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- Standout performances best part of Theatre Q's Wilde production of "Gross Indecency" (Contra Costa Times)
While flamboyant Oscar Wilde led a life filled with drama, "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde" is an enormously difficult subject to make into a dramatic play.
- Hudson is genteel but not too fancy (The Record)
The little city of Hudson, N.Y. — 110 miles up its namesake river from North Jersey — was an unlikely whaling port in the 18th and 19th centuries and has been an unlikely focal point for antiques enthusiasts in the 20th and 21st.
- Green stuff (San Francisco Chronicle)
Blooms, Bubbles and Bon Bons A floral demonstration with floral designer Jun Pinon, with a dessert and sparkling-wine reception and an auction of the arrangements created by Pinon. Benefits Monterey's Historic Garden League. 3 p.m. Sun. $60. Hotel Pacific,...
- Complete List of Nominees for 2008 Emmys (E! Online via Yahoo! News)
The pedigreed HBO miniseries John Adams nabbed a leading 23 nominations this morning for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmys, followed by 30 Rock with 17 nominations and Mad Men with 16.
- A love of poetry finally rewarded (Concord Monitor)
Mimi White of Rye writes love poems, or maybe poems on the subject of love, if there's a difference - and there probably is. "Love," she told me, "is what I will always write about - human love, bird love, dog love."
- America Back on Track... for Wednesday, July 16th - OpEdNews.com
Our Quote of the Day is from John F. Kennedy who said, "The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence." Some observations on the news... The International Criminal Court has charged Sudan's ...
- True grit: Sloan's city vision gets its due - Chicago Sun-Times
When the artist John Sloan moved to New York from Philadelphia in 1904, writers were making waves depicting the sometimes gritty lives of working-class people, but visual artists generally were not. Even decades later, Sloan and some like-minded ...
- North Kitsap Community Calendar | June 25 - North Kitsap Herald
North Kitsap Community Calendar | June 25North Kitsap Herald, WA - 2 hours agoPOETRY READING: The Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse hosts poetry readings at 7 pm the first Saturday of each month. The coffeehouse is located at 19003 Front ...
- Quentin Skinner on Milton - London Review of Books (subscription)
Quentin Skinner on MiltonLondon Review of Books (subscription), UK - 1 hour agoAfter the appearance of Poems of Mr John Milton in 1645, Milton published no further works of poetry until Paradise Lost in 1667. ...
- "The Situationists" by Pierre Hahn - Infoshop News
"The Situationists" by Pierre HahnInfoshop News - 2 hours agoIf one is to believe Raoul Vaneigem, the new proletariat must realize philosophy (as the father of Marxism had foreseen), but also art (poetry, ...
- Book extract: The Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt (Independent)
A woman I didn't know was shutting the door to Inga's apartment just as I arrived. I saw her hunched body and rust-coloured hair on the landing as she turned and, with her head lowered, proceeded slowly down the stairs. When we neared each other, she abruptly looked up into my face for a fraction of a second. I backed off to allow her to pass, but she didn't move out of the way, and we brushed ...
- Business.view Rich pickings - Economist
Business.view Rich pickingsEconomist, UK - 1 hour agoHe curses constantly (infamously, he was the first man to say “cunt” on British television), writes and performs poetry, chain smokes and proudly cites a ...
- Bush wrong about appeasement - La Crosse Tribune
The current occupant of the White House recently revealed to the world the big sacrifice he has made in solidarity with our 4,000 dead and 35,000 or more seriously wounded U.S. soldiers in Iraq — he decided to give up playing golf. While many ...
- At 80, Sam Hazo going strong (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Happy birthday to Samuel Hazo, who just turned 80 July 19 and is celebrating with a new poetry collection and novel this year. ...
- Suspending the Federal Gas Tax - CounterPunch
Suspending the Federal Gas TaxCounterPunch, CA - 4 hours agoShe's also a writer of fiction and short poetry and is the author of two books, "So Narrow the Bridge and Deep the Water" (Seal Press, Seattle) and "The ...
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