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- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The Road Not Taken" and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways _ and the redemptive power ...
- Is that really charismatic Jimi Hendrix in a newly released sex ... - Daily Mail
Daily MailIs that really charismatic Jimi Hendrix in a newly released sex ...Daily Mail, UK - 3 hours agoHis tragically early death cemented his place for ever in the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. But now comes a peculiarly modern twist on Jimi Hendrix's ...
- Bird photographs explore relationships between man and nature - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Courtesy of MOCA Cleveland A tiny sparrow appears to spy on a woman in brightly colored cowboy boots in an image from a series by Jean Luc Mylayne. What: "Jean Luc Mylayne," large-scale color photographs by a noted contemporary artist from France ...
- Quartermaine's Terms: a potent blend of comedy and pain - Daily Telegraph
There is a scene in Simon Gray's fine play, first seen in 1981, in which the eponymous St John Quartermaine invites a succession of his colleagues at a Cambridge English language school to join him for a night at the theatre, only to be turned down ...
- Meet The New Boss - Cleveland Free Times
Cleveland Free TimesMeet The New BossCleveland Free Times, OH - 2 hours agoBut it's the band's carefully crafted lyrics that have always reminded this Jersey native of the Boss's populist poetry. Though the edges of the Hold ...
- 400-year-old volume of Shakespeare recovered a decade after it was ... - Boston Globe
LONDON— It's a case of all's well that ends well. Police have recovered a 400-year-old volume of Shakespeare stolen in England a decade ago and worth millions of dollars after a man walked into a library in Washington, D.C., and asked to have it ...
- Events added for Juneteenth in Fort Pierce (Fort Pierce Tribune)
The St. Lucie County Cultural Affairs Council has extended its Juneteenth celebration by adding an additional day of events on Saturday. The celebration includes storytellers, drumming, lectures, poetry reading, interpretive dancing and more.
- Anne d’Harnoncourt dies - Philadelphia Daily News
Anne d'Harnoncourt, 64, the leader of the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 1982, died unexpectedly this morning. The cause of death was not immediately available. Leading the prestigious museum for the last generation, d'Harnoncourt presided over a ...
- Zimbabwe: Arts Festival Lives Up to Expectations - AllAfrica.com
Zimbabwe: Arts Festival Lives Up to ExpectationsAllAfrica.com, Washington - 6 hours agoThe opening night had the lustre of a well-organised festival and included performances by Albert Nyathi, whose poetry left the audience asking for more. ...
- You Don’t Mess With the Racism - Al Bawaba
I love Adam Sandler. From Billy Madison to Happy Gilmore to the Chanukah Song, the predecessor of the Superbad generation has effortlessly conquered the domain of slapstick comedy and inappropriate jokes. But damn you Scuba Steve! If you’re going ...
- Cameron Duodu Profile - guardian.co.uk
Cameron Duodu Profileguardian.co.uk, UK - 13 hours agoHe later edited the biggest-selling newspaper in Ghana, the Daily Graphic. Cameron has worked as freelance journalist for the Guardian, the Observer, ...
- Chipper celebrates birthday in style, leads Braves past Marlins - CBS Sportsline
ATLANTA -- Chipper Jones had another birthday to remember, right down to teammate Brian McCann's belly flop of a slide. Jones celebrated his 36th birthday by going 3-for-3, including a home run, to lead Atlanta past the NL East-leading Florida ...
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- Call to Readers: To express poetry in motion, try a haiku (The Sacramento Bee)
Eppie's Great Race, dubbed the "World's Oldest Triathlon," deserves a literary form of its own. That's why we've created "tri-ku," a triathlon poem in the form of a haiku. Carlos Alcalá
- Angelou delivers uplifting message - Cincinnati Enquirer
Angelou delivers uplifting messageCincinnati Enquirer, OH - 1 hour agoI love her poetry and am thrilled to get to see her." Nancy Morris, a property manager from Westwood, echoed Smith. She said that while she and her friend, ...
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