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- Dick Martin, half of "Laugh-in" comedy team, dies - Pantagraph
LOS ANGELES -- Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died ...
- Dolly parade will be on May next year (The Mountain Press)
PIGEON FORGE - The rain poured during the 2008 Dolly Parade, but that didn't stop thousands of tourists and locals from coming out to see the event's leading lady, Dolly Parton.
- Poet Al Mahmud turns 73 - The Daily Star
The Daily StarPoet Al Mahmud turns 73The Daily Star, Bangladesh - 1 hour agoSoon poetry enthusiasts in Dhaka and Kolkata alike took notice. He regularly wrote for Chatushkon, Chaturanga, Mayukh and Krittibash. ...
- Entertainment Calendar Updated 5-30-08 - Petoskey News-Review
Entertainment Calendar Updated 5-30-08Petoskey News-Review, MI - 1 hour agoParticipants are welcome to perform original works, an interpretation of a classic song, poetry, short scripted pieces, dance, etc. at the open mic. ...
- Tilly and the Wall hang onto their whimsy (Tacoma News Tribune)
Even though they may be twenty-something indie icons, Omaha’s Tilly and the Wall refuse to grow up.
- David Edgar: This muddled terror law limits free speech and wrecks innocent lives (Guardian Unlimited)
David Edgar: The glorification clause of the Terrorism Act has created a climate where artists and academics must watch their words
- Oh, what a paradise was lost (The News & Observer)
Ethan Canin's first novel in seven years channels varied influences. The title is taken from one of Elia Kazan's best, if most resolutely uncommercial, films. The story is a conflation of "The Great Gatsby" and "All the King's Men," with strong overtones of "The Magnificent Ambersons" (one of Canin's characters echoes Booth Tarkington by referring to "one of God's lesser known laws. The law of ...
- Katie Couric, YouTube Star/ - Nevada Appeal
Katie Couric, YouTube Star/Nevada Appeal, NV - 13 hours agoThere are glimpses of her singing a duet with Bette Midler for an environmental fundraiser, reading poetry with Meryl Streep and attending a lively ...
- Shakespeare, Wordsworth ... Winehouse? (Herald Sun)
A SONG by Amy Winehouse appears in a Cambridge University exam, pitted against Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Walter Raleigh.
- St. Prosper of Aquitaince - Catholic Online
Called "the best disciple of Augustine," St. Prosper of Aquitaine (c. 370-c. 463/465) devoted his life to defending Augustine's doctrines of grace and predestination against those who opposed it. Prosper may have been born at Limoges; he may have ...
- Poetry for the eye - Aucklander
Poetry for the eyeAucklander, New Zealand - 26 minutes agoSeventy artists and writers have enthusiastically tackled an idea dreamt up by artist Hannah- May Thompson and poet Christian Jensen. ...
- Confirm Bourque as poet laureate - The Daily Advertiser
Confirm Bourque as poet laureateThe Daily Advertiser, LA - 14 hours agoHe has traveled the state at his own expense, visiting public and private schools, libraries, colleges and universities, teaching and reciting poetry. ...
- A simple man with many a talent - Sri Lanka Sunday Times
Sinhala poet and writer Kalakeerthi Pandit Wimal Abhayasundara, passed away on the morning of Thursday, June 12 at the age of 87. Poet, lyricist, art critic, scholar, veteran author and musicologist, he was born on September 17, 1921 in Welitota in ...
- Scanning religion (Los Angeles Daily News)
Church Basement Road Show: Christian revival meeting with contemporary twists, 6:30 p.m. today, First Presbyterian Church of Granada Hills, 10400 Zelzah Ave., Northridge. 818-360-1831.
- Vilhelm Hammershøi: When Michael Palin saw the light - Daily Telegraph
For Michael Palin, the first sight of the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi's work came in a pioneering exhibition at the Hayward Gallery more than 20 years ago. Defiantly painting his subjects from behind: Hammershoi's The Poetry of Silence Dreams ...
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