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- Time to Pick: Banjo Fest or Folkie Fun? (Washington Post)
Tomorrow is all about musical heritage, as two long-standing celebrations, the Takoma Park Folk Festival and the Speedy Tolliver Fiddle and Banjo Fest, return.
- Can Obama Avoid JFK's Missteps? - Gawker
GawkerCan Obama Avoid JFK's Missteps?Gawker, NY - 8 hours agoAs Frank Rich wrote earlier this year, JFK needed the poetry, he needed his image as a substitute for hard policy. Obama's the more substantial thinker, ...
- New Yorkers Respond to 'Abortion Changes You' Subway Ads - ChristianNewsWire
Men and women respond online with stories, poetry about their abortion experiences Contact: Ashley Walker, 678-990-9032; Christine Schicker, 404-610-8871; both with The Maximus Group NEW YORK, Nov. 11 / Christian Newswire / -- An ad campaign stating ...
- Books and Magazines - Newsday
JULIA GILLIAN (and the Art of Knowing), by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Drazen Kozjan. Scholastic, $15.99. Ages 7-10. There aren't many middle-reader books (for kids ready to read short novels) about reflective children and only children. The ...
- The Lion's Tale - San Francisco Gate
Gregory Maguire had that in mind when he wrote "A Lion Among Men," the third in his series of "Wicked" books that give Baum's characters a psychological, grown-up spin. The first book in the series, published in 1995 (4 million copies in print), is ...
- Maher's mockery misses the point - Los Angeles Times
There are three problems with Bill Maher's new movie mocking faith: It misunderstands religion, misconceives God and gets human nature all wrong. I have a fantasy of a counter-movie. I would travel around the world and interview every scientist with ...
- Asia's adventurous Fifth gets rousing premiere in Oro Valley (Arizona Daily Star)
ORO VALLEY — Tucson composer Daniel Asia remarked last week that his Symphony No. 5 is "pretty damn intriguing."
- Ferdowsi narrated tragic scenes with subtle satire: Ehterami - Tehran Times
He made a speech elaborating on the “Satire in Shahnameh” during a meeting at the Tehran’s Book City main branch on Wednesday. “Hyperbole brings gratification to the epic genre. Exaggeration and contrast between the legend and reality attract ...
- Vegas club co-owner alleges discrimination - United Press International
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The managing partner of a Las Vegas nightclub has accused his neighbors of targeting his business due to its predominantly black hip-hop clientele. Poetry nightclub managing partner Mike Goodwin alleges officials with ...
- Paul Dunbar's Lasting Poetry (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Many have called Paul Dunbar the poet laureate among black Americans, and for good reason.
- BOOKS OF LOCAL INTEREST - Providence Journal
BOOKS OF LOCAL INTERESTProvidence Journal, RI - 5 hours agoThis month, Finishing Line Press will release a poetry chapbook, Psalms in Time (30 pages, $12), by Janice Miller Potter of Rehoboth. ...
- Harry Kelber's 70-year battle for the rights of workers - New York Daily News
New York Daily NewsHarry Kelber's 70-year battle for the rights of workersNew York Daily News, NY - Oct 10, 2008Invented a poetry form he calls Septads - eight lines of iambic pentameter verse - and listens to a 60-audio tape series on philosophy each night before ...
- Reginal Briefs (Kearney Hub)
The Kearney Hub has promoted Cathy Headlee to circulation manager. Headlee, who joined the Hub in 1996, has worked at the paper the past six years as district manager and assistant circulation manager.
- Urban Planner: October 2, 2008 - Torontoist
TorontoistUrban Planner: October 2, 2008Torontoist, Canada - 8 hours agoEditors Paola Poletto and Jake Kennedy are releasing Boredom Fighters, an anthology of graphic poetry. As well, writer Sean Stanley and illustrator ...
- Redrawing her future - Indianapolis Star
Redrawing her futureIndianapolis Star, United States - 2 hours agoPoetry about "Old Man Winter," "Icicle Talk" and "The Taffy Pull" is accompanied by Compton's colorful illustrations of children, waterscapes and animals. ...
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