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- Sorted out for rhymes and lines: the secret of great lyrics (Independent)
On a recent trip to Brazil, I commented to the bossa nova-era songwriter Carlos Lyra that so many of the great Brazilian songs contain the word coracao – heart – in them. "It's so romantic," I said to Lyra. "It seems that Brazilians can't help but sing of the pain and the joy in their hearts." "Actually," Lyra replied, "there's another reason. Coracao is the easiest word in the Portuguese ...
- Prose, poetry and wine tasting - Lompoc Record
Prose, poetry and wine tastingLompoc Record, CA - 9 hours agoBy Marell Brooks Retired educator and local author Rick Schmidt will discuss his young adult fiction at 6:30 pm Thursday, May 29, as part of the Village ...
- Getting a Little Bit Crazy in Iraq Watch Generation Kill , read the ... - Slate
Prized Fray regular wmccomninel watched Generation Kill , read the review in "Culturebox", and started a great thread which led to his laying this thought on the line: My own life was negatively affected by serving in both wars in Iraq, that much is ...
- "All's Well That Ends Well" at the Old Globe Theatre - SanDiego.com
"All's Well That Ends Well" at the Old Globe TheatreSanDiego.com, CA - 2 hours agoBy Welton Jones Other than the occasional burst of poetry and some swaggering second bananas, there’s just not much to celebrate in “All’s Well That Ends ...
- Troutman Middle School eighth-graders nationally recognized for their writing (Statesville Record & Landmark)
Two Troutman Middle School students won big in a national writing contest. Eight-graders De’Ann Perry, 15, and Amber Wells, 14, were among the students to win the 2008 National Council of Teachers of English Promising Young Writers Contest. The two girls were among the five students to win in the state and 200 to win nationwide. Eighth-grade language arts teacher Daniel Skinner chose both ...
- Laura Silber: Karadzic's arrest signals hope for Serbia's future - Minneapolis Star Tribune
After 13 years of fulsome denials, false starts and broken promises, Serbia's new leaders have finally taken the step they said was impossible. On Monday, police arrested Radovan Karadzic, one of the remaining marquee fugitives indicted for war ...
- Humble beginnings, curiosity drive Pastides - The State
Humble beginnings, curiosity drive PastidesThe State, SC - 1 hour agoIf he had come from a more privileged background, the University of South Carolina’s newest president might have studied poetry. Instead Harris Pastides ...
- Nas, untitled - My Tennessean.com
Nas, untitledMy Tennessean.com, TN - 2 hours agoOver a haunting string sample, Nas spits intellectual poetry, rooted in vivid sketches of a post-9/11 inner-city life that isn’t all that different from the ...
- Hip-Hop: Amir Sulaiman (a muslim rapper in usa) - Raptiviste.net
Hip-Hop: Amir Sulaiman (a muslim rapper in usa)Raptiviste.net, Morocco - 37 minutes agoAmir Sulaiman began writing poetry at the age of twelve. In 1996, he began performing at colleges, universities, bookstores, and coffee shops as a student ...
- Entertainment Calendar: 05/02/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Items for this calendar must be received by the Record-Eagle at least two weeks in advance. All calendars are published on a space available basis. Information may be mailed to Entertainment Calendar, Record-Eagle, P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685-0632; faxed to 946-8632; or e-mail sbeach@record-eagle.com .
- Nightlife Calendar: 07/11/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Short's Brewing Company, The Duhks with opening act Well Fed Kids July 17, doors open 7 p.m. for 8 p.m. show, all ages welcome, $12 advance, $15 door, tickets available at Short's; in TC at Cuppa Joe, Borders Books and Patisserie Amie , and online at www.porterhouseproductions.com; Mon. couples' dancing; Tues. open mic; live music Fri.-Sat.; 121 N. Bridge St., Bellaire; 533-6622; ...
- Profile: Radovan Karadzic - poet, psychiatrist, war criminal - Times Online
For 11 years Europe’s most wanted man has evaded capture, moving from one mountain hideout to another. SAS and Nato troops have repeatedly found that the loyalty of those Bosnian Serbs shielding Radovan Karadzic have thwarted their attempts to ...
- Writer’s Center Gets New Director - Washington City Paper
Writer’s Center Gets New DirectorWashington City Paper, DC - 8 hours ago(Jensen’s writing utilizes some more inventive descriptors). Jensen is also the founding editor of LOCUSPOINT, an online poetry ‘zine that focuses on a new ...
- Arts around the Mid-coast; May 29, 2008 (The Times Record)
Canoe and kayak trip AUGUSTA — Old Fort Western will host its ninth-annual Fort to Fort Canoe and Kayak Expedition on Saturday, June 14. The purpose of the expedition is to celebrate and enjoy the historic 17-mile waterway between Fort Halifax in Winslow and Fort Western in Augusta.
- Ingrid Fliter: 'In the middle of my salad, he told me I'd won' - Daily Telegraph
Two years ago, the musical world at large had barely registered the name of Ingrid Fliter. An exceptional talent: Ingrid Fliter Even those of us who like to think we have our ears fairly close to the ground in the matter of classical pianists were ...
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