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- Your Saturday's Best Bets - NWITimes.com
6 p.m. Saturday the Highland Elks, 3120 45th Ave., In will be having a Blast from the Past featuring burgers, fries and milk shakes. Donation $12 and includes a live Elvis impersonator show. Tickets are now on sale. 5 to 7 p.m. today in downtown ...
- Former resident to sign new Christian novel (The Walton Tribune I Monroe)
MONROE — When June Anderson was growing up in Walton County, she never thought she might return one day as a published author. Yet Anderson will be coming home this Saturday to sign copies of her new book, “To Catch a Fallen Star,” from 10 a.m. to noon at Christian Art and Book Shop in Monroe.
- Former Va. poet laureate George Garrett dies (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
BY JEREMY SLAYTON Times-Dispatch Staff Writer George Palmer Garrett Jr. cast a wide net throughout the literary world. His talent with the written word encompassed poetry, essays, short stories and novels. He even co-wrote the screenplay for the 1965 horror flick "Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster." "His topics and styles have ranged from the most somber to the most comic. He has excelled for ...
- Ronnie Drew: Lead singer of the Dubliners (Independent)
With his huge bushy beard, trademark gravelly voice and a gift for stripping a song down to its soul, Ronnie Drew was one of Ireland's musical heroes. He was a founder member of the folk group the Dubliners, whose charismatic stage presence and penchant for raw, bar-room ballads and roaring chorus songs helped them achieve unprecendented international success over four decades. Drew was the ...
- Poetry, polka and espresso - Philadelphia Inquirer
Poetry, polka and espressoPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 9 hours agoHe took it for repairs at a local music store, which qualified Peter for two free lessons. His music career was launched. After the poetry session, ...
- Eaglen misses, but Strauss' songs still moving (The Aspen Times)
ASPEN - There was much to appreciate in Jane Eaglen's performance of Strauss' Four Last Songs on Sunday afternoon at the Music Tent.
- Nature fest a hit - Shetland News
Nature fest a hitShetland News, UK - 4 hours agoA very popular poetry evening in Shetland library had 60 people attending to hear members of the isles' dialect group Shetland ForWirds read about the ...
- Quote of the day (Salon.com)
Katie Couric says sexism is more common than racism in America.
- Indian dance and music weave magic in Vienna - Hindustan Times
Imagine European audiences spending an entire month tapping their feet to Indian dance and music! That's exactly what happened at a festival in Vienna, as Indian artistes gave a glimpse of folk, traditional and even Bollywood art. The occasion was ...
- Blinkered pastiche of a cliché - HardNews Magazine
Blinkered pastiche of a clichéHardNews Magazine, India - 2 hours agoHe rarely saw a film, read a book of poetry, visited an art gallery or watched a game. As Bhiku Parekh, an authority on Gandhi, finds, he rarely took ...
- 'Everything Is Cinema': A forgiving biography of Jean-Luc Godard - International Herald Tribune
Everything Is Cinema The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard By Richard Brody Illustrated. 701 pages. $40. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company. Richard Brody's "Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard" is a story of transformation ...
- Des to quit countdown - MSN UK News
Des O'Connor's days as the host of Countdown are numbered after announcing he's quitting the show in November. The 76-year-old, who replaced Des Lynam as the anchor, who stepped in following the death of Richard Whiteley, said he had no plans to ...
- From the Los Angeles Times - Virginia Gazette
Virginia GazetteFrom the Los Angeles TimesVirginia Gazette, VA - 8 hours ago"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose," Hillary Clinton told a raucous rally at a high school gym in Nashua, where the overflow crowd matched the ...
- Beatnix closing doors today with final 'bash' - Waco Tribune Herald
Beatnix closing doors today with final 'bash'Waco Tribune Herald, TX - 1 hour agoA lot of people no longer will have a forum for their poetry.” Longtime customer Laura Walton said she knows the economy hurt Beatnix, “but the location ...
- Robin Thicke gets ready for 'Something Else' - LiveDaily.com
Robin Thicke gets ready for 'Something Else'LiveDaily.com - 23 minutes agoThicke has also been keeping busy with film scoring, writing a novel and a screenplay, and he's just finishing his first poetry book, according to Billboard ...
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