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- 'As You Like It' fails to exploit its setting (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Shakespeare in Clark Park pulls off a nicely edited As You Like It in an hour and 35 minutes, but while the text is lean, the production's lumpy.
- Unshelved comic guys, Yahoo! answers, kids' jokes on the Web - School Library Journal
We're packing for New Orleans. I'm taking my linen shirts and leaving my ties at home. If you are at ALA later this week, stop by booth 1840 and say hello. On Saturday, you'll find Rick Margolis and Daryl Grabarek (9 to 10 a.m.), Phyllis Mandell (10 ...
- Akrita Reyar - Zee News
Through his words, he scripted his own immortality. Sculptors of thoughts do not die, just as their dreams never perish. Ahmed Faraz, a giant of contemporary Urdu poetry, may have breathed his last in Islamabad on August 25, 2008, but his ...
- Country Fried Theatre | Even with its pop-country and comedic gimmicks, Honky Tonk Angels falls flat (Urban Tulsa)
Honky Tonk Angels: Bubba's Revenge, a musical comedy presented by the American Theatre Company and produced by Kitty Roberts, is not for me. If you dislike self-indulgence, fluff, and poorly sung popular music, then neither is it for you. Bubba's Revenge is the third in a series of shows, but fami... By Paul Sheckarski.
- NeMiss roundup Sept. 21 (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
n CORINTH - Voters in three Alcorn County precincts are being assigned new voting locations to make getting to the polls on election day more convenient.
- Konstantin Pavlov, 75, defiant Bulgarian poet and writer - Boston Globe
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Poet and screenwriter Konstantin Pavlov, who became one of Bulgaria's most prominent intellectuals with his rare defiance of the country's communist regime, died Sunday after a long illness, the Union of Bulgarian Film Makers said ...
- Banking crisis live: shares tumble - Guardian Unlimited
1:33pm: Oliver Carboni, an entertaining and fast-talking New York analyst, gives video advice to traders ahead of the opening of the markets in Wall Street. "It's getting ugly out there and you need to be really careful," he warns. 1:21pm: Baghdad's ...
- Will Obama and McCain qualify for Political Slogan Hall of Fame? (The Pantagraph)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Life isn’t a bowl of cherries, it’s a boatload of slogans. They’re everywhere and in our heads. They’re the hooks of marketing. And presidential campaigns. That’s because the good ones work. | Man charged after gun found in car near Obama's home | Senior McCain aide has ties to Freddie Mac | McCain talks economy with Romney, CEOs
- Golden rule / Phelps puts finishing touch on masterpiece in water (San Francisco Chronicle)
In the year of the make-believe superhero-Batman, Hancock, Iron Man-we've finally got a real one. No special effects needed for Michael Phelps. He does his own stunts. Instant superhero, just add water. This morning in the Water Cube, The House That Michael...
- Art and excellence go together - West Hawaii Today
Since the 1980s, the Hawaii Arts Alliance has been honoring exemplary schools that teach the arts as disciplines as well as integrating arts into other subjects with Arts Excellence Awards. Parker School was announced a winner of an Art Excellence ...
- It’s faith, not truth, that’s out there - Liverpool Daily Post
It’s faith, not truth, that’s out thereLiverpool Daily Post, UK - 19 hours agoLike his dad, he has a passion for literature, music and poetry and is, among other things, a freelance writer for the pop magazine, Kerrang! ...
- Bad 'M', good 'M', changing 'M' - Times of India
Bad 'M', good 'M', changing 'M'Times of India, India - 19 minutes agoWith 'business' being spat out as quickly as possible lest it taint a tongue accustomed only to the ring of poetry. This has begun to change in recent years ...
- Please clap till your hands bleed ... - Guardian Unlimited
Talking solo for an hour on your feet is usually called standup, and right there is the first source of fear. The term "standup" is reserved for comedians, and nowadays there are hundreds of them, most of them so technically proficient that they can ...
- Bringing literature alive, literally - Guardian Blogs
In the past I've had my run-ins with live literature and performance poetry. I have bemoaned the deadly mixture of self-indulgence, rampant egotism and not very good poetry that can curse such happenings . I still stand by this argument - memories of ...
- Books in brief: History rehash and duo of bird guides - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Books in brief: History rehash and duo of bird guidesPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 4 hours agoThe slave trade and plantation life whiz by, as do his wrap-ups of literature, poetry, theater and other cultural areas. For example, Stephen Foster's music ...
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