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- Mou Sings Like A Bulbul To Advance To Finals - Week.com
Kyle Mou qualified for the semi-finals today after making it through the quarterfinals Thursday. The 12-year old spelling machine was one of 45 spellers who were still in the contest when it kicked off this morning. He spelled "manege" in round five ...
- Bloomsday ramble (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
At several spots throughout the city yesterday people gathered to re-joyce and celebrate Bloomsday. The annual event follows in the footsteps of the lead character in James Joyce's "Ulysses," re-enacting Leopold Bloom's journey through Dublin on June 16, 1904. The entire novel takes place on that one day.
- In StorySlam, strangers go on stage & bare their souls - Philiy.com
IF WHAT'S DONE in the dark will come to light, baring your soul to a shadowy room of strangers could end in disgrace. But at First Person Arts StorySlam, where 10 amateur storytellers mount a dimly lit stage to share details of intimate experiences ...
- No country for old men - Guardian Unlimited
Earlier this year, an advertisement appeared in a Hampshire post office. Lonely widower Jack Hammond, 88, was looking for a drinking partner. The successful applicant would be a man who would be prepared to accompany Hammond, a retired doctor and ...
- McKinney North senior finds rhythm and rhyme in unconventional poetry - Star Community Newspapers
McKinney North High School junior Conner Maguire has always had a flair for choosing the unconventional things in life. “I’ve never been that traditional,” Maguire said. Maguire’s rule might not be a bad one to live by. At the University ...
- 'My Life - My Way': Frank 'Ol' Blue Eyes' Sinatra - Explosive New Book Reported to Be Entertainment Legend's Firsthand ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Supposedly related in the first person by Marty Tanner, a close associate of Frank Sinatra, "'My Life - My Way' - Frank 'Ol' Blue Eyes' Sinatra" , the revealing new book by Ed Starkey, is more than just a biography; it's also somewhat of a mystery.
- Activist-performer speaks out - Chicago Tribune
Give props to Gil Scott-Heron for the cutting-edge topicality of his best street poetry and jazz-inflected R&B over the last four decades, and the activist performer will accept the compliment graciously, albeit with reservations. For instance, the ...
- As freedoms wane in ex-Soviet bloc, Ukraine fills the gap (AP via Yahoo! News)
A gloomy Vladimir Putin wears a Czarist crown, clutching a bag full of dollars and a miniature television tower.
- Your Saturday's Best Bets (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
ELKS HOST 50's--60's PARTY | Highland 6 p.m. Saturday the Highland Elks, 3120 45th Ave., In will be having a Blast from the Past featuring burgers, fries and milk shakes. Donation $12 and includes a live Elvis impersonator show. Tickets are now on sale.
- Children's Festival Offers Diverse Cultural Lineup - Evening Bulletin
Children's Festival Offers Diverse Cultural LineupEvening Bulletin, PA - 1 hour agoIrresistable rhythms, exhilarating wordplay and engaging humor make a dynamic new theatrical style that draws young people into the magic of poetry and ...
- New juxtapositions at Cleveland Museum of Art stimulate greater ... - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.comNew juxtapositions at Cleveland Museum of Art stimulate greater ...The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - 57 minutes agoby Dan Tranberg / Special to The Plain Dealer Rhyme scheme: Charles Meynier's "Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry" -- one of the artist's neoclassical canvases ...
- Flights of fancy - Boston Globe
Boston GlobeFlights of fancyBoston Globe, United States - 56 minutes agoTodd, who appreciated and actively promoted Dickinson's poetry after her death, liked the poem so much that she set it to music in a yearlong sequence of ...
- Lumberjack Tenor, Rattle Exult in Aix Wagner: Shirley Apthorp - Bloomberg
Lumberjack Tenor, Rattle Exult in Aix Wagner: Shirley ApthorpBloomberg - 6 hours agoAnna Larsson's Erda sounds sensual, Alfred Reiter turns Fafner's brief death scene into a feast of chocolate-rich baritonal poetry. ...
- Happy returns from Kurt Sanderling - Tampabay.com
Tampabay.comHappy returns from Kurt SanderlingTampabay.com, FL - 20 hours ago3; Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer (featuring baritone Hermann Prey); and Shostakovich's From Jewish Folk Poetry. These are recordings from the 1960s, ...
- Cast-iron cookware has strength and charm - Nashua Telegraph
Cast-iron cookware has strength and charmNashua Telegraph, NH - 45 minutes agoAll the exchanges, the petty irritations, the deadly revelations, the flat announcements of disaster, the grunts and poetry of love. “Sit down at the table, ...
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