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- Un Certain Regard: 'Johnny Mad Dog' and 'Delta' (International Herald Tribune)
"Johnny Mad Dog," by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, is a brutal and assaultive fiction about Liberian child soldiers that's presented without context or explanation. "Delta," by the Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo, is a beautiful if somewhat cliché art film of life in a Hungarian river settlement.
- Entertainment Calendar for July 17- July 26 - NRToday.com
Entertainment Calendar for July 17- July 26NRToday.com, OR - 2 hours agoPOETRY SLAM — 6 pm, Granger Book Co., 111 Second Ave., Myrtle Creek. Read your own poetry or bring your favorite poem to read. Free public event. 793-5599. ...
- Angelou's uplifting - Cincinnati Enquirer
Maya Angelou sat in a chair in the middle of the stage and began singing. "When it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine anymore, God put a rainbow on the clouds," she sang in a deep, melodious voice. Then, she stopped, hummed for a second and ...
- NH child-sex fugitive on FBI's most-wanted list is arrested - WHDH-TV
CONCORD, N.H. -- An FBI most-wanted fugitive who writes poetry, plays the piano and speaks several languages has been arrested in Mexico nine years after he allegedly molested the 5-year-old son of a couple who befriended him, authorities said Friday ...
- U study praises educational value of MySpace, Facebook - Minneapolis Star Tribune
University of Minnesota researchers say they have discovered educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The same study also found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically savvy as their ...
- DVDs: Director Martin Scorsese shines a brilliant light on the Rolling ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Martin Scorsese film of the Rolling Stones in concert? The only question is why they didn't think of it sooner. "Shine a Light," which struts onto DVD Tuesday, July 29, brings together perhaps the greatest director and greatest rock band of our ...
- City starts search 'parties' to recruit foster families (New York Daily News)
"Fosterware parties," where foster parents recruit others, is part of a parent recruitment frenzy happening across the city this summer as officials work to find homes for 300 teens by September.
- "Will you lick my swizzle stick?" (Salon.com)
The Weather Channel's Bob Stokes and former anchor Hillary Andrews are at the center of a sexual harassment scandal.
- RIGHTS-ZAMBIA: Cyberspace Casts Light on the Lives of Death Row ... - Inter Press Service (subscription)
RIGHTS-ZAMBIA: Cyberspace Casts Light on the Lives of Death Row ...Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy - 3 hours agoBehind bars he has become a writer, publishing poetry on his webpage. Certain inmates use their pages to seek "assistance" as well as "mutual fellowship". ...
- Book Folks: Vaughn to visit G'town library (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Tennessee Poet-Laureate-for-Life Maggi Vaughn will visit the Germantown Community Library today and Monday, spreading the word about reading, writing and listening to poetry. Vaughn was named to the nonpaying, lifetime post in 1999, and since then she has traveled through the state and the country, turning a ceremonial appointment into a personal mission. As far as official duties are concerned, ...
- 'Ginsberg loved Calcutta, where poets were worshipped' - Rediff
In the early 1960s, journalist and Sikh historian Khushwant Singh met with a group of hippies who told him that they had left America for an Indian sojourn because they were fed up with materialism. Singh told them Indians were fed up with ubiquitous ...
- J. Freedom du Lac - Washington Post
J. Freedom du LacWashington Post, United States - 10 minutes agoYou? kennychesneyfreeusa: "...tortured if often nonspecific poetry with that amazing voice and the textured, shape-shifting sounds that the band produces ...
- 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.
- Exotic Erotic Ball Celebrates 29th Year with Largest-Ever Weekend ... - NewsBlaze
Exotic Erotic Ball Celebrates 29th Year with Largest-Ever Weekend ...NewsBlaze, CA - 1 hour ago... websites, and novelties, plus panel discussions on First Amendment rights, fashion shows, a spiritual oasis with psychics and massage, erotic poetry, ...
- Bring on the Ruckus - PW-Philadelphia Weekly
PW-Philadelphia WeeklyBring on the RuckusPW-Philadelphia Weekly, PA - 1 hour agoAnd I’m utterly addicted to this art, my art … this poetry. I recently returned from performing in Vienna to begin an important phase in my life: the ...
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