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- Interfaith community seeks common ground (Ashland Daily Tidings)
A Christian, a Muslim, a Hindu and an atheist walk into a room on Sunday. It's a scene that could begin like a stereotypical joke about religion but instead of a punch line, there will be a message.
- Untidy metaphors - Anchorage Daily News (subscription)
Untidy metaphorsAnchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - 3 hours agoJones initially studied and wrote poetry but turned to theater because of the scope of her ideas. She describes the difference between the two genres in ...
- Cowboy poet, singer are performing in Reno - North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Cowboy poet, singer are performing in RenoNorth Lake Tahoe Bonanza, NV - 23 minutes agoIf you would like to submit poetry, a book review of your own or what your book club is reading email bpwhyman@sbcglobal.net.
- New U.S. poet laureate, Kay Ryan, is a lesbian - Oregonian
Arguably more interesting than her sexual orientation is the tidbit that when newly crowned U.S. poet Laureate Kay Ryan was rejected from the Poetry Club as an undergraduate at UCLA. While the New York Times article profiling the newly recognized ...
- Skating into his 81st year (Weymouth News)
He ice skates. He composes songs. He writes short stories. He babysits for three grandchildren. He tends to his vegetable garden. He delivers Meals on Wheels. He is an usher and greeter at Sacred Heart Church. Sept. 22 was his 80th birthday. He barely had time to celebrate it.
- What's On: Weekday Planner (Toronto Star)
For events on the weekend, please see the Night & Day Weekend Listings. Eagles perform shows Mon., Tues. and again Jul. 24 at 8 p.m. ($45-$185 at 416-870-8000). Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay St.
- If I Were You ... for the week of Sept. 25 - Ann Arbor News Blog
The following are my totally subjective picks for the Top 5 most-entertaining entertainment options happening in the next seven days. If I were you, I would totally do this stuff: Erik Holladay, Citizen Patriot Julie Tylutki ladles out some of the ...
- People, Places and Things - Worcester Telegram
People, Places and ThingsWorcester Telegram, MA - Aug 6, 2008Freeman, 71, and Demaris Meyer, 48, of Memphis, Tenn., were taken to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis following the accident on a dark stretch of ...
- Word: Notes on the local scene - WilliametteLive.com
Word: Notes on the local sceneWilliametteLive.com, OR - 2 hours ago"Poetry: Writing a Keepsake" is a course in which Instructor Nancy Myers will lead participants to learn that poetry can be fun and stress-free. ...
- 'Solutionist' tackles downtown wall (Enterprise Mountaineer)
For Waynesville resident Rick Bohleber, the brick wall across from SunTrust Bank had been “screaming for a mural for 30 years, at least.”
- Fourth annual writer's conference held at NU (Daily Northwestern)
Between Aug 13 and 16, fiction writers, editors, critics and other literary figures will meet at Northwestern for the fourth annual summer writers' conference, set to take place in University Hall, 1987 Sheridan Rd. The conference is designed around providing an understanding of the business and craft of writing to both new and established writers.
- Local's script now a film - Arizona Daily Star
After a two years of screenwriting, film production and festival visits, now comes the easy part for Tucson screenwriter Will Conroy — sitting back and watching his film "Transsiberian" come to life for audiences. "The best thing about that, for me ...
- Chordsmen helped children - La Crosse Tribune
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Coulee Region would like to thank the Coulee Chordsmen for selecting us as the beneficiary of their recent Harmony Under the Stars concert. It was a beautiful evening, with lots of marvelous singing. Thanks all of the ...
- Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, star of Spike Lee's 'When the Levees Broke,' puts her unique spin on Katrina in a raw new book. (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
"I truly believe that home is where the heart is and when you say 'New Orleans,' you might as well say 'my heart,' " said Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, leaning forward with characteristic intensity. "This city is for people who really love it, really want to see it come back.
- Puccini’s heroines - Star-ecentral.com
HE was deemed a poor and indisciplined music student by his uncle, yet Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), the famed Italian composer renowned for his operas, went on to write classics of the genre like Tosca, Madamme Butterfly and La Boheme, among others ...
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