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- Valley of the Sun Juneteenth Celebration - Phoenix New Times
The slogan of the Valley of the Sun Juneteenth planning committee is “Remembering the Past, Celebrating the Future.” Ugh. Strangely, the same folks who cooked up that bland, Chamber of Commerce jingle are responsible for the kickin’ Valley of ...
- WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 - Barton Chronicle
The North Country Quilters will meet on Wednesday, July 2, at 6 p.m., at the Lake House in Derby. Please bring a dish for potluck. Regular monthly meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month. A VISIT WITH THE ARTIST IN NORTH TROY On ...
- Profit Honors Poet in His Own Country (New York Times)
A collection of 35 of William McGonagall?s poems fetched more than $13,000 at auction.
- Palminteri brings "A Bronx Tale" to Denver in 2009 - Denver Post
Palminteri brings "A Bronx Tale" to Denver in 2009Denver Post, CO - 17 hours agoActor Matt Zambrano was first exposed to spoken-word poetry by Becker at age 15, and is now nationally regarded in the field. He quotes Becker's own words, ...
- Life's rich tapestry has provided great poetry – and stories – for ... - Halifax Today
KATHLEEN McBurney has never kept a diary. But all the same, the experiences that have coloured her life have been carefully recorded. And there has been no shortage of them – from personal tragedies to happy family events and from invitations from ...
- Cultural Life: Ben Whishaw, Actor (Independent)
Books At the moment I'm not managing to read much more than Dostoyevsky's The Idiot because I'm working on a multimedia adaptation of it on stage at the National Theatre. I first read it when I was 18 or 19. I couldn't have understood much of it but it stirred my imagination.
- Michael Eric Dyson and Marcia Dyson Opening Speakers for 10th BRC ... - BlackNews.com (press release)
BlackNews.com (press release)Michael Eric Dyson and Marcia Dyson Opening Speakers for 10th BRC ...BlackNews.com (press release), OH - 2 hours agoThe prominent pair will examine the current presidential election and its historical relevance to the African-American community and to the nation. ...
- Cultural heritage or artistic expressions - AntiguaSun
Cultural heritage or artistic expressionsAntiguaSun, Antigua and Barbuda - 2 hours ago... the lively arts including culinary arts, song and dance, theater, photography and ideography, poetry and other forms of popular and unpopular writings; ...
- Space rockers reunite on Earth (Independent)
In 1966, Daevid Allen, who had left Australia in search of "the hot spots of culture", had a spiritual vision in Mallorca. "It was Easter Sunday, 1966. A friend of mine came through with some particularly strong acid from the States. I took this and saw the whole future of myself as a rock musician," recalls Allen, now 70. "I was bathed in light on stage."
- Societies Open Contest To East Texas Poets (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
The Rusk County Poetry Society of Henderson and the Rose Garden Poetry of Tyler are sponsoring a contest with 38 categories and prize money of $1,480 total, awards chairman Bill G. Anderson said.
- Pasadena writers - North Channel Sun
Using the title of “Emotions in Poetry,” Winnifred Schramm was the featured speaker at Pasadena Writers Organization. She was introduced by the club vice president, William Bage. The group meets on the first Saturday of the month at South Houston ...
- David Grossman: I had a wish my book would protect my son Uri - Haaretz.com
"My son Uri spent most of his army service in the occupied territories, on patrols, lookouts, stakeouts, and at checkpoints, and every once in a while he would share with me the things he experienced there," author David Grossman writes in the ...
- Tempo changes for Wallace community leader - North Platte Telegraph
Tempo changes for Wallace community leaderNorth Platte Telegraph, NE - 41 minutes agoHahn praised the North Platte hospital and Dr. Michael Bianco and his staff, noting that Bianco read some of her poetry and encouraged her to share it with ...
- Alex Boyd, Anne Simpson win $1,000 national poetry prizes - Canada East
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Toronto-born Alex Boyd and Anne Simpson of Antigonish, N.S., have won national poetry prizes. The winners of the 2008 Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards were announced over the weekend at a festival and conference held ...
- TV's "Laugh-in'' comic Dick Martin dies in Calif - Charleston Daily Mail
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In'' took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me ...
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