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- Davison art gallery to display paintings created by a horse - MLive.com
Courtesy photo Cholla works on one of his paintings. The 23-year-old mustang-quarter horse mix has been painting for four years and his original works have sold for up to $2,500. DAVISON, Michigan — A horse is a horse of course. Unless it's an ...
- Charlotte Higgins says one of the most interesting aspects of Barack Obama's speeches is the enormous debt they owe to ... (Guardian Unlimited)
In the run-up to the US presidential election, the online magazine Slate ran a series of dictionary definitions of "Obamaisms". One ran thus: "Barocrates (buh-ROH-cruh-teez) n. An obscure Greek philosopher who pioneered a method of teaching in which sensitive topics are first posed as questions then evaded." There were other digs at Barack Obama that alluded to ancient Greece and Rome. ...
- Chelsea's bohemians rage in fight to save New York landmark's soul - Guardian Unlimited
Punks, poets, painters, dropouts, drug fiends, drag queens - all have been welcome at the Chelsea hotel. Andy Warhol filmed there, Arthur Miller wrote there and Leonard Cohen met Janis Joplin there, going on to write a song about New York's most ...
- Chanson musicians bring a little warmth to a Japanese winter (The Japan Times)
As a genre, chanson is difficult to pin down. In French, it simply means "song," and for most of France's history the word described anything from madrigals to romantic poetry. Since the end of World War II, it has come to represent a pop style that places a premium on the fluidity of the French language. Though chanson enjoyed a brief spurt of popularity in the United States in the 1960s thanks ...
- Lake Eden Arts Festival (Asheville Citizen-Times)
The Lake Eden Arts Festival is taking place at Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain through Sunday. The sold-out festival always draws a large, fun-loving crowd with its variety of musical acts, arts and crafts, healing tents, food, poetry, and kid-friendly atmosphere. 10/18/08 - Stephen Miller
- STA - Slovenska tiskovna agencija / Slovenian Press Agency - STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija
STA - Slovenska tiskovna agencija / Slovenian Press AgencySTA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija, Slovenia - 8 hours agoWhile also active as a translator, Pavcek has produced an impressive oeuvre of poetry and children's books, with his most recent collection having come out ...
- Discover the joy of kids' clubs - Daily Telegraph
Discover the joy of kids' clubsDaily Telegraph, Australia - Sep 16, 2008Activities include spotlight walks uncovering the world of nocturnal wildlife, night-time poetry and spooky stories in historic sites and snorkelling and ...
- Semisweet "Chocolate News" (Salon.com)
Is David Alan Grier's flava-ful new sketch comedy show a black version of "The Daily Show"?
- A further point of interest - Northern Echo
A further point of interestNorthern Echo, UK - 19 hours agoBut last Sunday, Radio 4’s weekly poetry programme devoted itself entirely to this same poem – about a lone traveller calling at an empty house in a forest. ...
- Poet ponders life's contrasts in "The Shadow of Sirius" - Seattle Times
Seattle TimesPoet ponders life's contrasts in "The Shadow of Sirius"Seattle Times, United States - 2 hours ago7 as part of Seattle Arts & Lectures' poetry series. By Sheila Farr & Lectures series at 7:30 pm Friday, Nov. 7, at Benaroya Hall. the Arts. For tickets, ...
- Looking back at Saginaw Valley State University's Theodore Roethke Festival (The Saginaw News)
This website, and the print version of The Saginaw News, reported earlier this week Tuesday night's ceremony awarding the 11th Theodore Roethke Poetry Prize to Robert Pinsky. Following is a racap of the surrounding festivities as Saginaw Valley State University...
- Regional A&E Calendar | Oct. 8 - Auburn Reporter
Regional A&E Calendar | Oct. 8Auburn Reporter, WA - 1 hour agoFeatures live music, poetry and storytelling. Cost: $40-$100. The Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle. 206-292-2787, www.ticketmaster.com or ...
- Bill Daniel's art installation explores the modern hobo lifestyle. (Pittsburgh City Paper)
The gallery has seen weirder installations than The Great Depression, but rarely anything dirtier. By Robert Isenberg.
- Show helps break down stigmas of schizophrenia sufferers - Lethbridge Herald
Show helps break down stigmas of schizophrenia sufferersLethbridge Herald, Canada - 18 hours ago“It’s to show people with mental illness can write poetry, perform on stage and draw, just like everyone else,” said Schizophrenia Society of Alberta, ...
- Realism is the lure in Billy Collins’ poetry - Arkansas Online
Ballistics, by Billy Collins, 112 pages, Random House, $24 The poem is called “Old Man Eating Alone in a Chinese Restaurant.” It is about an old man preparing to eat rice and shredded beef alone in a restaurant called Chang’s. Accuse Billy ...
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