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- Meeting of laureates - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
There’s a sparseness to Gertrude Halstead’s work, a delicacy of image and language that seems to be lost on many younger poets today. Halstead, the poet laureate of Worcester, is celebrating her 92nd birthday by reading alongside Boston poet ...
- Meet Felisberto Hernández, the Father of Magic Realism - Village Voice
Meet Felisberto Hernández, the Father of Magic RealismVillage Voice, NY - 1 hour agoA girl reciting poetry is "poised between the infinite and a sneeze." A fellow pianist "let the sounds float off like dust beaten out of furniture. ...
- Program teaches residents how to manage money (St. Joseph News-Press)
Valerie Porlier-Smith is good with people, art and poetry. It’s the left-brain stuff she struggles with — like budgeting, prioritizing and money management.
- "The Lucky Ones": When soldiers return home (Seattle Times)
"The Lucky Ones": This attempt to create an Iraq-war home-front classic like "The Best Years of Our Lives" has its moments, but the story line about three returning veterans (played by Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams and Michael Peña) is predictable.
- A classic cruise of another kind (Troy Eccentric)
Once, crossing the Atlantic in style meant an ocean voyage on a luxury liner. Most people make the trip today aboard a cramped airplane, but Bloomfield Township resident Diane Bert sampled the elegance of ocean travel aboard the Queen Mary 2. Not to be confused with a vacation cruise ship, the QM 2 represents traditional high-class traveling. Here is her story.
- Cedar City Festival Seeking Vendors - Main Street Business Journal
Cedar City Festival Seeking VendorsMain Street Business Journal, UT - 3 hours agoThe 2008 event will feature cowboy music and poetry, a Dutch oven cooking contest, antique tractor pull, a nationally sanctioned stock dog competition, ...
- Postcards from San Francisco | Yet another September 11 - The Post
The PostPostcards from San Francisco | Yet another September 11The Post, Pakistan - 3 hours agoThe other evening I participated in a local California poetry and verse competition. The topic of my poem was ‘September Nights’. The poem was dedicated to ...
- On Mustang Range, a Battle on Thinning the Herd - New York Times
New York TimesOn Mustang Range, a Battle on Thinning the HerdNew York Times, United States - 2 hours agoIn a 2006 article in Audubon magazine, wild horses lost their poetry and were reduced to “feral equids.” “There’s not just horses out there, there’s other ...
- 'Third Thursday' heats up Ardmore - Daily Ardmoreite
Various businesses in downtown Ardmore will present a number of activities during “Third Thursday” this week from 5 to 7 p.m. Ardmore Little Theatre actors will perform scenes from their upcoming season. African artist and musician Wengai Kahuni ...
- Gaia Online Gives Teens the Chance to Take Home "Olympic Gold" (Centre Daily Times)
For those of us who have dreamt of Olympic glory, but prefer thumb wrestling and hot dog eating to swimming and hurdles, Gaia Online, the leading online hangout of more than 5 million teens, today announced it will host the Olympics Games for the rest of us...the Rejected Olympics. From the nearly 100 new off-beat games (that didn't quite make the cut for Beijing) and Olympic themed avatar ...
- Spoken Word Series at Symposia - The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
The Jersey Journal - NJ.comSpoken Word Series at SymposiaThe Jersey Journal - NJ.com, NJ - 3 hours agoLike they did last year, Symposia bookstore in Hoboken will host a Spoken Word poetry series this fall. This Sunday, Sept. 14, John J. Trause will speak and ...Catching the Poem Lawrence Ledgerall 2 news articles
- Rock the Casbah: Street Scene returns to the streets - San Diego Union-Tribune
The return to an urban setting should help Street Scene reclaim at least part of its roots; this year's event will be held on the Southern portion of the Petco Park parking lot and on several adjacent streets. Last year's festival was held at Coors ...
- Fit to be tied - News Register
McKenzie Searles of Mac challenges Centennial’s Allison Baker for the ball during Monday’s 1-1 tie at Wortman Stadium. Senior Kaitlyn McClendon and freshmen Megan Brosius, Karly Mechals and Megan Bannister proved a formidable defense in the ...
- Screen no match for the page (The Australian)
THE emphasis on technology as a learning tool is questionable in view of disturbing findings about our online attention spans.
- SHSU Updates: Aug. 31 - Huntsville Item
SHSU Updates: Aug. 31Huntsville Item, TX - 4 hours ago“Picasso’s poetry was influenced by the surrealist movement. He was a close friend of many of the surrealist writers: Breton, Desnos, Eluard, Reverdy, ...
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