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- Delta Sigma Theta sorority reports plethora of activities (Kinston Free Press)
Contestants in the Jabberwock Scholarship Pageant, sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and scheduled for April 4 at the Kinston-Lenoir County Performing Arts Center, are participating in a variety of preliminary events.
- Chicago's Tony haul (Chicago Sun-Times)
It was an all but foregone conclusion that the 62nd annual Tony Awards ceremony from New York’s Radio City Music Hall Sunday night was going to be a grand affirmation of Chicago theater.
- Obituaries in the news (The Charlotte Observer)
Eugenio Montejo CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Eugenio Montejo, a Venezuelan poet and essayist who won the 2004 Octavio Paz prize, died Thursday. He was 70. The poet's publishing house said he died of natural causes. Montejo's poetry is known for its rich texture and was published in numerous books in Spanish. His work also reached a wider audience thanks to the 2003 film "21 Grams" by Mexican ...
- Portugal holds on to words few can grasp - International Herald Tribune
LISBON : The latest brouhaha involving cultural property is unfolding here — and not, for a change, over stolen vases or precious war booty, but a poet's correspondence. As usual, it's a window onto a nation's character. The elderly heirs of ...
- A chip off the old rock block - Sun Chronicle
The Ancient Marinere, 7-9 Mechanic St., Foxboro. 508-543-5564. The Anvil Pub, 303 Sheers St., Wrentham. 508-384-3752. Chieftain Pub, 23 Washington St., Plainville. 508-643-9031 or www.chieftainpub.com . City Oasis, 50 Pleasant St., Norton. 508-223 ...
- Boyd Tonkin: The Week In Books (Independent)
Yesterday, the Queen hosted a garden party for Dr Rowan Williams and the 650-odd Anglican bishops who still (as they turned up to the Lambeth Conference) acknowledge his authority. If Her Majesty felt the need for a soothing topic of conversation with the embattled Archbishop of Canterbury, she might have chatted about poetry. In addition to the spectrum of gifts that only stops short at a ...
- Get Ready for the Great Labor Arts Exchange - AFL-CIO
AFL-CIOGet Ready for the Great Labor Arts ExchangeAFL-CIO, DC - 34 minutes ago... the tree-lined campus of the National Labor College (NLC) in Silver Spring, Md., will reverberate with the sounds of music, poetry and creative chants ...
- Jenny Diski tries to stay awake - London Review of Books (subscription)
Jenny Diski tries to stay awakeLondon Review of Books (subscription), UK - 2 hours agoShearsman Books published his prose Journals in 2006. James Meek’s most recent novel, We Are Now Beginning Our Descent, was awarded the Prince Maurice prize ...
- News Briefs (The North Bay Nugget)
Successful car wash for Habitat for Humanity The local chapter of Habitat for Humanity raised more than $750 during its car wash Saturday at MacEwen service station on Algonquin Avenue. Organizers said in a media release that drivers lined up to support the cause. We were [...]
- 3 THINGS TO DO TODAY - San Jose Mercury News
Poetry Center San Jose's monthly "Poetry First!" event features an open mike session and readings by Carolyn Dille, finalist for the Poetry Society of America's Emily Dickinson Prize, and Linda Lappin, author of the forthcoming collection "Not Far ...
- The caring approach of Death at the hospice - Stuff
Reactions to her name? Mary Death's favourite was the guy she met in a lift in a San Diego cancer ward, who did a double take after seeing the nurse's name badge. "He said, `Oh Gawd is that your name? If I had a name like that I would change it ...
- David Mamet explores the wages of honor in ‘Redbelt,’ a martial ... - Philadelphia Daily News
David Mamet explores the wages of honor in ‘Redbelt,’ a martial ...Philadelphia Daily News, PA - 4 hours agoI also admit that I love Mamet's odd locutions; yeah, it's stilted, but his stilted poetry is better than the dreary, vapid prose that passes for movie ...
- Book review: ‘A Thousand Veils’ an unevenly-paced thriller - Vail Daily News
Book review: ‘A Thousand Veils’ an unevenly-paced thrillerVail Daily News, CO - 1 hour agoShihabi’s journalistic integrity and free-spirited poetry have made her the target of Iraq’s secret police; the only thing standing between her and certain ...
- Composer goes from bombs, darkness to blooms, hope - Chicago Tribune
John Adams is taking us from the heart of darkness into the light of hope and renewal. Adams probed mankind's flirtation with the technology of mass annihilation in his opera "Doctor Atomic," which Lyric Opera presented early this season. The ...
- Interview: Sherman Alexie (Guardian Unlimited)
Sherman Alexie grew up on an Indian reservation and went on to become a bestselling novelist, comic and screenwriter. He hopes to produce 'the great American Indian novel'
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