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- Teaming up to give kids a special tour of the White House (The Herald-Mail)
Let's just say it flat-out: "Our White House" (Candlewick Press, $29.99) is a stunning gathering of children's-book stars, all with a single goal of illuminating a national treasure for young readers. In this new book, more than 100 of the best and brightest of children's-book creators offer their words and artwork as a way of demonstrating to children that American history indeed can be both ...
- Volunteer achievements (Odessa American)
Birthday décor was in full swing Thursday morning, as an Odessa organization celebrated 30 years of existence and two women who've been instrumental to the city through their volunteer efforts.
- Browsing Books Editors’ Choice - New York Times
Browsing Books Editors’ ChoiceNew York Times, United States - 1 hour agoUNPACKING THE BOXES: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry, by Donald Hall. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) Hall, born into darkness and privilege, touches on the loss of ...
- Mandy Patinkin back on stage - AZ Central.com
Mandy Patinkin back on stageAZ Central.com, AZ - 35 minutes ago-"Romantic Poetry." Couples deal with the difficulties of true love. A new musical by John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger. Manhattan Theatre Club Stage ...
- Writing captures retiree's unique perspective - Daily Review Online
Writing captures retiree's unique perspectiveDaily Review Online, CA - 2 hours agoA 66-year-old retiree who lives in Hayward, she tapped into that perspective to author an award-winning poem: "Less is More," in which she addresses the ...
- Daily TWiP - T.S. Eliot birth anniversary - Nashua Telegraph
Welcome to the Daily TWiP, your daily dose of all the holidays, historical observances, etc., we couldn't cram into The Week in Preview. Today we celebrate the birth anniversary of poet, playwright, and literary critic Thomas Stearn (T.S.) Eliot ...
- Actors bloom at Arboretum: The finale - Picayune Item
PICAYUNE — It's hard to imagine a visit to Crosby Arboretum without being inspired to be creative in some way. I can visualize poems, plays and novels being penned under the canvas of all the foliage. I can almost hear an opera singer bouncing ...
- South Africa pays tribute to 'Mama Africa' at Johannesburg memorial ... - CNEWS
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A trumpet wailed and poetry soared Saturday as South Africans remembered "Mama Africa," Miriam Makeba, for her music and her commitment to human rights. The memorial service after Makeba's death Monday at the age of 76 ...
- LAist Interview: David Berman, Silver Jews - Laist.com
Silver Jews is coming to town. On just the second tour of a 20-year career, DC Berman and his familial touring band will visit LA tonight behind its sixth recording, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea . Berman answered a handful of questions from the road ...
- Barker retires as volunteer at G.W. Carver - Neosho Daily News
In woods deep and dark at the George Washington Carver National Monument is a statue of the famous scientist as a boy. The bronzed boy sits upon a rock, a plant in his hand, staring contemplatively into the trees, chin at a slight upward tilt. But ...
- Shrimping and Saving - Texas Observer
Texas ObserverShrimping and SavingTexas Observer, TX - 2 hours agoIt speeds along in a language of pure poetry, a rhythmic patois rich with the acute senses of childhood. And unlike most memoirs, Holy Roller has a ...
- ’Twas Nice That Twice I Heard From Bird—in Rhyme, Each Time (Metropolitan News-Enterprise)
California Chief Justice Ronald George never writes me poems. A predecessor of his did: Rose Bird.
- Poetry In Motion - Fightticker.com
that was an incredible knockout! everyone was like OOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH SHHHIIITTTTTTTT HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA GOOODDDDAAAMMMMNNNN!!!!! that was the best ufc in a long time. maybe cuz i was drunk but still, it was great even though randy lost to ...
- 21st annual mayor's walk draws a crowd (Saint George Spectrum)
ST. GEORGE — Hundreds of athletes lined up before dawn on Saturday to walk in a shorter race and partake in a marathon tradition.
- The signs they are a-changin' - MLive.com
The signs they are a-changin'MLive.com, MI - 57 minutes ago... illuminating the lyrics in a kind of visual poetry. "Deaf people are very fascinated with all that action and motion," says Dans. "They love to see that ...
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