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- Love in the desert - Khaleej Times
Khaleej TimesLove in the desertKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 21 minutes agoThus begins a Bedouin poem, believed to be written in 1971, describing a beautiful camel. The desert animal, praised in the Holy Koran, and a fundamental ...
- NEA awards 'Big Read' grants (Contra Costa Times)
LOS ANGELES — The National Endowment for the Arts announced Monday that more than 200 organizations nationwide will receive grants totaling $2.8 million to host The Big Read, an initiative meant to restore book reading in American culture.
- Footprints on the stand: who wrote the poem? - National Post
Footprints on the stand: who wrote the poem?National Post, Canada - 7 hours agoBasil Zangare claims that his mother, a former nurse and showgirl, wrote the poem as a child in the 1930s. Inspired by a cat's footprint in the snow, ...
- It's Happening -VILLAGER - Inside Toronto
HUMBERCREST UNITED CHURCH hosts its 43rd annual from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This year's sale features china, linens, jewelry, books, toys, sports equipment, clothing for all, glassware, pots and pans, and much more. A snack bar is also available ...
- Bay Area music legends Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill play - Pacifica Tribune
Bay Area music legends Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill playPacifica Tribune, CA - 19 minutes agoI've always been in love with words and as a young girl would sit alone in my room and read poetry aloud. Oh, I was such a dweeb!" Where has her music taken ...
- Across Acadiana - The Daily Advertiser
Across AcadianaThe Daily Advertiser, LA - 1 hour agoAs part of the program, Poet Laureate Darrell Bourque will present poetry readings and discussions. After, he will be available for signings of his new book ...
- Treachery, a lynch mob murder, a beautiful slave girl and the ... - Daily Mail
When the Queen was introduced to an urbane Turkish diplomat at a garden party in the grounds of the British Embassy in Ankara last week, the conversation turned to Boris Johnson's election as the Mayor of London. With pride, Selim Kuneralp, a ...
- You're on! Anybody can be a star at Cleveland's many open-mike nights - Cleveland Plain Dealer
There's an old Swedish proverb often quoted by inspirational gurus: "Don't die with your music still in you." Open-mike nights mean no one has to. Whether your soul's "music" is stand-up comedy, poetry or song, you can share it at one of many amateur ...
- TV’s ’Laugh-in’ comic Dick Martin dies in Calif - Boston Herald
L OS ANGELES - Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has ...
- In d'Harnoncourt's death, city loses art-world treasure - Philadelphia Daily News
In d'Harnoncourt's death, city loses art-world treasurePhiladelphia Daily News, PA - 27 minutes ago"I don't know that I have inherited the talent, but I have inherited the love of working out ways to show objects that will let them make a case for ...
- Young Poets Share in Bryant Park (WCBS 880 New York)
Books in Bryant Park April is for Poetry Paul Murnane was there. This is our weak attempt at a Haiku, but there were much better ones today as part of New York City's honor to the Month of Poetry. READ MORE>>
- BC Book Prizes awarded - Georgia Straight
The 24th annual BC Book Prizes gala took place April 26 at the Fairmont Waterfront hotel, where a total of $19,000 in prize money was handed out. Mary Novik took home the $2,000 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for her debut novel, Conceit. The $2,000 ...
- Walk to stop child sexual abuse June 1 - Inside Toronto
Walk to stop child sexual abuse June 1Inside Toronto, Canada - 2 hours agoThe walk will be preceded by a hour of music, poetry, photography and art. Guests include Lee Maracle, Raw Taiko Drummers, Sharon Simone, Glenn Marais, ...
- Washington Post Wins 6 Pulitzers - New York Times
New York TimesWashington Post Wins 6 PulitzersNew York Times, United States - Apr 7, 2008Two prizes were awarded for poetry, to Robert Hass, for “Time and Materials,” and to Philip Schultz for “Failure.” David Lang won the award for music, ...
- Don Imus in hot water again; Rikki Rockett isn't, and he's celebrating ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Don Imus is dining on toes again after his latest "open mouth, insert foot" moment. Oops, he did it again. Don Imus, who apparently loves nothing more than a beatdown from the Rev. Al Sharpton, drew another one Monday by wondering on air about the ...
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