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- Kay Ryan, Outsider With Sly Style, Named Poet Laureate (New York Times)
A reserved writer who has been compared to Emily Dickinson, Ms. Ryan has been chosen to succeed Charles Simic as the nation?s 16th poet laureate
- DEL MAR: Fair chefs take a stab at an old favorite (North County Times)
DEL MAR ---- Spam, and not the e-mail kind, has inspired songs, poetry contests and even a hit musical celebrating Hormel Foods Corp.'s trademarked, canned ham-based product. The 71-year-old economically priced Spam made fresh headlines this summer f
- Library reaches out to teens with Saturday open mic night - The Republic.com (subscription)
Library reaches out to teens with Saturday open mic nightThe Republic.com (subscription), IN - 20 hours agoBy Brittany Hart Live rock, folk and bluegrass music will fill the library during the first Teen Open Mic Night. The free event, from 8 to 10 pm Saturday, ...
- Stephen "Suede" Baum is `mediocre in the middle' as 'Project Runway ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jay Sullivan/Bravo Stephen Whitney Baum, aka Suede is orginially from Seven Hills, but now lives in New York. Project Runway kicked off Wednesday night with a tried-and-true challenge from its first landmark season -- sending the 16 contestants into ...
- Painter Jennifer Omaitz brings in the noise for gallery exhibit - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The paintings of Jennifer Omaitz, including "Emotion," above, are featured in the current solo show "Noise" at 1point618 Gallery in Cleveland. Inspired in part by DJ culture, Omaitz's images recall the swirling lights of a nightclub pulsating with ...
- Buzz Briefs: Amy Winehouse, Kanye West - CBS News
A spokesman for Amy Winehouse says the 24-year-old singer fainted Monday afternoon at her north London home. Spokesman Chris Goodman says her manager's assistant was there and caught her as she fell. Goodman says Winehouse's father, Mitch, took her ...
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival - San Francisco Chronicle
Oregon Shakespeare FestivalSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 2 hours ago"It was the first time I realized direction involved metaphor and poetry. I could see that choices had been made and I felt so connected to that. ...
- Local author Michael Sullivan at Marston School - Portsmouth Herald
HAMPTON — It was all eyes forward for Marston School fifth-graders when author Michael Sullivan took center stage at the school's library. "I am a peripatetic," Sullivan told the students. "I am a storyteller on two feet, or a traveling storyteller ...
- There is a Point to all This; it's a Semi-Colon. - Slate
Either everyone in the Fray went to the same school, or else those pesky English professors have a lot to answer for—a surprising number of posters say their teacher told them not to use the semi-colon, the punctuation mark fighting for its life in ...
- Gluck Summer Camp for the Arts Taking Applications - UC Riverside
Gluck Summer Camp for the Arts Taking ApplicationsUC Riverside, CA - 3 hours agoThe third annual series of free workshops will include hip-hop, Renaissance art and Brazilian music. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Hip-hop poetry, Renaissance art and ...
- Community events this week (Austin American-Statesman)
African American Men and Boys Monthly Conference — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. The Michael Lofton Talk Show presents speeches on 'Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize' and 'What to Do When the Odds are Against You,' followed by small workshops for participants. Refreshments provided. LBJ High School, 7309 Lazy Creek Drive. Free. 585-6696.
- Special Feature - SUN Weekend
Special FeatureSUN Weekend, Antigua and Barbuda - 5 hours agoThe afternoon’s programme continued to echo these sentiments through tributes in song, poetry and music. MC for the afternoon Everton Gonsalves took the ...
- The Answer: Wisdom in Washington - OpEdNews
The Answer: Wisdom in WashingtonOpEdNews, PA - 9 hours agoObama needs the vast experience of Clinton at his side daily if he is to step in as the wise leader we need now. And Clinton needs to acknowledge that she ...
- Shell shocked - Hertfordshire Mercury
Shell shockedHertfordshire Mercury, UK - 1 hour agoAnyone who can recite poetry from heart gets my vote! Theo Dehaney-Steven, as Penelope's money-grabbing son Noel, also delivered his lines well but often ...
- Ryan Adams to Write, Like, a Million Books - Nymag.com
The Post reported this morning that omnipresent alt-country singer, prolific rapper , erstwhile blogger , and tireless Daily Intel commenter (plus "emo rocker," according to the musicologists at the Post ), Ryan Adams, has just signed a deal with ...
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