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- "The Pearl": a nobleman defies social conventions (Seattle Times)
"The Pearl: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great's Russia" by Douglas Smith is a love story between the richest nobleman in Imperial Russia and a young serf with a spellbinding operatic voice — the scribbler of a bodice-ripper romance novel could not ask for better stuff.
- Family inspired by father-son team (Jonesboro Sun)
JONESBORO — About four years ago Lee and Dana Hogue saw a video of an inspirational father-son team that participated in marathons, triathlons and numerous other challenging activities.
- Two jazz operas premier in Oakland (Contra Costa Times)
The royal pair: King Sisyphus and Queenie Pie open Thursday
- Poetry reading held at Dart Family Park - Caymen Net News
An evening of poetry, hosted by the Cayman Islands Public Library at the Dart Family Park, in observance of April’s International Poetry Month, took place on Friday, 25 April.  The evening featured readings from collections of poetry written ...
- Opera extends its technical reach, and that bodes well for its future - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Zeljko Lucic, left, sang the title role and Maria Guleghina was Lady Macbeth in the Metropolitan Opera's recent high-definition transmission of Verdi's "Macbeth" to local movie theaters. Once upon an operatic time (translation: about two years ago ...
- Celebrate baseball but remember it's not perfect either - Times and Democrat
Football may be king in many places today, but baseball remains the great American pastime. More than 2 million kids from around the world will play on 7,000 Little League teams this year. These children, ages 13 and younger, are taking part in a ...
- The art of creating a Champagne moment - Birmingham Post
The art of creating a Champagne momentBirmingham Post, UK - 7 hours agoAfter a blissful morning tasting Champagne, humdrum narrative discourse is redundant. Poetry, dear boy is the only thing that makes sense.
- The presidency: Knight of the living dead? (WorldNet Daily)
I'm sitting in an Indian restaurant the night their flat-screen TV's playing the smug, smooth, self-congratulatory Hillary "Aren't I great but I'm dropping out of the campaign" Clinton road-show, and it's kind of sickening, like watching a festering sore on someone's knee ooze pus.
- End-of-year school obligations drive parents batty (AP via Yahoo! News)
My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the middle of a work day.
- Poetry reading set in Falls Park (The Argus Leader)
There will be an open mic poetry reading today at the Horse Barn in Falls Park. Participants may read their own poetry or a selection from another poet. The open mic starts at 7 p.m.
- It's the end of an era in Augusta - Morning Sentinel
It's the end of an era in AugustaMorning Sentinel, maine - 9 hours agoShe said she'll spend her time doing art, writing and reading, particularly poetry. Both nuns have been teaching in Augusta so long they said they are ...
- The Power of Music in the Ancient World - Newsblaze.com
Music has power. The power to move us to the heroic as in battle, to comfort in grief, to communicate with children too young for words, and to reach out in almost every religion to that which is sacred in us. This power was once in our history ...
- Truly, madly, deeply (The Australian)
POETRY doesn't matter to most people. They go about their business as usual, rarely consulting their Shakespeare, William Wordsworth or Robert Frost. One has to wonder if poetry has any place in the 21stcentury, when music videos and satellite television offer daunting competition for poems, which demand a good deal of attention and considerable analytic skills as well as some knowledge of the ...
- Friday Night Fights: Elijah Snow vs. a Table! - LubbockOnline.com
LubbockOnline.comFriday Night Fights: Elijah Snow vs. a Table!LubbockOnline.com, TX - Jun 13, 2008A story about LA’s gangs, lead by a teen girl, taking on the LAPD sounds like something that’d have something to say about racial politics, cop culture, ...
- Hurt's front man comes out of dark (The Oklahoman)
The first clues that Hurt front man J Loren is coming from a dark and moody place can be heard in hi
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