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- National Poetry Slam 2008 announces bouts draw and schedule (Isthmus)
The wait is over for hundreds of spoken word devotees wondering who they will face in the opening rounds of this year's National Poetry Slam in Madison. Organizers conducted a random draw this week to determine match-ups in the opening two rounds of the competition, which will be held in multiple venues across downtown over the first week of August. Teams hailing from the same city will face off ...
- The eagle has landed - Eric's life with schizophrenia - Jamaica Gleaner
W ith impeccable manners, Eric ushered me into Mensana's office (the support group for families living with mental illness) and pointed to a spot on the large sofa where I could sit comfortably. He collected a small pile of paper from a nearby wooden ...
- Frederick metal! - Frederick News-Post
Tickets: $7 ($2 from every ticket sold will benefit local cancer plus all of the proceeds of the MadEra merchandise sold will go to the charity as well. The venue will also accept donations for PPF.) Last year, Jake White got a red school bus, full ...
- Creators of cool (Boston Globe)
REYKJAVĂŤK - The Thursday before last, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, president of Iceland, welcomed artists, organizers, and others to his tidy residence on a narrow peninsula to shake hands and sip wine. Outdoors, terns darted above a calm bay and the tilting headstones of a cemetery. Inside, the white-haired head of state stood in a salon beneath a large canvas in ...
- The Laureate of All Arabs - Common Dreams
None of us really thought he’d die. Our loss is great, we tell each other. In our minds we think of Edward Said, of Haider Abdel-Shafi, of Faisal Husseini, and even - yes - of Yasser Arafat. The “big men” of Palestine. And now, Mahmoud Darwish ...
- Kathleen Parker: One nation under English is a must - State Journal-Register
WASHINGTON — La cucaracha, la cucaracha, ya no puede caminar. La cucaracha, la cuca ... Oh, perdon . I was just tuning up for an interview with Baracko Obama and Juan McCain . Juan y Baracko have been busy lately wooing los que hablan espanol ...
- Help! I'm trapped in Tracey Emin's ghastly world (Times Online)
This, apparently, is art. But the banal reality is like walking into the bedroom of your moody teenage daughter
- Music, story and poetry in motion - Janesville Gazette
Janesville GazetteMusic, story and poetry in motionJanesville Gazette, WI - 7 hours agoOr poetry that you can’t see on the page or hear spoken? Katherine Hager, Janesville, has spent the past week struggling with those esoteric questions, ...
- He stood up to Wilt - Allentown Morning Call
He stood up to WiltAllentown Morning Call, PA - 8 hours agoIt was beautiful, disjointed, beat poetry in motion. You're going to hear a lot of about Butch, who died last August at age 84, during the upcoming ...
- Calls for end to Saudi child marriages - International Herald Tribune
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia : An 11-year-old boy gave out invitations to his classmates for a big event his family was planning this summer — and it wasn't his birthday party. It was his wedding to a 10-year-old cousin. Muhammad al-Rashidi's marriage was ...
- 'Latino Music Festival' Spans Time, Borders (HispanicBusiness.com)
It is good to see Chicago's Latino composers coming into their own.
- Leto’s luck (The Star)
Singer/actor Jared Leto will be in town in August to host the MTV Asia Awards held at Genting Highlands.
- Pupils shine in festival to celebrate their talents - Journal Live
Pupils shine in festival to celebrate their talentsJournal Live, UK - 3 hours agoThere has been poetry and music recitals, painting with the art department, photography and the history department has also made up a time capsule to show ...
- Motorcycle ride to benefit breast cancer research - TriVallyCentral
TORRINGTON - The Mary Ann Tedesco Memorial Scholarship Fund Charity Event is scheduled to take place Sunday, July 20, at RJB Contracting, 588 Winsted Road, to benefit The Mary Ann Tedesco Memorial Fund. Admittance is $20 for rider, $30 for a rider ...
- Adult/High School - School Library Journal
BOBIS, Merlinda . Banana Heart Summer . 257p. illus. maps. Delta . 2008. pap. $12. ISBN 978-0-385-34112-7 . LC 2008000708. Adult/High School— At the age of 12, Nenita decides that the best move she can make for both herself and her family is to ...
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