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- Cricket at Lord’s - Economist.com
From Economist.com THE buzz of anticipation starts to build well before reaching Lord’s. On the train into central London I see two young men in shorts and sun hats with a large cool box. Surely they are on the same journey as me—to Lord’s, the ...
- Serena: This Fall's Most Dangerous Novel - Huffington Post
Serena: This Fall's Most Dangerous NovelHuffington Post, NY - 3 hours agoAuthor of several acclaimed collections of poetry and fiction, Rash has gone beyond any Southern gothic tale to weave a complex and riveting portrait in the ...
- 'Friendly society' coddles taste buds - Toronto Star
'Friendly society' coddles taste budsToronto Star, Canada - 18 minutes agoNearby Yorkville was the place to be, smoke grass and read poetry (the antecedent of today's Def Poetry Jam), though the 1966 completion of the Bloor subway ...
- China says tainted milk scandal spreading - Hartford Courant
Tainted milk formula in China has killed three babies in a spreading scandal that has revealed that one-fifth of dairy companies tested nationwide have sold products tainted with a chemical that has sickened more than 6,200 children. Li Changjiang ...
- HCC's Beacon Hall to open Saturday - Connecticut Post
HCC's Beacon Hall to open SaturdayConnecticut Post, CT - 15 hours ago11:30 am Poetry and Fiction Reading; Profs. Steve Mark, Aubrey Moncrieffe, Rob Nelson, and Peter Ulisse; Room 222. 12:30 pm Voting: A Rational or Irrational ...
- Win rekindles poet's passion - Auckland stuff.co.nz
Auckland stuff.co.nzWin rekindles poet's passionAuckland stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 44 minutes agoHers was one of 70 poems submitted to the competition, which was launched to continue Mr Gadd’s support of poetry in the city. It is designed to give people ...
- No peace prizes in prospect on the literary scene - Slate
No peace prizes in prospect on the literary sceneSlate - 13 hours agoAnother Fray with no fights came on Ron Rosenbaum's "Spectator" on blurbing poetry: The best efforts by posters will feature in the column, ...
- Fit Like takes to the waves with Robbie (Aberdeen City Council News)
School pupils have teamed up with north-east celebrity Robbie Shepherd to broadcast a Doric radio show promoting new poetry book Fit Like, Yer Majesty? 2008/09/01 00:00:00
- Beatniks and Hollywood Royalty Descend Upon Edmonton Edmonton ... - DVD Creation
EDMONTON, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/08/08 -- Edmonton Festivals bring life to the streets for poetry lovers. If to you poetry means the stuff you did in high school English, think again: this is combat in the form of "blink poetry," a yell-a-thon ...
- When Lit-Crit Mattered - Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalWhen Lit-Crit MatteredWall Street Journal - 1 hour agoThe New Critics, by contrast, thought that the study of literature -- especially poetry -- was a valuable activity because, as Allen Tate put it, ...
- Tina Fey reprises role as Sarah Palin on `SNL' - Grand Rapids Press
NEW YORK - Tina Fey reprised her role as Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," again appearing as the Republican vice presidential candidate in an opening sketch. Saturday night's show -- the third of the season for the NBC comedy program -- brought ...
- Nimoy opens ESO's 2008-09 season (Daily Herald)
Tickets for the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's 2008-09 season opening gala concert and celebration with Star Trek icon Leonard Nimoy are on sale through the ESO's Web site at www.ElginSymphony.org. Or call the ESO box office at (847) 888-4000.
- Goings on About Town: Classical Music (The New Yorker)
OPERA METROPOLITAN OPERA Last season’s opening-night attraction was Mary Zimmerman’s new production of “Lucia di Lammermoor,” whose combination of fantasy and verisimilitude delighted the daring but left traditionalists unmoved. Diana Damrau (who could definitely give 2007’s Lucia, Natalie Dessay, a run for her money) takes the title role . . .
- Exploring our dialect - Northumberland Gazette
Exploring our dialectNorthumberland Gazette, UK - 22 hours agoOctober 9, is National Poetry Day and the society has always seen the poetry of the Northumbrian language as one of its glories. "This is not just because ...
- CST scores the gifted 'Amadeus' - Chicago Sun-Times
The sly little joke at the heart of "Amadeus," Peter Shaffer's popular 1979 play, is that despite its title, Mozart is not really the star. Shaffer crafted the play's most flamboyant role for Antonio Salieri, Mozart's nemesis -- the powerful court ...
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