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- Goose was one bad mother - but she helps kids read (Montreal Gazette)
In the age of This Little Piggy Went to Prada, it's easy to get misty-eyed over the diminishing appeal of traditional nursery rhymes. But when Mother Goose is fêted nationally today for her contributions to literacy and storytelling, let's remember that despite the sentimental memories her name evokes, the icon of childhood poetry was one bad mother.
- Noted black poets to be featured at Greensburg readings (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
The readings, planned in conjunction with the annual Cave Canem Foundation writing retreat at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, are scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday in Village Hall at UPG and 6:30 p.m. June 26 at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg.
- Fabulous Fringe - Moscow News
Fabulous FringeMoscow News, Russia - 10 hours agoBelieve it or not, Scottish culture does extend beyond love poetry and haggis. ‘The Festival,' as Scots call it, incorporates the best of Scottish, ...
- The Thinking Girl's Barbie? - Slate
The Thinking Girl's Barbie?Slate - 1 hour agoThey were poetry in themselves. Torie, you had almost as many dolls as the Obama girls! What made you decide to "commit" to the dolls you did? ...
- Taking the Kids: Youth art exhibit at the De Young Museum (Contra Costa Times)
Celebrate the Bay Area's youngest artists at the venerable De Young Art Museum with a week of special, family-friendly activities.
- Lathrop student helps make groundbreaking archeological discovery - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Lathrop student helps make groundbreaking archeological discoveryFairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK - 1 hour agoIn his free time, Williams participates on Lathrop’s Academic Decathlon team. He also enjoys hanging out with his friends and has recently taken up poetry ...
- Days are good for Bernville-bred singer Priscilla Ahn - Reading Eagle
Days are good for Bernville-bred singer Priscilla AhnReading Eagle, PA - 2 hours agoI was always into reading, creative writing and poetry, so this became a new way for me to express myself." Soon Ahn was writing songs, and performing at ...
- Tim Harford's top 10 undercover economics books (Guardian Unlimited)
Tim Harford's new book, The Logic of Life: Uncovering the new economics of everything, argues that the most unexpected people - oversexed teenagers, Las Vegas slot addicts, juvenile delinquents and even your boss - are rational, unconsciously weighing up risks and rewards and complying with economic logic. The author of The Undercover Economist, Harford is fond of unearthing economics in ...
- Jay Parini: A case of poetic justice -- literally - The Capital Times
Jay Parini: A case of poetic justice -- literallyThe Capital Times, WI - Jul 2, 2008As it happened, I had just finished a book called "Why Poetry Matters," a study on the role poetry can play in our daily lives that deals extensively with ...
- School News: NE area towns (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Poetry Contest The following are the winners of the Penfield Public Library's annual Teen Poetry Contest: Sixth Grade Division: 1. Rebecca Markajani, Bay Trail Middle School, Footprints in the Sand; 2. Aamir Zain, Allendale Columbia School, Excitement; 3. Alex Whitehair, Village Elementary School, Life as a Roller Coaster.
- Bolton residents graduate from Lawrence Academy - Bolton Common
Bolton residents graduate from Lawrence AcademyBolton Common, MA - 6 hours agoA finalist in his junior year poetry recitation competition, Chris also appeared on stage in the one-act Black Comedy, the musical Strike Up the Band, and, ...
- Summer Fun in Humboldt Co - Humboldt Beacon
Summer Fun in Humboldt CoHumboldt Beacon, CA - 11 minutes agoWeekly themes include poetry, song writing, plays and scripts, iIlustrating, cartooning, and lettering. The academy is for students in grades 4 to 9. ...
- Historic event goes Saturday (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
The 125th annual Doan’s May Picnic spreads over the lawn of the historic Doan’s Adobe on Saturday.
- Creators of cool (Boston Globe)
REYKJAVÃK - The Thursday before last, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, president of Iceland, welcomed artists, organizers, and others to his tidy residence on a narrow peninsula to shake hands and sip wine. Outdoors, terns darted above a calm bay and the tilting headstones of a cemetery. Inside, the white-haired head of state stood in a salon beneath a large canvas in ...
- Optimism on canvas - The Daily Tribune
Italy-based, Bicol-born artist Lina Llaguno-Ciani held a one-woman show last February at the Galleria Duemila, the 34th in her artistic career. It was titled “After the Rain,†and was inspired by the Typhoon “Reming’s†fury in 2006, which ...
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