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- Athens Boys Choir -- no boys, no choir, just offbeat hip-hop - Wisconsin State Journal
Athens Boys Choir isn't a choir. It's just one guy from Athens, Ga., his microphone and some beats. It's part hip-hop, part spoken word, and part goofball aerobics dance music. Harvey Katz, the guy behind the mic, calls it "the poetry your mama ...
- Teachers urged to 'take risks' inspires pupils - The Independent
Britain's teachers should go back to taking risks in the classroom to inspire a love of learning among their pupils, the leader of the country's preparatory schools will say today. Diana Watkins, incoming chairman of the 600-strong Independent ...
- Indie film's new, globalized realism (Salon.com)
Do low-budget American films like "The Pool" (made in Hindi) and "August Evening" (made in Spanish) signal a new wave of cultural exploration, or just hipster tourism?
- Sunscreen, swimsuit and spiritual reading - Chicago Sun-Times
Sunscreen, in 45, 30, 15 and 8 SPF. Check. Acidophilus capsules and Mylanta in case of Montezuma's revenge. Check. A variety of bikinis and one black one-piece granny suit in case I'm too chicken to sport the two-piece variety. Check. I'm packing for ...
- Upward Bound hits the mud - The Daily Astorian
Upward Bound hits the mudThe Daily Astorian, OR - Jul 23, 2008In another project group, rap, hip hop, techno and other music provided the catalyst for learning to write poetry. Yasemin Gadelhak, a writing instructor at ...
- Decline of Asian vulture tied to livestock drug, former University of ... - MLive.com
A former University of Michigan professor is sounding the alarm on the decline of the oriental white-backed vulture, an impressive bird with a 7-foot wingspan that is in a dramatic decline in its native grounds of Pakistan and India. In a study ...
- New DVDs due for release on September 16 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
DUE OUT TUESDAYSPEED RACER (Warner) Vibrant and eye-popping live-action cartoon, based on the 1960s Japanese anime, is one long sugar rush. Kinetic, digitally enhanced film by Larry and Andy Wachowski, who created the "Matrix" f...
- Many ways to spend Heritage Day - Joburg
Many ways to spend Heritage DayJoburg, South Africa - 6 hours agoIt features newly introduced activities such as the Standard Bank Youth Zone where there will be talent shows, poetry readings, stand up comedy, ...
- VA nurse pens book of poems - Stars and Stripes
VA nurse pens book of poemsStars and Stripes, DC - 1 hour agoNursing can be a frustrating life, she said, especially in VA hospitals. "We have a lot of homeless veterans here," she said. "They came back from the war, ...
- Jings! More Broons for Xmas - The Bookseller (subscription)
Jings! More Broons for XmasThe Bookseller (subscription), UK - 29 minutes agoThe publisher is also launching The Broon's Burns Night, a £4.95 converted exercise book full of recipes and Robert Burns' songs and poetry. ...
- Michelle Kennedy - WXII 12
Meteorologist Michelle Kennedy, a native of Syracuse, N.Y., joined the WXII 12 team in the summer of 2001. Michelle is not new to the Carolinas, before moving to the Triad she spent several years forecasting in other parts of North and South Carolina ...
- Canadian book lovers take to the streets Sunday (CBC British Columbia)
Word on the Street, the annual celebration of books, magazines and writing, goes ahead in four cities on Sunday.
- Austinist Preview: Local Prize-winning Writers Tonight (Austinist)
photo courtesy of the authors Utter Reading: S.E. Smith and Smith Henderson Tuesday, September 2 BookPeople ( 603 N. Lamar ) Free, 7pm [ info ] With a new school year starting, the Utter Reading Series is turning its attention to two local hotshot writers who are still students at UT's Michener Center for Writers. Both were finalists for the 2008 Keene Prize for Literature . Both ...
- Eggheads' favorite sport appeals to indie rockers (The Washington Times)
Hold Steady frontman — and devoted Minnesota Twins fan — Craig Finn fielded an age-old question during a recent online chat at ESPN.com: What do artist types have against sports?
- Carla Bruni, The Power of Love in Paris - Washington Post
The title of Carla Bruni's new album, "Comme Si de Rien N'Etait," translates to "As if Nothing Happened," which suggests that the foxy French-Italian model-turned-singer has at least some semblance of a sense of humor. Much, of course, has happened ...
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