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- Yacht club to mark 50th with regatta, gala (Foster's Daily Democrat)
John Huff/Staff photographer The Great Bay Yacht Club, located at Dover Point, is preparing for a Regatta celebrating its 50th anniversary. DOVER — It was more than 50 years ago that a group of friends decided over dinner and drinks to start up a sailing club.
- Women doctor shares journey into heart of Islam (Jam! Showbiz)
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Dr. Qanta Ahmed's journey into the heart of Islam began as a spur-of-the-moment decision to practise medicine in Saudi Arabia.
- Chattanooga: Carter ends presidency at hometown convention - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga: Carter ends presidency at hometown conventionChattanooga Times Free Press, TN - 3 hours ago“Any group that has ‘African American’ in the title is thought of being only for African Americans,” Mr. Carter said. “We are about African-American music ...
- Leonard Cohen - Canada.com
Leonard CohenCanada.com, Canada - 1 hour agoIt was his mother who encouraged Cohen as a writer, especially of poetry, during his childhood. This fit in with the progressive intellectual environment in ...
- Schofield guilty of double murder in Des Moines (The Des Moines Register)
Today is the first day of the rest of Dennis "D.J." Schofield’s three lifetime sentences behind bars.
- Popular authors sign on for National Book Festival - Examiner.com
Popular authors sign on for National Book FestivalExaminer.com - 2 hours ago... the festival will be presentations by school-age poets and artists who are winners of the library's River of Words environmental art and poetry contest.
- 'Hey, boss, what's your sign?' - Globe and Mail
If astrology is the basis for the world's flakiest pickup line in a bar, imagine how it would go over in a job interview. But don't be so dismissive of the benefits of asking colleagues, business associates, even your boss about the alignment of ...
- Auburn Public Library Adds Books to Shelves - RedOrbit
Auburn Public Library Adds Books to ShelvesRedOrbit, TX - 38 minutes agoWhich is why Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American to become a published poet, had to prove she wrote a whole book of them. ...
- Fringe Festival '08 - Vancouver Sun
Vancouver SunFringe Festival '08Vancouver Sun, Canada - 36 minutes ago"I was 15," Ross recalls, "this big, fat kid. They kind of hired me because I looked bigger and more muscled than I actually was. I was sort of the bouncer, ...
- Nancy Galbraith; Led Center For Poetry - Washington Post
Washington PostNancy Galbraith; Led Center For PoetryWashington Post, United States - 14 hours agoNancy Burdick Galbraith, 79, retired head of the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress, died July 7 of complications from emphysema at an ...Fairfax poet's original voice draws notice and highest honors San Francisco ChronicleLesbian Takes Poet Laureate Post EDGE BostonSpike in sales for next poet laureate The Associated PressImperial Valley News - UC Los Angelesall 145 news articles
- Reading, dancing, and drumming at Portumna’s Shorelines festival - Galway Advertiser
Reading, dancing, and drumming at Portumna’s Shorelines festivalGalway Advertiser, Ireland - 14 hours agoMembers of the Maple Poetry Group will facilitate a special hour with the residents of Portumna Retirement Village sharing rhymes and recitations, ...
- IN BRIEF - Pahrump Valley Times
Nevada Outreach Training Organization is seeking a volunteer "grandma" to work in the shelter. Qualifications include a lot of free time, must love kids and be a good listener, must be able to sleep at the shelter 2-3 nights a week. She can share ...
- Gary woman's life built around performing arts (Post-Tribune)
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." I first met Gwen Calmese-Wright at a poetry slam seven or eight years ago. We shared similar interests and quickly became friends.
- Under $2,860 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Holland tulip time cruise: Sail aboard the Poetry for a nine-day cruise, beginning in Amsterdam. You will sail to Arnhem and Dordrecht in Holland, then to Antwerp and Ghent in Belgium, then back to Middleburg and Rotterdam in Holland.
- Former teacher wins Montana poetry (TVNZ)
A 54-year-old former schoolteacher has won the poetry category of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Janet Charman has beaten strong competition from Johanna Aitchison and Fiona Farrell, with her sixth poetry collection Cold Snack.
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