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- CLOSE ENCOUNTERS - Artnet
CLOSE ENCOUNTERSArtnet, NY - 18 minutes agoIS: Yes, it was a great evening at the Bowery Poetry club. Are there any contemporary artists that you have your eye on? CC: A lot. ...
- History's father - Globe and Mail
History's fatherGlobe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours agoHistory, like poetry, began with war. Around 440 BC, some three centuries after Homer, singing of the wrath of Achilles, composed The Iliad, a Greek by the ...
- Thirtysomething love poetry (The New Zealand Herald)
Today is Montana Poetry Day, a chance for the spotlight to fall on a vibrant part of New Zealand's literary landscape. Poetry may not be as fashionable as the novel, it doesn't get adapted for the movies and poets don't tend to grab headlines.
- Southwest Montana Snapshots (The Montana Standard)
Animal control lists impounds The following animals were recently picked up by Butte Animal Control. If you think one of them is yours, call the Chelsea Bailey Animal Shelter, 699 Centennial, at 782-8450 or stop by 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
- Miami Dade College honors top faculty (Miami Herald)
Miami Dade College will honor eight faculty members who have demonstrated a dedication to the craft of teaching with its 2008 Endowed Teaching Chairs.
- Gaia Online Named to TIME.com 50 Best Websites of 2008 List (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Gaia Online, the leading online hangout for teens, today announced that it has been named to TIME.com's 50 Best Websites of 2008 in the Fun & Games category. Described by TIME Magazine staff writer, Anita Hamilton as a "kind of Internet carnival," Gaia Online enables visitors to socialize, play games, customize their avatar, in-world home and car, roam the site's virtual world, share artwork ...
- Happiness at Hope - ChristianToday
Happiness at HopeChristianToday, UK - 14 hours agoShe became a single teen-mother herself when her baby’s father abandoned her. She struggled to survive with no home, food or support from anyone, ...
- Shea Stadium, By Phil Taylor - CNN Sports Illustrated
I was born in a town called Flushing. When you have something like that in your past, you feel a little silly pretending to be a man of great refinement. And so, I will freely admit to preferring a dive bar over a five-star restaurant, a worn-in pair ...
- James Joyce family portraits restored at Buffalo State (The Buffalo News)
Nine family portraits that belonged to James Joyce, including two of the literary giant himself, have been restored by Buffalo State College art conservators and will be showcased for the first time during the 2009 North American James Joyce Conference in Buffalo.
- From Verse to Controversy -- And Fleeting Fame - Wall Street Journal
William Cullen Bryant: Author of America By Gilbert H. Muller (State University of New York Press, 410 pages, $30) When poet and newspaperman William Cullen Bryant died in June 1878, the mayor of New York ordered the city's flags lowered to half mast ...
- Author Snapshot: Kelli Stanley - January magazine
Author Snapshot: Kelli StanleyJanuary magazine - 44 minutes agoBut by the time I was an adult, I realized that I actually needed to write (and in a more disciplined way than scratching out poetry or essays). ...
- Turnbough inspired poet - Biloxi Sun Herald
Turnbough inspired poetBiloxi Sun Herald, USA - 54 minutes agoTrethewey wrote her first book of poetry, "Domestic Work," now in the Library of Congress, to honor the life's work of her beloved Nana. ...
- Hill of Tara Concert and Debate to mark the beginning of Heritage Week - Indymedia Ireland
Debate: Should the Hill of Tara be declared a World Heritage Site? In April 2008, the Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, announced he intended to seek UNESCO status for Tara, despite the M3 motorway being built within the Tara complex. Does ...
- Take your partners for a deadly dance - Guardian Unlimited
This year's Fringe offers a wealth of fresh writing. Leading the way at the Traverse is The New Electric Ballroom , another gem from Enda Walsh, the multi-award-winning writer of Disco Pigs, who also directs. While The Walworth Farce, last year's ...
- Seeing history-laden Hyderabad through many eyes - Thaindian.com
Seeing history-laden Hyderabad through many eyesThaindian.com, Thailand - 2 hours agoIsac Sequira describes a traditional “mehfil” (assembly of Urdu poets) with snatches of their poetry in “The Mystique of the Mushaira” while a literary ...
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