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- Stanford Summer Theater opens its 10th anniversary season (San Jose Mercury News)
Stanford theater program celebrates the work of Irish playwright Brian Friel
- B. L. Burtt: Plant taxonomist - The Independent
B.L. Burtt was one of the most prolific and knowledgeable of plant taxonomists, in the grand tradition of Sir Joseph Hooker. His long life was devoted almost exclusively to the classification of flowering plants and it is hard to imagine that his ...
- How Islamists Use Our Tolerance Against Us - PoliGazette
How Islamists Use Our Tolerance Against UsPoliGazette, Netherlands - 1 hour agoThe organisers gave floor space in the exhibition section to the genocidal regime in Sudan (festooned with pictures of happy-looking black Africans) and to ...
- Saddam feared getting 'venereal diseases' from his US prison ... - International Herald Tribune
Saddam feared getting 'venereal diseases' from his US prison ...International Herald Tribune, France - 17 minutes agoAl-Hayat also published excerpts from what it described as poetry written by Saddam in his prison. Barry Broman/AP.
- Mad women (Salon.com)
The female characters on "Mad Men" are complex and fascinating -- so why no Emmy love?
- Poetic punishment is just for teen vandals - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Here's some poetic justice: Recently 25 teens in Ripton, Vt. -- who had desecrated the hallowed ground of Robert Frost's summer home in the nearby woods last December -- were sentenced to hard poetry by a frosted judge. Their punishment took the form ...
- Medvedev, Putin congratulate poet Yevtushenko on jubilee (Itar-Tass)
MOSCOW, July 18 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated poet and prose writer Yevgeny Yevtushenko on his 75th anniversary, the Kremlin press service said.
- Sanya Richards clinches Olympic berth (Miami Herald)
Sanya Richards has her eyes locked on a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. But that didn't prevent her from looking past the first step toward being best in the world, which was to confirm that she is best in the nation in the 400-meter sprint. Slicing through a headwind on the backstretch and gaining momentum with a tailwind on the homestretch, Richards won her race by three strides at the ...
- Park Patter - Latah Eagle
Park PatterLatah Eagle, ID - 1 hour agoAn evening of country gospel music and poetry was presented by the Christian Cowboy Balladeers. Regular members of the church's congregation wish to thank ...
- The spirit of Persian monarchy - Open Democracy
Firdowsi’s epic, “The Book of Kingsâ€, is even more than a great product of Persian civilisation. In conveying the essence of kingship as divinely ordained yet conditional on just and protective rule, the principles of the millennium-old epic ...
- Arts festival to highlight local seniors (Examiner)
The Strand Theater, 400 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood, will host the second annual Festival of Senior Arts from June 24-26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. The festival is a fine arts and entertainment extravaganza highlighting the spirit, talent and vitality of senior artists from the central New Jersey region.
- US Olympic Baseball Seeks Glory, Redemption in Beijing - Voice of America
Voice of AmericaUS Olympic Baseball Seeks Glory, Redemption in BeijingVoice of America - 3 hours agoAs an icon of popular culture, the sport has inspired everything from poetry to beer commercials to award-winning films. The game even originated one of the ...
- Diaspora Dialogues - blogTO
Diaspora DialoguesblogTO, Canada - 12 hours agoTOK: Writing the New Toronto is an annual anthology that features fiction, poetry and drama generated through the Diaspora Dialogues mentoring program. ...
- Read all 'Study Rails' posts in Webware - Webware.com
Studyrails is a relatively new tool for students who want to get their class schedule and study time synced up. It's mainly a calendaring tool, but thrown in is a mobile reminder service, and a forceful lock-out system that will keep your from ...
- Listen to poetry online (Midland Daily News)
Hear poetry by Midlanders John Palen, left, and Jeff Vande Zande. A new poem will be featured today, Friday, Monday and Wednesday. The poets will read their work at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at Midland United Church of Christ, 4100Â Chestnut Hill. The public is invited.
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