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- Hometown Heroes: Kate and Joe Van Auken - Cass City (The Bay City Times)
This Tuesday will mark the seventh year Kate and Joe Van Auken have purchased and distributed dictionaries through their 'Red Hawk Reference Project' to third-graders at Campbell Elementary School in Cass City. "The dictionary is one of the most basic tools," said Kate Van Auken, 45. "Once you learn how to use it, you have a good asset for the future." Courtesy photo Kate and Joe Van Auken ...
- Georgian exiled poet finds asylum in Ithaca (The Ithaca Journal)
Irakli Kakabadze's eyes are closed when he slides his tan, wide-brimmed hat across his face and back onto a head full of black hair. He sways as he's standing, his arms waving with the rise and fall of the sound from the instruments behind him.
- Baltimore hopes Edgar Allan Poe promotion will draw visitors evermore - Bizjournals.com
Baltimore hopes Edgar Allan Poe promotion will draw visitors evermoreBizjournals.com, NC - 4 hours agoBaltimore tourism leaders will pay homage to poet and author Edgar Allan Poe in a yearlong celebration honoring his 200th birthday. ...
- A special responsibility (Brown Daily Herald)
In the midst of a financial crisis, journalists are being more careful with language. A recent New York Times article writes that journalists -- often accused of "hyperbole and sowing alarm,"-- are now choosing their words carefully. By using the word 'panic,' to describe the current market situation, journalists are in danger of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- A warm reception for retrospective of Whitacre's work - Philadelphia Inquirer
A warm reception for retrospective of Whitacre's workPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 10 hours ago"Dreams of Love, Life and Flying Machines" was artistically distinguished, well-attended and warmly received Saturday at Daylesford Abbey in Paoli; ...
- Angola: Local Writer Releases Book in Canada (AllAfrica.com)
The Angolan writer Isabel Ferreira released over the weekend, in the Canadian city of Montreal, her latest literary work entitled "O guardador de memórias".
- 36th Annual Sugar Loaf Fall Festival Columbus Day Weekend October ... - PR Web (press release)
36th Annual Sugar Loaf Fall Festival Columbus Day Weekend October ...PR Web (press release), WA - 7 hours agoIn between all of the free musical entertainment will be various poetry readings in the sculpture garden hosted by Robert Milby. Festival-goers will be able ...
- Bad politics in S. Africa - Toledo Blade
Bad politics in S. AfricaToledo Blade, OH - 11 hours agoAnd though the Sussex University-educated president’s use of poetry and prose were refreshing, Mr. Mbeki left many perplexed. ...
- Local Business Report: Heavenly Petals Florist celebrates anniversary - Vineland Daily Journal
Local Business Report: Heavenly Petals Florist celebrates anniversaryVineland Daily Journal, NJ - 5 hours agoVINELAND -- Heavenly Petals Florist, a Christian flower shop on Delsea Drive, recently celebrated its first anniversary. The shop is able to provide flowers ...
- Culture explosion at Independence gala - Sun St.Kitts/Nevis
Culture explosion at Independence galaSun St.Kitts/Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis - 8 hours agoHe also free styled a tribute to St. Kitts/Nevis in commemoration of its silver jubilee Independence. Also carded on the programme was popular radio ...
- Poet wins place in Slam finals (Western Advocate)
Bathurst’s Joshua Simpson has made the State finals of the Australian Poetry Slam. After winning his heat in Orange Joshua will perform his work “Poetry†at the State Library on Friday. He will be joined by Orange rapper Shannon Elliot. Their airfares and accommodation in Sydney will be paid by contest organisers. Joshua, 28, admits most people are surprised to learn he is a poet.
- 'The Seafarer' floats high on tide of holiday angst - Sacramento Bee
'The Seafarer' floats high on tide of holiday angstSacramento Bee, USA - 4 hours agoAs Richard, David Silberman drinks and damns, coughs and condemns, and delivers the playwright's lines as if they were poetry, which sometimes they are. ...
- Winner takes it all - Scenta.co.uk
Winner takes it allScenta.co.uk, UK - 10 hours agoI tell her she made a good, funny speech. She says she hasn't got a clue what she said. "No, and I'll thank you, sir, for not reminding me, because I have ...
- Punk band has something to say - San Antonio Express
Punk band has something to saySan Antonio Express, TX - 11 hours ago“Basically, they read my poetry and they think they know who I am. ... There's more to me than that.†Raneri elaborates: As a musician, he defends the ...
- Palace Theatre has the EDGE - Marion Star
Palace Theatre has the EDGEMarion Star, OH - 1 hour agoBradshaw said the multi-purpose pavilion may make some of those events possible because it is better suited for something like a poetry reading or an open ...
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