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- Skating into his 81st year (Weymouth News)
He ice skates. He composes songs. He writes short stories. He babysits for three grandchildren. He tends to his vegetable garden. He delivers Meals on Wheels. He is an usher and greeter at Sacred Heart Church. Sept. 22 was his 80th birthday. He barely had time to celebrate it.
- Bringing up Mommy: Saying prayer for my saving grace - News-Democrat
This week 20 years ago, people were praying and meditating for me as I gave birth to my first child, a tow-haired boy with thick brows, long eyelashes and wide hands like his grandfather's. For two whole decades now, my son has been alive, and I ...
- Poetry and Public Space - Bookslut
Poetry and Public SpaceBookslut, IL - 2 hours agoThis notion of sustaining a history beyond one’s personal experience is important for understanding how certain poetry has developed to confront social and ...
- Top 10 Movies on pre-Independence India: MSN Choice - MSN India Entertainment
This is almost a docu-drama on Pre-1857 India; it shows how the docility of India’s affluent upper middle class contributed to the establishment of the British Raj. Lucknow and its Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (an exemplary performance from Amjad Khan ...
- Lesbian Activist Del Martin Dies at 87 - AOL
SAN FRANCISCO (Aug. 27) - Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87. Kate Kendell, executive director of the ...
- Nigeria: Oty Agbajoh-Laoye - Promoting African Writing - AllAfrica.com
Nigeria: Oty Agbajoh-Laoye - Promoting African WritingAllAfrica.com, Washington - 18 minutes agoOty knows poetry has a fairly limited audience, so she writes lead papers and speaks at conferences. She wants to do even more. ...
- Newcomers and Veterans Nominated for Book Prizes (New York Times)
American conflicts from the Civil War to the war on terror dominated the nonfiction finalists for the National Book Awards, which were announced on Wednesday.
- ACT and Intiman get new CEOs to guide them through a rough economy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
ACT and Intiman get new CEOs to guide theaters through a rough economy.
- Emmys race comes down to old or new - Newsday
It's a race to decide what we value most: the vibrant and new or that which is mellow with experience. Shall we surrender to the seductive nature of callow youth or the guaranteed satisfaction that only maturity can provide? Astonishingly enough, it ...
- Harmony Begins With Me' Torch Relay to Herald Upcoming 2008 CAP ... - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Harmony Begins With Me' Torch Relay to Herald Upcoming 2008 CAP ...PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 46 minutes agoThe socially conscious rapper formerly known as Common Sense has been drawing respect for his honest and colorful street poetry ever since his debut in the ...
- Chroma International Queer Writing Competition - RainbowNetwork.com
One of the only writing competitions in the world aimed to encourage and promote the work of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered writers, there is over £1,500 in prize money to be won and Sarah Waters , along with the acclaimed American author ...
- Dressy yet affordable - Deccan Herald
Deccan HeraldDressy yet affordableDeccan Herald, India - 6 hours agoâ€I have kept a fair amount of space for events I have planned like book and poetry readings, art and craft exhibitions and interesting hobbies people may ...
- Karaoke Nights - Charleston Post Courier
Karaoke NightsCharleston Post Courier, SC - 14 hours agoOn any given evening, you can catch a free poetry show, a new art exhibit or a stage production — all to the backdrop of music, blaring from energetic bands ...
- 30th annual Sacred Arts Festival features internationally renowned ... - UST Bulletin Today
UST Bulletin Today30th annual Sacred Arts Festival features internationally renowned ...UST Bulletin Today, MN - 5 hours ago7:30 pm Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Room 108 of O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center: Jude Nutter, winner of the 2007 Minnesota Book Award for poetry, will read from ...
- Construction innovator Iragorri, 78, was generous (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
He built hydroelectric dams in the Amazon and renovated the Navy Pier in Chicago. Closer to home, his precast cement slabs bolster H-E-B stores that dot the city.
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