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- Patriotic music gets new twist in Oratorio’s concert - Daily Progress
Text size: small | medium | large By The Daily Progress Staff Published: May 29, 2008 The Oratorio Society of Charlottesville-Albemarle will wind up its 41st season with a concert that takes a new look at the idea of patriotic music.
- Bridging the Gap (Modesto Bee)
TURLOCK -- Prisma Lisbeth Soria's high school friends didn't like that she wanted to take honors classes. They ignored her on campus for months and accused her of leaving them behind. So, the 17-year-old threw away her poetry collection and hunkered down in her basic classes to be accepted again.
- Investigation of gay vows (Denver Post)
LONDON — London's bishop said Sunday he would order an investigation into whether two gay priests exchanged rings and vows in a church ceremony, violating Anglican guidelines.
- Tehran?s City Theater hosting new plays - IranMania News
LONDON, July 14 (IranMania) - Tehran?s City Theater Complex is playing host to five Iranian plays, MNA reported. ?Bijan and Manijeh? directed by Mahmud Azizi is currently on stage at the main hall and will perform until August 5. ?Bride, Nightmare ...
- More on poetry and war - Lew Rockwell
More on poetry and warLew Rockwell, CA - 5 hours agoI learned how to like non-rhyming poetry from Owen's poetry. As I've said on LRC before, we live in an age in which the old devour the young. ...
- No monkey business - Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh TribuneNo monkey businessChandigarh Tribune, India - 2 hours agoHe had to pay a heavy price for his singular focus on science: "But now for many years I cannot endure to read a line of poetry: I have tried lately to read ...
- Poet Kay Ryan named next laureate - Houston Chronicle
NEW YORK — Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will be the nation's 16th poet laureate. The Library of Congress announced today that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry ...
- Poetry contest winners are fine specimens of insincerity - Democrat and Chronicle
If you want a good poem and a good apology, ask a kid. Young people, fourth-graders to be exact, have emerged as the stars of the first-ever Connections Contrition poetry contest. The first-place winner, drumroll please, is Leah Warth, 10, of ...
- Poetry champ performs for Moss Point students (The Mississippi Press)
MOSS POINT -- Big Poppa E is passionate about poetry, politics and underdogs, but nothing fires him up like talking about Pluto.
- Cal State S.B. students immerse themselves in Arabic (The Press-Enterprise)
Amber Tracy spent the past academic year studying Arabic. But with a full-time job and other classes, she wasn't progressing as quickly as she had wanted.
- Healing poetry - Canton Repository
The Gathering Place in Cleveland will welcome back poet therapist John Fox as part of a hands-on poetry workshop for those touched by cancer. From 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. July 25 and from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 26, Fox will discuss how poetry aids in ...
- A&W Mother's Day Poem Contest: A Wonderful Triumph (PRWeb)
Mother's Day is a special day for everyone because it is the day we can honor the woman who gave us life and nurtured us into what we've become. It is the time to commemorate everything our mothers have done for us and make them feel special, loved, and appreciated. It is that time of the year when we can lavish them with that extra love and special treatment they deserve. (PRWeb May 27, 2008) ...
- In a word, solid - Winnipeg Sun
In a word, solidWinnipeg Sun, Canada - 15 minutes agoSurprisingly, this synth-washed slow-burner about African-American identity isn't nearly as provocative as its title suggests. ...
- Love 'Sex and the City' or hate it, brace yourself for more - Cleveland Plain Dealer
They're back! The ladies of `Sex and the City' are yucking it up as Hollywood brings on the hottest movie of the summer. It was the best of shows, it was the worst of shows, it was a show with wisdom, it was a show of foolishness. It was the year of ...
- Hard Corps (Washington City Paper)
“Anybody know what clichés are?†I ask the class, searching the sea of faces for a hint of recognition. “Yeah,†responds a lanky, dark-skinned girl. “Ain’t that like when you say something but a lot of people done already said it, like ‘cry like a baby’ or ‘dumb as a doorknob.’â€
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