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- Tagore house to Twenty20, Rabindra Jayanti revelry sweeps Kolkata (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Kolkatans made it a point to celebrate their 'Bengaliness' Thursday. They may love their discos and lap up Bollywood-Hollywood through the year, but on 'Pochishe Boishakh' only one name ruled their hearts - the famous bard of Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore, whose 147th birth anniversary it was.
- Sheet in the streets: solidly village event - Petersfield Today
Sheet in the streets: solidly village eventPetersfield Today, UK - 3 hours agoThe talent show saw offerings of poetry and music and was won by 11-year-old guitarist Jacob Breakwelll’s rendition of Wild Thing. ...
- in brief (The Batavia Sun)
Hall Quarry Beach opened for the season Saturday at 400 S. Water St. The beach is open from 12:45 to 8 p.m. and includes a sandy beach and swimming area, drop slide, zero depth entry, large picnic area, concession stand and sand volleyball courts.
- Making reason out of rhyme (Bureau County Republican)
PRINCETON — Poetry. For many people, it’s little more than part of an English class from their school days.
- 'Meet Dave': Eddie Murphy phones another one in, this time from outer ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dave has arrived. "Meet Dave." Or don't. Eddie Murphy doesn't particularly seem to care one way or the other. Essentially phoning in the broad, family-friendly shtick that has become his trademark over the past decade, Murphy stars as both a human ...
- News in brief - Daytona Beach News-Journal
News in briefDaytona Beach News-Journal, FL - 4 hours agoNEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The public and poets at large are invited to attend an open mic poetry night at 6 pm Wednesday at Romesco's Cafe and Wine Bar, ...
- Changing world of commencement speakers - San Francisco Gate
On Sunday morning, America's most famous media personality and philanthropist will take the podium at Stanford Stadium to deliver a commencement speech to the class of 2008. Oprah Winfrey's charge is nothing less than to inspire an elite segment of ...
- 'From a Child's Mind to an Adult's Heart': Author Recalls Simplicity of Childhood, Impact of Adults on a Child's ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
For anyone who has ever looked back on the simplicity of childhood with fondness -- and for those who are seemingly too busy to take the time to do so -- comes the nostalgic, heartfelt new book from author Thop Brown, "From a Child's Mind; To an Adult's Heart" .
- National Symphony Orchestra (Washington City Paper)
One way of looking at the programming of the National Symphony Orchestra ’s outdoor weekend concerts is that the orchestra is still hewing to the safest works of American composers, despite the imminent departure of its music director, Leonard Slatkin.
- [AandE] Summer school: memorize these dates (The Minnesota Daily)
With a new season upon us, thoughts will inevitably shy away from school and focus in on greener and less mind-enriching pastures. While those pastures may materialize in the form of jobs, booze, beach frolicking or any number of sultry hookups...
- The Government of Canada Supports Festival des ecrits de l'ombre - Market Wire
SAINT-ANTOINE-DE-TILLY, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - May 16, 2008) - Residents of the Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly region will have an opportunity to discover literary and cultural works during an event to promote local and Quebec-based authors, thanks to an ...
- UR Grey Bruce - Owen Sound Sun Times
There aren’t enough church organists to go around. Just ask Hanover organist Dwayne Hachman. Hachman has three organ students currently but he says that’s “not enough” to meet the demands of congregations in the area. He gets his share of ...
- Nightlife Calendar: 05/09/2008 - Traverse City Record Eagle
Nightlife Calendar: 05/09/2008Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - 59 minutes ago... Poetry 7 pm third Mon., (Sept.-May), followed by open mic, bring poems to read and share, writing exercises available, bring eight copies of a poem to ...
- Salman Rushdie: Knight of the Tall Tale - New York Sun
'The Enchantress of Florence" (Random House, 368 pages, $26) is a "Harry Potter"-ish restoration project of great intelligence and remarkable egoism, both of which are characteristic of its author. Although he sets his novel in the Florence of the ...
- A year after raid, lives still on hold (Portland Tribune)
Abdias Cortéz and others snared by the June 2007 immigration raid at Portland’s Fresh Del Monte produce plant call themselves “women of the bracelet,” after the electronic monitoring devices they wore during their subsequent house arrest. A year later, they are women in ...
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