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- School is in session with DJ - The Gazette (Montreal)
School is in session with DJThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 2 hours agoVariations in Time dabbles in many styles of jazz and jazz-influenced music, from traditional Haitian folk song to funk, Afrobeat, dub poetry and hip-hop. ...
- Victoria's Secret: The TV drama that lifts the lid on Queen Victoria's lusty sensuality - and affairs she was ... (Daily Mail)
The history books portray her as a symbol of moral rectitude with her mind closed to all pleasure. But the real Victoria, as a fascinating Channel 4 film reveals, was hot-blooded woman with a high libido.
- Serenity prayer stirs up doubt: Who wrote it? (International Herald Tribune)
The prayer is about to endure a controversy over its authorship that is likely to be anything but serene.
- George Michael's revealing dancetopia is must-see stuff (Orange County Register)
Review : Despite a meager turnout, the British star's first U.S. tour in 17 years, due in O.C. and L.A. next week, got off to an impressive start in San Diego.
- Looking for a Deviant With Imagination - Slate
Slate readers are tireless and generous: They read our articles and give us their advice and predictions. It's been a busy time for these dedicated commentators, what with (among other items) the finale of American Idol , the return of Indiana Jones ...
- Greatest Generation meets young generation (Cape Cod Times)
HARWICH — Tales of strafing runs through anti-aircraft fire, laughter about "shacking up" and memories of watching people blown to bits came rushing back for 92 veterans of World War II last night.
- Stone Circle turns 25 this summer (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Terry Wooten has long recognized there's something inherently captivating about storytelling around a bonfire. That's why every summer for the past 25 years Wooten, an accomplished poet-bard, has hosted Stone Circle, now considered the longest running outdoor poetry event in the country.
- "Ireland has become sexy" (The Easterner)
Poet and author Kevin Kiely, the Fulbright Scholar from Dublin, Ireland and resident at Boise State University, presented "Reflections on Contemporary Ireland" in what was a general overview of the state of Ireland today. An older crowd, which was composed of many faculty and community members, as well as students, took in his presentation last week at the JFK Auditorium.
- It's hard to measure the cost, and benefit, of your children - Florida Times-Union
It's hard to measure the cost, and benefit, of your childrenFlorida Times-Union, FL - 15 minutes agoIt seemed but a blink of an eye from our daughter's birth to the day we watched in horror as our dyslexic teen careened down the driveway, ...
- 'Bottoms Up' at Calabash! - Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica Gleaner'Bottoms Up' at Calabash!Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 2 hours agoThe routine may vary a little, depending on the kind of thing I have to read, whether a speech or a citation or poetry or a bit from a novel, ...
- Roads from France - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukRoads from Franceguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoIn two years, he had written a lifetime's poetry. The unusual shape of Thomas's poetic career - at once belated and tragically up-to-date - has made it ...
- Visiting Doctor Quynh’s temple (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – More and more visitors are coming to a temple where Doctor Quynh is worshiped to offer incense and commemorate the famous scholar in the old days, according to the Vietnam News Agency.
- Art Exhibits, Andy Dick and Adoption (Free Times)
Greece is just about as far away from Columbia as you can get, but we here in the Capital City can get a little slice of the Hellenic Republic starting today at the Columbia Museum of Art — today marks the opening of Columbia-born photographer Constantine Manos’ award-winning A Greek Portfolio exhibit.
- Oum Kalthoum, a star still shining bright - France24
Oum Kalthoum, a star still shining brightFrance24, France - 4 hours agoFrom these beginnings, she chose poetry as a vehicle to give full power to her art. All along her career, she emphasized poetry from the Muslim world, ...
- London bishop to investigate gay church ceremony (AP via Yahoo! News)
The bishop of London said Sunday he would order an investigation into whether two gay priests exchanged rings and vows in a church ceremony, violating Anglican guidelines.
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