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- Religious retreats nestled in valley (Poughkeepsie Journal)
NEW LEBANON - At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts during the Sunday service at the Sufi religious retreat.
- Slavery Apology Is A Political Gimmick - The Bulletin
The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a resolution apologizing to black Americans for slavery and the racial injustice of Jim Crow laws. As with most things Congress does, this action is completely meaningless, nothing more than political ...
- Iconic Palestinian poet Darwish buried - Los Angeles Times
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK -- During the six years he spent in an Israeli prison, Haidar Jaradat read one poem over and over: "My Mother," by Mahmoud Darwish. "I long for my mother's bread," it begins. "My mother's coffee/Her touch." "It brought me comfort ...
- Poetry readings to be featured - Sun and Press
Tioga Trails Café will feature poetry readings from 8 to 9 p.m. July 1 at 50 Lake St., Owego. Works by Andrei Guruianu, Mike Foldes, Judy Goldschmidt and Wendy Stewart will be featured. For more information, call 687-7195 or e-mail info ...
- 'Slim and None' & 'The Franchise Babe - Golf, God, and Country' by Dan Jenkins (Cybergolf National)
I just finished your new book, "The Franchise Babe," and wanted to congratulate you, to tell you how many times I howled in delight while reading it and to wish you all the best with it. It's hysterical and my God is it true to life.
- 'Couch surfing' community offers a free place to stay when traveling - KOMO News
'Couch surfing' community offers a free place to stay when travelingKOMO News, WA - 28 minutes agoThey managed to share poetry. In October, Eric is going to Moscow to visit his friend, and meet his friend's wife and new baby. Yep, he's couchsurfing. ...
- U study praises educational value of MySpace, Facebook - Minneapolis Star Tribune
University of Minnesota researchers say they have discovered educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The same study also found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically savvy as their ...
- Texas City to hold Juneteenth Celebration - Daily News - Galveston County
Texas City to hold Juneteenth CelebrationDaily News - Galveston County, TX - 2 hours agoOn Thursday, the celebration will feature a poetry slam and social. The event will be held at the Charles T. Doyle Convention Center starting at 6 pm The ...
- Christina Patterson: A joyous display to help heal broken lives (Independent)
"It's hard to read this," said the man on the stage, "because it brings back all the memories." His voice had faded almost to a whisper. "This was 15 years ago, and it still affects me."
- Scene change (City Pulse)
Since its origins as a Cool Cities love child, Tim Lane says East Lansing’s Scene Metrospace has done well at serving its purpose of offering an alternative venue for expression and entertainment in the city’s downtown for the 20-to-35-year-old set.
- Wow: We live in Music City, USA (Orlando Sentinel)
Have you heard? Orlando will be the fourth city in an international list of major music cities to become a "Gibson GuitarTown." Yes, Orlando is a major music city! Remember all the "boy bands," matchbox twenty, Creed? They all originated here, or their recording/management/production companies are based in Orlando. Music is still a huge business here. This community project unites celebrities ...
- Scholarships offered for young writers to attend retreat - Truro Daily News
Scholarships offered for young writers to attend retreatTruro Daily News, Canada - 1 hour ago... to attend the Words on the Page - non-fiction, poetry, and fiction retreat, from July 6 to 11, or The Yoga of Lucid Writing retreat, being Aug. 7 to 10. ...
- I’m not a street entertainer — Sarshar Siddiqui - DAWN Group
The traditional love-hate triangle is missing in veteran poet and writer Sarshar Siddiqui’s poetry. There is no woman in it that is as tall as a pine tree with a waist thinner than a strand of hair, a pair of almond-shaped eyes deep and azure as a ...
- America Back on Track... for Thursday, July 31st - OpEdNews
OpEdNewsAmerica Back on Track... for Thursday, July 31stOpEdNews, PA - 6 hours agoIn addition he has published more than 1500 SetonnoteS commentaries, plus poetry and political essays in publications across the country. ...
- China's total urban makeover - Los Angeles Times
IN THE fall of 2005, I moved to Beijing to work on the launch of the Chinese edition of Sports Illustrated. Booming, prosperous China, with an ever-expanding mass media and leisure class, was undergoing a sports-industrial evolution similar to that ...
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