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- A Raisin in the Sun (DVD Talk)
The Movie: Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun is rightly recognized not only as a modern masterpiece, but also as one of a very few plays that made history itself, by being the first piece written by an African American (not to mention a woman) to receive a major Broadway production.
- Sideline Chatter (The Montana Standard)
SEATTLE — They don’t call him Kimbo Slice for nothing. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound mixed martial-arts mauler, it seems, is a 50-50 proposition. “He has an on-off switch,” promoter Gary Shaw told the Los Angeles Times. “If it’s off, he can baby-sit your kids, everything’s great.
- Fringevaganza (Hour.ca)
An international fleet of 90 companies presenting some 700 performances in 16 indoor venues, an outdoor site, and a Fringe Club? Sheesh, how do they ever expect the layman to manage? Thank goodness the relentless Hour reviewing team is on the case.
- Endpaper: why Bloomsday rocks - Daily Telegraph
"I don't like the book but wish it were published and be damned to it," wrote James Joyce to his brother Stanislaus in 1907 about Chamber Music, his first book of poetry. "But some are pretty enough to be put to music. I hope someone will do so ...
- DVD: Box set of 'Dirty Harry' films will make your day - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Guys, tired of all those "Sex in the City" stories? We have the perfect antidote. The Dirty Harry Ultimate Collector's Edition Box Set lands with an impressive thud Tuesday. The seven-DVD set has all five Dirty Harry films, two bonus discs and other ...
- Caitlin comes to the Coast - Coast Reporter
Caitlin comes to the CoastCoast Reporter, Canada - 3 hours agoThe other two releases will be poetry by well-respected poets Kate Braid and Ken Belford. More about the forthcoming season can be found online at ...
- Lessons of the Magnolia Tree - New York Times
New York TimesLessons of the Magnolia TreeNew York Times, United States - 3 hours agoI remember when one night after dinner he picked up the battered poetry book that was always somewhere at his side and read aloud Tennyson’s “Charge of the ...
- Former CBOT chairman - Chicago Tribune
Grain trader Bernard P. Carey was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade for more than 60 years, including serving as chairman from 1963 to 1965. "He loved the market, he loved the 'fight,' " according to his son Paul, who said his father traded for ...
- PM's Speech To Montana NZ Book Awards - Scoop
Many thanks for the invitation once again to speak at this ceremony, and to present the top awards. Tonight we celebrate our writers – across genre – for the contribution they make to our literature and to our understanding of our nation and our ...
- Maya Angelou celebrating 80th birthday in Atlanta (Macon Telegraph)
Maya Angelou may be 80, but she doesn't party like it.
- Memories of another day - Economic Times
The print and electronic media (especially those run by the state) are prone to remember the birth and death anniversaries of prime ministers and presidents. The I&B machinery sees to it that telecasts are carried on Doordarshan of the ritual ...
- Dick Martin, 86; zany comedian took TV by storm with 'Laugh-In' (Los Angeles Times)
- Young poets on parade... - Halifax Evening Courier
Young poets on parade...Halifax Evening Courier, UK - 1 hour ago"We are making sure that poetry is going on in the schools and that children are writing poetry. "I was a head teacher and I feel that expression through ...
- Survey Takes Closer Look at Fans of Verse - Washington Post
Survey Takes Closer Look at Fans of VerseWashington Post, United States - 12 hours agoPoetry readers tend to lead active lives, listen to music, read a lot, use the Internet and volunteer at significantly higher rates than non-poetry readers, ...
- A steady stream of consciousness - Honolulu Advertiser
The materials an artist chooses to work with speak volumes about the artist. Jon Hamblin chooses to work on weathered, corrugated roofing metal that has been discarded. On the wavy, dented and often punctured surfaces he paints figures, animals and ...
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