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- Fall arts preview: 'Chicago Songs' intended as poetry to ear (The Sacramento Bee)
This composer, a 38-year-old Fresno native, is the same age poet Carl Sandburg was when he wrote and published the "Chicago Poems," which Erickson used as the inspiration for his "Chicago Songs." Kurt Erickson, the composer of "Chicago Songs," says he was first intrigued by the idea of creating a song set using an eclectic mix of 20th century American texts.
- PAUL WELLER "22 Dreams" Yep Roc/Island - Washington Post
PAUL WELLER turned 50 in May, and he celebrated by finishing up his equivalent of the Beatles ' "White Album," a sprawling, 21-track montage of every style the British rock icon has ever employed, including the punk basics of his first band, the Jam ...
- Local grad earns high marks for volunteering (East York Mirror)
Local student Tracy Chen has given a great deal to her school and community. Thanks to her hard work, the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is giving something to her. Chen, a Regent Park res...
- Pakistani president resigns after 9 turbulent years in power (San Jose Mercury News)
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation today after a turbulent nine years in office.
- The English Channel - TheaterMania.com
TheaterMania.comThe English ChannelTheaterMania.com, NY - 2 hours ago... the audience that he is the inspiration for not only some of Shakespeare's most well known sonnets, but the poetry of many others (including Marlowe). ...
- Popular Authors Sign On For National Book Festival - News Channel 8
Popular Authors Sign On For National Book FestivalNews Channel 8, DC - Jul 14, 2008... the festival will be presentations by school-age poets and artists who are winners of the library's River of Words environmental art and poetry contest.
- Are You Ready for Some Theme Song? - Newsweek Blog
Judging by the polls, Sarah Palin may not propel John McCain to the presidency. But at least she'll make the path to Election Day a little more melodious. At Palin's rally yesterday in Richmond, Va., the loudest applause was reserved not for the ...
- New York City Life Examiner - Examiner.com
Examiner.comNew York City Life ExaminerExaminer.com - 19 minutes agoShe’s written about city life--from potholes to poetry slams--for newspapers and national magazines. September may be back-to-school month, but in New York ...
- Obang Metho´s Fake Christianity Unveiled - Korean funds behind him? - American Chronicle
Obang Metho´s Fake Christianity Unveiled - Korean funds behind him?American Chronicle, CA - 26 minutes agoBecause I write poetry as a hobby, I said, "I ´m going to write a poem about ´chains´." The church was small, but very good and I was enjoying myself in my ...
- A mujahideen fighter aims a US-made Stinger missil - Egypt Today
IT’S HARD TO imagine Ayman Al-Zawahri as a poet a deeply moving poet, in fact. But he was, and may well still be. His colleagues in prison, including Aboud El-Zumor, whom Al-Zawahri succeeded as the leader of Al-Jihad’s military wing, used to ...
- Tax-Avoiders are Un-American - OpEdNews.com
At a time when the biggest news on everybody radar screen should be the Ron Suskind book, The Way of the World , with its powder keg of accusations against President Bush including, but not limited to, the Whitehouse ordering forged documents to lie ...
- Crossing the Bridge: Poetry, Hip-Hop and the Palestinian Experience - Arabic Media Internet Network
In 1948, my grandmother was expelled from Palestine. Like many of the 780,000 evicted that year, she never saw her birthplace again. But she always dreamed of a dignified return: to Yaffa, her home city, a place of warmth and beauty; to her house ...
- Easy listening - Irish Independent
Irish IndependentEasy listeningIrish Independent, Ireland - 16 minutes agoIn addition, there are book and poetry readings, talk radio podcasts and recordings of public performances of classical music. The sound quality varies on ...
- Poets gather by the tranquil Crowe waters - Community Press
Poets gather by the tranquil Crowe watersCommunity Press, Canada - 26 minutes agoMarmora and Lake - What was billed as “another dam poetry reading†took place next to the Marmora dam on an unsettled Aug. 2 as part of the second annual ...
- Twenty years of gastronomic memories - Inquirer.net
Twenty years of gastronomic memoriesInquirer.net, Philippines - 38 minutes agoCelestina Arvisu, “sister†to Feliz and Lia, and daughter of former café partner and owner Christine Arvisu, reads poetry to coincide with her exhibit of ...
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