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- Library of Congress Adds New Authors to Eighth Annual National Book Festival; Free Podcasts Invite Nationwide ... (PRWeb)
The Library of Congress has added new famed authors to the award-wining lineup for the 2008 National Book Festival. Free downloadable podcasts, available on iTunes and the Library's Web site, as well as other interactive features, bring the magic of the National Book Festival to booklovers nationwide. (PRWeb Aug 13, 2008) Read the full story at ...
- Flint Youth Theatre takes on royal endeavor for season closer - MLive.com
Flint Youth Theatre Mike St. Cyr is Arthwyr (Arthur), Deidre S. Baker is Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere) and Nathan Peaseis Medraut (Mordred) in the Flint Youth Theatre production of "Arthur, King of Britain," which opens Friday. William P. Ward, executive ...
- Radovan Karadzic: the master of life and death - Daily Telegraph
The Father Christmas beard, the knotted ponytail and the smeared glasses have gone. Radovan Karadzic, freshly clean-shaven, now sits in his cell, reading the Bible obsessively. In the past week, the two lives he managed to keep separate for 12 years ...
- Are there any politically engaged poets out there? - OpEdNews
Are there any politically engaged poets out there?OpEdNews, PA - 3 hours agoYou know, I wonder when was the last time you read some poetry, if you ever did. I know why it bores you to death, most poets are all about flowers and love ...
- Short Takes: Movies opening for the weekend of July 25-27 (New York Daily News)
This week's movies include "CSNY: Deja Vu," "Man on Wire," "Baghead," "Boy A," and "Bustin' Down the Door."
- Can he stop the sprawl that's eating Hong Kong's harbor? (The Christian Science Monitor)
Scolded by his mother for ruining her view, Winston Chu took up the battle to save Victoria Harbor. Fourteen years, 1,300 acres, and a death threat later, he's succeeding.
- Potty patrol: We review the best restrooms on the Cleveland nightlife scene (The Plain Dealer)
Guys don't care. The bar is low when it comes to what they find acceptable in bathroom accommodations. There's nothing a guy likes better than avoiding using a toilet at all. Hydrating a brick wall behind the bar is fun. Making a puddle in a parking lot is cool.
- Solar sculpture plays with the light - CBC.ca
CBC.caSolar sculpture plays with the lightCBC.ca, Canada - 8 hours agoAnd, as a work of art, it calls out for a celebratory response: music, dancing, poetry." Each shaft has three solar panels and three sets of lights that ...'A modern Stonehenge' Waterloo Recordall 13 news articles
- Catch Tucson's poetry slam team (Arizona Daily Star)
Tonight's the first of a few opportunities to cheer on Tucson's poetry slam team as it gets ready to meet the competition at next month's National Poetry Slam in Madison, Wis.
- Barboursville crews respond to house fire - Huntington Herald Dispatch
Barboursville crews respond to house fireHuntington Herald Dispatch, WV - 2 hours agoTo enter, send one poem of 21 lines or less written of any subject or style related to with a spiritual influence to Free Poetry Contest, 7308 Heritage ...
- QUICK CLICKS: Local news briefs for Tuesday, Aug. 5 (Waco Tribune-Herald)
The city of Waco Police Department’s Victims Services Unit is seeking volunteers for its Crisis Team. The next training program will begin Sept. 17 and will meet from 6 to 9 p.m. twice a week for four to five weeks.
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish to be laid to rest in Ramallah - Haaretz.com
Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish, whose words were seen as encapsulating the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank on Tuesday - an honor only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Tributes ...
- WHS grad trades classroom for courtroom - York Weekly
WHS grad trades classroom for courtroomYork Weekly, NH - 2 hours agoRadial Nerve Palsy, the doctors told her, could leave her without the use of her right hand for the rest of her life. Doctors gave Dion a brace for her hand ...
- Versatile Dylan reshapes his classics - Courier-Journal
Instead, in recognition of the unclassifiable breadth and scope of his impact on American music, poetry and culture, Dylan received a "Special" citation.
- City's young writers learn art of expression - New Britain Herald
Aarion Santiago jots down a poem Tuesday afternoon during a writers' clinic at the Oak Street Community Center in New Britain. NEW BRITAIN - A small group of inner-city kids learned to express themselves using the printed the word over the summer ...
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