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- Founding Fathers Quote Friday - Patriot-News Blogs
FFQF, or, "Founding Father's Quote Friday," is a meme created and hosted by Hercules Mulligan on his blog, Meet the Founding Fathers. The meme seeks to interest and educate the public in the history and principles of the American Founding Era (c ...
- Revisit times that inspired Key's 'Star-Spangled Banner' (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Aug. 1 was Francis Scott Key's birthday, making this an ideal time to visit Fort McHenry in Maryland and learn about the battle that inspired Key to write the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
- Four renown poets to read at event honoring Jeffers - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Four noted poets will read during an upcoming UC Santa Cruz and Poetry Santa Cruz celebration of Robinson Jeffers, an environmentalist poet whose once-unpopular political views of people's egotism have regained a large following. Poets Li-Young Lee ...
- Editorial Roundup (AP via Yahoo! News)
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 - Times Daily
A Palestinian presidential aide says that renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died. Darwish died at a hospital in Houston following complications from an open heart surgery, according to Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for Palestinian ...
- Simon Callow: My first love (Independent)
I was sixteen. I was always falling in love. This very natural state of affairs was rendered complicated by the fact that the year was 1965 and boys weren't suppose to fall in love with boys. I felt no guilt about the direction of my desires, but I was loth to express them, partly because I knew that if I picked the wrong person to make my declaration of love to, I could get punched on the ...
- Loyalty to Loyalty | The Cold War Kids - Student Life
It should be noted that I first heard the Cold War Kids, 2006’s indie-rock darlings, when I purchased concert tickets from Ticketmaster.com and received a complimentary music sampler. This sampler included the track “Hang Me Up to Dry,” from ...
- Valley native has small but huge role in Shepard play (The Morning Call)
The biggest role of Elissa Piszel's theater career is one of the smallest. The Bethlehem native stands silent for four to five minutes in nothing but a slip and a cowboy hat. Her only act is to hand the hat to the man who tossed it into a self-dug grave, a former dealer of expensive Western paintings stranded in the Badlands with a dead horse that symbolizes his -- and America's -- dead dreams.
- Coffee, Tea and an Open Mic - Salve Regina University Mosaic Online (subscription)
Coffee, Tea and an Open MicSalve Regina University Mosaic Online (subscription), RI - 5 hours agoTwice a month, locals have the opportunity to showcase their talents, whether it be poetry, singing, music, comedic routines or even playwriting. ...
- YETI: A film about Tibet, releasing online 08/08/08 - Phayul
YETI: A film about Tibet, releasing online 08/08/08Phayul, Tibet - 1 hour agoThe Original poetry used in Yeti is written by the award winning activist/poet Tenzin Tsundue. Tsundue is an inspiring leader in the Tibetan freedom ...
- Religion briefs for July 26 (Rapid City Journal)
Organ recital Wyatt Smith, who will be a senior at Luther Prepatory School in Watertown, Wis., will present an organ recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at First Presbyterian Church, 710 Kansas City St. Smith is from Rapid City and began his organ study here with Mary Free. He now studies with Bethel Zabell at Luther Prep and has been working this summer with Marylou Torrey. Last summer, Smith ...
- The Wit and Wisdom of the Ages - Times and Democrat
“The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones.” “We’re all worms but I do believe I’m a glow worm.” − Churchill “God will help those who help others.” “Lincoln was the best spokesman for our exceptionalism.” “We’d ...
- When art intimidates life - The Daily Star
When art intimidates lifeThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 25 minutes agoHe wrote poetry, he wrote songs -- some of which were made into videos for television. He got his book published, and consorted with poetic minds until one ...
- First 2008-09 meeting of Enid Writer’s Club is scheduled today at ... - Enid News & Eagle
First 2008-09 meeting of Enid Writer’s Club is scheduled today at ...Enid News & Eagle, OK - 13 hours agoClub members write poetry, flash fiction, short stories, freelance articles and books, and members are given the opportunity to present their writing for ...
- Coffeehouse by Fort Lewis would support veterans (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
A group of local veterans hopes to launch a coffeehouse near Fort Lewis where soldiers – both active duty and out of the military – can brew both good java and good company.
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