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- Hundreds gather to remember Miriam Makeba's life (CTV.ca)
A trumpet wailed and poetry soared Saturday as South Africans remembered "Mama Africa," Miriam Makeba, for her music and her commitment to human rights.
- Group Swamps Swing States With Islam Movie - Washington Post
A New York-based organization has sent copies of a movie about Islamist extremism to more than 28 million houses and religious institutions in presidential election battleground states over the past several weeks. The 60-minute documentary-style ...
- EIPHD schedules flu clinics (The Challis Messenger)
Flu season is right around the corner and Eastern Idaho Public Health District (EIPHD) has scheduled flu shot clinics in Challis and Mackay. It is estimated that approximately 36,000 people die in the U.S. every year due ro complications from the flu.
- Oedipus, NT Olivier, London In the Red and Brown Water, Young Vic, London The White Devil, Menier Chocolate Factory, ... (Independent)
Ralph Fiennes' Oedipus is on top of the world. In director Jonathan Kent's new modern-dress vision of Sophocles' tragedy, Fiennes strides from the gilded portal of his Theban palace. The ground beneath his feet is domed like the curvature of the earth. Shorn-headed, this is a leader exuding aristo-thuggish potency, like a glaring polar bear.
- Begalka: First train-powered tour tracks art through county - Northwest Herald
Duke Ellington had the right idea years ago: “Take The A Train.†The first McHenry County Arts Train leaves the Crystal Lake downtown Metra station at 9:51 a.m. Oct. 18, for the first of three venues. Starting at 10:30 a.m., the Starline Gallery ...
- James Lenfestey's "Daughter" - Seattle Times
James Lenfestey's "Daughter"Seattle Times, United States - 1 hour agoAmerican Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the ...
- The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam - guardian.co.uk
The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslamguardian.co.uk, UK - 46 minutes agoHis most apocalyptic book, The Road, had a strain of almost Yeatsian poetry, but Nadeem Aslam, dealing with situations hardly less extreme, ...
- Wordstock bucks the downtrend - Oregonian
The Oregonian Steve Perry, co-author of "Star Wars: Death Star," signs his books after his reading, supported by Cloud City Garrison members, Portland/Vancouver chapter of the 501st Vaders Fist. In the teeth of a tough economy, with sponsors dropping ...
- Read This Only if Truly Bored - New York Times Blogs
The following message contains no content of interest to the average reader. It is the equivalent of a station-identification ad on TV, with only slightly more information. This message is to inform you that the Freakonomics blog will be migrating ...
- Bookstores tell a tale of dying Urdu - Times of India
Bookstores tell a tale of dying UrduTimes of India, India - 7 hours agoWith sales dipping, Urdu literature and poetry that was an addiction earlier, is becoming a rare sight. Though these books are fast disappearing from the ...
- Passchendaele: Gross' personal odyssey - Toronto Sun
Paul Gross was searching for the poetry when he crafted Passchendaele, his epic film about Canadian tragedy and valour in the First World War. Not the "sappy adolescent poetry" he wrote as a teen when his maternal grandfather, WWI veteran Michael ...
- Moving back home doesn't solve a woman's problems in 'Beauty in ... - Silicon Valley's Metro
Silicon Valley's MetroMoving back home doesn't solve a woman's problems in 'Beauty in ...Silicon Valley's Metro, CA - 13 hours agoHansard's "Falling Slowly," aka "The Endlessly Repeated Oscar-Winning Love Theme From Once," turns up, whether you wanted to hear it again or not. ...
- Center merges creative mediums and research to narrate Hispanic ... - Arizona State University
Arizona State UniversityCenter merges creative mediums and research to narrate Hispanic ...Arizona State University, Tempe - 2 hours agoIts strength lies in publishing dynamic art books, poetry and literature by or about Hispanics in the US The press publishes both established and emerging ...
- The North Star: A Moving Target - Space News
One of my earliest memories of looking up at the night sky happened when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I was visiting an uncle of mine, and on an early fall evening at dusk he pointed almost directly over our heads at a brilliant, bluish-white star ...
- Most expensive new book arrives in US from Italy - International Herald Tribune
The AgeMost expensive new book arrives in US from ItalyInternational Herald Tribune, France - Nov 25, 2008The book is filled with photographs of Michelangelo's drawings and sculptures — creations from the Sistine Chapel ceiling to his very personal poetry. ...Would you pay $100000 for a book? Chicago Sun-TimesMost expensive new book arrives in NY from Italy The Associated PressMost expensive new book arrives in US Hürriyetall 279 news articles
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