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- A native's guide to San Jose - CNN
(Budget Travel) -- A century ago, what's now Silicon Valley, California, was called the Valley of Heart's Delight because of the region's mineral-rich soil and temperate climate (San Jose gets 300 days of sunshine a year). By the time I left for ...
- Arts news (The State)
Composer John Fitz Rogers, pianist Phillip Bush and writer Julie Elliott, all of Columbia, have won fellowships from the S.C. Arts Commission. Rogers is a music professor at USC who has been commissioned to write works for musicians and groups around the nation. Bush performs internationally as a soloist and in chamber groups. He has performed with the Philip Glass and Steve Reich ensembles on ...
- 'Muraqqa: Imperial Mughal Albums' - Wall Street Journal
The Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery exhibits a selection of 16th to 17th century art collected by the Mughal emperors. On loan from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, the show is on display through Aug. 3. ( See related article .) The ...
- 'Victoria had affair with Indian courtier' (rediff.com)
Contrary to her sombre public image, in private Britain's Queen Victoria was a passionate, romantic and a feisty politician who even had an affair with an young and handsome Indian servant, according to a new film. Apart from the Indian courtier Abdul Karim, Victoria had flirtatious relationships with two of her prime ministers -- Lord Melbourne and Benjamin Disraeli -- and also developed an ...
- A. S. MAULUCCI: Nature poetry requires understanding of its tradition - Norwich Bulletin
Nature’s presence is all around us, so it’s not surprising poets have been contemplating our complex relationship with her and penning lines in praise of her beauty since the beginning of civilization. From lyric to haiku to ode, nature has ...
- Entertaining evening enjoyed - icSeftonandWestLancs
icSeftonandWestLancsEntertaining evening enjoyedicSeftonandWestLancs, UK - 1 hour agoby Amy Salter, Midweek Advertiser ORMSKIRK Writers & Literary Society held their annual poetry evening at New Church House, Ormskirk where they welcomed ...
- Culture shocker (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Dave Keali'i is near-unique in Worcester poetry: a writer of both Irish and Hawaiian descent, his work reaches beyond identity politics, attempting to reconcile his experience with the world around him, and with the divine. Culture bends in his hands, as in the poem "For Mr. Delany and Mr. Williams," in which he writes: "Pay homage to poets like Dei Bao whose work is/banned in his homeland of ...
- Poetry Slam - WRBJ-TV
Poetry SlamWRBJ-TV, MS - 1 hour ago97.7’s Neo Soul Café and its host Marcus Devoe, invities you to its’ first Poetry Slam. We are inviting all poets and spoken word artists to join us Sunday, ...
- Mangalorean.com on a HIGH 5 - Mangalorean.com
Mangalorean.comMangalorean.com on a HIGH 5Mangalorean.com, India - 19 minutes agoIn my mendacity to authenticate my pathetic claims to be even a bumbling writer, I have even written a few lines of poetry in a couple of them! Gosh! ...
- One sings, the other doesn't - Globe and Mail
One sings, the other doesn'tGlobe and Mail, Canada - 9 minutes agoPoetry's minority status is regrettable, but doesn't justify critical prose emptied of gusto, mischief and melody. You don't defeat indifference by boring ...
- Englishman's rewriting of Scots history 'as false as the idea they ... - Times Online
From beyond the grave, one of Britain's most controversial historians has found himself caught up in yet another historical dispute. Although he died five years ago, the last book written by Hugh Trevor-Roper, former Regius Professor of History at ...
- Ozark Profile : Age doesn’t have to mean limitations - Northwest Arkansas News
One cannot look around Ree Mills house without getting a story. Painted plates adorn the wall. (She made them herself. ) Awards and photos fill bulletin boards and scrapbooks. On a rainy spring afternoon, Mills sat down and told her story several ...
- English Serenta at Leasowes Bank, Ratlinghope - Birmingham Post
English Serenta at Leasowes Bank, RatlinghopeBirmingham Post, UK - 1 hour ago... on Leasowes Bank Farm nestling amid the Shropshire hills and completing the perfect setting for an evening of Music and Poetry from Shakespeare Country. ...
- Top jewelers turn to their heritage to sell on the global stage - International Herald Tribune
PARIS : Agiant in a scarlet uniform directs customers to the museum of historic jewelry in the basement of Chaumet. But this is not a flunky in the discreet Place Vendôme salons in Paris. It is a larger-than-life Napoleon Bonaparte, painted in full ...
- Another honor for Wooden - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Rays from the late afternoon sun shined through the peristyle and onto the right side of John Wooden's face. UCLA's legendary coach was talking about the latest acknowledgment of his career, the unveiling of a plaque in the Los Angeles Memorial ...
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