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- Celebrate writer James Reaney dies (Stratford City Gazette)
Celebrated Canadian writer James Reaney, 81, died in London on Thursday night following a lengthy illness. The native of South Easthope Township just east of Stratford enjoyed a 50-year career as a playwright, poet and professor.
- Eloise Rees Writing Award goes to Memorial teacher (The Edmond Sun)
EDMOND — Edmond Memorial High School teacher Kelly Bristow received the Eloise Rees Writing Award for 2007-08.
- The 116th 'earthday' of Haile Selassie I will be celebrated tonight with a concert on the grounds of Livity Vegetarian ... (The Jamaica Observer)
Not only does this cultural event promise to provide patrons with the best in vegetarian food and first-class entertainment with slated performances from artistes such as Tarrus Riley, Queen Ifrica, Etana, Bushman, Ken Boothe, Jimmy Riley, Sugar Minott, Lutan Fyah, Tony Rebel, Mikey General, Empress, Ras Takura from African Soldiers, I-Nubia, Ras Malekot, Moji and Heru, among others, it is also ...
- A roll-playing Richard Rodgers lets fans in on his musical intentions - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Broadway composer Richard Rodgers plays his music on piano rolls on "Richard Rodgers Command Performance," a new compact disc from Harbinger Records and Cleveland-based Musical Theater Project. Oh, to have heard Mozart play his piano concertos or ...
- Web extra: Local literary events - Batavia Sun
For teens: Jordan Sonnenblick, author of teen novels introduces the first in a new series of books about Dodger (an imaginary blue chimp) and a boy named Willie during a reading and booksigning at 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave ...
- Events | Cashing in - Tribune-Democrat
Performances by The Cash Review and WorldSong will continue the summer concert series at 5 p.m. Sunday at Roxbury Bandshell, Franklin Street, Johnstown. The Cash Review is headed by Bill Venet, who sounds like Johnny Cash. Other members are Janet ...
- What's on? - Herald Times
7 p.m. — MCCSC Board (live). 7:30 p.m. — CATS Eye. 8 p.m. — Camerata Orchestra: Favorite Classic. 10 p.m. — Lotus World Music Festival 2005: Wailin’ Jennys. 11:05 p.m. — IU Writers Conference 2008: Poetry Reading, taped June 12. Midnight ...
- Mary-Sherman Willis' "The Laughter of Women" (Seattle Times)
So often, reading a poem can in itself feel like a thing overheard. Here, Mary-Sherman Willis of Virginia describes the feeling of being...
- Watering the the Indus Valley - Telegraph.co.uk
Watering the the Indus ValleyTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 4 hours agoIn Sindh we meet the Sheedi, dark-skinned Muslims with tightly curled hair. They are supposedly descended from an Ethiopian slave who became not only one of ...
- Obama had backed gun ban - La Crosse Tribune
I don’t know which is worse, Barack Obama’s change of stances on issues or the mainstream media’s desire to ignore it. Take the Washington, D.C., gun ban that was challenged recently in the Supreme Court. In the 1990s, as a candidate for the ...
- Regional News - Orangeville Citizen
Regional NewsOrangeville Citizen, Canada - 26 minutes ago"Lin's dedication to canoeing and love of adventure was so infectious, many of our regular pottery customers became fascinated with the idea of joining us ...
- Mouth music - Isthmus
Mouth musicIsthmus, WI - 10 minutes ago"Just having each of them do one poem makes for a great show. You want to come see that." The participatory nature of slams, which randomly pick audience ...
- Naipaul’s Compass - New York Times
New York TimesNaipaul’s CompassNew York Times, United States - 1 hour ago... to be able to judge the writing that comes out of it.” (But why? Walcott’s interests range from Broadway musicals to the poetry of Joseph Brodsky. ...
- Eleanor O'Leary, 92; was biographer, book reviewer - Boston Globe
Eleanor (Ruggles) O'Leary showed signs of a literary and theatrical bent as far back as her student days at Vassar College in the 1930s, when she acted in school plays and wrote for campus publications. Some 20 years later, John Houseman, the late ...
- Contest: Poetry prize offered (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
A $1,000 grand prize is being offered in a special poetry contest sponsored by Golden Poets Guild, free to everyone. There are 50 prizes, totaling $5,000.
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