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- Former Highway Superintendent Found Dead Shortly After Receiving Prison Sentence (East Aurora Advertiser)
Former Marilla Highway Superintendent David Pierce is the victim of an apparent suicide, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed. Pierce on Monday was sentenced to seven months in prison for improper use of Highway Department equipment and personnel and the theft of town funds through a fraudulent invoice scheme. The judge also ordered him to make payments well over $20,000 in restitution.
- Metropolitan Opera's 'Salome' coming to a theater near you - MLive.com
GRAND RAPIDS -- The story is so old, it's in the Bible. A Judean princess falls for a prophet, but when John the Baptist spurns her amorous advances, Salome contrives to have King Herod order his execution and deliver the prophet's head to her on a ...
- Sharon Roberts-Good - SOUNZ
Predominantly a composer of choral music Sharon Roberts- Good has sung in, conducted and composed for choirs from around the world by invitation and competition for 25 years. An international award winning and published poet Sharon’s sensitivity to ...
- A Van Cliburn anniversary: From musician to folk hero (The Star)
If cultural gods tell us more about us than about themselves, Van Cliburn holds a particularly warped and smoky mirror up to the classical-music world he intermittently dominated over the last half-century - one that shows much about the strange price of being a folk hero.
- The North Star: A Moving Target - Space.com
Space.comThe North Star: A Moving TargetSpace.com - 16 hours agoOfficially, Lyra is a lyre — a stringed instrument of the harp family used to accompany a singer or reader of poetry, especially in ancient Greece. ...
- State announces 2009 poetry contest - KTVZ
State announces 2009 poetry contestKTVZ, OR - 13 hours ago(AP) - The Oregon Arts Commission has announced the fourth annual statewide poetry contest. The state and the National Endowment for the Arts are sponsoring ...
- A family nourished by art, poetry and love - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.comA family nourished by art, poetry and loveThe Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - 23 minutes agoHer sister Consuela Brown, 27, is a real estate agent in the eastern suburbs who, the family says, has a wicked wit and a gift for writing. ...
- School Notes - RedOrbit
School NotesRedOrbit, TX - 10 hours agoThis year the book is "Funny in Farsi," by Firoozeh Dumas. Events begin Oct. 13. The program will include discussion groups, dance instruction, a poetry ...
- 'How to Lose Friends' shows a surefire way: lack a sense of humor - MLive.com
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" wins no one over. What could have been a snarky, satirical send-up of entertainment media turns out to be a bland, disjointed, poor excuse for a comedy. To put it mildly, it's a mess -- a misguided romantic ...
- Andy Warhol's Factory outlet - The Gazette (Montreal)
Andy Warhol's Factory outletThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 2 hours agoThere will also be Sky Gilbert reading poetry that night. Karaoke and poetry, that is something you usually don't see together. But the other thing about ...
- On This Day in History: August 4 He Was Called ‘Mad Shelley’ - Brooklyn Daily Eagle
On This Day in History: August 4 He Was Called ‘Mad Shelley’Brooklyn Daily Eagle, NY - Aug 4, 2008One newspaper reported, “Shelley, the writer of some infidel poetry, has been drowned; now he knows whether there is a God or no. ...
- Stripped down Shakespeare - MetroWest Daily News
Stripped down ShakespeareMetroWest Daily News, MA - 19 hours ago"It's a production that's really simple, but it really lets us focus on the characters and really lets us focus on the words and the beautiful poetry of the ...
- SHE SEES A DARKNESS: Leslie Woods waltzes with madness for the sake of ... - Daily Times
Like a lady in mourning, Leslie Woods walks the emotional ramparts built around the black abyss that's at her core. To those who don't know her, she seems like just another singer-songwriter preoccupied with thoughts of mortality and the darker ...
- Philadelphia holds a ‘weekend of peace,’ march tonight - Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia holds a ‘weekend of peace,’ march tonightPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 3 hours agoJazz concerts, basketball tournaments and spoken word poetry will be featured at the various locations, as well as food, games and music. ...
- Time's Running Out! Get Your Ryan Adams Poetry/Story Collection Now - New York Observer
We thought it would be a good time to check back in with Ryan Adams (though really, when is it not). And lo and behold, the soggy-haired kid has a bunch of juicy details for us on his first book, Infinity Blues , due in stores next April 1. The tome ...
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