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- Multi-talented character tortured by depression (Times Online)
A comic genius whose capacity for surreal invention still inspires comedians today, Spike Milligan was, as yesterday’s auction illustrated, also a deeply troubled figure who was plagued by depression. Even when he was being funny there was a darkness at the core of his being.
- Kittitas County teacher named state teacher of the year - Seattle Times
Susan Johnson, middle, reacts to being named state teacher of the year as finalists Katie Hebner and Dave Gamon applaud. Susan Johnson, a veteran language-arts teacher at Cle Elum-Roslyn High School in Kitsap County, was named Washington state's ...
- My View: Threads - ArtslinkNews
My View: ThreadsArtslinkNews, South Africa - 1 hour agoA double bill can be like giving two birthday presents to the same person. You don’t want the one to cheapen the other. Gregory Maqoma’s “Ek sê: Hola! ...
- Cataloguing the Oppression - Gay City News
Cataloguing the OppressionGay City News - 4 hours agoTin - a brilliant 33-year-old French academic of African descent who is an expert on 17th century French poetry, on which he's published several erudite ...
- THIS WEEK - Newsday
THIS WEEKNewsday, NY - 2 hours agoIt's a night of poetry at Canio's, with Allen Planz, former poet in residence at the Walt Whitman birthplace, and Alex Russo reading new work. ...
- Norrie, 102, takes - This is Dorset
BACK ON STAGE: 102-year-old Norrie Woodhall VETERAN actress Norrie Woodhall will be back on stage at the age of 102 for a live performance that will be seen and heard worldwide. She will be reciting one of Thomas Hardy's best-known poems, The Ruined ...
- Bulletin Board: Oct. 26 - Norwich Bulletin
Bulletin Board: Oct. 26Norwich Bulletin, CT - 1 hour agoCONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY MEETING, 10 am to noon, Saturday, East Lyme Public Library, EAST LYME. All area poets and prose writers are invited to attend. ...
- 140 authors expected at annual Brooklyn Book Festival - New York Daily News
The crowd browses in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall at the 2007 Brooklyn Literacy Festival in Columbus Park in downtown Brooklyn. Matthews/AP Walter Mosley, who created Detective Easy Rawlins, will be honored at this year's Festival. Corkery/News ...
- Words won the day, but now it's time for action - Irish Independent
Words won the day, but now it's time for actionIrish Independent, Ireland - 37 minutes agoThe character David Palmer, in the TV series 24, made it seem unexceptional to have an African-American as Commander-in-Chief. I suspect Obama will emerge ...
- Black Affairs Council starts scholarship court - Red and Black
Black Affairs Council starts scholarship courtRed and Black, GA - Oct 7, 2008Cafe Soul 2008: The Sweetest Taboo, co-sponsered with University Union's Committee for Black Cultural Programming, will feature Def Poetry Jam artist ...
- Self-discipline, creativity work together to spark new ideas for ... - Columbia Missourian
Self-discipline, creativity work together to spark new ideas for ...Columbia Missourian, MO - 20 hours agoIn a 1974 interview, WH Auden echoed this sentiment when speaking about how poetry should be written; he said: “If one plays a game, one needs rules; ...
- Bob Dixon - Guardian Unlimited
I got to know the poet Bob Dixon, who has died aged 76, while working on the leftwing cultural journal Artery in the 1970s. A quietly spoken and extremely modest man, he wrote poetry that was characterised by an upfront, acerbic wit and deep insight ...
- Nashville Symphony Showcases Yo-Yo Ma & Don Quixote in New Hall - La Scena Musicale
Nashville Symphony Showcases Yo-Yo Ma & Don Quixote in New HallLa Scena Musicale, Canada - 24 minutes agoAn added feature of the piece is a recitation of Chinese poetry, intended by the composer to be done by the percussion soloist. Perhaps Gramley’s Mandarin ...
- Even After a War With Russia, Many Georgians Revere Stalin (New York Times)
An enduring cult of Stalin persists in Georgia, where the Georgian-cobbler?s-son-turned-20th-century-titan remains a towering if contentious figure.
- Locals Nardella, Bedard and Braun play together again - MLive.com
If you were around Ann Arbor in the late '70s and early '80s, the Steve Nardella Band was the hot act to catch. Over the past few years, Nardella and George Bedard, who were the band's guitarists, plus Mark "Mr. B" Braun on piano, have teamed up to ...
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