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- Events for October 14, 2008 (Las Vegas Sun)
Events listed below do not include ongoing events such as church services. Click here for a list that includes those events.
- Fla. man gets 30 years for fatal homeless beating - Charleston Daily Mail
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- The final defendant in the 2006 attacks on three homeless men -- including one beaten to death with a baseball bat -- was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday, in a case that outraged homeless advocates nationwide ...
- Weekend Picks: Bookworms and Dead Heads (LA.com)
WeHo Book Fair, Abbot Kinney Street Fair and more!
- Matthiessen, ‘Hemingses of Monticello’ Win National Book Awards (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Two weeks after Barack Obama’s barrier-breaking election, Annette Gordon-Reed won the $10,000 National Book Award for nonfiction with “The Hemingses of Monticello” (Norton), a history of the family of Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson’s slave and the mother of several of his children.
- The Contender (Independent)
the young senator who, even then, was regarded by many as a president-in-waiting. It wasn't very long ago when most Americans had never heard the name Barack Obama, the newbie US senator from Illinois. Even now they get it wrong to his face. Senator Barama. Senator Alabama. Senator Banana.
- Writers welcome a literary president-elect (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
NEW YORK — 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. Obama had contacted Morrison to ask for her support.
- Gilbert Days are here (The Arizona Republic)
Floats, marching bands and cowboys will make their way down Gilbert Road Saturday for the Gilbert Days Parade, which this year is a week before the rodeo.
- Musicians, poets and singers join hands - star.com.my
A GROUP of local poets, singers and musicians came together to raise RM110,000 for the Sam Cheng Everloving Care Welfare Society’s annual education programme. The charity cultural concert organised by the society was held at a packed Han Chiang ...
- Teaching our young children about community service - Examiner.com
Examiner.comTeaching our young children about community serviceExaminer.com - 20 hours agoShe passes out daily birthday ribbons to students, and rewards worthy students with an ice-cream treat at lunch. But what impressed me about Sister Donnelly ...
- 'Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America' by Jay Parini - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
'Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America' by Jay PariniPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 22 minutes agoBy Jay Parini Shooting is too extreme a punishment for Parini and he's too prolific a writer to be banished, having authored fiction, poetry and biographies ...
- Observations: Careless talk costs time (Independent)
Designated a C3, meaning he would be among the last people to be called up, Dylan Thomas whiled away the Second World War writing films for the Ministry of Information, on the recommendation of his friend and his wife Caitlin's former lover, Augustus John. His first, This is Colour, was a rather pedestrian history of the dye industry, while New Towns for Old, set in the fictional town of ...
- 4:00pm, Thursdays in Earl Hall- Lobby - Bwog
4:00pm, Thursdays in Earl Hall- LobbyBwog, NY - 3 hours agoIf you're interested in sharing poetry, whether it's your own work or favorites from others, please e-mail Jenny at jenny@postcrypt.info and Osekre at ...
- SCENES: ‘Dining by Design’: The Arts Council of Princeton: There’s ... - Princeton Packet
SCENES: ‘Dining by Design’: The Arts Council of Princeton: There’s ...Princeton Packet, NJ - 1 hour agoBy Christian Kirkpatrick Special Writer It was quite a reunion at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts. Hundreds of supporters of the Arts Council of ...
- A literal quilting bee. Photo from http://www.nanduadesign.com/ - Examiner.com
Examiner.comA literal quilting bee. Photo from http://www.nanduadesign.com/Examiner.com - 4 hours ago... and another made the label, incorporating poetry and ribbons from our invitations! Here's a picture of us wrapped in our wedding quilt. To find a bee, ...
- The Lobo Threesome (University of New Mexico Daily Lobo)
New Musical Express announced The Subways' All or Nothing release is UK's best rock album of the year. These must be dull and uninspiring times if this is the yardstick by which we measure good rock.
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