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- Roger Casement versus the British Empire - Times Online
Roger Casement versus the British EmpireTimes Online, UK - 4 hours agoEven more nobly, he had been knighted for his heroic services in exposing the savage exploitation of African and Amerindian workers in the rubber industry. ...
- Honoring Filipino-American Month: (The Heights)
When learning about famous writers and activists in America, one name that you probably have not come across is that of Carlos Bulosan, a Filipino-American writer and activist who fought for labor rights in the 1930s and 1940s. As October is Filipino-American History Month, it's time to shed some light on this somewhat obscure, mysterious, and yet utterly inspirational figure in American history.
- Book fair, parade highlight Dominican Independence Day (The Eagle-Tribune)
LAWRENCE  It's going to be a bittersweet Independence Day celebration for Dominicans after Jose Balbuena, who they were going to honor, died last week after battling cancer. "We don't want this to be a sad posthumous moment because we were going to honor him anyway," said Dario Silverio, parade organizer. "We want to remember him as he was, happy, full of life."
- Grant Park's 'Big Sur' concerto captures the West Coast - Chicago Tribune
On Wednesday, the Grant Park Orchestra under former principal conductor Hugh Wolff gave an estimated 13,000 listeners at Millennium Park a bracing shot of new American music that included the Chicago premiere of John Adams ' "The Dharma at Big Sur ...
- Plowshares Theatre Will Stage MI Premieres Summer in Sanctuary and ... - Playbill.com
Plowshares Theatre Will Stage MI Premieres Summer in Sanctuary and ...Playbill.com, NY - 55 minutes agoTold through monologue, songs, poetry, and multimedia, Letson challenges perceptions about race, class and community responsibility, as he struggles to ...
- Cliques that click - Baltimore Sun
Cliques that clickBaltimore Sun, United States - 1 hour agoThe animators render each mini-cartoon in a different style, and each does justice to the character, whether full of turmoil and poetry like Hannah or ...
- Bereaved ringmates hail 'Killer' Kowalski's class act (Boston Globe)
MALDEN - The Pink Assassin was there. So were the Skunk and the Bull. The Boston Babe and the Boston Bad Boy, the Butcher, the Bandit, the Candyman.
- Calendar: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
LITERARY EVENTS Octavia Books 513 Octavia St. Rheta Grimsley Johnson reads from and signs her recent book "Poor Man's Provence." Thurs 6. COMEDY Stage Hypnosis Comedy Show Tavern on The Levee, 3401 Chartre St. The Amazing Dr. Z performs, 8....
- UAE writers eulogise one of Arab world's greatest icons - GulfNews
UAE writers eulogise one of Arab world's greatest iconsGulfNews, United Arab Emirates - Aug 10, 2008"He survived clinical death once before and his life was controversial. He was a poet of the Palestinian resistance. His politically-charged poems made his ...
- Latitude Festival, Southwold, Suffolk - The Independent
In its three-year lifespan, Latitude has gone from being a boutique event and a reasonably well-kept secret to a major date on the festival calendar. With its "more than just a music festival" motto – it also hosts theatre, comedy, poetry and film ...
- A dialect that is easy to learn - Malaysia Star
A dialect that is easy to learnMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 2 hours agoTapestry of Baba Poetry author Johny Chee advised those keen on learning “pure†Penang Hokkien to approach native speakers of the older generation. ...
- R&B star Ne-Yo flaunts his gentlemanly style (USA Today)
Shaffer Smith, the artist currently known as Ne-Yo, was born late about 50 years late, he figures. "I always refer back to the days of the Rat Pack, because that's when I should have been around," Ne-Yo says, a little wistfully. "I know how to dress the part."
- Fishing, football, golf and gambling - all in a day's work - Irish Times
Fishing, football, golf and gambling - all in a day's workIrish Times, Ireland - 16 minutes agoThere was something magical about that, it was poetry in motion. And meanwhile back in Ireland, there was another kind of poetry in motion, which of course ...
- Poets descend on Fremont for Midland’s second poetry slam - Fremont Tribune
Poets descend on Fremont for Midland’s second poetry slamFremont Tribune, NE - 5 hours agoBy Don Bowen/Fremont Tribune The college in Fremont is hosting the Great Plains Poetry Pileup Slam 2, flowing off the success of last year’s inaugural ...
- NYC boy, 5, dies after falling down elevator shaft (Las Vegas Sun)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 (4:03 p.m.) Police say a 5-year-old New York City boy plunged 10 stories to his death after he jumped from an elevator that got stuck between floors with its doors open.
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