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- Appalachian Festival begins Aug. 21; ‘Barney’ will be there - Beckley Register-Herald (subscription)
Appalachian Festival begins Aug. 21; ‘Barney’ will be thereBeckley Register-Herald (subscription), WV - 28 minutes agoHand-crafted items, including heirloom quality quilts, clothing and handbags, will be for sale, as well as handbags, jewelry, fine poetry, nationally award ...
- From 'Bee Man' to 'Wiener Sausage', Capital Fringe Fest Begins in DC (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
The 2008 Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, DC, runs July 10-27, when hundreds of creative and innovative performers, directors, designers and writers strut their stuff in numerous venues in the nation's capital.
- Whistler's Velvet Revolution - Slate
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, the first American to achieve international prominence as an artist, died at the age of 69 in London on July 17 * , 1903. Barely a dozen mourners attended the graveside service—by that time, scarcely any of those he ...
- Doughnut-ology: Will Bush-Wah convert? (WorldNet Daily)
I'm trying to wrap my mind around the possibility of our putative Presi-Dunce as a later-life convert to Catholicism , perhaps following the example of his diplomatic mentor/erstwhile poodle Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, but it doesn't quite compute.
- Musharraf's turbulent 9 years in power - PR Inside
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pervez Musharraf dominated Pakistan after taking power in a high-altitude coup nearly nine years ago and led a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror _ a step that earned him plaudits in the West but ...
- Library Corner: Lindsay Collection an exceptional avenue to fine arts (The Daily News)
This Library Corner will be a little different than my usual column, mostly because my focus is not really a topic, but a new collection here at your Longview Public Library.
- Women's Center to host mother-daughter reading reception - AU News
Women's Center to host mother-daughter reading receptionAU News, NY - 2 hours agoThere will be readings of original works of poetry and fiction by AU women faculty. Light refreshments will accompany the program. ...
- Longfellow House to present student poetry award winners (Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab)
The Longfellow National Historic Site presents the winners of the Longfellow Student Poetry Awards, a contest recognizing original poetry from local students from the Greater Boston area, Sunday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m. on the east lawn of the Longfellow House at 105 Brattle St.
- Louise Erdrich: Secrets in the Indian file (Independent)
Of all the fictional hamlets American writers have planted, from William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County to Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon, the most complex, luminous place yet might be a little town called Argus, North Dakota. Since she first introduced the town in Love Medicine (1984), Louise Erdrich has gone back to it continually, conjuring the reservation it abuts, the love affairs which ...
- Community Calendar - July 29, 2008 - Osakis Review
Community Calendar - July 29, 2008Osakis Review, MN - 13 hours agoOsakis Poetry Club meets at 7 pm at Osakis Visitor Center. Farmers Market 9 am - 1 pm Lots of good fresh eating. Located at Paul's Pump and Pantry, E. 27. ...
- San Juan Islands events to celebrate native cultures - PNW Local News
PNW Local NewsSan Juan Islands events to celebrate native culturesPNW Local News, WA - 2 hours agoLummi artists: Shasta Cano-Martin, music and poetry; Yvonne-Thomas Miller, mixed media/painting; Ernestine Gensaw, cedar baskets and weaving/clothing; ...
- Weightlifter pushing toward 358 pounds - Ponte Vedra Recorder
Weightlifter pushing toward 358 poundsPonte Vedra Recorder, FL - 6 hours ago"It’s like poetry in motion," Reynolds said. "You appreciate all the nuances that go into maintaining identical form and technique rep after rep. ...
- Back to School, Back to Fun - Morning News
It's time to head back to school, but area organizations are making sure students have something to look forward to when the final bell of the day rings. Arts centers, libraries and museums have scheduled a slew of programs for students of all ages ...
- The Week Ahead - My West Texas
ODESSA -- "New Plays and New Players" is underway this weekend and Friday through June 15 at The Globe Theatre, 2308 Shakespeare Road. All readings will be followed by brief discussions when the audience is invited to ask questions and respond to the ...
- Praise the Lloyd - The Age
The AgePraise the LloydThe Age, Australia - 23 minutes ago... when a gag is so perfectly executed that it turns into poetry without strain. The Kid Brother (1927), one of his few films with an exclusively rural ...
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