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- Things to Go and Do - like join the Hoot (Portsmouth Herald)
The 2008-2009 Poetry Hoot season with the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 at Café Espresso, 738 Islington St., (Plaza 800) Portsmouth. Featured readers will be Kate Aset and Hugh Hennedy. At 8 p.m. an open mic will be...
- One last song helps to mourn departed friend (Greensboro News & Record)
More than 400 people turned out Saturday to celebrate the life of Ransom Hobbs in the way he would have appreciated most — with song, leavened by both laughter and tears. Hobbs, an accomplished musician, was killed the morning of Sept. 13 in an apparent assault and arson at an apartment on Summit Avenue. Friends from throughout the Southeast joined his family in the hourlong celebration of ...
- Netlets for Saturday, Aug. 30 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
I dont know, about this pick. I have my reservations. What about the Scandal that Palin is in. See her full background info, Pictures, and … read more the Scandal at http://www.theveep.com Even though he was passed over as John McCain's running ...
- 'Waltzing' heartfelt, poignant (The Wichita Eagle)
"Waltzing in Heaven," an original bluegrass/country musical built around the 1970 plane crash that killed half the Wichita State football team, isn't a big, flashy show with glossy production values and instant musical hit after hit. But it is a pleasant and poignant tale with hummable, approachable music -- from polka to waltz to ballad by composer Rick Lopez -- about everyday down-home ...
- Nightlife Calendar: 08/29/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Short's Brewing Company, Chain 'O' Lakes Music Festival Aug. 29 with Rose Fraser 8 p.m., Pinky Lee Band 9 p.m., The Ragbirds 10 p.m., $6 cover; Chain 'O' Lakes Music Festival Aug. 30 with Hi-Lo with Luke Winslow, Susan Fawcett, Daisy May Erlewine and Seth Bernard 8 p.m., The Squeaky Clean Cretins 9:30 p.m. and Who Hit John? 11 p.m., $6 cover; Dawn Patrol 8 p.m. Sept. 5; Boyne River Remedy 8 p.m. ...
- What good is the Bard to book-shunning boys? - Guardian Blogs
Yet again last week, the reading abilities of boys were up for discussion: "Sats results ... revealed a particular problem with boys' reading ability. One in five 14-year-old boys has a reading age below what's expected of an 11-year-old ." The Today ...
- God and John McCain - Arkansas Times
Matt Taibbi on politics and religion -- smart, outrageous, blasphemous, funny. His latest is a tour de force on John McCain's half-hearted outreach to the Republican evangelical base, which includes a newfound devotion to regular church attendance ...
- Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom - DVDTimes.co.uk
Salò or The 120 Days of SodomDVDTimes.co.uk, UK - 19 minutes agoPhilo Bregstein's 1981 documentary Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die (58:16) examines Pasolini’s whole career, looking specifically at his poetry, writings, ...
- PAL announces literary awards - The Post
The PostPAL announces literary awardsThe Post, Pakistan - Aug 5, 2008Urdu poetry `Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal Award' is given to Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi on his book "Arz-o-Sama." In Urdu prose, `Baba-i-Urdu Molvi Abdul Haq Award' is ...
- James Crumley; inspired generation of crime writers; 68 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
James Crumley, 68, whose poetic and violent tales of crime in the American West made him a patron saint of the post-Vietnam private eye novel, died of complications from kidney and pulmonary diseases Sept. 16 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont., where he lived.
- Museum displays historic books - Stuttgart Daily Leader
Museum displays historic booksStuttgart Daily Leader, AR - 6 hours agoWe have a poetry book from Longfellow and "The Jungle Book" in German by Rudyard Kipling. Q. Do you have any elementary school books read in a one-room ...
- Artist opens first solo show at Vienna - Journal and Courier
Artist opens first solo show at ViennaJournal and Courier, IN - 2 hours agoTupac Shakur's poetry has spoken to Bass for years. The slain rap star is shown in the charcoal piece "The Good Die Young." Bass completed "C'mon America," ...
- Troupe has a nose for classic story - Trading Markets (press release)
Troupe has a nose for classic storyTrading Markets (press release), CA - Aug 9, 20089--If any classic play offers an artful fusion of romance, comedy, poetry and tragedy comparable to that of Shakespeare's best, Cyrano de Bergerac does. ...
- Non-trad freshman young at heart (Advance Titan)
Patricia Goetz’s two oldest grandchildren go to college in Wisconsin. Like most grandmas, Goetz listens to her grandchildren when they talk about classes, professors and exams. But unlike those other grandmas, Goetz can compare notes.
- WNMU professor to speak at Rizal conference - Deming Headlight
SILVER CITY — Most Americans are unfamiliar with Jose Rizal. Western New Mexico University Professor Jean Hall considers herself a student of the life of the Rizal, a Philippine hero. Executed by the Spanish colonials as a traitor in 1896, Rizal's ...
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