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- Residents enjoy singing the blues at kickoff to Greeley Blues Fest - Greeley Tribune
Listening to the sweet sound of Lionel Young as his fingers flew on the violin, Keith Leo kept track of the beat with a soft nod of head. "Blues and spiritual (music) -- they're the same thing," Leo said. "It's like I've either got the blues or I've ...
- Applause calendar - Augusta Chronicle
Send event schedules, pricing and other information along with a contact name and phone number to Steven Uhles, The Augusta Chronicle, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, GA 30903-1928. Send e-mail to steven.uhles@augustachronicle.com . MOVIES ON THE COMMON: 9 p ...
- Breeding Evil: Hezb'allah's Children - American Thinker
In 1979, Samir Kantar was 16 years old when he pulled Danny Haran and his young daughter from their apartment in the Israeli town of Nahariya. He shot to death the father and smashed the little girl's skull against a rock with an AK-47. After 29 ...
- 'Slumberland' by Paul Beatty: Riffs on the fall of the Berlin Wall - Dallas Morning News
'Slumberland' by Paul Beatty: Riffs on the fall of the Berlin WallDallas Morning News, TX - 1 hour agoThe language blurts and shimmers like a drunken genius at a poetry slam. In a nutshell, the plot concerns Darky's quest to locate the elusive musician ...
- Summertime Spirits, And I Don't Mean Booze - Huffington Post
Summertime Spirits, And I Don't Mean BoozeHuffington Post, NY - 7 hours agoCould've been my dad, could've been Twain, I forget, but one thing is for certain, he surely didn't say that about baseball parks, or family reunions, ...
- The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye: Final Decisions (Anime News Network)
Whether freeing the imprisoned Joganki, dealing with a mind-controlled Auto Enforcer with a death wish, trying to stop the wormhole driving from firing, or confronting an ultimate foe who, in some senses, is much like herself, Honoka has her hands full, but even the burden of saving the world seems to rest comfortably on her slender, capable shoulders.
- Go ahead, laugh if you must - Lower Hudson Journal news
Go ahead, laugh if you mustLower Hudson Journal news, NY - 3 hours agoThe title "The New Poetry," for example, could be ripped from the hand-cut pages of any one of several dozen little magazines. ...
- AP Top News at 11:00 p.m. EDT (The Washington Times)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Before a crowd of cheering thousands, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket without conceding her own defeat. "America, this is ...
- Simplicity and repetition may explain staying power of songs (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
It only takes a single exposure, and in an instant, your whole day can change. The infection is rapid and feels potentially unending. One minute you're minding your own business and the next you find that you can't stop thinking, humming, or singing "Dancing Queen."
- Memorial Day excursions - News & Observer
Memorial Day excursionsNews & Observer, NC - 59 minutes agoBenjamin Britten: War Requiem -- This 1962 choral work incorporates the poetry of Wilfred Owen, an English pacifist who was killed in World War I at age 25. ...
- "Hardheaded Weather": Desires unmet across the great racial divide (Seattle Times)
In "Hardheaded Weather," poet Cornelius Eady vividly explores issues of racial division in American life.
- • HBO series to feature locals - The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com• HBO series to feature localsThe Ann Arbor News - MLive.com, MI - 7 hours agoThe local students are among those competing in the Brave New Voices National Youth Poetry Slam Festival in Washington, DC, in July. ...
- Persepolis (2007) (New York Times)
Marjane berated by fundamentalists. “Persepolis” is a simple story told by simple means. Like Marjane Satrapi ’s book, on which it is based, the film, directed by Ms. Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, consists essentially of a series of monochrome drawings, their bold black lines washed with nuances of gray.
- World writers decry censorship at Swedish literary meet - Local
Bangladeshi novelist-in-hiding Taslima Nasreen joined international writers gathered at a literary conference in Stockholm on Tuesday to deplore how censorship and persecution affect their work. Controversial author offered refuge in Sweden (2 Jun 08 ...
- Washington had a deep abiding faith - La Crosse Tribune
I couldn’t disagree more with Michael Dishnow’s letter of July 14 about “morality not dependent on a god.” His assertion that George Washington was a “warm deist at best, more likely an agnostic,” is just plain wrong. All one has to do is ...
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