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- Teachers’ union backs decision to drop poem from syllabus - Herald
A leading teachers' union in Scotland has backed a controversial bid to remove a Scottish poem featuring a blade-wielding killer from a school syllabus amid fears over teenage knife crime. The Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA) said the ...
- FEATURE-Book ban ends rare Arab-Israeli cultural exchange - Forbes
HAIFA, Israel, Oct 1 (Reuters) - For 15 years Israeli Saleh Abbasi has traded books between the Jewish state and its Arab neighbours, fostering a rare cultural link. But in August Israeli authorities suddenly refused to renew his trading licence ...
- Manhattan Theatre Club Announces More Casting and Dates for 2008 ... - Broadway.com
Manhattan Theatre Club Announces More Casting and Dates for 2008 ...Broadway.com, NY - 18 minutes agoNew information new dates and casting for the world premiere of John Patrick Shanley's Romantic Poetry, further casting for the world premiere of Lynn ...
- Circle of friends helps carry burden of grief - Times Colonist
Circle of friends helps carry burden of griefTimes Colonist, Canada - 3 hours agoIrene was the family musician and poet. Lawrence now writes poetry and songs, and has joined a choir. "We grieve for the meanings and implications of a loss ...
- The Kalamazoo Valley Museum continues folk-music series - Kalamazoo Gazette
KALAMAZOO -- The Kalamazoo Valley Museum will turn into a folk music jam on Sunday. Starting at 1:30 p.m., Max and Ruth Bloomquist, of the Kalamazoo Folklife Organization, will present a concert and workshops at the museum, 230 N. Rose St. in ...
- Countrybookshop Peak Festival 2008 - Booktrade.info
Countrybookshop Peak Festival 2008Booktrade.info, UK - 5 hours agoThis year starts with laughter, music and poetry from Louis de Bernieres (Captain Corelli's Mandolin) and as laughter is good for our health the Festival ...
- Honor Roll: Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New Yorkers - TMCnet
Honor Roll: Recognizing the accomplishments of Western New YorkersTMCnet - 1 hour agoFredonia State College English professor Aimee Nezhukumatathil has won the Pushcart Prize and the Balcones Poetry Prize. Her poem "Love in the Orangery" won ...
- Movie review: Miracle at St. Anna -- 2 out of 5 stars (Orlando Sentinel)
Poor Spike Lee. You just knew, the moment he lashed out at Clint Eastwood for leaving black soldiers out of his two-part Iwo Jima epic, that he had really put his foot in it.
- US voices added to poetry archive - BBC News
BBC NewsUS voices added to poetry archiveBBC News, UK - 37 minutes agoRecordings of 14 major 20th-Century American poets have been added to the free online audio Poetry Archive. Classic American poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks ...
- Historic Hendrix fire guitar expected to raise £1m at auction - yorkshirepost
A guitar set on fire by rock legend Jimi Hendrix during a live show is to go on sale, it was revealed yesterday. Hendrix famously covered his Fender Stratocaster in lighter fluid at the end of his March 1967 show at the Finsbury Astoria in London. He ...
- Rosemarie DeWitt on 'Rachel Getting Married' - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesRosemarie DeWitt on 'Rachel Getting Married'Los Angeles Times, CA - 3 hours agoBy Michael Ordoña, Special to The Times "THE VIBE was like a good poetry slam or something," said Rosemarie DeWitt of working on the set of Jonathan Demme's ...
- Editorial Roundup - Forbes
Many people hoped that holding this year's Olympic Games in Beijing would serve as a lever to induce China to act more as a mature member of the international community. The Chinese government has relented on a few issues it didn't veto a U.N ...
- The poet and his beer (Courier-Post)
More than a century after his death, Walt Whitman remains a resounding local figure, well known for his transcendental poetry, his sexuality and his advocacy of humanistic values.
- Profile: Actor, teen heartthrob Taylor Lautner is in the 'Twilight ... - MLive.com
Courtesy Photo Hudsonville native Taylor Lautner, 16, is part boy next door, part teen heartthrob. Here, he's on the set of one of NBC's most-hyped TV shows of the new season, a spy drama called "My Own Worst Enemy," starring Christian Slater. It ...
- Iranian Youth For Human Rights Arts Competition - Bay Area Indymedia
Bay Area IndymediaIranian Youth For Human Rights Arts CompetitionBay Area Indymedia, CA - 2 hours agoThis competition is entry free and open to all Iranians around the world aged 13 – 19. Those who brought this to our Iranian Youth: Youth for Human Rights ...
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