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- HUMPHREY GAVE GREATEST CONVENTION SPEECH YOU'VE NEVER HEARD (David Shribman via Yahoo! News)
MINNEAPOLIS -- If you have an eye for these things, you might have noticed that Sen. Barack Obama is going to deliver his acceptance speech in a football stadium on Aug. 28. The last man to deliver an acceptance speech in a stadium was John F. Kennedy. The last important speech to be delivered on an Aug. 28 was given by the Rev. Martin Luther King 45 years ago.
- Bostonist Book Review: Figures and Figurations (Bostonist)
Figures and Figurations is the second most recent husband/wife book published by New Directions (the other being Autonauts of the Cosmoroute by Julio Cortazar and Carol Dunlop), and it's a worthwhile read: Marie Jose Paz made Cornell-styled collages for little over a decade, and then Octavio Paz wrote poems to, about, and for them, twelve in all. The result is this book, which is coming ...
- Two Cumberlands professors win artist fellowships - Corbin Times-Tribune
Of only eight Kentucky artists who were granted Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowships Awards this year, two of them work right here in Williamsburg, for the University of the Cumberlands. Marianne Worthington, associate professor of communication ...
- West Lake, Buzzing Hangzhou’s Centre Of Calm (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
Located 150km South of Shanghai, China, fabled Hangzhou has been so celebrated in history, art and folklore that from a thousand years ago a picture of the city’s vast West Lake has remained in the Chinese collective consciousness, symbolising a place of unparalleled, serene beauty and calm.
- On that point - a weekly column examining media - PSU Daily Vanguard
On that point - a weekly column examining mediaPSU Daily Vanguard, OR - 2 hours agoAnd while I am not a writing critic, I must say I have seen a more substantial grasp on the mechanics as well as some creative intuition in poetry from my ...
- W O R L D - Tribune
A LONG RIDE AHEAD: A worker rides atop a coal train as it leaves the Shougang steel plant in Beijing on Sunday. The plant has been shut for nearly two months in an effort to reduce pollution for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. Nepali Congress ...
- A Colonial Oasis in Upper Manhattan - New York Sun
A Colonial Oasis in Upper ManhattanNew York Sun, United States - 1 hour agoThe floor features an office and a family room. In keeping with the style of the home, Mrs. Martinez-Desir installed colorful Shaker-style stained glass, ...
- Lunenburg County writers receive accolades in competition - South Shore Now
Lunenburg County writers receive accolades in competitionSouth Shore Now, Canada - 4 hours agoFirst place for the poetry prize went to Veryan Haysom, of Mahone Bay, for "Subterranean Paths." Currently a lawyer based in Mahone Bay, Mr. Haysom was born ...
- Stratford's 2009 Phèdre Is a Co-Pro With A.C.T.; McKenna Will Star (Playbill)
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced Aug. 21 that Jean Racine's play Phèdre will be one of its productions for the 2009-10 season in a first-time co-production with Canada's world-renowned Stratford Shakespeare Festival. In recent days, Stratford announced the title, to be directed by A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff, for its summer 2009 slate.
- Q&A with Mark Henry - Baltimore Sun
Baltimore SunQ&A with Mark HenryBaltimore Sun, United States - 2 hours agoI interviewed you about 10 years ago and you talked about how you like to write poetry. Do you still do that? All the time. Hopefully at some point I’ll ...
- Clarion Review Launches New Site with Web-Exclusive Content - ChristianNewsWire
ASHBURN, Va., Sept. 9 / Christian Newswire / -- The Clarion Review , a journal of arts, letters, and culture, has launched an all-new Web site with the latest tools for sharing articles and linking journal content to blogs and social networking sites ...
- The Library At (Babylon Beacon)
Babylon Library, 24 S. Carll Ave. 669-1624 •Reverse Painting: Tues., Sept. 9 from 7-8:15 p.m. $3 pp fee. •Poetry in the Village: Sun., Sept. 21 from 2-4 p.m. •Tai Chi for Arthritis: Mon., Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6, 20, 27, Nov. 10 from 10- a.m. $15 pp fee.
- Sculptor's latest work honors role models - Inside Bay Area
Sculptor's latest work honors role modelsInside Bay Area, CA - 1 hour agoHe got lost in the poetry of Maya Angelou and the letters of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., always finding inspiration and a guiding principle in their ...
- Art sale features local sisters’ work (Wayland Town Crier)
The annual art show and sale at the Twin Ash Farm barn in Sudbury is a family affair this year with the work of three sisters among the group of artists in the show.   Laine Gifford of Sudbury launched the first summer art sale in 2005 to feature her work and that of her sister, Holly Dickerman of Wayland. She invited several friends, all ceramic artists, to join them.
- America's Golden Gymnastics Stars (NBC 10 Philadelphia)
American Nastia Liukin took gold and Shawn Johnson won silver in the women's all-around competition.
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