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- Lifestyles of the homeless among the rich and famous: generous handouts, fancy duds, free digs (Newsday)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ Being homeless in this upper crust enclave is not exactly like living on the street in other places. There are handouts of $2,000 and bottles of Dom Perignon, lucky finds of Gucci shoes and diamond-encrusted bracelets, a chance to rub shoulders with rich and famous locals such as Mark Wahlberg and Master P, even empty houses to live in.
- The Philly Fringe in full gear - News of Delaware County
The Philly Fringe in full gearNews of Delaware County, PA - 4 hours agofrom Wallingford's Theatre for Transformation (about Ben Franklin's African-American contemporaries) and the dance-theatre-poetry fusion work "Poet-tress EN ...
- Picture this - Peace Arch News
Picture thisPeace Arch News, Canada - 29 minutes agoA former librarian in the UK, Johnson specialized in 17th century poetry, and says you can learn more from an authentic document. “On the original stuff you ...
- JANE GLENN HAAS: Poetry, schmoetry! (Centre Daily Times)
Here we go again About to take that ride again Starry-eyed again Taking a chance on rhyme. Every year it seems You share with me your dreams Confident, it seems That your poem isn't a crime. Watch your meter now Tell us the secret how You're ageing with a bow And you can be in "Our Time"
- Artist in Profile - Decaturian
Artist in ProfileDecaturian, IL - 34 minutes agoWhat is your preferred literary art, and what other literary arts do you engage in? I prefer short fiction writing. I also engage heavily in poetry. ...
- Earth’s Mosaic - Common Ground
Earth’s MosaicCommon Ground, CA - 1 hour agoThe way you put the book together is also like composing tesserae — you’ve got pieces and fragments of documents, from Lao Tzu’s poetry to federal ...
- Community Calendar: Duarte and Monrovia - Pasadena Star-News
Community Calendar: Duarte and MonroviaPasadena Star-News, CA - 2 hours agoCost is free. The city of Duarte is in search of a poet laureate, a role first established in 2005. A poet laureate is an individual who composes poems, ...
- Lesbian rights activist Martin, 87 (Albany Times Union)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87. Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said Martin died at a hospital, two weeks after a broken arm exacerbated existing health problems.Her wife, Phyllis Lyon, ...
- Learning English key to life in U.S. - Statesman Journal
WASHINGTON — La cucaracha, la cucaracha, ya no puede caminar. La cucaracha, la cuca ... Oh, perdón. I was just tuning up for an interview with Baracko Obama and Juan McCain. Juan y Baracko have been busy lately wooing los que hablan español. That ...
- Leaders in education celebrated - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
It isn't every day a group of international women leaders from top universities across the globe gather in Hilo to discuss the accomplishments, and challenges, they've shared. But on Monday, eight of these women met at the University of Hawaii at ...
- Original piece of choral music created to grace opening of hospital - The Register-Guard
Original piece of choral music created to grace opening of hospitalThe Register-Guard, OR - 2 hours agoJohnson read poetry about suffering and death by the yard, to no avail. “There aren’t any poems like that,†he said. “Most of the poems are about death and ...
- Creative Arts Emmy winners for 60th annual awards - Boston Globe
List of winners in the creative arts categories of the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour): "The Simpsons: Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind," Fox ...
- Photography: Love, hope, exuberance and desire - Miami Herald
''Whether we're born in Buenos Aires, Havana or Madrid, we come into this world with dance in our hearts,'' Isabel Muñoz says. The famous Spanish photographer, known for her intimate images of bodies in motion, is sitting on a lounge chair at the ...
- Edinburgh Comedy Festival kicks off - The Press Association
Edinburgh Comedy Festival kicks offThe Press Association - 3 hours agoIt features acts across the spectrum of sketch, poetry, musical and comic theatre. Comedians Mark Watson and Tim Minchin are among those performing as the ...
- A Eulogy of Country Lyrics - CMT.com
A Eulogy of Country LyricsCMT.com, TN - 2 hours agoEven if you aren’ta fan of the music itself, it’s hard to deny the poetry that lives in the songs. Especially when it comes to mourning. ...
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