic Studies ...
- Clerihew contest! - Boston Globe
Clerihew contest!Boston Globe, United States - 2 hours agoThe winner will receive Scribner's "Best American Poetry 2007" anthology (2008 isn't over yet, so that anthology hasn't come out), and no end of glory and ...
- Key dates in Radovan Karadzic's life - Seattle Times
- June 19, 1945: Born in Savnik, Yugoslavia, in what is now the Republic of Montenegro. - July 12, 1990: A founding member of the Serbian Democratic Party in Bosnia-Herzegovina. - March 27, 1992: Becomes president of Serbia's National Security ...
- Gov. David Paterson adresses Asian/Pacific American forum - New York Daily News
Diva Diana Ross entertained employees of New York Hospital Queens and their families at award presentation at New York State Theater at Lincoln Center. Gov. Paterson delivered the keynote speech at the celebration of Asian/Pacific American (APA ...
- Cape Fear Profile: Neil Donnell Ray touches lives with poetry - FayObserver.com
Cape Fear Profile: Neil Donnell Ray touches lives with poetryFayObserver.com, NC - 1 hour agoRay has also worked with other charitable organizations, including Meals on Wheels, the CARE Clinic, the Child Advocacy Center and the Rape Crisis Center. ...
- A Reading of 'A Clock Stopped,' By Emily Dickinson - The Epoch Times
When is a clock not a clock? That's the opening riddle to this cryptic poem by Emily Dickinson. "A clock stopped/ Not the mantel's ..." In these two lines, we travel from the actual to the symbolic, from the stuff of common observation to the ...
- WALL*E, romantic droids on an Earth destroyed, rated G, 97 minutes ... - RedOrbit
WALL*E, romantic droids on an Earth destroyed, rated G, 97 minutes ...RedOrbit, TX - 7 hours ago... lated universe -- At this point the quiet, emotional poetry of the earthbound scenes gives way to the frenetic pace of droid life aboard the Axiom. ...
- Bulletin Board, May 18 - Norwich Bulletin
Bulletin Board, May 18Norwich Bulletin, CT - 4 hours agoCONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY, 10 am to noon, Waterford Library, EAST LYME. All area poets are invited to attend. Bring a poem in progress or finished poems to ...
- Introducing rich and exotic traditions of Arabian cuisine - The News - International
Introducing rich and exotic traditions of Arabian cuisineThe News - International, Pakistan - 11 hours agoTrue to the belief, the Arabian food delights, presented with the essential aromatic taste of saffron, was like music and poetry, only to be enjoyed through ...
- Mimi White shares 'the gift you give back for being alive' (Portsmouth Herald)
Mimi White of Rye writes love poems, or maybe poems on the subject of love, if there's a difference — and there probably is.
- Author presents students $1300 at Wood Fire lunch - Dowagiac Daily News
Author presents students $1300 at Wood Fire lunchDowagiac Daily News, USA - 41 minutes agoBy JOHN EBY / Dowagiac Daily News Union High School's winners in Dr. Michael Collins' fifth annual prizes for fiction, poetry and photography not only ...
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