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- Follow the red balloon (The Oregonian)
Albert Lamorisse's 1956 short film "The Red Balloon" is a justly celebrated treasure that would be criminal to label as merely a children's film.
- Chinese Student in U.S. Is Caught in Confrontation (Phayul)
DURHAM, N.C. — On the day the Olympic torch was carried through San Francisco last week, Grace Wang, a Chinese freshman at Duke University, came out of her dining hall to find a handful of students gathered for a pro-Tibet vigil facing off with a much larger pro-China counter demonstration.
- Great artists of tomorrow - Chico News & Review
Great artists of tomorrowChico News & Review, CA - 1 hour ago... where the free reception takes place, is located in Taylor Hall. Chico State’s biannual literary journal, Watershed, will be hosting a public poetry ...
- 'Little Laureates' to see names appear in print - Northampton Chronicle & Echo
'Little Laureates' to see names appear in printNorthampton Chronicle & Echo, UK - 9 hours agoBy Donna Bowater More than 100 poetic pupils from Wootton primary school will have their poetry published to become Little Laureates. ...
- Arts & Books Digest (The Salinas Californian)
Romance Writers of America has announced local author Kelly Parra's novel "Graffiti Girl" has been named as a finalist in the Best First Book and Young Adult Romance categories of the 2008 RITA awards.
- Berks poets offer words to live by - Reading Eagle
Berks poets offer words to live byReading Eagle, PA - 15 hours agoLocal poets Doug Arnold of St. Lawrence and Heather Thomas of Muhlenberg Township celebrate April, which is National Poetry Month, with new books. ...
- Cultural Center of Cape Cod - Barnstable - Register
Cultural Center of Cape CodBarnstable - Register, MA - 2 hours agoCreative Writing: July 14-18, kids will write both poetry and prose, revise, and present their work. Visual Arts: July 28-Aug. 1, kids will be engaged in ...
- Hail, CĂ©saire - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsHail, CĂ©saireNew York Times Blogs, NY - 1 hour agoJM Coetzee touched on Negritude in a 1997 review of a poetry collection by Caryl Phillips in the New York Review of Books. (Registration required.)
- A Meeting With Che Guevara - MWC News
A Meeting With Che GuevaraMWC News, Canada - 1 hour agoDuring adolescence and later he remained passionate about poetry, especially that of Neruda, Keats, Machado, Lorea, Mistral, Vallejo and Whitman, ...
- Namibia: Book On Aids, Violence Launched (AllAfrica.com)
A book on Aids and violence against Namibian women and children was launched at the Katutura Community Arts Centre on Tuesday evening.
- The 2008 Jackson Young Influentials (Jackson Free Press)
Jackson is the sort of place that has the potential for great change, a mid-sized city with both a rich cultural history and a fierce “up-and-coming” attitude. Given its size and accessibility, it’s also the sort of place that begs its citizens to become actively involved in the development process.
- Book notes Berkeley's early history as a haven for artists and unconventional souls (The Sacramento Bee)
Berkeley of the 1960s invented nothing with its free thinkers, free spirits and free love. The locals had been partaking of illegal substances, experimenting with religion, practicing anarchy, living communally and wearing crazy-looking clothes long before then. Xavier Martinez, right, on the faculty of the California School of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley, paints a portrait of author Jack ...
- Its Neon Lights Still Shine - Washington Post
Washington PostIts Neon Lights Still ShineWashington Post, United States - 9 minutes agoI love that the movie allows Olivia Newton-John to roller-skate, wear legwarmers, quote poetry by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and sing that "you have to believe ...
- Why poetry matters, By Jay Parini - Independent
Why poetry matters, By Jay PariniIndependent, UK - 17 minutes agoIn 1989, the American poet Dana Gioia lobbed a grenade into the cosy world of the US creative-writing industry. His essay, "Can Poetry Matter? ...
- Sanitation message spreads through laughter - Guardian Unlimited
Harriet Achen stands in front of an expectant crowd, betraying no sign of nerves. The 14-year-old's portrayal of a rural Ugandan mother of five is convincing. She busies herself setting children tasks to help prepare a family meal and her fellow ...
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