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- Radio 4 poet criticises BBC soaps and aggressive interviewers - Guardian Unlimited
Radio 4 has commissioned poet Wendy Cope to write a series of verses about the BBC to examine how public attitudes to its services have changed since a similar volume was published 80 years ago. Cope's verses, called The ABC of the BBC, will be aired ...
- Kudos: Coldwell Banker raises funds for Habitat for Humanity (The San Francisco Examiner)
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the real estate brokerage firm, has just launched its 10th annual Habitat for Humanity fundraising campaign for Northern California, dubbed "BIGGIVE."
- Obama & the Conquest of Denver (New York Review of Books)
1. I tagged along to the Democratic National Convention in Denver with my wife, Ayelet Waldman, one of five pledged Obama delegates elected from the 9th Congressional District of California. Like every political convention, I suppose, this one was quite a show: a spectacle.
- Leipzig String Quartet brings fresh energy to traditional works - Vancouver Sun
Leipzig String Quartet brings fresh energy to traditional worksVancouver Sun, Canada - 2 hours agoIn this piece he strongly underplayed the liturgical aspect, allying it less with ritual than poetry. Brahms may have preferred two pianists, as we heard it ...
- Poets share thoughts, ideas, emotions on stage - Texas City Sun
GALVESTON — With harmonica, drums, singing and even painting accompaniment, four Galveston poets are vocalizing their verse. It’s part of a growing coffeehouse art experience, moving poetry from pages to open mics. “I don’t think that the ...
- Pulitzer-prize winning poet Carruth dead (Jam! Showbiz)
MUNNSVILLE, N.Y. - Hayden Carruth, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who wrote about the ordinary folks who inhabited his world, has died. He was 87.
- 10 Reasons Why We Need a New (Cold?) War - Dissident Voice
10 Reasons Why We Need a New (Cold?) WarDissident Voice, CA - 4 hours agoGary Corseri has published novels and poetry collections, edited the Manifestations anthology, had his dramas produced on Atlanta-PBS and elsewhere. ...
- All's Well in the Glen - Metro Santa Cruz
Metro Santa CruzAll's Well in the GlenMetro Santa Cruz, CA - 9 hours agoThe play, which soars at times on the considerable power of Shakespeare's poetry, occupies a curious neutral zone which is not quite tragic and only ...
- Obama's Failed Fight-Back - Slate
Time magazine's "hot shots" breakfast Tuesday morning Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Rep. Artur Davis, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and D.A. Kamala Harris. 1) Booker and Davis are very impressive. Newsom, who seems kind of goofily egomaniacal, not so ...
- Downtown Ramble offers fun for the whole family - Las Cruces Sun-News
Downtown Ramble offers fun for the whole familyLas Cruces Sun-News, NM - 3 hours agoAuthors should prepare a 5 to 6 minute presentation (generally three pages of poetry, prose or a performance piece). A sound system will be provided. ...
- This 'Boots' was made for rockin' Poet and musician Michael 'Boots' Robinson joins Showtime Utah (Provo Daily Herald)
Showtime Utah owner Joan Peterson knew that Michael "Boots" Robinson would be a perfect fit for her venue's signature Old West Dinner Adventure the first time that she heard him perform. "Boots" was performing in Murray and his first number was cowboy classic "Ghost Riders in the Sky."
- Joanne Ragsdale's A Child's Time to Read: Book outlines struggles - Baxter Bulletin
Because he wrote about Wellpinit and the Spokane Indian Reservation where I once taught, I have been a fan of Sherman Alexie since his book "Reservation Blues." He is a noteworthy voice of the times and depicts reservation life with truth and honesty ...
- Power to Heal (MetroActive)
STANFORD SUMMER Theater's production of Faith Healer , a play by Brian Friel ( Dancing at Lughnasa ), features Andy Robinson as the intriguing titular character, Francis Hardy.
- 'Wonderful Town': An understated trip back to the scene of a ... - Chicago Tribune
There's a folksy majesty to "Wonderful Town," born of its leisurely pace, pastoral views of idyllic scenery and a storytelling drive set only slightly faster than slow motion. It recalls a lot of rustic, independent English-language films of the '90s ...
- Live blog with Lynne Spears book author Lorilee Craker - Grand Rapids Press
What do Britney, Jamie Lynn and mom Lynne Spears have in common with Grand Rapids? The answer: "local author Lorilee Craker." Lorilee sat down with Lynne Spears this year to write "Through the Storm," a memoir released Tuesday about raising daughters ...
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