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- Saddling up for a weeklong festival - Union
Crowds will watch bucking broncos at the Penn Valley Rodeo next weekend, but Wild Wild West Days will be celebrated all week leading up to the 51st annual event. "The weather's supposed to be fabulous all week and that should have an impact (on ...
- North Ogden teacher jailed for 'textual relationship' - ABC 4
OGDEN, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A former North Ogden school teacher has been sentenced to a year in jail for what he did with his cell phone and a 14-year-old female student. He is guilty of violating a stalking injunction. The prosecuting attorney for ...
- Juneteenth celebration hosted by NCAAP at Carver Park (The Yuma Sun)
For Brian Stephens, June is not just another summer month to spend time swimming or taking vacations. It is a month to celebrate and remember that the U.S. once had slaves and that these slaves were freed.
- Experience vs. Information, Part 2 - New York Times Blogs
I recently blogged about whether we form our opinions more from information than experience . The starting point was a passage in David McCullough ’s book The Great Bridge , and he was comparing modern Americans with our 19th-century counterparts ...
- Coastal's cafeteria champ - Jacksonville Daily News
Coastal's cafeteria champJacksonville Daily News, NC - 2 hours ago"A few years ago I was asked by a student to read their poetry in a class," said O'Donnell. "One thing led to another and I became a reader in the New River ...
- All hail Kylie - Spectator.co.uk (subscription)
Spectator.co.uk (subscription)All hail KylieSpectator.co.uk (subscription), UK - 7 hours agoWhen she read out “I should be so lucky†at the Poetry Olympics in the Royal Albert Hall it went down a treat – you can’t knock its power on account of its ...
- A Literary Look at Cuba in Revolt - Nevada Appeal
LOS ANGELES -- When Americans think of 1950s Cuba, they tend to picture Fidel Castro ranting in tattered fatigues about the revolution. But a new novel shows us, instead, United Fruit Co. executives in starched linen suits, daughters who play Chopin ...
- At poetry events, words are meant to be heard - Belmont Citizen-Herald
At poetry events, words are meant to be heardBelmont Citizen-Herald, MA - 9 minutes agoJackson, 25, of Medway, said slams and other poetry events also have a social aspect, and have become a way for those who love literature and performance to ...
- Slate Literary Editor - Washington Post
Slate Literary EditorWashington Post, United States - 2 hours agoHer writing and poetry have appeared in Slate, The New Yorker, The Nation, the New Republic, the New York Times and other publications. ...
- Holland America Line's New ms Eurodam Blends Traditional Dutch Art and ... - MSN MoneyCentral
SEATTLE, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- From the Dutch Golden Age to dramatic sculpture, the new ms Eurodam will showcase a stunning range of artistic works. The 2,104-guest liner -- Holland America Line's first Signature-class ship -- honors the ...
- THE LAB: One Flew East. - Kulturkurier (Pressemitteilung)
Kulturkurier (Pressemitteilung)THE LAB: One Flew East.Kulturkurier (Pressemitteilung), Germany - 11 hours agoHe is half of the crew that presents Beat Street, a monthly English language poetry reading series. He has lived in Berlin since June 2007. ...
- Chalk Talk: San Mateo County teen poet makes anthology (San Mateo County Times)
Justine Drennan's parents often read stories to her as a young child."So it seemed natural to think of my own stories to write," said Drennan, 19, a graduate of Crystal Springs Uplands School in Hillsborough going into her second year at Princeton University.
- Carmel Gallery Walk is May 23 - Indianapolis Star
Carmel Gallery Walk is May 23Indianapolis Star, United States - 45 minutes agoThe Blue Egg Gallery's night of poetry and a surprise Arts & Design District unveiling of a sculpture by artist J. Seward Johnson, Jr. adds even more ...
- Books with local links have long shelf lives - Baytown Sun
As mentioned in the previous column, many books with Baytown connections occupy space in my bookcase. Let the browsing continue: In 1979 Texas Monthly Press published a political potboiler, “The Power Exchange,†by former Sun reporter Alan Erwin ...
- Maine Sails - Portsmouth Herald News
Maine SailsPortsmouth Herald News, NH - May 26, 2008“I love the poetry of motion, the challenge of it,†says John Dickey, an avid sailor and NASA engineer from Houston. “And the nature. I just love it. ...
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