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- Persian calligraphy: Gentle curves of beauty - PRESS TV
PRESS TVPersian calligraphy: Gentle curves of beautyPRESS TV, Iran - 2 hours agoKnown as the most attractive Persian calligraphy style, Nasta'liq was broadly used in copying romantic and epic Persian poetry and literary manuscripts, ...
- Derek Walcott: 'The Chatterbox' (The Jamaica Observer)
AN hour was all Derek Walcott needed to remind the large and very diverse gathering of book lovers at the just-concluded Calabash International Literary Festival in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, why he is one of the world's most celebrated poets and thinkers.
- ESSAY- George Garrett: A fond-- if premature-- epitaph - The Hook
ESSAY- George Garrett: A fond-- if premature-- epitaphThe Hook, VA - 2 hours agoAfter all, the man has published six books of poetry, seven story collections, three plays, several books of non-fiction, and eight novels, with a ninth due ...
- Club to host a comedy first - Liverpool Daily Post
Club to host a comedy firstLiverpool Daily Post, UK - 15 hours ago... (who coined the name The Funny Club) and Pauline Daniels. The event, a collaboration between Scouse House, Wirral Words poetry club and Express Comedy, ...
- Out & About: Folk, kittens, comics, opera and PoeJazz - Portsmouth Herald News
Out & About: Folk, kittens, comics, opera and PoeJazzPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 1 hour agoThe fourth annual poetry and jazz fest is hitting its zenith at 8 pm Friday, April 25 with former US poet laureate Billy Collins at the Super Beat Night ...
- Expanded festival makes room for entire 'arts family' - AZCentral.com
The members of the DiSalvo family of Cave Creek are talented. Now with that talent and a little luck, they have a shot at padding the family budget with thousands of dollars in winnings at this year's Cave Creek Film and Arts Festival. "We are just ...
- Dick Martin, 86; zany comedian took TV by storm with 'Laugh-In' (Sun-Sentinel)
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catchphrases as "Sock it to me!," has died. He was 86.
- Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival coming soon - Alarab online
Alarab onlineLiverpool Arabic Arts Festival coming soonAlarab online, UK - 1 hour ago... and poetry about ancient Arabian Tribes, fables of trusty camels, warnings of dastardly deeds and tales of unrequited love. The Family Day also features ...
- Change and decay - New Statesman
New StatesmanChange and decayNew Statesman, UK - 2 hours agoA glassy new building dwarfing a dilapidated pub retains far more poetry and mystery than would the restoration of said pub, or its conversion into "luxury ...
- China's 'ultimate place to relax' (BBC News)
As part of a series of features following the route of the Olympic torch around China, the BBC looks at the mountainous Huangshan.
- Telenor, Rafi workshop receive overwhelming response - Pakistan Observer
Telenor, Rafi workshop receive overwhelming responsePakistan Observer, Pakistan - 2 hours agoThe festival showcased a rich variety of Sufi music and poetry, both foreign and local A wide array of styles, including Qawwali, Kafi, Naat, ...
- Square dancers hitting the boards on Perkasie covered bridge (Perkasie News-Herald)
Members of a New Jersey square dance club don't know it yet, but this Saturday, they'll have a chance to learn a new move: Bridge your partner.
- Singer, not saint - Chicago Tribune
I am a huge fan of R. Kelly —the artist not the acquitted. But that's just the problem these days: How does one balance one's respect for an artist with that artist's unsavory personal life? Figuring this out is especially hard in a society where ...
- Courting Trouble - Wall Street Journal
Many people are rubbing their eyes at the fact that Britain is letting out of jail some of al Qaeda's most dangerous members. In June a British court released the notorious Islamist preacher Abu Qatada, who had spent the previous three years in jail ...
- SENIOR CALENDAR - The Wichita Eagle
SENIOR CALENDARThe Wichita Eagle, KS - 5 hours agoFood, art, poetry and music. Information, 316-744-2415, ext. 121. Fluid Imbalances and Hydration, with registered nurse Kytt Ballet, 10:45 am Monday, ...
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