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- Zimbabweans blog out their deep frustrations - Baltimore Sun
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The blogger calls himself a "fat white man" and jokes about the right way to approach a cordon of Zimbabwe riot police: Don't wear an opposition T-shirt, or ask for the results of the recent one-man presidential runoff ...
- Review: 'Waltzing' heartfelt, poignant (The Wichita Eagle)
"Waltzing in Heaven," an original bluegrass/country musical built around the 1970 plane crash that killed half the Wichita State football team, isn't a big, flashy show with glossy production values and instant musical hit after hit. But it is a pleasant and poignant tale with hummable, approachable music -- from polka to waltz to ballad by composer Rick Lopez -- about everyday down-home ...
- Wynton Marsalis Moves Jazz To 'Higher Ground' - NPR
Wynton Marsalis Moves Jazz To 'Higher Ground'NPR - 16 hours agoI went through my teen years playing all kinds of music. But jazz became my real love. I grew up with it and wanted to be able to play it. ...
- National Post Editorial Board on The Street News: Toronto’s paranoid ... - Nationalpost.com
In Friday’s edition of the Post our Joseph Brean reported one of those news stories that hides in plain sight for years — the tale of Toronto’s bizarre homeless newspaper, the Street News . Most large cities have one or two newsprint papers ...
- Students will benefit from what teachers learned about the arts - Macon Telegraph
Students will benefit from what teachers learned about the artsMacon Telegraph, GA - 4 hours agoOpening today at the Tubman African American Museum is "Bud Smith: The Atlanta Series, 1968-2008," featuring more than 80 images that capture the city's ...
- I Could Write A Better Rubaiyat Than That Khayyam Dipshit - The Onion (satire)
I Could Write A Better Rubaiyat Than That Khayyam DipshitThe Onion (satire), NY - 3 hours agoI was certain I'd learn to love the poem when a more authoritative version finally came out. But in the years that followed, none of the other translations ...
- Latitude 2008 - NME
With families enjoying poetry, dance and theatre on a beautiful riverbank site, Latitude festival could be Albion if only they sold smack-filled crêpes. Unlike Reading, there’s no litter, no drug casualties and only good, solid stools on display ...
- Conor Oberst Shows the Wild Colors of His Destiny - Interference.com
Conor Oberst Shows the Wild Colors of His DestinyInterference.com - 5 hours agoIn a refrain that would make Jack Kerouac proud, the rocker “Moab†reminds us: “There’s nothing that the road cannot heal/Washed under the black tar, ...
- Why We Fight: Martin van Creveld's 'The Culture of War' - New York Sun
Why We Fight: Martin van Creveld's 'The Culture of War'New York Sun, United States - 7 hours ago... or that post-traumatic stress syndrome, graphic anti-war poetry, or politically active veterans groups argue against the notion that war is either ...
- BECOME A PUBLISHED SPENNY POET - Spennynews
SpennynewsBECOME A PUBLISHED SPENNY POETSpennynews, UK - 7 hours agoThe contest is designed to encourage ordinary people to write poetry — to both express themselves and be more creative." "Last year's winner was from ...
- It’s time we all suffered for the sake of our art (Evening Standard)
Bad times are just around the corner. We can't even enjoy the schadenfreude of the fat cats' failures. Central banks throw good money after bad, down the sewers of the City and Wall Street.
- Local writer wins Atlantic award (The Yarmouth County Vanguard)
By Eric Bourque THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow Brenda Tate wasn't expecting the good news she received recently regarding her participation in the Atlantic Writing Competition. The Pleasant Valley resident was informed she was among the winners in the annual competition for Nightingales Don't Cry, the manuscript she had submitted. Interviewed about it last week, she recalled sending the story but ...
- READING THE OED - New York Times
READING THE OEDNew York Times, United States - Aug 1, 2008Théophile Gautier read the dictionary to enrich and exoticize his poetry. Walter Pater read the dictionary to keep his prose pure and marmoreal — to learn ...
- The Wishes and Demands of Floyd Mayweather Sr. - Boxing Herald
The Wishes and Demands of Floyd Mayweather Sr.Boxing Herald, MA - 1 hour agoBehind his flashy style, his infamous poetry, and confident demeanor lies a trainer who is simply looking for a connection with each of his fighters. ...
- Singer strips at Jazz - Sowetan
Singer strips at JazzSowetan, South Africa - 7 hours agoYesterday was the start of the much-loved Arts Alive festival that features a spectacular mix of dance, visual art, poetry and music at venues in the city. ...
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