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- Book fair, parade highlight Dominican Independence Day (The Eagle-Tribune)
LAWRENCE — It's going to be a bittersweet Independence Day celebration for Dominicans after Jose Balbuena, who they were going to honor, died last week after battling cancer. "We don't want this to be a sad posthumous moment because we were going to honor him anyway," said Dario Silverio, parade organizer. "We want to remember him as he was, happy, full of life."
- Play’s poetry a hit with the pre-teens - WalesOnline
Play’s poetry a hit with the pre-teensWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 44 minutes ago... lyrical mother and grandson of an even more eccentric grandfather, channels his individuality into emulating the verse of American poet Walt Whitman. ...
- Who's In The News - National Post
Who's In The NewsNational Post, Canada - 1 hour agoAmong the productions highlighted by artistic director Albert Schultz were Civil Elegies, a dramatization of the poetry of Dennis Lee; a new adaptation of ...
- Chance to honour our heroes - Newham Recorder
Chance to honour our heroesNewham Recorder, UK - 29 minutes agoOur annual poetry competition has produced some excellent pieces of work and we hope this year's will maintain those standards. To mark Remembrance Sunday ...
- Marsha Moode aims to please audiences - Downey Patriot
Downey PatriotMarsha Moode aims to please audiencesDowney Patriot, CA - 3 hours agoShe early on had her own radio show, “Poetry Live,” in Los Angeles. Today, she hosts two 90-minute programs, the politically-oriented “Campaign Series” ...
- REGIONAL BRIEFS (Kearney Hub)
A benefit supper Wednesday will welcome home a Cozad soldier wounded in Afghanistan. Pfc. Richie Weinmaster, a member of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment suffered critical wounds while on patrol July 8. A grenade damaged his legs, torso and head.
- Discover the joy of kids' clubs - Daily Telegraph
Discover the joy of kids' clubsDaily Telegraph, Australia - Sep 16, 2008Activities include spotlight walks uncovering the world of nocturnal wildlife, night-time poetry and spooky stories in historic sites and snorkelling and ...
- High school students invited to UWSP Writers Workshop (Stevens Point Journal)
High school juniors and seniors are invited to submit writing samples for a chance to qualify for the writers workshop held at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP). The one-day workshop will give students the opportunity to discuss their writing with UWSP English faculty members and guest speakers, and senior participants will compete for five $1,000 scholarships to attend UWSP. The ...
- Poster poems: a big disappointment (Guardian Unlimited)
Feeling frustrated? Take it out in a poem
- Wham bam, thank you Slam - News.com.au
IT'S a novel idea ¿ applying the format of mainstream television contests such as Australian Idol to an underground artform like spoken-word poetry. Hosted in Perth by WritingWA, Australian Poetry Slam ’08 is a battle of the words in which ...
- Porch series honors White - Emporia gazette.com
The William Allen White House State Historic Site again is the site for a series of programs set on the front porch. The fall 2008 series kicks off at 2 p.m. Sunday with Kevin Rabas, assistant professor of creative writing at Emporia State University ...
- Hundreds attend Autism Summit in Temecula - Press-Enterprise
Hundreds attend Autism Summit in TemeculaPress-Enterprise, CA - 2 hours agoSydney, now 15, quickly picked it up and within six months was writing poetry. "When I started, there wasn't anything out there," Edmond said. ...
- The Big Chill at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire - Times Online
Times OnlineThe Big Chill at Eastnor Castle, HerefordshireTimes Online, UK - 48 minutes ago“Remember the love, Big Chill!” Middleton bellowed to thousands of nostalgia-fired dads and mums. A mix of pleasant surprises peppered the weekend, ...
- The jive that kept us alive - Mail & Guardian Online
The jive that kept us aliveMail & Guardian Online, South Africa - 3 hours agoThe various forms of cultural activity that we celebrated and proudly indulged in included dance, music, poetry and all the other written arts, painting, ...
- KWWC Brings Poets, Hip-hop Culture to Lexington - UK News
KWWC Brings Poets, Hip-hop Culture to LexingtonUK News, KY - 1 hour agoThe Gypsy Slam poetry event will feature women poets competing by reading their works, as well as an open microphone session and entertainment for ...
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