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- A Wiseguy’s New Racket - New York Jewish Week
A Wiseguy’s New RacketNew York Jewish Week, USA - 29 minutes ago“He has a rough exterior, but you can sit down and talk about philosophy, literature, poetry, and anything in Judaism,” says Rabbi Arthur Rulnick, ...
- Saying goodbye to two long-time production companies (Contra Costa Times)
IT WAS A sad weekend for Bay Area theater as two Contra Costa icons closed their doors — the Antioch Rivertown Players and Walnut Creek's Playhouse West.
- Theater review: "Macbeth" (The Record)
Broadway play revival, at the Lyceum Theatre, 149 W. 45th St. Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Rupert Goold. With Patrick Stewart, Kate Fleetwood and Michael Feast.
- Essay topic relevant for winner of local contest (The News-Herald)
Marlon "Tommy" Richmond dreams of becoming a radio announcer for the Cleveland Indians. It's a dream he believes he'll accomplish - but he realizes how recently his skin color would have kept him from achieving it.
- Indian River County community connection: March 29 - TCPalm
Indian River County community connection: March 29TCPalm, FL - 53 minutes agoPoetry Contest: For 2nd grade and younger, 3rd-5th grades, 6th-8th grades and 9th-12th grades. All entries must be original works. Submit up to three poems ...
- Poetry with a punch - Minnesota Daily
Poetry with a punchMinnesota Daily, MN - Mar 12, 2008As well as having queer and non-queer writers under the same cover, Knockout is unusual in that it invites all kinds of poetry, be it short form, prose and ...
- Singing to the tune of hope and peace - Chicago Tribune
Singing to the tune of hope and peaceChicago Tribune, United States - 2 hours agoThey sing traditional Afghan songs with flowery poetry, such as, "Can I pick the flowers of rain from your beautiful hair?" The judges are honest but kind, ...
- THOSE WERE THE DAYS - Egypt Today
THERE ’S SOMETHING ABOUT fiction chronicling the life and times of Egypt and its residents that attracts readers — Egyptian and foreign alike — like moths to a flame, especially when the work is suspected to be romans à clef. Lawrence Durrell ...
- Celebrating our Madison music scene at the 2008 MAMAs (Isthmus)
If you're a Madison music scene insider, and you've attended the MAMAs more than once, no one needed to explain host John Urban's opening joke Saturday night. 'quot;I have to keep the show rolling because I've got plans at midnight,'quot; said Urban. The annual Madison Area Music Awards show has never been known for its brevity. This year's gig began at 7:30 and was finished a little more than ...
- Abuser to serve time in prison - Rutland Herald
Abuser to serve time in prisonRutland Herald, VT - 8 hours agoAlthough family members tried to help her leave the relationship, the woman said she was always convinced to return by Finesse's poetry and promises. ...
- Angelou, 80, still at center of the verse (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
NEW YORK – It takes just seconds to leave behind this muted Harlem side street and enter the parlor of Maya Angelou’s brownstone, a step as bright and quick as a black and white film dissolving into Technicolor.
- Novelist Samantha Hunt successfully fictionalizes the life and times of Nikola Tesla (The Kansas City Star)
Maybe you’ve never heard of Nikola Tesla. Or maybe you’re like the novelist Samantha Hunt, who told a public radio interviewer that her earliest introduction was the “hair metal” band Tesla, popular in the 1990s.
- The Book of Negroes wins fiction prize - ChronicleHerald.ca
The Book of Negroes wins fiction prizeChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 4 minutes agoIn the running for the $1000 Pat Lowther Award for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman are: Quick by Anne Simpson, Wolf Tree by Alison Calder, ...
- Brazil's Veloso defends Ronaldo's walk on wild side - Guardian Unlimited
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 16 (Reuters) - Brazilian singing star Caetano Veloso defended disgraced footballer Ronaldo at a show in Rio de Janeiro, saying the AC Milan striker did not have to apologize to anyone over his embarrassing encounter with three ...
- Telling life stories of the fallen in Iraq - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army ... (Army Times)
Chaplain Kevin Wainwright was preparing his Easter Sunday sermon in Iraq when there was a knock on his door. The news was grim: 1st Lt. Phillip Neel was dead. The young officer and fellow West Point grad had been a regular at the chaplain’s Sunday church services. Wainwright knew and admired him.
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