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- Region briefs (The Star Press)
The Hartford City Arts Council's sixth annual "Summer Concert on the Courthouse Square" will be at 7:30 p.m. July 16 on the west side of the courthouse lawn (High Street).
- Sent Home: The suspension gap (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Black students are far more likely to be suspended from school than are their white classmates -- and Minnesota's disparity in suspensions is twice the national average. Why? What are the consequences?
- Helping kids discover poetry - phillyBurbs.com
Helping kids discover poetryphillyBurbs.com, PA - 42 minutes agoThere are many forms of poetry that don't use rhyme. Children's free expression and thoughts are beautiful to read and should not be bogged down with ...
- Former boxing champ finds solace in writing, will speak at workshop - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Former boxing champ finds solace in writing, will speak at workshopRochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - 1 hour agoMurray says he writes every day — in his journal, on scraps of paper or on his cell phone — whether it's poetry he composes in his head or a quote he thinks ...
- What To Do (The Chronicle-Journal)
How to do ’what to do‘ What To Do is a free listing of special events in the city and region. Priority will be given to community groups, non-profit organizations and family activities. It is not intended as a free listing for businesses which have other promotional options within the newspaper.
- In times of turmoil, rumors abound in China - Contra Costa Times
In times of turmoil, rumors abound in ChinaContra Costa Times, CA - May 18, 2008... rumors about the quake online, without explaining what the punishment was. Rumors are an integral part of Chinese folk history, songs and poetry. ...
- Io: Christians and Patriots - OpEdNews
Io: Christians and PatriotsOpEdNews, PA - Jul 1, 2008What you will find is beautiful poetry that tells the Truth: that it’sa deeply personal and deeply well… deep fucking thing between you and the Universe. ...
- 10 movie picks from the director of the festival - The Daily Planet
10 movie picks from the director of the festivalThe Daily Planet, CO - 23 minutes ago“As a filmmaker, [Scher] manages to transform everyday phenomena such as winter and water, things we tend to take for granted, into visual poetry,†...
- Jess: Pregnancy isn't sexy - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Jess: Pregnancy isn't sexyPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 6 hours agoThe presidency of the first African American will ripple throughout arts, sports and more, said Spike, whose films include "Malcolm X" and "Do the Right ...
- Nabokov's final, incomplete work to be published - CBC News
The book world is buzzing with the news that Vladimir Nabokov's son is set to defy the wishes of his father by publishing his final, unfinished novel. Before his death in 1977, the Lolita author called on his family to destroy the incomplete ...
- Reversing the Tide: Professor Gives Due to Self-Taught Poets - Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityReversing the Tide: Professor Gives Due to Self-Taught PoetsIllinois Wesleyan University, IL - 22 minutes agoIn Prandi’s latest book, The Poetry of the Self-Taught: An Eighteenth-Century Phenomenon (Peter Lang Publishing, May 2008), she adopts the term “self-taught ...
- Pensioner wins fight to build wind turbine - News & Star
News & StarPensioner wins fight to build wind turbineNews & Star, UK - 3 hours agoHe said his wife, Isabele, 73, had “given up being surprised†by his projects which also include poetry and ballroom dancing. But he expected that his plan ...
- Prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize goes to Blaser and Ashbery - 680 News
TORONTO - Robin Blaser, poet and professor emeritus from Simon Fraser University, was handed the prestigious Griffin Prize for Canadian poetry on Wednesday night. Blaser was joined by John Ashbery, who took home the international Griffin poetry prize ...
- McGuinty defends Ont. tax credits for racy film; politicians are not ... - 680 News
TORONTO - Politicians should not engage in censorship of movies, art, literature or architecture, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Wednesday as he defended the use of provincial tax credits to help fund a controversial new movie about the sex ...
- Be concerned about children - La Crosse Tribune
I am writing in response to the June 25 article regard-ing child abuse charges in La Crosse. It is difficult to imagine a child being hurt other than by accidental means. However, domestic abuse is in our community and children experience it and are ...
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