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- Poetry Jam marks six years - Fresno Bee (subscription)
Poetry Jam marks six yearsFresno Bee (subscription), CA - 13 hours agoHeadlining the night is poet Lorna Dee Cervantes, who has won the American Book Award and has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. ...
- Raised in cane (The Columbus Dispatch)
L OS ANGELES -- When Americans think of 1950s Cuba, they tend to picture Fidel Castro ranting in tattered fatigues about the revolution.
- There's no trifling with Mother's Day brunches - Salem Statesman Journal
There's no trifling with Mother's Day brunchesSalem Statesman Journal, OR - 5 hours agoCall: (503) 873-8681, Ext. 25 or go to oregonstateparks.org/park_211.php Mother's Day Reading: Second Sundays Series of Poetry Readings will hold its annual ...
- An artist on the brink - Baltimore Sun
An artist on the brinkBaltimore Sun, United States - 6 hours agoOr he could have actively courted financial ruin by turning his pen to, gasp, writing poetry. It will give nothing away to say that the artist traveled down ...
- Outdoor notes: Lumberjack competition comes to Thanksgiving Point (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Thanksgiving Point will host the first round of STIHL Timbersports Series June 6 and 7 as part of its Wild Outdoor Festival. Timbersports will bring together professional athletes from around the world to compete in eight traditional lumberjack disciplines, including single buck, stock and hot saw,
- Books help teens understand Army, war McClatchy-Tribune May 20, 2008 (Wilson County News)
By Rebecca Young - For today's teens, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched on for half their lives or more. Most second-graders can't remember a time when there wasn't an Iraq war.
- Jonathan Miller's Operatic Mission - New York Sun
Jonathan Miller's Operatic MissionNew York Sun, United States - 11 minutes ago"It would not be half as funny if he had not started with the words, 'But then again, like I always say ... '" Mr. Miller said. ...
- BYU professor gains 2 honors (Deseret Morning News)
A Brigham Young University English professor was recently honored as the first-place winner of a national poetry contest and was also named Professor of the Year by faculty and students in his program.
- TV's 'Laugh-In' comic Dick Martin dies at 86 - AZCentral.com
LOS ANGELES - Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died. He ...
- A verbal record - OCRegister
A verbal recordOCRegister, CA - 9 hours agoJenkins placed 4th in prose interpretation and 13th in poetry interpretation. Merritt placed 10th in poetry interpretation and 14th in expository writing. ...
- Sault post-grad student proves herself 'best of the best' (The Sault Star)
When Rachel Burns showed up for her first day of kindergarten, she was already reading. And by her 11th birthday, she had poetry published in a U.S. magazine. Needless to say, Burns ascended to the top of her class at an early age. Since then, the former [...]
- 'Laugh-In' comic Dick Martin dead at 86 - CNN
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it ...
- A Cultural Edifice in the Heart of New York (Middle East Online)
I felt like I am standing in an Arab oasis of cool shades amid the busy noises of New York City. Arabic sayings, pictures, titles of books, and fine Arabic calligraphy decorate the walls, paintings and billboards at the Dahesh Heritage Bookstore, says Saleh Ziadeh .
- Hundreds honor Orange's fallen law officers - Orlando Sentinel
Hundreds of people listened to songs, poetry, prayers and speeches Thursday night at the Orange County Courthouse as they honored the county's fallen law-enforcement officers. This year's annual Law Enforcement Memorial was dedicated to the memory of ...
- John Donlan & The Dames by Judith Fitzgerald - Monsters and Critics
If poetry eases the anguish of the actual, a trio of high-flying (yet decidedly uneven) débuts from Canadian dames may satisfy readers seeking solace in the (sometimes) sublime. (On the other hand, John Donlan's accomplished Spirit Engine , without ...
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