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- Something about Mariah (The Observer)
Mariah Carey went from dirt poor at 17 to singing superstar at 20 - then came a breakdown and a $35m pay-off from EMI not to make any more albums. How does a girl bounce back from that?
- Festival Kids Events: October Innocence, Dreams of Hope - RedOrbit
Festival Kids Events: October Innocence, Dreams of HopeRedOrbit, TX - 7 hours agoThrough dance and self-penned songs and poetry, the youths will dramatize experiences in their life and struggles with sexual orientation. ...
- Fun Dog Books - Houston Chronicle
Fun Dog BooksHouston Chronicle, United States - 5 minutes agoSince it's Poetry Month, I'd like to start off with my favorite dog poetry book, If You Knew How Much I Smell You, photos by Valarie Shaff and text by Roy ...
- Art association ends annual poetry contest - Newburyport Daily News
After thousands of entries, many dozen winners and 17 years — not to mention countless pentameters, metaphors and refrains — the Newburyport Art Association 's Annual Poetry Contest is coming to an end. The contest, which started in 1994 ...
- • HBO series to feature locals - The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com• HBO series to feature localsThe Ann Arbor News - MLive.com, MI - 7 hours agoThe local students are among those competing in the Brave New Voices National Youth Poetry Slam Festival in Washington, DC, in July. ...
- Entertainment calendar - San Jose Mercury News
Los Lupe ñ os de San Jose. With Mariachi Monumental de Juan Reyes. "Amor de Madre," a celebration of Mother's Day with music and dance. 8 p.m. May 10, 2 p.m. May 11. Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose. $10-$15. (408) 928-5563, www ...
- Classical CDs (The Star-Ledger)
Sony-BMG has mined its vast Columbia/RCA classical archives with a series of nostalgic boxed sets dubbed the "Original Jacket Collection," for the mini-LP sleeves and programs that hue to vinyl releases.
- Dishing out knowledge (Sierra Sun)
Editor's note: This is the second installment of a two-part series about Tom Meschery. The first story, on Saturday, June 14, focused on Meschery's professional basketball career.
- Winners for 21st Annual Trillium Book Award Announced - Canada NewsWire (press release)
Winners for 21st Annual Trillium Book Award AnnouncedCanada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 1 hour agoThe respective winners of the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English language and Trillium Book Award for Poetry in French language each receive $10000 ...
- Indigenous voices and stories echo down the centuries - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldIndigenous voices and stories echo down the centuriesSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 11 minutes agoBut it was another 35 years before the second volume of Aboriginal literature appeared in We Are Going, a book of poetry by Kath Walker (who became Oodgeroo ...
- African American history contest winners named (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Dozens of local students using a variety of media were named winners today in the 16th annual National City African American History Contest
- Playwright’s Play Rights: "Any Famous Last Words?," at the ... - River Cities Reader
Playwright’s Play Rights: "Any Famous Last Words?," at the ...River Cities Reader, IA - 3 hours agoAt one point in Act I, Sada discusses the underwhelmed reactions to her poetry, and opines, "Even critics - especially critics - do not understand art. ...
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate (UPI)
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.
- What the papers say - BBC News
BBC NewsWhat the papers sayBBC News, UK - 6 minutes agoStudents were invited to compare two pieces of "lyric poetry" - one by Sir Walter Raleigh, and the other a few choice verses from the troubled singer's song ...
- Behold, a happy poet - The Independent
After a shaky start, Wendy Cope has become that rarest of things: a best-selling poet, and also a contented one. Christina Patterson meets a true oxymoron "Sometimes", said the poet Sheena Pugh in a poem which was, for a while, plastered all over the ...
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