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- Ready for the world: CSU-Monterey Bay graduates 12th class - Monterey County Herald
Ready for the world: CSU-Monterey Bay graduates 12th classMonterey County Herald, CA - May 18, 2008Mexican immigrant and US citizen Isai Ambrosio, whose poem, "Picking Blueberries," was selected for inclusion in this summer's Monterey Poetry Review. ...
- Iranian Ambassador visits Cambridge - Cambridge Network
Cambridge NetworkIranian Ambassador visits CambridgeCambridge Network, UK - 1 hour agoPeter Avery's lifelong interest in Persian poetry began when he was introduced to a translation of the poems of Omar Kayyam as a child. ...
- In transit - The Times
In transitThe Times, South Africa - 3 minutes agoThe UK’s Dolman Best Travel Book Award 2008 has been won by John Lucas, a former poetry editor, for 92 Acharnon Street, a portrait of Greece. ...
- Teen Activities (Palo Alto Weekly)
Youth Speaks Poetry Performance Featuring poets from HBO's Def Poetry, teen poetry slam champions & all-star poets. At 2 & 4 p.m. Sun., June 1, Free. For more information, call Evy Schiffman at 650-917-6800 ext. 305 or e-mail eschiffman@arts4all.org or visit www.arts4all.org . Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View
- Candidates Gone Wild: Politics as Entertainment - Oregonian
Wannabe city leaders, political junkies (myself included), and people looking for some beer-fueled entertainment on a weekday evening made their way to the Roseland Theater Monday night for Candidates Gone Wild . This it-could-only-happen-in-Portland ...
- Sherman Lee, who led the Cleveland Museum of Art to global renown ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sherman Lee, the Cleveland Museum of Art's director from 1958 to 1983, bought many of the most famous pieces in its collection and cemented its global reputation. Sherman Lee, who led the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1958 to 1983 and was hailed ...
- THE LAST OF MR. NORRIS—Christopher Isherwood—Morrow ($2.50). - Time
Up-to-date readers of up-to-date English poetry know the names, though they may not have the numbers, of Poets Wyant Hugh Auden and Stephen Spender (TIME, Oct. 1). The first books of both Auden and Spender were dedicated to one Christopher Isherwood ...
- Making music together (Business Standard India)
Da-Saz, whose maiden album Jet Lag will be out soon, is a unique "band", bringing together global music and musicians. Dhruv Sangari's voice cuts beautifully through the sunny summer afternoon, its strains, as fresh as an early morning raga, reverberating with an earthy, rustic feel.
- Capathia Jenkins & Louis Rosen: One Ounce of Truth - Broadway World
For many Broadway buffs, the idea of pairing poetry and song starts and stops at Cats, The Musical . But composer Louis Rosen and Broadway vocalist Capathia Jenkins prove the possibilities are endless.
- When a movie hurts too much to watch (Chicago Sun-Times)
The blog entry "In Search of Redemption" inspired an outpouring of reader comments remarkable not only for their number but for their intelligence and thought. It became obvious that many of us go to the movies seeking some sort of release or healing.
- Honor Your Mother (Tri-County Journal)
The Journal has asked its readers to supply us with loving comments about their mother or wife to run as a tribute to them for Mother’s Day, which is coming up Sunday.
- Asia's love of 'living art' koi fish growing (Straits Times)
KOI, an ornamental fish which enthusiasts liken to a moving work of art, are gaining popularity across Asia thanks to changing lifestyles and increasingly sophisticated tastes, experts say.
- Their Bad War, &c. - Article.nationalreview.com
T here came a time when liberal Democrats decided Afghanistan was the Good War and Iraq was the Bad War. This was about the time the Afghan effort appeared successful and the Iraq effort not. So the big word became “distractionâ€: The Afghan War ...
- Jeune Lune recalled: Our theater scene will be darker when we can't bask in the Lune light (Pioneer Press)
Memory is the most potent legacy of live performance, so as Theatre de la Jeune Lune wanes, it seems apt to recall some of the company's best moments from its three decades of sometimes brilliant, sometimes turbulent life.
- How a ballerina commits fraud - Globe and Mail
The Word Play files are near to bursting, and must be winnowed. Beware the casual metaphor. The Canadian Press's report on a fire that destroyed much of a military armoury this spring included this sentence: "Lt.-Col. [Eric] Gosselin said Quebec City ...
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