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- This Week Film August 12 (Rome Observer)
"Gilda" will be shown at the Utica Public Library at 6:30 p.m. The 1946 film noir classic offers a dark, crime drama marked by sexual tension and a decidedly aberrant love triangle.
- In Praise of Political Insults - Wall Street Journal
The great American political insult is older than the nation itself. Ben Franklin, writing in 1771 before the States were even United, lamented "Libeling and Personal Abuse, which is of late Years become so disgraceful to our Country." Not even ...
- PALMER'S ALMANAC: Memorial Day's roots in Civil War (The Tuscaloosa News)
Memorial Day is a day to reflect and remember the women and men who died while serving their country. The day has its roots in those early post-Civil War days when a traumatized America was coming to grips with the horrors of a war that left the Southern landscape ravaged and pimpled with thousands of fresh graves.
- ‘Living in the now' in Lower Woodstock - Bugle-Observer
‘Living in the now' in Lower WoodstockBugle-Observer, Canada - 3 minutes agoThat single tree, which dominated the rural skyline – accompanied by Johnny Ray Ryder Jr.'s inspirational poem, The Oak Tree – provided a philosophical and ...
- On Stage: Cambria's Pewter Plough puts on 'The Belle of Amherst' (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
A virtuoso one-woman performance brings the talented, eccentric poet Emily Dickinson to new life in “The Belle of Amherst” at Cambria’s Pewter Plough Playhouse. Emma Duncan is a talented young actress who explores the poet’s history and psyche through a fine piece of writing by William Luce. Based on biographies and Dickinson’s many letters, the play weaves her enduring poetry into the ...
- Robert Frost Vandals Get Taken to School - ABC News
On Dec. 28, a 17-year-old former Middlebury College employee decided to hold a party and gave a... On Dec. 28, a 17-year-old former Middlebury College employee decided to hold a party and gave a friend $100 to buy beer. Word spread. Up to 50 people ...
- Letters (Washington Post)
In two of her recent Poet's Choice columns, Mary Karr makes assertions that cannot go unchallenged. In the June 8 issue of Book World, she states that "William Matthews beat brain cancer" before submitting to a heart attack in 1997. It was Matthews's wife, Patricia, who beat brain cancer. Two of...
- Shortland Street victim at BATS ! (Scoop.co.nz)
She was last seen on the screens being strangled by the Shortland Street serial killer and now she’s at BATS Theatre with Fingerprints & Teeth Productions bringing you the Double Bill of “The Mall and LUV” for one week only.
- Hilary Bradt, Founder, Bradt Travel Guides - guardian.co.uk
Hilary Bradt, Founder, Bradt Travel Guidesguardian.co.uk, UK - 17 minutes agoI was 18 years old when I read it, and it set me on the path of Bohemianism, poetry and wandering (Jack Kerouac's On the Road having done the same for ...
- Daily News welcomes new publisher - Red Bluff Daily News
Daily News welcomes new publisherRed Bluff Daily News, CA - 17 hours agoGreg Stevens, 63, has been named publisher of the Daily News in Red Bluff beginning Monday. Stevens comes to Tehama County after 18 months as publisher of ...
- Remembering the Unknown Soldier - The Herald
Remembering the Unknown SoldierThe Herald, Zimbabwe - 33 minutes agoPlato is said to have once remarked that, "Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history", and it would be appropriate to borrow from a Zimbabwean poet when ...Let’s honour our fallen heroes The Heraldall 2 news articles
- BREAKING NEWS: Man held over theft of £15m Shakespeare tome - This is North East
A MAN is being questioned by police on suspicion of stealing a collected works of Shakespeare worth £15m from Durham University. The 1623 first folio edition has been described by academics as the most important book in the English Language. It went ...
- The buzz on 'Garden of Last Days' - Portsmouth Herald News
The buzz on 'Garden of Last Days'Portsmouth Herald News, NH - 16 minutes ago"I read a lot of poetry, and there is a collection today I started by one of my favorite writers, who is one of those writers like my father (famous short ...
- Mountain Blog (Nederland Mountain Ear)
In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry saw her play, which she had written as a 28-year-old, produced on Broadway. When it opened, A Raisin in the Sun was the first accurate portrayal of a black family that most of the audience had ever seen.
- Democratic committee to meet Wednesday (The Hanford Sentinel)
HANFORD -- The Kings County Democratic Central Committee is conducting its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hanford Round Table Pizza, 820 W. Lacey Blvd. Meeting agenda includes discussion of the street market and other concerns.
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