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- Chinese school of rock? Somebody tell Jack Black (Calgary Sun)
How to explain and explore the global expansion of heavy metal music? That sounds like a job for Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, directors of Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, the film that took the metal world by storm in 2005.
- Charles Moskos, RIP - Outside the Beltway
Charles Moskos, RIPOutside the Beltway, VA - 9 hours agoThat sentence is a kind poetry, evoking whole aspects of his life in a few words. Phil Carter has an excellent tribute. Some highlights: Charlie was an ...
- Beth El Hosts Birthday Aliyah - Voices
Beth El Hosts Birthday AliyahVoices, CT - 12 hours agoThe celebration will feature poetry by Hannah Senesh, Chaim Bialick, Yehuda Amichai and more; dances created by Jodi Falk, co-director of the award-winning ...
- John Mellencamp still rocks, but ages gracefully (Chicago Sun-Times)
It’s been said that by age 50 you get the face you deserve.
- Belleville student place second in national poem contest - Belleville Intelligencer
Megan Berndt’s poignant poem about her ailing grandfather has garnered national recognition. The Sir Mackenzie Bowell School student finished second in the Grade 7 category in a national writing contest sponsored by Polar Expressions Publishing of ...
- City seeks to honor Griffin with a party — or several - Buffalo News
Jimmy Griffin loved a good party, and Common Council members think they’ve found the perfect way to honor the late mayor, who held Buffalo’s top office for a record-shattering 16 years. A bill, championed by a majority of lawmakers, that would ...
- Poetry about absence reflects mature growth - Kansas City Star
Poetry about absence reflects mature growthKansas City Star, MO - 25 minutes agoThe notion of light subtracting itself — a metaphor for death, as we learn in the second poem, “All the Time Running,” about a coyote hit by a car — appears ...
- AP Interview: Afghan journalist demands justice after death sentence ... - International Herald Tribune
PUL-E CHARKHI, Afghanistan : The prison uniform Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh wears is emblazoned with crudely painted black scales of justice, but the young journalist insists on the eve of his appeal that he has yet to see justice done. A court found ...
- ‘The Once and Future Celt’ - Twin Cities Planet
‘The Once and Future Celt’Twin Cities Planet, Minnesota - 1 hour agoThrough all three books, Watkins’ excellent prose conveys his remarkable memory and creativity, with colorful characters and dialogue, well-timed wit and ...
- Faculty and staff vacate Antioch College campus this week - Yellow Springs News
Yellow Springs NewsFaculty and staff vacate Antioch College campus this weekYellow Springs News, OH - 2 hours ago... time at Antioch that the school had a strong commitment to expanding the literary canon to include African-American, feminist and multicultural studies. ...
- Iwentoutand never saw my son again - GazetteLive
Iwentoutand never saw my son againGazetteLive, UK - 5 minutes agoSpeaking in a DVD interview at the launch of her book, Poetry of Tears, Lynn Ford told of the devastating moment her son Christopher, 18, confirmed his big ...
- Thanh Nien - Thanhnien
This woman’s work is never done – from helping orphans 40 years ago to starting a festival this October to celebrate Hanoi’s Long Bien Bridge. French overseas Vietnamese, Nguyen Nga has maintained a long-running commitment to her home country ...
- Sometimes the n-word just says it all (Chicago Sun-Times)
Forgive me, for I have sinned. I have reveled in the joys of the n-word. This is my testimony, the confession of a "nigger" lover. Oh, how will I ever get my point across without that word?
- Positive messages - Chicago Tribune
Positive messagesChicago Tribune, United States - 20 hours agoYour readers' comments about a man of great character in both his personal and professional life filled my soul with goodness. ...
- Cuban poet Carilda Oliver Labra on Her 86th Birthday - Cuba Headlines
Cuba HeadlinesCuban poet Carilda Oliver Labra on Her 86th BirthdayCuba Headlines, Cuba - 2 hours agoAt her age, she is very optimistic, full of energy and refuses to abandon poetry. Her visual-problems have deprived her momentarily of the pleasure of ...
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