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- Kaiser Center may see new life again - Tri Valley Herald
Kaiser Center may see new life againTri Valley Herald, CA - 6 hours agoActress Bette Davis was slated in 1960 to present Oakland with an evening of poetry by Carl Sandburg. And the center looked more like a fortified embassy in ...
- A Van Cliburn anniversary: From musician to folk hero (The Star)
If cultural gods tell us more about us than about themselves, Van Cliburn holds a particularly warped and smoky mirror up to the classical-music world he intermittently dominated over the last half-century - one that shows much about the strange price of being a folk hero.
- Author's memory was overlooked - Morning Call
I was disappointed on July 22 that there was no mention in the paper that it was the 110th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Vincent Benét, who was born in Fountain Hill on that date in 1898. Benét wrote classics such as ''The Devil ...
- On hippiedom, psychedelia and leaving legendary footprints - New Orleans Times-Picayune Blogs
Photo by Don Aters Legendary Paul Kantner, founding father of the Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship joins David Frieberg (guitar/vocals), Donnie Baldwin (drums), Cathy Richardson (vocals), Chris Smith (keyboards) and band newcomer John ...
- Business North - The Daily Briefing - Business Newspaper Online 'Paradise Lost? Climate Change in the North Woods' ... (BusinessNorth)
Celebrate the opening of an innovative environmental art exhibit with the Cable Natural History Museum. Paradise Lost? Climate Change in the North Woods is a new traveling art and science exhibit focusing on climate change in the Lake Superior region.
- PM to carry on making 'tough decisions' - Age
Mr Rann said being in government was difficult. "You campaign in poetry and you govern in prose. And you have to make hard decisions," he said. "The message is that you've got to keep governing for the long term, which is exactly what Kevin Rudd is ...
- Quick Hits: Big Boi, Prince, Natasha Bedingfield, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Flobots, Black Light Burns (FMQB)
Outkast 's Big Boi is almost finished his solo album, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty , which is due out later this summer. It will feature guest spots from Raekwon , Mary J. Blige and his Outkast cohort Andre 3000 . Big says it's important to note that the duo is still working together and his solo album does not spell the end of Outkast.
- My Week In Media: Saree Makdisi - Independent
My Week In Media: Saree MakdisiIndependent, UK - 47 minutes agoThe UN's humanitarian affairs website (ww.ocha online.un.org) has press reports on Palestine and weekly updates on checkpoints.
- Spenard fling generates cash for art project - Anchorage Daily News (subscription)
Spenard fling generates cash for art projectAnchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - 12 hours agoIf you want to read or enjoy poetry out loud, check out Poetry Parley on Sept. 3 and then the third Wednesday of every month in the Out North gallery, ...
- Obama fires up old magic (Arab News)
WASHINGTON: Sen. Barack Obama stormed into the backstretch of his historic race for the White House on Thursday, painting a sweeping vision of his confidence in America’s promise and reinforcing it with details of how he would restore America’s image overseas and the economy at home.
- One's choice of language should always come from the heart - El Paso Times
India is a mosaic of cultures and languages, so rich and vibrant that it cannot help but inspire in natives and foreigners a deep-seated appreciation and admiration for diversity. On the fear, however, that this assertion may seem too broad and bold ...
- A lesson in history - Pensacola News Journal
A lesson in historyPensacola News Journal, FL - 1 hour agoLast year hundreds of area residents went to hear speakers, check out vendors' exhibits and enjoy musical performances by praise dancers, gospel rap, poetry ...
- Do not ignore vandalism that chips away at our civilization - Democrat and Chronicle
What is the origin of the word "vandalism"? In 455 A.D., the warlike Vandals plundered, raped, killed and conquered the decaying, politically rocky Roman Empire, leaving art and culture in shambles. Understandably, their show of force signaled a ...
- Conflict is his muse - Concord Journal
Conflict is his museConcord Journal, USA - 3 hours agoHe said his colleagues favor job security over truth and subsequently shun debate in academe and in the poetry milieu. “That’s why I have a forum for ...
- Watch Web-only Videos of Readings and Interviews From Our Poetry Series (The Online NewsHour)
In these Web-exclusive videos, contemporary poets such as Robert Hass, Terrance Hayes, Li-Young Lee, John Ashbery and Mary Jo Bang read their work, share their thoughts about the writing process and discuss the health of poetry in culture.
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