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- Quebec: A Canadian Occasion - TIME
Quebec: A Canadian OccasionTIME - 2 hours agoIf you come for the birthday party, stay for the city's charms. Within Old Quebec — a UNESCO World Heritage Site inside the walls of the city's old ...
- The Hold Steady: The best classic rock band you never heard of would make Petty and 'The Boss’ proud (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By PRESTON JONES When bands like Hinder, Buckcherry or 3 Doors Down are heralded by pop culture pundits as being saviors of rock, returning the genre to prominence after a dominant run of pop starlets and hip-hop acts, you can’t help but wonder if the pundits ever venture outside the Top 40. Case in point: Brooklyn-based The Hold Steady might be one of the best American rock bands hardly anyone ...
- First Leonard Cohen takes Toronto, then he takes... (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Singer Leonard Cohen on Friday kicks off his first world tour in 15 years with a Toronto gig, marking the return of the poet who converted to Buddhism during his absence from the limelight.
- Back on track - Steamboat Pilot
Back on trackSteamboat Pilot, CO - 4 hours agoThe poetry slam joins regular book signings on the events calendar for the bookstore’s new Ninth Street location. Schuler said she expects upstairs loft ...
- Youth in Creative Forms of Protest (Bulatlat.com)
Songs, skits, photo exhibits, editorial cartoons, performance poetry filled the room as progressive artists showcased their talents and works of art. But it was not an ordinary cultural event, it was a protest activity that showed the creativity of the youth in their struggle for justice. BY BULATLAT Culture Vol. VIII, No. 23, July 19-23, 2008 read more
- Sun Road at 75 - Daily Inter Lake
Daily Inter LakeSun Road at 75Daily Inter Lake, MT - 2 hours agoFor more information, call John Motley at 871-5750 or visit www.stmarylodgeandresort.com • An Ode to the Road Poetry Contest will be at Belton Chalet from 7 ...
- Gaia Online Completes $11 Million Series C Funding - Businesswire.com
SAN JOSE, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Gaia Online, the leading online hangout for teens, today announced an $11 million Series C round of venture funding from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). At a time when eMarketer is predicting the number of ...
- Remembering the creativity of a young girl - Austin American-Statesman
Remembering the creativity of a young girlAustin American-Statesman, TX - 3 hours ago"She was a wonderful girl, and every teacher was inspired by her creativity in poetry, art and drama," said Barbara Porter, head of the St. Francis School ...
- ‘Bachelorette’ recap: DeAnna sends Sean back to his tanning booth - Portsmouth Herald News
‘Bachelorette’ recap: DeAnna sends Sean back to his tanning boothPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 34 minutes agoPerhaps composing poetry for Shamu. “I think DeAnna is doing a really good job being open and honest with her emotions,” said Trista, which is a nice way of ...
- Destination: Ireland - Salon
Put aside stories of a freezing, exotic locale full of igloos and kooks in favor of these portraits of the hardscrabble -- and magical -- Northern state. The most serendipitous literary experience I have had was when I found myself, very many years ...
- The lit mags that could - Twin Cities Planet
The lit mags that couldTwin Cities Planet, Minnesota - 40 minutes ago“This is just a continued extension to my commitment to words,” says Dylan Garcia-Wahl, poetry editor of the six-year-old literary magazine Whistling Shade, ...
- Britney Spears, Kevin Federline settle their child custody case (Contra Costa Times)
Britney gets more time with kids, K-Fed gets more money.
- Cowboy culture (Silver City Sun-News)
Floyd Robertson, left and Dean Foster, center, accompany fiddle player David Anderson as he plays "Orange Blossom Special."
- Rank and File - Herald Tribune
Blessed are the list makers, with their sharp pencils, their certainties, their mix of words and numbers. Walt Whitman made lists. Nabokov made lists. Last year, while declaring in Time magazine that “literary lists are basically an obscenity ...
- Standing Witness: Horacio Moya's 'Senselessness' - New York Sun
Standing Witness: Horacio Moya's 'Senselessness'New York Sun, United States - 2 hours agoIn many ways a black comedy, "Senselessness" is still a political book. Its angry confessional could be the work of an American writer in the vein of Philip ...
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