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- Plenty of events to bookmark at Wisconsin Book Fest (The Capital Times)
In Madison, if you're patient, your favorite author is likely to stop in the city for an in-person reading. And the chances are strong that this reading will occur at the annual Wisconsin Book Festival. This year's festival, which runs Oct. 15-19 and is free and open to the public, has adopted the theme "Changing Places," a description that the event's director, Alison Jones Chaim, says covers a ...
- Revellers enjoy the craic at 17th annual Halifax Irish Festival - Halifax Evening Courier
Revellers enjoy the craic at 17th annual Halifax Irish FestivalHalifax Evening Courier, UK - 1 hour agoOther festivities included an evening of poetry and song, an over-55s lunch, a gaelic football match and a ceilidh. A gala dinner dance at the Casa Hotel ...
- Beatles producer George Martin to host PBS `On the Record' documentary ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Beverly Hills, Calif. -- There have been rumors for a couple of years that George Martin, legendary producer of the Beatles, would be a mentor on Fox's "American Idol.'' The rumors were shot down by Martin, sometimes called "the fifth Beatle.'' at a ...
- Immerse Yourself Into the Deepest Recesses of the Heart and Soul ... - StreetInsider.com
KITCHENER, Ontario, June 5, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- When we look back at the old days, we often find ourselves smiling and sometimes crying. Poetry fans and literature enthusiasts are about to experience a delightful read from author Heinrich ...
- Halifax, NS | Sun, August 17th, 2008 - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Halifax, NS | Sun, August 17th, 2008TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 4 hours agoApplications in all disciplines are welcome including poetry, fiction, non-fiction, writing for children and young adults and short fiction. ...
- Author Kelly McCullough releases ‘CodeSpell’ - Dunn County News
Local author Kelly McCullough is celebrating the launch of his novel, CodeSpell, from Penguin’s ACE division. The novel is a contemporary fantasy that mixes computer programming, spell casting, and Greek mythology. CodeSpell can be found at any of ...
- New play explores what search reveals about us - Chicago Tribune
PHILADELPHIA - They are an unquestionably bizarre set of Internet search terms: Mange. Human mold. White camellia. Dying Elmo. Could those words also be clues to finding a missing person? That's the premise behind "User 927," a new production in ...
- Reclaimed, recycled, revitalized sculpture - Anchorage Daily News
The owners of Midtown sweets haven Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge also do metal sculptural work from discarded objects like car doors, toolboxes and all kind of machinery. "We pick it up at scrap yards, the side of the road, and some people give it ...
- Paperback: Tennis Whites and Teacakes, by John Betjeman (Independent)
How delightful that a statue of the man who wrote "It is useless to pretend that I enjoy myself abroad" adorns the refurbished St Pancras. Equally dubious about the expat life ("Our savings gone, we climb the stony path/ Back to the house with scorpions in the bath"), Betjeman extolled the delights of the Northern Line's City Branch ("a strong smell of wet feet"). What he wrote of Waugh – "he ...
- Poetry in motion - Houston Chronicle
THEIR voices are inflected by hip-hop, music videos and the personal disclosures of YouTube. But as Houston's first student poetry team competes this week, the performers will also show off some of the most valuable skills of a classical education ...
- Spanish archive sheds light on Franco's dark days - Guardian Unlimited
A wig used to disguise a communist leader, censored poems written by the current culture minister and a list of prisoners facing the firing squad are just a few of the treasures within 157,000 boxes of archives highlighting both the dark and ...
- Out and About: July 9 - 20 - Stoughton Journal
Out and About: July 9 - 20Stoughton Journal, MA - 19 minutes agoOpen mic signup, 8 pm Open mic followed by featured poet, concludes with poetry slam. The Trinity Church Flea Market every Saturday. ...
- James McMurtry: A man of few words, he makes every one count - Lower Hudson Journal news
James McMurtry: A man of few words, he makes every one countLower Hudson Journal news, NY - 21 hours ago"He excites me in a way that very few artists do, both on an emotional level, because I love music, and on an intellectual level, because I love poetry and ...
- 'Frozen River': A survival story - Philadelphia Inquirer
'Frozen River': A survival storyPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 6 hours ago... McDermott as Ray's older son, TJ, who serves as a surrogate dad to his kid brother. Like its heroines, every aspect of the film has a homespun poetry. ...
- Gaia Online Named to TIME.com 50 Best Websites of 2008 List - Emediawire (press release)
Gaia Online Named to TIME.com 50 Best Websites of 2008 ListEmediawire (press release), WA - 7 hours agoWith everything from art contests to discussion forums on poetry, politics, celebrities and more, to fully customizable profiles, digital characters and ...
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