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- Benicia selects new poet laureate - Vallejo Times-Herald
Robert Selby's selection as the incoming poet laureate in Benicia was, apparently, a simple process. "I was regarded as the best candidate of those available," said Selby. In grabbing the poetry baton from Joel Fallon, Selby graciously accepts the ...
- As Courant Reporter, She Covered 1944 Circus Fire - Hartford Courant
As Courant Reporter, She Covered 1944 Circus FireHartford Courant, United States - 58 minutes agoA direct descendant of a 19th-century Hartford Courant printer and publisher, she reported on the 1944 Hartford circus fire, and was involved with local ...
- Poets recite stories of Jakarta's urban lives - Jakarta Post
Jakarta poets celebrated Wednesday night the city's anniversary through poetry readings and performances at Warung Apresiasi in Bulungan, South Jakarta. The event, called Sastra Rabuan (Literary Wednesday), has been held every Wednesday this month ...
- McConnell Center: Volunteers are key to Children's Center success - Fosters Daily Democrat
Dover Children's Center at the McConnell Center is enjoying spring. The new playground space at the corner of Atkinson and St. Thomas streets is a fun place now that all that snow is gone. The classrooms are taking learning outside with sand and ...
- At 80, Maya Angelou says she's not done yet (Orlando Sentinel)
Many chapters of the author-poet-activist's life are written, but she's still penning her story It takes just seconds to leave behind this muted Harlem side street and enter the parlor of Maya Angelou's brownstone, a step as bright and quick as a black and white film dissolving into Technicolor.
- Lawyer becomes first Orissa woman to scale Everest (Calcutta News)
An Orissa lawyer has become the first woman from the state to scale Mount Everest, the world's highest peak.
- Letting Go - New Yorker
New YorkerLetting GoNew Yorker, United States - 3 hours ago... were for black people and lower-class whites. Camels were for procrastinators, those who wrote bad poetry, and those who put off writing bad poetry. ...
- The Wild Places - Monsters and Critics.com
Monsters and Critics.comThe Wild PlacesMonsters and Critics.com - 6 hours agoIt is a formidable consideration by a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence — poetry, really — with the breathless ease of a master angler, a writer whose ...
- Girls urged to get creative - Middleton Guardian
TALENTED young women are being challenged to inspire others via a new competition. Westwood and Coldhurst Women’s Association (WCWA) in Oldham is calling on all borough girls aged between 11 and 19 to exercise their creative spritis and enter ...
- T.K. Gorman's Destarac In NASA Scholars Program - Tyler Morning Telegraph
Jean Paul Destarac, at right, traveled to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston last Sunday to participate in a one-week summer internship. He is pictured with NASA Space Shuttle Program Director Wayne Hale. Bishop T.K. Gorman High School Junior ...
- Charm City Kitty Club's "The Sweet Smell of Excess--Pussies With Dirty ... - Baltimore City Paper
When Dionne Wilkins decided to pursue music about a decade ago, not even her mother thought she could sing. The adventure since has included several stops and starts--interrupted college studies, an uncompleted record-label internship--and she has ...
- ‘He’s always there’ - Barre Montpelier Times Argus
‘He’s always there’Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - 2 hours agoIt would declare his love. I had never encountered a teacher who passed notes to students!” Out of class, Bob courted Joanne with flowers and poems. ...
- Hello, summer! Festival season is here (SouthtownStar)
Ready or not, summer is upon us with its many music, food and cultural fests and fairs. The Southland abounds with weekend activities, so clear the calendar, rally the family and be sure to go to these events hungry. And definitely do not forget the sunscreen and bug spray.
- Iconic fashion designer subject of major art show - Toronto Star
Iconic fashion designer subject of major art showToronto Star, Canada - 7 hours ago"His work is inspired by other forms of art, painting, popular culture, literature, poetry and also the street. It shares all those sensibilities. ...
- Frankfurt Guide (RainbowNetwork.com)
Frankfurt am Main is Germany’s centre of trade with a city skyline that wouldn’t look out of place in North America.
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