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- Study: Social Networking Teens Learn 21st Century Skills (TechNewsWorld.com)
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 counterparts. The university says this goes against what results from previous studies have suggested.
- Stolen $30M Shakespeare book found; man arrested (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A 400-year-old volume of Shakespeare stolen in England a decade ago and valued $30 million has been recovered after a man walked into a library in Washington and asked to have it authenticated.
- Bookstore melds African-American culture, spiritualism - New Haven Register (subscription)
Bookstore melds African-American culture, spiritualismNew Haven Register (subscription), CT - 20 minutes agoNearly every book carried by the store, now celebrating its 20th anniversary, is by an African-American author and deals with race, religion or both. ...
- She 'amp; Him, Eef Barzeley, NPS reflections, and more in Madison Miscellany (Isthmus)
Day four reports and reflections from the National Poetry Slam, Eef Barzelay plays the Momo, She ' Him play the Barrymore, The Taming of the Shew by the Open Spaces Theatre Company, the Monroe Street Bisto soft opening, and much more can be found in this latest round-up of online social media in Madison and Dane County.
- Examining Facets of a Beloved Composer’s Life - New York Times
New York TimesExamining Facets of a Beloved Composer’s LifeNew York Times, United States - 1 hour agoSome of Prokofiev’s early songs using symbolist poetry and fitting into the genre of traditional Russian romances were performed in earlier programs. ...
- Practical approach by laureate - Gloucester Daily Times
Practical approach by laureateGloucester Daily Times, USA - 31 minutes ago... better bring poetry to students on all grade levels, a similar effort to engage the city's elderly, and a project aimed at developing a of book poetry ...
- 'Third Thursday' heats up Ardmore (The Daily Ardmoreite)
Various businesses in downtown Ardmore will present a number of activities during “Third Thursday” this week from 5 to 7 p.m.
- An Oregon Eco Fable at Salem's Pentacle Theatre - Oregonian
"Betty the Yeti" at Salem's Pentacle Theatre. I am always looking for homegrown theatre about environmental issues in Oregon and the western states. I rarely ever find anything. Though we are daily surrounded by real life dramas in the form of ...
- Still smarting about poetry - Moreland Leader
Moreland LeaderStill smarting about poetryMoreland Leader, Australia - Jul 30, 2008He started performing his poetry as a 20-year-old at a night organised by his sister in Ballarat. Smart loves performing poetry and is looking forward to ...
- Playing the ponies at Thistledown and Northfield Park - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Scott Shaw/The Plain Dealer Thistledown racetrack. The image of the track used to be the grumbling old guy in the bad shirt, studying a dog-eared Racing Form through thick glasses and the smoke from a 50-cent stogie. Well, a lot has changed since ...
- José Garcia Villa’s poetry now part of Penguin Classics - Global Nation
PLAYING WITH SHADOW and spark, the book’s cover exemplifies the multifarious nature of its author, the poet José Garcia Villa. Tipped one way, the cover shows a young Villa’s profile; tipped another way, the words “dove,” “eagle” and ...
- AWOL recovers after storm to help students (WTOC 11 Savannah)
Nearly two weeks after a tornado wiped out their end of the year bash, AWOL, or All Walks of Life, held a special party and fundraiser for teens at Lake Mayer.
- Is it harder to write a great sonnet than a great hip-hop verse? - Atlantic Online
Is it harder to write a great sonnet than a great hip-hop verse?Atlantic Online - 4 hours agoBut I loved words, and I turned to poetry armed with the exact same logic that lucretius offers here--I thought it would be freer, because I didn't have to ...
- Haiku poet to share interpretation of slave ship passage - Ann Arbor News Blog
Poets have striven to tell the story of the Middle Passage before. And why not? The Middle Passage -- the forced transport across the Atlantic of kidnapped African men, women and children, packed like sardines in the holds of slave ships -- is a tale ...
- Progressive Politics Examiner - San Francisco Examiner
Oh jeez, Senator Obama, bad form to list a song about yourself (Yes We Can) in your Top 10. And Senator McCain, I'm sorry but anyone listing Dancing Queen as their #1 cannot be allowed, under any circumstances, to lead the country. Sorry
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