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- South Africa pays tribute to `Mama Africa' Makeba (The State)
A trumpet wailed and poetry soared Saturday as South Africans remembered "Mama Africa," Miriam Makeba, for her music and her commitment to human rights. The memorial service after Makeba's death Monday at the age of 76 followed two days of national mourning, with flags at half staff and books of condolences at the presidency and parliament - honors due a woman seen as an ambassador for the best ...
- Seniors begin final lap (Berkshire Eagle)
WILLIAMSTOWN — Several hundred attendees of the Williams College convocation ceremony, the formal start of senior year for the Class of 2009, got all the tradition one might expect for such an important observance.
- Norris writes 'Acedia,' finds God's joy again - USA Today
"There is a grief that is useful, and there is a grief that comes from the enemy, full of mockery, which some call accidie (acedia). This spirit must be cast out, mainly in prayer." Thomas of Chabham (13th-century English theologian) "... On account ...
- archy and mehitabel, life in lower case - City Pages
Open Eye Figure Theatre took home an entirely well-deserved Ivey Award last week for its A Prelude to Faust , the sort of obsessively smart and bawdy work long associated with Michael Sommers. Now it's time to get used to Open Eye as a producing ...
- Pervez Musharraf - Newsday
The revolutionary Pakistani poet Ahmed Faraz, whose name is synonymous in South Asia with modern Urdu poetry, died Aug. 25 in Islamabad. He was 77. The cause was kidney failure, said his son Shibli Faraz. He was earlier reported to have died while ...
- CONCERTS, THEATER AND MORE (The Wichita Eagle)
TUE. Soul Barers' Society, reading of poetry/prose and spoken word, 7-9 p.m., Zoomdweebie's Tea Bar, 3010 E. Central. Free. Information, 316-440-4202. WED. Senior Wednesday program, "Shark Attacks Bite," 10 a.m., Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 Zoo Blvd. Cost $4. Information, 316-266-8213. Senior Wednesday program, "Seeing Kansas with New Eyes," by Marci Penner, 1:30 p.m., Wichita Public ...
- Book release event tonight with Joe Hill - yes, Stephen King's ... - Portsmouth Herald News
Book release event tonight with Joe Hill - yes, Stephen King's ...Portsmouth Herald News, NH - 1 hour agoThe Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program's Poetry Hoot is held the first Wednesday of each month at 7 pm at Cafe Espresso, 738 Islington St., Portsmouth. ...
- Local author to read debut book - Hendricks County Flyer
Danville resident and author Pam Lawrence will have a reading and book signing for her debut work A Child’s Life at Christmas Time from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The reading and signing will occur at “The Porch,” which is located at 2411E. Main St ...
- The Bridge continues to win awards - Comment (subscription)
The Bridge continues to win awardsComment (subscription), MA - 9 hours agoCurrent BSC students and alumni are encouraged to submit works of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, drama, painting, drawing, photography, digital arts, ...
- Latest Additions (The Barnstable Patriot)
The Roadhouse Cafe, 488 South St. in Hyannis, features weekly entertainment by local artists. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m., Matt Richard entertains at the piano bar.
- Indonesia passes broad anti-pornography bill - International Herald Tribune
Indonesia passes broad anti-pornography billInternational Herald Tribune, France - Oct 30, 2008... moving pictures, animation, cartoons, poetry, conversations and gestures." It also makes illegal public performances which could "incite sexual desire. ...
- Potential catastrophe all around (New Hampshire Union Leader)
His name was George F. Babbitt. He was 46 years old now, in April 1920, and he made nothing in particular, neither butter nor shoes nor poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.
- Will a relook at civil war bring closure for Spanish families? - Whitman Pioneer
Will a relook at civil war bring closure for Spanish families?Whitman Pioneer, WA - 2 hours agoI first discovered Lorca’s genius in high school, and then again last year while taking Professor Solórzano-Thompson’s The Theatre and Poetry of Federico ...
- Kalamazoo Civic Theatre has the Golden Ticket - Kalamazoo Gazette
Shawano Cleary | Special to the Gazette From left, Oompa-Loompas Matoska Waltz and Elizabeth Ko examine a Golden Ticket with chocolate factory owner Willy Wonka (Steven M. Schwall) in the Kalamazoo Civic production of "Willy Wonka." KALAMAZOO -- The ...
- Vocal phenom Wallace performs at Steel City - Phoenixville News
Vocal phenom Wallace performs at Steel CityPhoenixville News, PA - 2 hours agoIn addition to being a musician, Wallace is also involved in the visual arts, and writes literature, prose and poetry. "I'ma jack-of-all-trades in that ...
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