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- Appreciation: Oakley Hall, writers' champion - San Francisco Gate
With the death of Oakley Hall on Monday, the Bay Area - and, by extension, the United States - lost one of its greatest champions of literature. Novelist, librettist, instructor and administrator, Hall, who lived a robust 87 years, maintained an ...
- Coldplay leaves fans out in cold (Toronto Star)
Tour promoter Live Nation says "production delays" forced Coldplay to revamp their North American tour schedule, cancelling three shows in Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg and setting new dates for Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. As well, one of two planned Toronto shows has been scrapped.
- Serial books and boxed book sets for young people (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)
It’s summer bringing all the glory that comes with it: a more relaxed atmosphere with warm weather, the beach, boating, swimming, hiking, golf, and long, lingering days. The kids are out of school and just as eager as you to “get out there and do something†both with you and without you.
- Nas's Untitled - Village Voice
Nas's UntitledVillage Voice, NY - 23 minutes ago... Alicia Keys until Nas launches his signature poetry-as-rap flow, half-Queensbridge reminiscin', half braggadocios, and only a sprinkling of politico. ...
- Cocktail girl - guardian.co.uk
Cocktail girlguardian.co.uk, UK - 22 minutes ago... whimsical pink-haired young things of nonspecific alternative-classification, who played silent chess, and contemplated death and poetry. ...
- Letter of the day: From Bill Holm, with truth and conscience - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Letters to the editor for Thursday, May 15 Letter of the day: Police should be warier of high-speed chases Letters to the editor for Wednesday, May 14 Netlets for Tuesday, May 13 Letter of the day: U.N. must get tough with Myanmar thugs One of the ...
- 'Third Thursday' heats up Ardmore - Daily Ardmoreite
Various businesses in downtown Ardmore will present a number of activities during “Third Thursday†this week from 5 to 7 p.m. Ardmore Little Theatre actors will perform scenes from their upcoming season. African artist and musician Wengai Kahuni ...
- INDIRECTLY SPEAKING / Playing 'culture card' to win points - The Daily Yomiuri
INDIRECTLY SPEAKING / Playing 'culture card' to win pointsThe Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 3 hours agoMake a big deal as to how in your culture, "We care about others," or "We value personal hygiene," or "We are people who care about poetry and beauty," or ...
- Joseph Solman - Guardian Unlimited
The night before he died, the American expressionist painter Joseph Solman enjoyed a convivial dinner with family and friends in his old apartment on 10th Street, New York. He was eight months short of his 100th birthday, active and productive to the ...
- Rilke and the question of self-identity - Telegraph.co.uk
Rilke and the question of self-identityTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 44 minutes agoBy AN Wilson Poetry is language compressed. It is many other things, too, but try expounding any favourite poem and your prose will be double or triple the ...
- Art Classes Now Enrolling Students (PR.com)
The Erie Art Museum is now enrolling adult and youth students for its spring semester of art classes beginning Monday, March 31, 2008. Art classes and workshops are open to beginners and pros and are offered in areas of photography, painting, ceramics, jewelry, drawing, framing and dance. Classes are taught at the Erie Art Museum or on location by some of the region’s most accomplished artists. ...
- This is hello (California Aggie)
Hello, everyone! As you may have realized, this is my first column. I'm so very sad that I've reached the beginning; I truly will miss the feeling of not knowing what I am missing.
- Mooresville man called ‘hero’ for volunteer work - Reporter-Times
Mooresville man called ‘hero’ for volunteer workReporter-Times, IN - 3 hours agoPerry’s book of poetry is called “Family, Friends and Neighbors.†It was published in 2006 and contains about 50 of his poems. He sells the books for $20 ...
- Writer remembers Pa. 'sabbaticals' at grandmother's (Akron Beacon Journal)
A trip to grandmother's house? Supposed to be nice, safe and wholesome. Gregory J. Bednar's My Sabbaticals at Grandmothers make his visits sound more like the plot of a slapstick movie.
- Paul McCartney Among Yale's Honorary Degree Recipients - Hartford Courant
NEW HAVEN — - The band played "Hey Jude" as ex-Beatle Paul McCartney stepped on stage Monday to accept an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Yale University . In a short tribute, Yale President Richard Levin evoked some of the songwriter's most ...
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