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- VMI receives grant to enhance Arabic program (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
Selected cadets at Virginia Military Institute will benefit from a more robust Arabic language program, and the college will become a model for how other schools can teach the language, thanks to a grant award announced last week.
- Rock and roll and the underdog - Zimbabwe Guardian
Rock and roll and the underdogZimbabwe Guardian, UK - 34 minutes agoRemember Teen Angel by Mark Dinning in 1960? Now, that would be a good song to play at the funeral of some kid today who has died of Aids or the victim of a ...
- Scribes - Lisa Richer - Massey Musings - Midnorth Monitor
Scribes - Lisa Richer - Massey MusingsMidnorth Monitor, Canada - 28 minutes agoVermeer also says “I write poetry just for fun, but I’m not that good at it.” She seems to have forgotten, she’s just had a poem published. ...
- Thurston Moore: Sensitive/Lethal - Pitchforkmedia.com
Thurston Moore: Sensitive/LethalPitchforkmedia.com, IL - 8 hours agoHear such sounds done better on Prurient's Black Vase or a dozen Yellow Swans records. Many of the best noise records create their own environment, ...
- Frisco Memorial Day honors sacrifices of veterans (Dallas Morning News)
It started 15 years ago with a wreath laid on a small patch of grass on Main Street in Frisco to honor war veterans. Since then, the annual Memorial Day ceremony has grown into a celebration that is expected to attract almost 500 people Monday.
- Close Shave (MetroActive)
BUTCHLALIS de Panochtitlan—L.A. butch performance artists Raquel Gutierrez, Mari Garcia and Claudia Rodriguez—explored a new dimension in their full-length piece, The Barber of East L.A., which played over the weekend at MACLA following a week's residency by the troupe.
- Find your inner poet - Manchester Evening News
Find your inner poetManchester Evening News, UK - 1 hour ago... passionate, life-affirming and fun. Just ask the poets. Better still, head to the Lakes yourself and get in touch with your own inner romantic.
- CD reviews: The Hold Steady, Nas, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
When bands like Hinder, Buckcherry or 3 Doors Down are heralded by pop culture pundits as being saviors of rock, returning the genre to prominence after a dominant run of pop starlets and hip-hop acts, you can’t help but wonder if the pundits ever ...
- Peachsicles are easy, delicious and nutritious (SouthtownStar)
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- Historical anti-slavery speech the subject of July 4th celebration (Oakland Tribune)
n Alternative celebration will set to music famed anti-slavery proclamation
- Tom Kerrigan - American Reporter
LOS ANGELES -- When I read a book by Joan Didion or a poem by Dana Gioia about what it's like to be a native Californian, I'm always puzzled because their experiences and impressions are so different than mine. Perhaps if they had grown up in Los ...
- SOVER SCENE: Woman on a mission The seasoned verve of author Elayne ... - Rutland Herald
It was called "Love Letters To Vermont" and it was the first book I'd ever opened in the sole Vermont bookstore I'd ever browsed through during the exploratory trip that my family and I made here years ago when we were considering moving to New ...
- Dealing with a name-dropper - Times Online
The devil ruled the woman. It is quite possible that some of you pine for rhyme and lines that scan, so this week's column should temporarily quell the pangs. I found my copy of Burns's poetry in a second-hand bookshop. Books demand to be pored over ...
- Rude awakening - Times Online
Times OnlineRude awakeningTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoBut when we opened it, it was a vase from Grayson with paintings of me, Sheba and Tabitha and a verse of poetry. It is so personal and by far the best piece ...
- Religious poetry contest - Hot Springs Village Voice
Religious poetry contestHot Springs Village Voice, AR - 14 hours agoTo enter, send one poem of 21 lines or less to Free Poetry Contest, 103 N Wood A... The full version of this story will be available to all readers after 4 ...
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