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- Book shapes Lincoln’s early education - Commercial News
Newspaper reporting is full of surprises. For instance, I have handled two documents that Abraham Lincoln signed. One was the commission for Major Gen. Robert H. Milroy of Rensselaer, Ind.; the other was a court document unearthed in the Vermilion ...
- The Dandy Warhols (Calgary Sun)
...Earth to The Dandy Warhols... The Dandys have always lived in their own little world.
- Storyteller La'Ron Williams: Funny thing happened on his way to career ... - MLive.com
Courtesy Photo La'Ron Williams will return to the Flint area as part of the 28th annual Michigan Storytellers Festival on Friday, July 18, and Saturday, July 19, on the grounds of the Flint Public Library . FLINT, Michigan -- La'Ron Williams may not ...
- Plenty of 'La Boheme' operas on DVD - Newark Star-Ledger
New audio-only recordings of opera are perhaps going the way of the dinosaur, outnumbered by audiovisual productions captured on DVD. In the case of Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme," there are now more than a dozen contemporary and archival versions out ...
- A Quiet Adjustment - San Francisco Gate
History has not been kind to Miss Annabella Milbanke. Attractive but no dazzler, well off but not rich, intelligent but lacking any sense of humor, this 19-year-old provincial nevertheless managed to win a marriage proposal from the rock star of her ...
- Musharraf's turbulent 9 years in power - MiamiHerald.com
Musharraf's turbulent 9 years in powerMiamiHerald.com, FL - Aug 18, 2008He likes good food, traditional Pakistani music, Urdu poetry and fine clothes. He is known to enjoy dancing to Western music at parties. ...
- Roadside turning poetic - Fergus Falls Daily Journal
You see it all over in big cities — poetry shared publicly on the sides of buses, subways and buildings. Now, a movement celebrated for years in urban areas is making its way to the country roads of Fergus Falls as the only current U.S project of ...
- Beijing 2008 - Day Six Summary - 20 Aug (IAAF)
Wednesday was always going to be a slow day at the Bird's Nest. With no morning session, only three finals in the evening, and Liu Xiang not running in the men's 110m hurdle semifinals, it was bound to a let-down after the three World Records witnessed by capacity crowds earlier in the week. We're joking, of course.
- The power of words - Stockton Record
The power of wordsStockton Record, CA - 57 minutes ago... leading administrators to suspend and later fire youth poetry coach Bill Nevins and sparking a controversy involving free speech, war and art. ...
- Shrek v Billy Elliot in battle for Broadway (Otago Daily Times)
It's the show generating the most buzz, particularly at the box office, and that's saying a lot, as New York braces for a fall of six Broadway musicals - five new shows and one revival - plus several off-Broadway offerings, including one with a score by Stephen Sondheim.
- Star power meets philanthropy with celeb charities (AP via Yahoo! News)
Bono battles the AIDS epidemic. Leonardo tries to make the world a greener place, and Martha has a soft spot for animals.
- Jonathan Jones: The battle of the Titians (Guardian Unlimited)
Jonathan Jones: Yes, it rankles to pay the Duke of Sutherland millions for two paintings. But these pristine, velvet marvels must stay in the UK
- Madison finishes third in second bout at National Poetry Slam 2008 (Isthmus)
Poets on the Oakland team triumphed at the Brink Lounge Thursday night in a qualifying bout of the 2008 National Poetry Slam. Throughout a raucous evening that saw the Brink's back room crowded with boisterous spectators, Oakland fought off competition from San Francisco's City Slam, which placed second, followed by hometown favorites Madison Spoken Word Collective and Amarillo, Texas' ...
- SF Chronicle Political Writer Enthuses Over Cosmetic JFK/Obama ... - NewsBusters
SF Chronicle Political Writer Enthuses Over Cosmetic JFK/Obama ...NewsBusters - Jul 13, 2008Both Harvard-educated men wrote inspirational books, struggled with a perceived lack of experience, and a heritage (Catholic for Kennedy, African American ...
- Pittsburgh’s Artistic 250th Celebration Underway - PNN
Pittsburgh’s Artistic 250th Celebration UnderwayPNN, VA - 2 hours agoShe is a Scholar of Poetry at Middlebury College in Vermont and the author of a 2005 book, “At Home in Diaspora: Black International Writing. ...
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