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- Olympics opening ceremony - live! - Guardian Blogs
Gosh. Good afternoon, everybody. I'm so excited I can barely sit still. That's not sarcasm, by the way - I love pretty much every single thing about the Olympics, and that includes opening ceremonies, no matter how bizarre and metaphor-laden. So join ...
- Packed week to toast Hardy - This is Dorset
THE Thomas Hardy conference is hosting a week of activities including live music, poetry and a rare auction of paintings and memorabilia. The conference runs from this Saturday until Saturday August 2 and poet Bernard O'Donoghue will opening the ...
- William McClure Brown, 54: drew inspiration from Canada's north (Toronto Star)
William McClure Brown, a prolific Canadian painter and printmaker better known in Europe, has died in Britain of congestive heart failure. He was 54.
- Hip-hop artist uses song to encourage youth voting (Oakland Tribune)
Oakland rapper Yung Moses, 20, is taking his feelings of angst and translating them into music, and he's talking about a political revolution in a song called "Vote (Ready or Not)."
- Akron/Canton stages prepare for coming season (West Side Leader & South Side News Leader)
GREATER AKRON — Stages from Hudson to Canton are preparing to serve up a season of varied productions. Here’s a rundown of what Akron/Canton area stages will have to offer:
- Community: 09.05.08 (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
Wildlife sculptor Kent Ullberg dedicated his new "Canyon Watch" cougar sculpture Thursday in Los Alamos, N.M.. The dedication is sponsored by the Los Alamos Art in Public Places Board, which visited local galleries and extensively reviewed sculptor portfolios before selecting the local sculptor and his design.
- Should Muslim Metalheads Team Up With Islamists? - Gawker
GawkerShould Muslim Metalheads Team Up With Islamists?Gawker, NY - 4 hours agoIran's O-Hum uses Western guitar riffs alongside Persian melodies and the poetry of the 14th-century Sufi poet Hafez. In Lebanon The Kordz have more or less ...
- Longtime SB Poet Cynthia Anderson Moves On - The Santa Barbara Independent
Longtime SB Poet Cynthia Anderson Moves OnThe Santa Barbara Independent, CA - 50 minutes agoSome of this work, including a long poem based on Little Petroglyph Canyon near Ridgecrest, California, is posted online at rainbear.com. ...
- FRESHMAN PARENTS’ NIGHT AT LRUHS - Barton Chronicle
Freshman Parents’ Night will be held Wednesday, September 10, at Lake Region Union High School in Orleans. Welcome from 6:30 to 6:55 p.m. Parents run through abbreviated student schedule from 6:55 to 8:25 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Barton ...
- Superlambanana reaching new heights on Moel Famau - WHAT DO YOU THINK? - Denbighshire Free Press
Superlambanana reaching new heights on Moel Famau - WHAT DO YOU THINK?Denbighshire Free Press, UK - 2 hours agoThe day itself will feature performances of music and poetry and the first 500 people to the top will receive a free banana courtesy of the Co-op. ...
- No sensible British shoes for this rebel fashionista (Toronto Star)
"You can't have depths without surfaces," the British writer Linda Grant notes on her online blog, The Thoughtful Dresser . In The Clothes on Their Backs , her fourth novel, she pays plenty of attention to what her characters wear, but her emphasis is on what their fashion sense (or lack of it) reveals about them.
- Phelps terrific, so let it be (Deseret Morning News)
Michael Phelps is king of the world.He has won more gold medals at the Olympics than anyone else. His eight golds this summer likely never will be eclipsed. He is above comparison.
- New faces, energy at Mills Lawn - Yellow Springs News
Yellow Springs NewsNew faces, energy at Mills LawnYellow Springs News, OH - 31 minutes agoFor his summer vacation, Mays enrolled in a two-week intensive graduate class in writing and teaching poetry. “I don’t think I’m much of a poet,†he laughed ...
- Burning down the house with Brock Clarke (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Brock Clarke, a professor of creative writing and literature at the University of Cincinnati, will read from his hilarious and acclaimed novel, "An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England," on Thursday at the University of Louisville.
- Before I turn 30, I want to ... - Portsmouth Herald News
Before I turn 30, I want to ...Portsmouth Herald News, NH - 5 hours agoMy friend Ellen and I had it all planned out. I would be an ex-pat poet in France, she would be a painter in New York. Either that or an archaeologist. ...
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