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- Astros bring out veteran for Spanish TV (w/ video) (Houston Chronicle)
Fifty years after he broke into the big leagues as one of Major League Baseball's first Spanish-language radio announcers, Rene Cardenas makes his U.S. television play-by-play debut today with the Astros.
- Lou Reed, Royal Albert Hall, London - The Independent
Lou Reed's performance of his 1973 album in its entirety shows that some things are better left in the past The last time I reviewed Lou Reed in this column, I made what I thought was a fairly transparent joke about taking heroin in the toilets ...
- 16 (cool) things to do this weekend (Daily Dispatch)
AYEYE! What a fab weekend I had with rappers in PE last week. I’m still hung over from isiXhosa hip-hop. Anyway, East London is on fire this weekend with DJ Fresh making his way to our shores tonight and there’s a couple of fun charity events you can check out with your family.
- Diaries show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison - Forbes
Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. The London-based Al-Hayat said the comments came in portions of Saddam's ...
- Melinger learned craft of writing from best - Baytown Sun
While helping to run The Style Shoppe, a family-owned business on Texas Avenue, Al Melinger wrote a guest column every now and then for The Baytown Sun. When his columns did appear, under the standing headline “Sporadically,†they were well worth ...
- Martin McGuinness makes parting gift of poetry to Ian Paisley (Times Online)
They once were deadly enemies, but poetry is the language that Martin McGuinness chose to express his feelings to Ian Paisley about the parting of politics’ oddest couple.
- NOTES AROUND TOWN (Atlanticville)
The Shrewsbury Chorale will hold a gift raffle fundraiser at 7 p.m. tonight at the Radisson Hotel, 50 Gibson Place, Freehold Township. Admission is $30 and includes desserts, entertainment and a set of raffle tickets. Additional tickets will be available at the event. For reservations, call 732-776- 5276. For information, visit www.shrewsburychorale. org.
- Documentary opens summer poetry series - Asbury Park Press
Documentary opens summer poetry seriesAsbury Park Press, NJ - 4 hours agoTonight's program is dedicated to the life and legacy of the mid-century American poet Charles Olson (1910-1970), who came into his own in the decades ...
- Where the Neighborhood Has No Name - New York Times Blogs
We’ve written before on whether a child’s first name has any effect on life outcomes, and whether street names have any effect on housing prices. What if a neighborhood changes its name? Ask the residents of South Central Los Angeles. Actually ...
- Mission to offer program for youth - Times-West Virginian
Mission to offer program for youthTimes-West Virginian, WV - 3 hours agoWorkshops will be held in music, art, drama, poetry and creative writing, he said. “And these workshops are free to all middle and high school kids who want ...
- Makkah Emir inaugurates Jeddah summer fest - Saudi Gazette
Jeddah – Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah, inaugurated the 29th Jeddah Summer Festival here on Wednesday. More than 4,000 people witnessed the opening ceremony at Obhur beach. The festival events started with colorful fireworks that lit up ...
- Slim Pickings? Not on This Langhorne's List! - Jewish Exponent
Jewish ExponentSlim Pickings? Not on This Langhorne's List!Jewish Exponent, PA - 2 hours ago"I had been just writing little stories and poetry and stuff like that, like a lot of kids," he recalls on the phone from eastern Oregon. ...
- Books in Brief: Capsule reviews of recently released books (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
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- Many-layered 'Eurydice' takes journey beyond death (The Morning Call)
''Eurydice,'' Sarah Ruhl's updated interpretation of the Greek myth about Orpheus's journey to the underworld to save his wife, Eurydice, is not the first play Ruhl has had produced by the Wilma Theater.
- Why everyone wants to make a Dylan Thomas movie - Guardian Blogs
Nice aura, shame about the poetry ... Matthew Rhys as Dylan Thomas in Edge of Love Dylan Thomas , dead for 55 years, still continues to fascinate.
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