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- Hearn had heart for Sand Mountain (The Sand Mountain Reporter)
Thomas K. Hearn Jr., who spent much of his childhood in Albertville and later became president of Wake Forest University, has died. Hearn, 71, served as president of the Winston-Salem, N.C., university for 22 years. He retired in 2005 and held the title of president emeritus until his death.
- Nine Inch Nails @ The Forum - Orange County Weekly
Andrew Youssef shoots the "Lights In The Sky" tour performing before their hometown crowd on 9/6. Read a review of the concert here. Three best things to do in Orange County on Tuesday, September 9 Animosity, Decepit Birth, Antagonist, Dead in ...
- The truth about life after 80 - guardian.co.uk
The truth about life after 80guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoBut I wouldn't call them poetry exactly. I can't believe I'm 92 - I put it down to luck and a good set of chromosomes. I smoked for a while when I was a ...
- Back to school: Charter school, private schools (The Salisbury Post)
By Sarah Nagem snagem@salisburypost.com Several private and charter schools in the area are set to start classes. Here's a roundup: Cannon School Clas ...
- Showdown in Gotham town (International Herald Tribune)
Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, Christopher Nolan's new Batman movie "The Dark Knight" goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind.
- Western Hospital ER closed for much of weekend (CBC Prince Edward Island)
The emergency room at Western Hospital in Alberton will be closed from 8 p.m. Friday until Sunday at 8 a.m. due to a shortage of on-call doctors.
- 2 new print design magazines defy digital age (San Francisco Chronicle)
What are they thinking? Two design magazines, Monocle, a monthly which is now more than a year old, and Design Mind, Frog Design's brand-new three-time-yearly magazine launched last month, have each staked their ground amid cries that print is dead. Monocle,...
- Why we like Lowell - Daily News Tribune
Why we like LowellDaily News Tribune, MA - 9 minutes agoBUST A RHYME: For 3 days next week, the first-ever Massachusetts Poetry Festival will be bringing some of the region's best-known poets to venues across ...
- Last Poets preach against racism, hatred (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Abiodun Oyewole considers himself an angry optimist.
- Multimedia Taliban get their message across (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Taliban have created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message and spreading the militia's views through songs available as ring tones, according to a report released Thursday. The...
- Atlanta punk! A reunion for 688 and Metroplex - Listen.com
Listen.comAtlanta punk! A reunion for 688 and MetroplexListen.com, WA - 10 hours agoSome nights, he'd find Henry Rollins sitting in a corner writing poetry or Lemmy from Motörhead playing pinball or Mott the Hoople's Ian Hunter without his ...
- 'Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante' by Lily Tuck; 'Unpacking ... - Los Angeles Times
'Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante' by Lily Tuck; 'Unpacking ...Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoA life in Rome's golden film era and memoirs of poetry, work and a privileged yet tumultuous youth. By Susan Salter Reynolds IF ELSA MORANTE and her husband ...
- A flying start for the arts: why the new Imagine Fund is critical - MinnPost.com
MinnPost.comA flying start for the arts: why the new Imagine Fund is criticalMinnPost.com, MN - 2 hours agoShe now has produced three books of poetry and a collection of short stories, but only because she was able to travel to Argentina in the first place. ...
- Poet Ahmed Faraz dead - Tribune
Legendary Urdu poet Ahmed Faraz, a passionate proponent of progress and democracy in Pakistan, has died after a prolonged illness at 77. Faraz, who was suffering from a kidney disease and had returned to Pakistan from the US after falling seriously ...
- Down to the well (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - In Hanoi’s Phu Thuong quarter, I spot three men covering the old village well with slabs of concrete. It is the end of the road for this old servant.
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