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- Obituary: Ronnie Drew - lead singer of the Dubliners - Belfast Telegraph
With his huge bushy beard, trademark gravelly voice and a gift for stripping a song down to its soul, Ronnie Drew was one of Ireland's musical heroes. He was a founder member of the folk group the Dubliners, whose charismatic stage presence and ...
- Sun.Star Essay: A reading dream (Sun Star)
IN A Siquijor town in the ‘70s, I came across some books in a nook in the office of the mayor and wondered how old volumes of English literature found their way into the rural life of an island province.
- Poetry appreciation in West Babylon (Babylon Beacon)
Students from West Babylon Junior High School in the West Babylon School District received a visit from poet Mindy Kronenberg. In addition to writing poetry, Kronenberg is a professor at SUNY Stony Brook.
- African-American series character is a role model for black girls (Belleville News-Democrat)
In his mind, Derrick Barnes is already casting the film version of his new children's books.
- Witty playwright known to live hard - MiamiHerald.com
Witty playwright known to live hardMiamiHerald.com, FL - 4 hours agoRoguishly witty, profligate of habit and relentlessly self-scrutinizing, Gray was the embodiment of a literary stereotype, a grimly funny personality, ...
- Raz on The Raz in... Iceland - Drowned In Sound
I’m in Iceland, in the farther reaches of the North Atlantic Ocean, just 30 miles or so from the Arctic Circle. What is there to say about this fair land that hasn’t been said before? Nothing. Not a single thing. You know that the country has a ...
- 'All In The Family' boss honoured (Jam! Showbiz)
TV producer Norman Lear and author Maya Angelou will be the 2008 recipients of the Marian Anderson Award, which honours artists whose leadership benefits humanity.
- Karaoke Nights - Charleston Post Courier
Karaoke NightsCharleston Post Courier, SC - 14 hours agoOn any given evening, you can catch a free poetry show, a new art exhibit or a stage production — all to the backdrop of music, blaring from energetic bands ...
- "Trust" in the Economy and Electoral Politics - Huffington Post
"Trust" in the Economy and Electoral PoliticsHuffington Post, NY - 2 hours agoFrom athletics to music, from lab science to poetry workshops, participation reduces uncertainty and builds faith through practice. ...
- The Wasted Vigil, by Nadeem Aslam - Independent
The Wasted Vigil, by Nadeem AslamIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoThe book is beautiful and brutal; butterflies, moths, flowers, gems, paintings, poetry and stone Buddhas keep erupting in the middle of this desolate ...
- Dozens answer call to show Inland writers' talent - Riverside Press Enterprise
One of the surprises of the first Inlandia Writers' Workshop at Riverside Public Library this summer is the diversity of people who showed up. "The ages ranged from 14 to 80, which is pretty amazing," said Ruth Nolan, workshop leader, poet and ...
- Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, Thomas Haden Church - Moviehole
MovieholeDennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, Thomas Haden ChurchMoviehole, Australia - 2 hours agoHe lives with his daughter Vanessa (Ellen Page), an articulate Young Republican and type-A personality, and he has a poetry-writing son, James (Ashton ...
- Fri,15 Aug 2008 (Hindustan Times)
Some things never change. If there’s a brick courtyard, hundred bhangra artistes must break into those balle balle back-bends. And if romance has to bloom, hold on to your scalps, just zoom to the Swiss Alps.
- Asian Celebration continues today with focus on nature - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
When Jane Wong moved from Shang Hai to Lisle in 1990, she'd never seen a rickshaw driver haul people down a busy street. In mainland China, she said, rickshaws are history. These days, people take cabs or bicycles. But she was hoping to see a ...
- Titian paintings going on show on Athens museum - International Herald Tribune
ATHENS, Greece : More than 20 paintings by Renaissance master Titian and his contemporaries go on display in Athens this week on the occasion of an official visit to Greece by Italy's president. The three-month exhibition at the Museum of Cycladic ...
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