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- Mashpee soldier: A life celebrated - Cape Cod Times
MASHPEE  Paul Conlon was generous, once giving his brand-new coat to a less-fortunate classmate and making sandwiches for a homeless man he saw on the street. He was a schemer, organizing the boys in preschool to rob the girls' "pizza parlor." And ...
- Conventionist: Inside the DNC Media Swag Bag - Laist.com
DCist is here in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, which kicks off tomorrow. We were too wiped out to attend last night's big Media Welcome Party at Elitch Gardens (though there's some evidence we may not have gotten in anyway), but we ...
- "The Lucky Ones": When soldiers return home (Seattle Times)
"The Lucky Ones": This attempt to create an Iraq-war home-front classic like "The Best Years of Our Lives" has its moments, but the story line about three returning veterans (played by Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams and Michael Peña) is predictable.
- America Back on Track... for Thursday, July 31st - OpEdNews
OpEdNewsAmerica Back on Track... for Thursday, July 31stOpEdNews, PA - 6 hours agoIn addition he has published more than 1500 SetonnoteS commentaries, plus poetry and political essays in publications across the country. ...
- Adventures for Alice at Picton Castle - Western Telegraph
Chapterhouse Theatre Company presents a much loved children's classic at Picton Castle this Wednesday, August 13th,as the wonderfully eccentric and lyrical Alice's Adventures in Wonderland bursts onto the stage. A show for children of all ages, this ...
- Dorival Caymmi: Leading figure in Brazilian song (Independent)
In February 1939 a young, unknown singer-songwriter got the most fabulous break of his life by recording a duet of his swinging samba "O Que É Que A Bahiana Tem?" ("What is it about Bahian Women?") with Brazil's biggest ever vocal star. The song became one of Carmen Miranda's signature pieces just before she took Hollywood by storm, and launched Dorival Caymmi as a leading figure in Brazilian ...
- Indian Poet now has Five Poetry Records with Limca Book of Records - MediaSyndicate (press release)
Indian Poet now has Five Poetry Records with Limca Book of RecordsMediaSyndicate (press release) - 3 hours agoAhmedabad based poet Nikhil Parekh registers his 4th & 5th National Records in Poetry with the Limca Book of Records. Has now a mind-boggling 5 National ...
- Writer offered a young Barack Obama advice on life - San Diego Union-Tribune
HONOLULU – At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white. Frank Marshall Davis had his ...
- Pressed flowers between pages - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphPressed flowers between pagesCalcutta Telegraph, India - Aug 1, 2008Although he said he only wrote when inspired, Faraz left a sizeable corpus of poetry, prose and drama now available in four volumes. ...
- 'All my relations' - Mail Tribune
'All my relations'Mail Tribune, OR - 29 minutes agoSubjects ranged from public speaking and anthropology to poetry and engineering, all taught by SOU alumni and professors. After each day's classes, ...
- Poetry club gets OK by Crestwood board despite budget issues - Dearborn Press and Guide
Poetry club gets OK by Crestwood board despite budget issuesDearborn Press and Guide, MI - 3 hours ago"I love the idea, but I'm also concerned about approving it without looking at the budget," she said. Superintendent Laurine VanValkenburg said if approved, ...
- Nervous students ready for Core Skills Test - Brisbane Times
Brisbane TimesNervous students ready for Core Skills TestBrisbane Times, Australia - 12 hours agoThe first of four exam papers will test student's creative writing response to prose passages, poetry and visual stimulus materials relating to a chosen ...
- Fashionably late (Guardian Unlimited)
Culture: This year, a crop of artists in their 70s and beyond are shining more brightly than ever, says Mark Lawson
- Brisbane music's rocking (The Courier Mail)
IN the past 12 months there has been an extraordinary outpouring of recorded music in Brisbane, building on deep foundations and the Valley scene.
- Prime Time Calendar the week of Aug. 27, 2008 (Independent Press)
Auditions, are scheduled for 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4, for an upcoming production of the Maltby and Shire musical,, Baby, at the Summit Playhouse, 10 New England Ave., Summit. Production dates are Oct. 31; and Nov. 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14 and 15. Vicki Tripodo directs. Call 908-578-6882.
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