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- It's Not My Party - Boston Globe
I received an invitation recently from someone at our tennis club. The e-mail was sent to the whole team, about 23 people - a handful rarely play, about seven are in the core group who play every week and socialize regularly, and the rest (including ...
- The Illusion That the Past Can be Resurrected - American Chronicle
The Illusion That the Past Can be ResurrectedAmerican Chronicle, CA - 44 minutes ago... of Iowa He has written a book of poetry, had two novellas published,( both books are available on Amazon.com ), written and produced two poetry videos, ...
- Hendrix's burnt guitar leads rock auction in London (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage, the only remaining fingerprints of Elvis Presley and the first contract signed by The Beatles all go on sale Thursday in a major auction of music memorabilia.
- This Saturday: A Tribute to Shannon Leigh (Austinist)
Photo by George Brainard / Poster by Eirik Ott A Tribute to Shannon Leigh Saturday, August 2 @ 8 p.m. Ruta Maya ( 3601 South Congress @ Penn Field ) All Ages / $10 Minimum Donation Pretty much everyone who's anyone in Austin's Poetry Slam community will be at Ruta Maya this Saturday night to commemorate the life and work of poet and author Shannon Leigh, who died on June 30 in a ...
- Making History Less Dull with a Doll. - Slate
A group of females: Girls can choose one to identify with, and it could be Samantha. In the light of the new movie, is it all about the story or all about the outfits? Is it empowering to women or does it teach them the wrong lesson? Does the ...
- Mr. Mayor, do you hear cries for change? - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle Post IntelligencerMr. Mayor, do you hear cries for change?Seattle Post Intelligencer - 5 hours agoOr the thousands of high school and college students she has lectured on the magic of poetry and music to spread messages about politics, environmentalism, ...
- Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble Celebrates the CD Release of Her Sci-Fi Inspired "Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute ... (All About Jazz)
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble celebrates the CD release of her sci-fi inspired "Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler" (Firehouse 12) with a Multi-Arts Performance/Exhibition featuring Margaret Morris (solo dance), Krista Franklin (visual art) and Floyd Webb (experimental video).
- PREVIEW: 'Streb vs. Gravity' - Ann Arbor News Blog
Choreographer Elizabeth Streb didn't need a master's degree - in time and space, yet - to thrill audiences with the daring stage exploits of her eponymous company, Streb. But she has one now from New York University, and it's only fitting. Who ...
- Cliches are a trusty friend - Guardian Blogs
Cliche gets a poor press (bad rap, lousy rep ...) but all good writing depends on this trusty friend, as I was driven to recognise recently while reading a Penguin Classics anthology of Dante in English. This is a collection of translations from ...
- Calls for end to Saudi child marriages - International Herald Tribune
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia : An 11-year-old boy gave out invitations to his classmates for a big event his family was planning this summer — and it wasn't his birthday party. It was his wedding to a 10-year-old cousin. Muhammad al-Rashidi's marriage was ...
- windsorstar.com (Windsor Star)
Sound Off! Could you forgive someone for murder? On the one-year anniversary of Carlos Rivera's murder, his mother has published a book of her son's poetry and is trying to follow her son's advice on forgiveness.
- Kudos: S.F. chowder house takes home prize for creative crab recipe (The San Francisco Examiner)
Hats - or should we say toques - off to San Francisco's Blue Mermaid Chowder House for earning honors in the 27th Annual Great Chowder Cook-off, held this summer in Newport, R.I.
- It's Not My Party - Boston Globe
It's Not My PartyBoston Globe, United States - 2 hours agoJuly 10 is Clerihew Day, celebrating quite possibly the silliest form of poetry ever invented - four-line biographical poems in AABB rhyme scheme, ...
- Foreign intelligence - The Times
Foreign intelligenceThe Times, South Africa - 1 minute agoHe prefers American authors, relating more to the poetry of their prose and the human dilemmas of their characters. “English crime fiction is largely ...
- 9/11 tributes by churches, Wadleigh - Cabinet.com
9/11 tributes by churches, WadleighCabinet.com, NH - 2 hours agoThe churches are members of the Souhegan Valley Community Development Corp. and include Light of the World, and the Burns Hill Christian Fellowship in ...
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