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- Weekend wonders - Stockton Record
Weekend wondersStockton Record, CA - 3 hours agoThe area's Latino heritage is expressed in the paintings of Luz Lau-Foster and Richard Rios, who also will sing and read his poetry, from 1 to 3:30 pm ...
- Biography by Anna Porter among winners of Canadian Jewish Book Awards (CBC)
Anna Porter is one of the Canadian authors whose works have been acclaimed this year for excellence in writing on Jewish themes and subjects.
- After-work drinks could lead to no more work - WalletPop
After-work drinks could lead to no more workWalletPop, VA - 8 hours agoIn other words, water can be your friend when it comes to keeping a clear head. When I'm working on staying somewhat socially acceptable, I try to average 8 ...
- Event looks at teaching tools (The Ohio University Post)
Entertainment is one of the highest monitored aspects of society, but education is rarely associated with the Hollywood industry.
- A lost weekend in the north (Guardian Unlimited)
The recent history of posthumous publishing has not been terribly happy.
- Obituary: Angus Calder - Financial Times
I t was a damp basement in 1960s London, piled with closely written sheets of thin, crumbling wartime paper. Most people would have found it a forlorn place. Yet for the young Angus Calder, wandering round the room randomly picking out documents, it ...
- Stephanie Cross on Playing With the Grown-ups | Lost City Radio ... - The Observer
Stephanie Cross on Playing With the Grown-ups | Lost City Radio ...The Observer, UK - 2 hours agoThose disappointed by David Mitchell's Black Swan Green may find Kitty Aldridge's second novel more satisfying. In place of Eighties Worcestershire, ...
- David Lister: The Week in Arts (Independent)
Fancy seeing King Lear at the Globe? Great, let's meet by the Thames at midnight. Good idea. And we can take in an exhibition at the Tate first at 10pm, and then on Sunday we'll go to the National Theatre.
- Model T, Ford's first low-priced car, marks 100th birthday - Atlanta Journal Constitution
RICHMOND, Ind. — Ford Motor Co. is marking the 100th anniversary of the Model T, the first low-priced car that introduced motoring to the masses, at a time when Americans are cringing at the cost of filling their gas tanks and the U.S. auto ...
- Claude Debussy, by Paul Roberts - Independent
Claude Debussy, by Paul RobertsIndependent, UK - 6 minutes agoTo the composer Alfredo Casella, "he gave the impression of playing directly on the strings... the effect was a miracle of poetry". ...
- Teacher instills love of Latin (Philly.com)
He doesn't look like a Latin teacher - no tie or sports coat with elbow patches. J.D. Munday is more a jeans, button-down shirt and hoop earring kind of guy.
- Report finds racial gap in student suspensions - Bemidji Pioneer
Keenan Hooper likes to joke around and admits he has a motormouth. He also admits to getting into trouble again and again with teachers weary of his antics. School officials have sent him home more times than Keenan or his mom can count. So often, in ...
- Oz Without GPS - Washington Post Blog
Here's my piece in Slate about giving up on GPS devices (written on vacation in Australia as you will see). The nut grafs: '...the GPS device robs the traveler of a human skill that has emerged from Deep Time. We are generally quite good at reading ...
- Dutch lessons on integration (Radio Netherlands)
The Dutch foreign ministry invited eleven officials and academics from North America to come see what is being done here to improve the integration of minorities, particularly Muslims. They liked what they saw.
- Short Stories (Colorado Springs Independent)
Gossip of the Starlings Nina de Gramont Algonquin Books, $22.95/hardcover The cover of Gossip of the Starlings quotes Jacquelyn Mitchard: "I inhaled this novel in one breath." Impressive words from an equally impressive writer. And in some ways, Nina de Gramont's debut novel is hard to put down.
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