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- Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish dies in Houston at 67 - Canada East
Nabil Abu Rdeneh, an Abbas spokesman, says Darwish died at a hospital in Houston, Texas, following complications from an open heart surgery. Darwish is the world's most recognized Palestinian poet, who became a Palestinian cultural icon who has ...
- The Cowboy Way: 20th symposium to bring new display, familiar images ... - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Descendants of the pioneers will begin gathering at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center on Sept. 4 to celebrate the legendary life of the cowboy through music and words that create images of the Old West. The 20th edition of the National Cowboy Symposium ...
- Dufferin centenarian Bea Moore marks milestone (Orangeville Citizen)
She has seen 100 Septembers, but Bea Moore still looks the picture of grace and competence. "She has spent her life as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend to many," says her granddaughter, Nancy Nancekivell.
- "Serving The Communities of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Southport ... - Boothbay Register
"Serving The Communities of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Southport ...Boothbay Register, ME USA - 1 hour agoLauren Giarrusso played a piece on the piano, there was a nature poetry reading, Ravenna Osgood played a piece on the violin, and all fourteen kids were on ...
- Poetry: An 11-year-old's octogenarian wisdom - The Evening Sun
Poetry: An 11-year-old's octogenarian wisdomThe Evening Sun, PA - 1 hour agoIn a city symbolizing everything that's right and everything that's wrong with our country, its life blood, its citizens, pumped along, self absorbed, ...
- Arts around the Mid-coast; July 24, 2008 (The Times Record)
Quilting show AUGUSTA  The Pine Tres Quilters Guild will hold their annual Maine Quilt Show on Friday-Sunday at the Augusta Civic Center . Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
- Mayo writer shortlisted for top Irish language award (Western People)
MAYO native, Tadhg Mac Donnagáin has had two of his books shortlisted for the Irish Language Book of the Year (Leabhar na Bliana) awards, which were announced recently by Sinéad Crowley, RTÉ arts and media corresspondant, at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin.
- Belfast Poets visit Wellington, hosted by RAM - Scoop
The Belfast Poets Touring Group, widely acclaimed as the world's best performance poetry group, are playing in Wellington as part of their latest world tour. Across four continents, the three-women, two-men BPTG have won international critical ...
- Theater Review (NYC): Equus (Blogcritics.org)
Richard Griffiths knows every millimeter of the story he is telling, as well as how to make you listen to every syllable of every word. There is something disconcerting about a large man slipping onstage, slowly lighting up a cigarette, and speaking very, very quietly without a microphone. Oh, dear, you think, he's out of shape and short of breath.In the new Broadway production of Peter ...
- Help! I'm trapped in Tracey Emin's ghastly world (Times Online)
This, apparently, is art. But the banal reality is like walking into the bedroom of your moody teenage daughter
- Amber Tamblyn totally gets why people are suspicious of her writing ... - San Francisco Gate
"There's this underlying belief that actors are really shallow," she says with obvious exasperation. "And I think that is catastrophically bull-. It's incredibly unfair because there's a lot of brilliant actors and actresses out there." Tamblyn, 25 ...
- Oh, what Simon says - Waterloo Record
Waterloo RecordOh, what Simon saysWaterloo Record, Canada - 29 minutes agoThe teen was indifferent to women and uninterested in sex and sonnet after sonnet failed to stir him, until finally it was suggested Shakespeare introduce ...
- New alternative school helps teens graduate on time (Daily Press)
The Performance Learning Center allows students to make up credits in online classes. La'shawná Johnson was resigned to being 20 by the time she graduated from Bethel High School.
- A look at the best books for fall - Corpus Christi Caller Times
A look at the best books for fallCorpus Christi Caller Times, TX - 8 hours agoA self-publicizing foodie dilettante specializing in the game of his native Michigan when he's not writing fiction or poetry, Harrison has fans in several ...
- Sisters, 92, 90, recall Little Red Schoolhouse days - Chatham Courier
Sisters, 92, 90, recall Little Red Schoolhouse daysChatham Courier, NJ - 47 minutes agoSomebody would recite poetry,†Schwartz said. “There were quite a few Longfellow poems.†Mornings began with the children saying the Lord’s Prayer, ...
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