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- New book captures Corvallis at 150 (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Just because Corvallis’ sesquicentennial celebration is over doesn’t mean you can’t revisit the hopeful feelings of citywide celebration.
- Glencairn Balfour Paul - Daily Telegraph
GLENCAIRN BALFOUR PAUL, the former diplomat and Arabist who has died aged 90, was Ambassador to Iraq, Jordan and Tunisia between 1969 and 1977; before joining the Diplomatic Service in 1955 he was a member of the Sudan Political Service. After the ...
- Winners Announced for First-Ever AFL-CIO Online Video Competition - istockAnalyst.com
Winners Announced for First-Ever AFL-CIO Online Video CompetitionistockAnalyst.com, OR - 2 hours agoParticipants were asked to submit online videos in any form that answered the question of how to turn around America. Entries included poetry, original ...
- Durham Bulls still bask in Hollywood glory (Denver Post)
The bull still snarls from atop the outfield wall, snorting smoke after home runs and taunting hitters with four simple words written on it: Hit bull, win steak.
- Music Review: Yusa - Haiku (Blogcritics.org)
Yusa's new CD "Hiaku"; yet another argument for ending the embargo against Cuba. Ever since Ry Cooder broke the rules and went to Cuba to record the first Buena Vista Social Club disc, here has been a resurgence of interest in that country's music. He ended up having to pay some sort of astronomical fine as a result of that first visit and was only able to return for his second go round because ...
- Soldier expresses feelings on war through writing - Rexburg Standard Journal
Soldier expresses feelings on war through writingRexburg Standard Journal, ID - 54 minutes agoOne way Christensen expresses his feelings and emotions about fighting for his country is in the form of poetry and essays. He has a collection of poems, ...
- Ruth Graham Speaks At Scenic City Women's Praise Breakfast - Chattanoogan
Life is made up of choices, both good and bad, said Ruth Graham, author, founder and president of Ruth Graham & Friends and the daughter of Ruth and Billy Graham. She was the featured speaker at the fourth annual Scenic City Women's Network praise ...
- Rochester International Jazz Festival enjoys eclectic opening - Democrat and Chronicle
Jazz fans, "jazz friends," people-watchers and the just plain curious helped write the opening stanzas of this year's Rochester International Jazz Festival. An hour beforehand, the line already was getting long for the 6 p.m. show at Kilbourn Hall ...
- Science fiction's Thomas Disch ends his life (Gay.com)
The out author of "Camp Concentration" and "334," among dozens of works in several genres, had reportedly been despondent since his partner's 2004 death.
- More than 500 local kids pen poems for Dad - Daily Journal
How do you love your dads? You left it to The Daily Journal to count the ways. Our Pop Poet contest generated more than 500 poems praising the paternal parent. Entries flooded our e–mail. The mail carriers delivered them in piles. Some devoted ...
- Gulzar serves up the moon on a platter - Khaleej Times
Khaleej TimesGulzar serves up the moon on a platterKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 3 hours ago... ‘triveni’ which is a different form of poetry; nobody has done this before in a ghazal. That is the novelty in this album. Triveni is a three line poem. ...
- Movie review: A victory for the 'Dark Knight' - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Wrong vs. right, the individual vs. society, id vs. superego, action vs. reason, the Joker vs. Batman. There's a two-faced pleasure to be had in watching "The Dark Knight." Our rebellious impulses are excited by seeing an agent of chaos gleefully ...
- Hip hop, politics and passion drive Erica Ford - Amsterdam News
Hip hop, politics and passion drive Erica FordAmsterdam News, NY - 7 hours agoWe have classes for poetry, film, music, fashion, whatever helps them release their feelings. We are creating young entrepreneurs. ...
- The Quiz, Trafalgar Studios 2, London Sisters, Gate Theatre, London (Independent)
David Bradley is wonderfully funny and sympathetic in this new one-man show by Richard Crane that affords the reliable pleasure of watching a great actor playing a dodgy one. Here Bradley surfaces as a decrepit old thesp, named Henry Thaddeus Irving Binkie Macbeth, etc, etc (the fateful list goes on). His father was a bishop and his mother was an actress, so he has been a bit of a joke since ...
- 'Hamlet' triumphs at Stratford - Jam! Showbiz
STRATFORD -- There's very little rotten in the state of Denmark -- at least, not in the Denmark conceived by director Adrian Noble. His Denmark -- an elegant Edwardian evocation of Hamlet's Elsinore, created in collaboration with designer Santo ...
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