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- Special to The Times - Chicago Tribune
Three years ago, Freddy Schmidt was confined to the leather couch in his living room, tubes and contraptions sticking out everywhere, unable to taste anything, or eat much at all. "I lost 10 pounds," he said, "and the doctor says, 'No, Freddy, you ...
- Rare book of Bard's plays found (Winnipeg Free Press)
LONDON -- It's a case of all's well that ends well. Police have recovered a 400-year-old volume of Shakespeare stolen in England a decade ago and worth millions of dollars after a man walked into a library in Washington, D.C., and asked to have it authenticated.
- Play with a life of its own (The Australian)
ONE day two years ago, in a town rendered surreal by the destructive maelstrom of a cyclone, fate brought what theatre director Jean-Marc Russ calls "two complementary forces" together. Russ and his friend, playwright Adam Grossetti, comprised one of the two forces; a cussing, traumatised caravan park proprietor the other.
- CD Reviews - Northwest Herald
Portishead’s new album starts at a gallop. Never thought I’d write that sentence. New album from Portishead? The band that made two simmering, loungey masterpieces in the ’90s, then promptly disappeared? And gallop? Really? That means that you ...
- Benjy Myaz and poets 'Seh Sup'm' at Weekenz - Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica GleanerBenjy Myaz and poets 'Seh Sup'm' at WeekenzJamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 21 minutes ago'Seh Sup'm', the primarily poetry show with a sprinkling of song, opened its open mic edition Sunday night incarnation, moving from its customary Tuesday ...
- Written test stings teen in Scripps spelling bee (Knoxville News Sentinel)
WASHINGTON - Lillie Young had a hunch she wouldn't make the cut. Even before the quarterfinalists were announced Thursday in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the 14-year-old from Scott County had a sense that her name wouldn't be on the list.
- Young & Talented notebook (The Star-Ledger)
Allison Strong, the New Jersey Poetry Out Loud state champion, came in fifth in the national competition, winning a $1,000 scholarship and a $500 stipend for her school to purchase poetry books.
- Teaching Legend Gilbert Named 2008 Parade Marshal (Palisadian-Post)
Weathered books with titles such as 'Roots,' 'Les Miserables' and the 'Canterbury Tales' line Rose Gilbert's bookshelf in the family room of her Pacific Palisades home.
- Rainn Wilson’s Sasquatch Blog: Reveling in REM, Waking Up to the ... - Rolling Stone
Rainn Wilson’s Sasquatch Blog: Reveling in REM, Waking Up to the ...Rolling Stone - 3 hours agoWith such mystery and intensity and poetry. Why, oh why did the Cure insist on doing its sound check at 6:30 AM???!!! I’m not making that up. ...
- Oh, what a paradise was lost (The News & Observer)
Ethan Canin's first novel in seven years channels varied influences. The title is taken from one of Elia Kazan's best, if most resolutely uncommercial, films. The story is a conflation of "The Great Gatsby" and "All the King's Men," with strong overtones of "The Magnificent Ambersons" (one of Canin's characters echoes Booth Tarkington by referring to "one of God's lesser known laws. The law of ...
- Oscar-winner Kline Reignites Broadway Panache in ‘Cyrano’ for PBS - Hollywood Today.net
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (Hollywood Today) 7/18/08 — Kevin Kline is a rare film star who has always remained rooted in his deep love and commitment to the New York stage. Kline is an anti-star, a Julliard trained actor who actually turned down the ...
- VIPs tell students that character counts (The Arizona Republic)
El Mirage VIPs like Councilman Roy Delgado and Police Chief Michael Frazier recently joined Dysart Elementary students and staff to celebrate the growth of the Character Counts program at the school.
- Crossroads Middle School student wins national poetry award - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Crossroads Middle School student wins national poetry awardThe Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, MI - 6 hours agoIt was one of five poems 13-year-old Patricia entered in River of Words, an annual youth poetry contest sponsored by a California-based environmental and ...
- Event: 16 personalities receive Poet Abu Jafar Obaidullah Awards - The New Nation
Event: 16 personalities receive Poet Abu Jafar Obaidullah AwardsThe New Nation, Bangladesh - 6 hours agoHis love to this country's people and soil always inspire everybody. He was not only renowned in poetry, but also in social welfare, agriculture and human ...
- Journalists win PAHO awards - AntiguaSun
Journalists win PAHO awardsAntiguaSun, Antigua and Barbuda - 2 hours agoMeantime, the poetry competition was open to the public and the ministry received favourable responses from 22 participants, some of whom came from schools ...
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