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- Exam success: clever people are not always the intelligent ones - Independent
Share IT'S that time again: you cannot put on the radio for half an hour without hearing September Song or Autumn Leaves or some such lyric lamenting the fading of the year. And yet for students and their unfortunate teachers, the year is only ...
- Generations and Genres Mix at a Tap-Dance Party (New York Times)
Tap City 2008, a festival presented by the American Tap Dance Foundation, is a bit like a party where you don?t know a soul but the room is overflowing with communal love and gratitude.
- McCray Nickens: A storyteller with grit and grace (The State)
By the time she was in her 70s, Carrie Allen McCray Nickens had already had a long and productive live. She had taught school and been a social worker, earned a master’s degree and was active in the civil rights moment. But she still had another career in her. At 73, she began writing seriously, and during the final two decades of her life published poetry and a book exploring the lives of her ...
- The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s Othello doesn’t flinch from the obvious race issue (The Pitch)
The story of a black man tricked into strangling his white wife because she's careless with her hanky, Othello isn't bring-the-kids-and-pack-a-basket fare, but I applaud director Sidonie Garrett and the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival for daring it. The sex and murder probably upset nobody the ...
- Lesbos residents say lesbians insult island's identity - Chicago Sun-Times
ATHENS, Greece — Three islanders from Lesbos told a court Tuesday that gay women insult the island’s identity by calling themselves lesbians. The plaintiffs — two women and a man — want to ban a Greek gay rights group from using the word ...
- Maintaining the Olympics ideals - The Tide
Maintaining the Olympics idealsThe Tide, Nigeria - Aug 7, 2008He says that this is why no African country has won the bid to host the Games to date. Martins says the Games have become an anti-loser platform as losers ...
- Reno celebration marks belated end of slavery - Reno Gazette
James Barnett, a Reno resident, visited Wingfield Park on Sunday to enjoy some music and good times. And to mark an important moment in history. "The freedom from slavery is historic," Barnett said as Reno's 19th annual Juneteenth celebration got ...
- Anthony Burgess - guardian.co.uk
Anthony Burgessguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoHe published two volumes of autobiography before his death: Big God and Little Wilson and You've Had Your Time. Roger Lewis's vitriolic life, which paints ...
- Amir Nizar Zuabi - Jidariyya - The List
The ListAmir Nizar Zuabi - JidariyyaThe List, UK - 58 minutes agoBut long periods of denial of a voice can also lead to a tremendous articulacy when it is finally allowed utterance, and often expresses itself in poetry, ...
- Davie: Non-perishable food items are needed to aid Haiti - Sun-Sentinel.com
Davie: Non-perishable food items are needed to aid HaitiSun-Sentinel.com, FL - 1 hour agoThe food drive will double as a cultural event, with poetry, music, food, and performers from Haiti and the Caribbean. The event is from noon to 5 pm Monday ...
- City to institutionalize Rizal's b-day celebration - Sun.Star
City to institutionalize Rizal's b-day celebrationSun.Star, Philippines - 3 hours agoThe program was highlighted by poetry readings in honor of Rizal from local Kapampangan poets Felix Garcia and Frank Guinto. "The young generation should be ...
- BOOK NOTES: Submissions sought for literary award - Asheville Citizen-Times
BOOK NOTES: Submissions sought for literary awardAsheville Citizen-Times, NC - 1 hour agoThe book can also be found on Amazon.com. WAYNESVILLE - Members of the Lovers' Loop Road Poetry Circle will give a reading oftheir work 7-8:30 pm Saturday ...
- Why Sagging Pants are Conspicuously still In Style. - Political Affairs Magazine
Why Sagging Pants are Conspicuously still In Style.Political Affairs Magazine, NY - 5 hours agoAnd whether young African Americans and Hispanics want to hear it or not, White American fears your large numbers and your potential, but grown men adopting ...
- Constitutional Poetry - Kern Valley Sun
Constitutional PoetryKern Valley Sun, CA - 9 hours agoPauline Braswell displays her most recent DAR awards for her poetry. Use the form below to post a brief comment to this story, or respond to other readers. ...
- Poetry reading is the new rock'n'roll - Independent
Poetry reading is the new rock'n'rollIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoI wrote my first poem at the age of six, but I never really thought I would turn out doing it as a full-time career." The poet, who has signed a major ...
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