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- This brave little heart beats thanks to celeb link - Daily Pioneer
The route to little eight-year-old Mita Mondal's ailing heart has been rather a roundabout one. It began from a tea-stall, moved through a medical college, an NGO, TV channels, a superstar and finally reached its destination at the Narayana ...
- The garden set grows humorous in Armstrong Theater's latest production - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The garden set grows humorous in Armstrong Theater's latest productionPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 1 hour agoShe plays Joy Philpotts, who she describes as "a slightly air-headed" elderly woman who loves writing poetry. "I have based the appearance of my character ...
- Angelou writing a poem about Obama - Detroit Free Press
RALEIGH, N.C.-- Upon his election in 1992, Bill Clinton  affectionately referred to as the nation's first black president  asked Maya Angelou to compose a poem and read it at his inauguration. Angelou feels a new poem welling up inside her ...
- GUEST COLUMN: Practicing gratitude - Easton Journal
GUEST COLUMN: Practicing gratitudeEaston Journal, MA - 2 hours agoI had stopped writing poetry many years before, after my father died, because it brought out all that painful grief, and I didn’t want to deal with it. ...
- Arts: News From The Arts World (Cleveland Scene)
By Michael Gill It's become tradition in the non-profit arts world that when longtime leaders step down, their jobs are split in two. The nature of the business seems to compel people to perform above and beyond the call of duty, at least in terms of time spent and money earned. That's certainly the case with Joyce Casey, who will retire from her position as Dobama Theatre artistic director on ...
- Said Lecture Features Music, Recollections - Columbia Spectator
On Sunday evening at the Miller Theatre, University President Lee Bollinger introduced the Fourth Annual Edward Said Memorial Lecture with remarks on his long friendship with Said, whom he called “the epitome of public intellectualâ€â€a charming and ...
- Poet Donald Finkel Dies At 79 (Arts Journal)
"Donald Finkel, a noted American poet whose work teemed with curious juxtapositions, which in their unorthodoxy helped illuminate the function of poetry itself, died on Nov. 15 at his home in St. Louis."
- Great words on historic day (The Australian)
GOOD coverage of big stories often owes to journalistic toil. Someone might acquire a scoop that changes a story's entire context. Incisive, iconoclastic analysis might totally alter perceptions. You certainly can't bet on the frontispiece simply being handed to you, made readily available to anyone with a camera, microphone or notebook. But that's what happened with Wednesday's electronic media ...
- Writers welcome a literary president-elect (AP via Yahoo! News)
Last winter, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison received a phone call from Sen. Barack Obama, then the underdog to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
- Murder tangle unresolved after wife's killing, cop's suicide - Detroit Free Press
Murder tangle unresolved after wife's killing, cop's suicideDetroit Free Press, United States - Oct 22, 2008When Black and Smothers arrived at the store on Jefferson and Dickerson, they sat in the car as Cobb walked by. "David Cobb gave me a slight nod indicating ...
- At the library (Roslindale Transcript)
Check out what's happening at the West Roxbury and Roslindale branch libraries
- The Free Press - Mankato Free Press
CWE and Symphonic Bands  7:30 p.m., MSU Halling Recital Hall, $8 general admission, $4 for students and children, 389-5549. Hiking on Rasmussen Woods trails  10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Elk’s Nature Center, free, 387-8585. “Lysistrata† 7:30 p ...
- Hope struggles under heavy baggage - Globe and Mail
Hope struggles under heavy baggageGlobe and Mail, Canada - 3 hours agoThere, amid the poverty of a rural township, the opening frames underline the cliché of black-on-black violence: a middle-aged man lies bleeding from a ...
- Inspiration All Around (Tucson Weekly)
Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers create aggressive, no-nonsense honky-tonk music
- Education Calendar: Nov. 11 (The Norwich Bulletin)
Education Calendar: Nov. 11.
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