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- Leap of faith onto the international stage - Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, June 10 -- Three Chinese dancers spearhead California's Ballet San Jose tour of China this month and the young men are jumping for joy. "I am very excited about being back in China to perform with an American dance company for a Chinese ...
- Bill Holm named McKnight Distinguished Artist (Minnesota Public Radio)
Writer Bill Holm is celebrating a little. Today the McKnight Foundation named him its 2008 Distinguished Artist
- Breaker brings Cleveland metal to Germany - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland metal band Breaker is heading to Germany later this month, for the big "Bang Your Head Festival." To prepare for the gig, the group has booked a local warm-up show for 8 p.m. Saturday at The Jigsaw Saloon & Stage, 5324 State Road, Parma ...
- Acclaimed Southern voice takes on Sept. 11 - Charlotte Observer
Acclaimed Southern voice takes on Sept. 11Charlotte Observer, NC - 6 hours agoShe's the author of more than 20 books, including novels, short stories, poetry and a memoir. • She won the National Books Award for her short-story ...
- Reclaimed, recycled, revitalized sculpture - Anchorage Daily News
The owners of Midtown sweets haven Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge also do metal sculptural work from discarded objects like car doors, toolboxes and all kind of machinery. "We pick it up at scrap yards, the side of the road, and some people give it ...
- August Kleinzahler eschews Nobel-ese for a wry, witty approach (The Kansas City Star)
A couple of years ago, writing in Poetry magazine, August Kleinzahler lighted a string of firecrackers under Garrison Keillor and his “Writer’s Almanac†segments on National Public Radio.
- Prince Writing Multimedia Book About O2 Arena Residency - Gigwise
GigwisePrince Writing Multimedia Book About O2 Arena ResidencyGigwise, UK - 31 minutes ago21 Nights, which is scheduled for release in September, will feature the singer’s poetry, as well as exclusive backstage shots captured by photographer ...
- Chapter 7: Rhyme time (Appeal-Democrat)
This 10 week serial story publishes every Sunday Beginning 6-10-08 and ending 8-10-08. If you miss a chapter go online to appealdemocrat.com, community, NIE, serial story.
- The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing, ed. Richard Dawkins (Independent)
Richard Dawkins's profile has morphed in recent years: from the most lucid science writer of our time, the man who makes his readers feel smarter than they really are, to the Chief Pastor of World Atheism Inc. Despite the astonishing sales of The God Delusion, there has been some loss. His new role has made his job of evolution's champion harder because the religious right in the US has always ...
- Arts community feels snub as council picks Gloucester's new poet laureate (Boston Globe)
"The noise of debate makes music," Gloucester poet John Ronan once wrote in a tribute to his flinty hometown. But the noise of late has hardly been music to his ears.
- Sheryl Crow Reschedules Bay Area Performance - SF Weekly Blogs
Sheryl Crow Reschedules Bay Area PerformanceSF Weekly Blogs, CA - 6 hours ago... this special event will feature numerous musical performances, spoken word, poetry, story telling and displays of historical family artifacts. ...
- 'Kid crunch time' can be cruelest season - CNN
NEW YORK (AP) -- My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the ...
- Michael Standen: Novelist and poet (Independent)
Michael Standen was an integral part of the literary scene of the North East, as novelist, poet, co-editor of the journal Other Poetry, an organiser of the invaluable Colpitts Poetry readings, and much else besides.
- Marin County's Kay Ryan named poet laureate - KSWT-TV
Marin County's Kay Ryan named poet laureateKSWT-TV, AZ - Jul 17, 2008The 62-year-old Fairfax resident has won a number of awards for her writing, including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and four Pushcart Prizes. ...
- Faculty and staff vacate Antioch College campus this week - Yellow Springs News
Yellow Springs NewsFaculty and staff vacate Antioch College campus this weekYellow Springs News, OH - 2 hours ago... time at Antioch that the school had a strong commitment to expanding the literary canon to include African-American, feminist and multicultural studies. ...
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