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- August Wilson's century cycle comes to close in 'Radio Golf (San Jose Mercury News)
Wistful final chapter of landmark 10-play canon makes its regional debut at TheatreWorks.
- Diversions for August 7, 2008 (The Gleaner)
THE LITTLE OLD DAM DIXIELAND BAND — 7 p.m., Central Library, 200 SE King Blvd. (free). BADGETT PLAYHOUSE — Grand Rivers, Ky., "Cotton Patch Gospel," 7 p.m. today and Aug. 14, 21 and 28; 2 p.m. Sunday and Aug. 17, 24 and 31; "Variety!
- Greenwich-Post.com • News • Chinese school begins culture workshop (Greenwich Post)
The Chinese Language School of Connecticut is offering a Chinese Culture class beginning Thursday, Oct. 9, at its program offices at the Greenwich Family YMCA, 50 East Putnam Ave.
- AZADI AND OTHER SUSPECTS (The Telegraph)
The Czech writer, Milan Kundera, talks about a small moment in the history of his country as the communists took it over in 1948. He describes the famous leftist poet, Paul Eluard, visiting from Paris and linking arms with local young people to dance in a circle, celebrating the ‘freedom’ of the new-born socialist republic.
- Palestine mourns death of poet icon - Brisbane Times
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry helped make him one of the leading cultural voices for the Palestinian experience, has died in Houston, Texas, after undergoing open heart surgery. He was 67. Darwish was revered in the occupied Palestinian territories ...
- Schedules loaded with fall programs for kids, teens (The Chelsea Standard)
The McKune Memorial Library has a full schedule of programs for the fall that are designed to appeal especially to children and teenagers. "I'm very excited about our new programs for this fall, especially our "afterschool specials," said Karen Persello, director of Youth and Teen Services.
- The Sky Crawlers - Screendaily.com (subscription)
The Sky CrawlersScreendaily.com (subscription), UK - 20 minutes agoThe whole becomes a neat metaphor for the absurdity of war and a paean to the poetry of the lone pilot in the skies. Oshii really has no need to insist on ...
- Poetry book of the week: The Lost Leader by Mick Imlah - Independent
Poetry book of the week: The Lost Leader by Mick ImlahIndependent, UK - 2 hours ago... one of the book's outstanding poems, includes the couplet "you'd fixed it/ For the powers-that-be up there to pay me/ To do a poetry reading with ...
- Another mark down for your calendars - Athens Banner-Herald
The University of Georgia Press will host a book sale 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 16-17 at the Tate Center Plaza. Held every two years, the UGA Press will discount more than a thousand of its worn or slightly damaged books at prices less than $5 and up ...
- The Beautiful Duckling Gets the Presidents and the Poets (New York Times)
Carla Bruni, the muse of President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, appears to have some of her own in Emily Dickinson, W. H. Auden and Dorothy Parker.
- Jeff Douthwaite, former legislator and UW professor, dies at 79 - Seattle Times
Geoffrey K. Douthwaite was a voracious reader who loved maritime stories and the poetry of Robert Service. The former Democratic lawmaker could recite "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" — a narrative poem set in the Yukon Gold Rush that was a personal ...
- Revamped school house revives history (The Wahpeton Daily News)
TRAVERSE COUNTY, MINN. — Students from Campbell-Tintah School stepped back in time Friday and got a taste of education inside a one-room school house.
- Rock, Read and wRite, all in one workshop - News & Observer
Rock, Read and wRite, all in one workshopNews & Observer, NC - 1 hour ago20, at 7 pm Girls Rock NC will host a creative writing workshop from 7 pm to 7:45 pm, including collage, poetry writing, lyric writing, interviews and more. ...
- Poetry to be a walk in the park for Edmonton (CBC)
A series of poems by Edmonton's poet laureate mounted on light poles in the park are to be unveiled Friday.
- Amy Goetzman Free Loft classes reach beyond the typical writer wannabe - MinnPost.com
Amy Goetzman Free Loft classes reach beyond the typical writer wannabeMinnPost.com, MN - 1 hour agoTopics include poetry, brainstorming, publishing, writing for people with disabilities, and writing for teens. There's even a memoir class for people older ...
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