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- 'Welcome Home Project' honors returning vets - Ashland Daily Tidings
About 30 American veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will celebrate Memorial Day a little differently this year. Through The Welcome Home Project, the veterans and their families will attend a five-day retreat starting May 22 at Buckhorn ...
- Haycast 04: Farting, reading and Rushdie - Guardian Unlimited
In today's programme, Claire Armitstead talks to the children's authors Francesca Simon and Eoin Colfer, plus the poet and performer Lemn Sissay. We also hear what some of the youngest fans of the Hay festival like to read. Francesca Simon is author ...
- Online Jihadists: Give Us Lightning Guns! - Wired News
Online Jihadists: Give Us Lightning Guns!Wired News - 5 hours agoOther recent tidbits include a mortar-making manual, militants' new web video push, and the poetry of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (“If it wasn’t for defending the ...
- Fires rip through historic Big Sur (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
BIG SUR - Like snowflakes, ash drifts across the elegant patio of the Ventana Inn & Spa. Smoke and fog veils vast Pacific views. Dense fog has slowed the spread of the Basin Complex Fire but it remains largely uncontained in this rugged Eden, the intellectual home of Beat poetry, gestalt therapy and modern photography. From poet Robinson Jeffers to photographer Edward Weston, its dramatic ...
- Dann fires agent for misconduct - Columbus Dispatch
Dann fires agent for misconductColumbus Dispatch, OH - 1 hour agoHis firing came as Dann's office opened an investigation into allegations that Anthony Gutierrez, a friend of Dann's who headed the office's purchasing and ...
- Flying forward (SouthtownStar)
Amanda Johnson, a recent graduate from Marian Catholic High School, has the kind of high school resume that interests even the most discriminating college. She has tried her hand and is good at just about everything.
- On tap this weekend: LI Pirate Festival - Chicago Tribune
When "Double Cross Bill" jumps into his Pontiac Grand Prix, he gives no quarter to other drivers while he pilots the shoals of the LIE en route to terrorizing children's birthday parties from Flanders Bay to Freeport, which - did ye know? - was once ...
- Libraries hope reading bug spreads - High Point Enterprise
Libraries hope reading bug spreadsHigh Point Enterprise, NC - 8 hours ago... guest speakers this summer will discuss topics ranging from garden poetry to landscaping tips. The reading programs are free to sign up for throughout ...
- bulletin Board, June 9 - Norwich Bulletin
bulletin Board, June 9Norwich Bulletin, CT - 20 minutes agoCONNECTICUT POETRY SOCIETY, 10 am to noon, July 5, East Lyme High School, EAST LYME. All area poets are invited to attend. Bring a work in progress or your ...
- Coffee goes well with Rice - Smoky Mountain Sentinel
Coffee goes well with RiceSmoky Mountain Sentinel, NC - 10 minutes agoShe finds daily inspiration in the mountains that surround her home, which inspired her book, Quiet Times. She is a published author of both poetry and ...
- Remembering the brave helpers - Cumberland County Sentinel
Never forget. If there’s anything to learn, it’s never forget. Holocaust survivor Nicholas Attias did not want applause from the people gathered Thursday for a memorial service. The Baltimore man wanted only to share his story and join others in ...
- City to institutionalize Rizal's b-day celebration (Sun Star)
CITY of San Fernando Mayor Oscar Rodriguez said the City Government is all set at making the birthday of National Hero Jose Rizal a yearly event highlighted by programs and cultural presentations.
- Dave Robicheaux's Montana break - Philadelphia Inquirer
If you follow James Lee Burke's novels, the first thing you will want to know is whether his new release is a Dave Robicheaux story. So: Yes, it is. Occasionally a Burke novel will stray from Robicheaux, Burke's popular Louisiana detective who works ...
- The Legend of the Dragon Boat - Windsor Star
The Legend of the Dragon BoatWindsor Star, Canada - 11 hours agoHe wandered the countryside, collecting legends, rearranging folk odes and writing much of his poetry. When the Qin capital of Chu was captured in 278 BC, ...
- Vivaldi's familiar 'Four Seasons' seen in new light - Chicago Tribune
Gerard McBurney, the creative mastermind and spirited narrator of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 's "Beyond the Score" series, realizes that even the most familiar music has plenty to teach the average listener. He had a wealth of unexpected insights ...
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