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- Karin Fossum veers from Sejer to a new style of darkness - News.com.au
WHAT better for Karin Fossum after an extended career of poetry, short stories and the acclaimed Inspector Sejer Mysteries than this? A woman awakens in the dead of night to glimpse a stranger lurking in her bedroom. Not threatening in any murderous ...
- "Blackbird" at Artists Repertory Theatre (The Oregonian)
Several years ago a precocious pop star had a hit with a song that proudly asserted that "age ain't nothin' but a number." Perhaps so. But consider these numbers: 12 and 40.
- Barfly: Getting a lesson from a mysterious absintheur - Marin Independent-Journal
Barfly: Getting a lesson from a mysterious absintheurMarin Independent-Journal, CA - 2 hours agoI was to meet him at his friend's house where another friend would "host us." It had the feel of going over to that kid's dorm room in college; ...
- Book tells of local pair's interracial friendship - Arlington Heights Post
In their new book, Growing Up Ebony and Ivory: A Conversation Between Two Women , published by AuthorHouse, local residents Lim DePriest and Joyce Elizabeth Norman chronicle their interracial friendship. DePriest is a graduate of Mundelein College ...
- St. Petersburg-raised Angela Bassett begins stint on NBC's 'ER' - St. Petersburg Times
Bassett in her senior year photo in 1976. She graduated from Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport. When film actor Angela Bassett was considering a substantial role on NBC's long-running medical drama, ER , she particularly remembers one actor ...
- Learning made fun: Uni camp gives taste of high school life (The Champaign News-Gazette)
URBANA – In an echoing dance studio at the University of Illinois, children are kicking and screaming. And in this case, it's a good thing. The kicking comes when the kids, mostly ages 9-11, practice their moves at University Laboratory High School's summer camp, where sessions range from a week learning how to program a robot to another week creating spoken-word poetry.
- Plenty going on in the Vale today (Saturday) - Bucks Herald
VALE Park in Aylesbury will be a hive of activity today (Saturday), one of many events around the Vale. Events on today (Saturday) includes: PARKLIFE: A full programme of entertainment for all the family including theatre, sports, music, arts and ...
- Fitting farewell to Palestinian poet - BBC News
BBC NewsFitting farewell to Palestinian poetBBC News, UK - 10 minutes agoExile was a major theme in his life and his poetry, as Leila Jammal - also from the Acre area originally but long resident in the US - recalled as she ...
- Obama accepts historic nomination, takes aim at McCain in speech (Honolulu Advertiser)
DENVER — Sen. Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination last night was what many nervous Democrats were hoping for: a forceful challenge to Sen. John McCain and the Republicans, and a restatement of the message to change Washington and the nation that propelled him to the nomination.
- Exclusive interview with Quentin Bryce - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
From country girl to Governor-General, for Quentin Bryce it is the culmination of a stellar career. For five decades, she has made her mark in the legal world and the women's movement. Kerry O’Brien has an exclusive interview with the trailblazer ...
- Cultural Center Events Announced - EKUpdate
Cultural Center Events AnnouncedEKUpdate, KY - 1 hour agoTuesday, Oct. 21, 6-10 pm, “Poetry Slam,†original spoken word program, Cultural Center, 110 Powell, co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student ...
- Olde Towne Alive Block party canceled - Covington News Banner
Due to the threat of high winds and heavy rainfall from the fringes of Hurricane Ike, the Olde Towne Alive Block Party to be held tonight has been cancelled. However the Poetry Storm show is still scheduled to go on as planned tonight at 7:30 p.m. in ...
- Del Martin, 87, pioneering lesbian activist (San Jose Mercury News)
Del Martin, a strident and eloquent voice in the early gay and lesbian civil rights movement in America, died Wednesday in San Francisco not long after enjoying perhaps the hardest-won prize of her lifelong cause -- legal marriage to Phyllis Lyon, her longtime partner. Martin was 87.
- Jack Ridl series lineup features hip-hop artist (The Grand Rapids Press)
HOLLAND -- The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series lineup for 2008-09 includes a hip-hop artist who is a cultural ambassador with the U.S. State Department and the Great Lakes Colleges Association's three major honorees for its 2008 New Writers Awards....
- Schmidt composition to be showcased at State Fair - Journal
ST. PAUL - Brian Schmidt, a native of New Ulm, has written an original choral composition that will be showcased at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23 at the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota Valley Chorale (based in Mankato) and the Prairie Arts ...
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