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- Fall arts preview: 'Chicago Songs' intended as poetry to ear (The Sacramento Bee)
This composer, a 38-year-old Fresno native, is the same age poet Carl Sandburg was when he wrote and published the "Chicago Poems," which Erickson used as the inspiration for his "Chicago Songs." Kurt Erickson, the composer of "Chicago Songs," says he was first intrigued by the idea of creating a song set using an eclectic mix of 20th century American texts.
- Hundreds turn out for ‘Freedom Walk’ - 27east.com
27east.comHundreds turn out for ‘Freedom Walk’27east.com, NY - 4 hours agoLast Thursday, fourth-graders at Hampton Bays Elementary School read poetry and sang songs during an assembly in memoriam of those who died on September 11, ...
- Local grad earns high marks for volunteering (East York Mirror)
Local student Tracy Chen has given a great deal to her school and community. Thanks to her hard work, the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is giving something to her. Chen, a Regent Park res...
- Pakistani president resigns after 9 turbulent years in power (San Jose Mercury News)
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation today after a turbulent nine years in office.
- Leading New Zealand Writers Honoured - Scoop
Three of New Zealand's most celebrated writers – WH (Bill) Oliver, Lloyd Jones and Elizabeth Smither were honoured at tonight's 2008 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement at Premier House in Wellington. Each writer receives $60,000 in ...
- Popular Authors Sign On For National Book Festival - News Channel 8
Popular Authors Sign On For National Book FestivalNews Channel 8, DC - Jul 14, 2008... the festival will be presentations by school-age poets and artists who are winners of the library's River of Words environmental art and poetry contest.
- Linda Bierds' poem reshapes experience into metaphor - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Linda Bierds' poem reshapes experience into metaphorThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 2 hours agoI love the extravagance of this kind of writing, from the repetition of sounds to the heightened phrases in the short lines, such as in this pair: "waxed ...
- eye of the beholder - Slate
Does MSNBC (Olbermann et. al) really want Obama to win? Won't their ratings be higher in 2009 if they represent the angry opposition--as opposed to the disillusioned party in power? Just a thought. ... P.S.: This factor might cause them not to worry ...
- Most Visited - Nolanchart.com
(Libertarian) The mystical art of channeling spirits and other entities through a flesh and blood human psychic or "sensitive" has been occurring for thousands of years of recorded history. In the ancient world, they were known as "oracles" among ...
- A mujahideen fighter aims a US-made Stinger missil - Egypt Today
IT’S HARD TO imagine Ayman Al-Zawahri as a poet a deeply moving poet, in fact. But he was, and may well still be. His colleagues in prison, including Aboud El-Zumor, whom Al-Zawahri succeeded as the leader of Al-Jihad’s military wing, used to ...
- Tax-Avoiders are Un-American - OpEdNews.com
At a time when the biggest news on everybody radar screen should be the Ron Suskind book, The Way of the World , with its powder keg of accusations against President Bush including, but not limited to, the Whitehouse ordering forged documents to lie ...
- Crossing the Bridge: Poetry, Hip-Hop and the Palestinian Experience - Arabic Media Internet Network
In 1948, my grandmother was expelled from Palestine. Like many of the 780,000 evicted that year, she never saw her birthplace again. But she always dreamed of a dignified return: to Yaffa, her home city, a place of warmth and beauty; to her house ...
- Easy listening - Irish Independent
Irish IndependentEasy listeningIrish Independent, Ireland - 16 minutes agoIn addition, there are book and poetry readings, talk radio podcasts and recordings of public performances of classical music. The sound quality varies on ...
- Art Hop anniversary retrospective: Weaver's Guild of Kalamazoo turns ... - Kalamazoo Gazette
Courtesy of the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo The Weaver's Guild 40th anniversary Fiber Art Retrospective will be held from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 3 at Kingscott. This piece is by Gretchen Huggett. Around 20 members of the Weaver's Guild of Kalamazoo will ...
- Twenty years of gastronomic memories - Inquirer.net
Twenty years of gastronomic memoriesInquirer.net, Philippines - 38 minutes agoCelestina Arvisu, “sister†to Feliz and Lia, and daughter of former café partner and owner Christine Arvisu, reads poetry to coincide with her exhibit of ...
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