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- The revival in Britain's stately homes - Times Online
The revival in Britain's stately homesTimes Online, UK - 6 minutes ago“It’s very nice for us to have events here – the church fete, Ledbury Poetry Festival, the Guides and Scouts. But we’re now prepared to charge, ...
- Liwa date festival from July 17 - Khaleej Times
Liwa date festival from July 17Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 1 hour agoThe activities for this year include a mass wedding, poetry recital, religious lectures, a special course for children to raise awareness about palm trees, ...
- Pulitzer Prize winner to perform at Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society ... - Wisconsin State Journal
For composer Aaron Jay Kernis, writing music is a way to explore life's fundamentals. Birth. Death. Creation and destruction, freedom and captivity. Kernis, who won the Pulitzer Prize at the age of 37 -- one of the youngest composers to do so -- will ...
- Marin County's Kay Ryan named poet laureate - KSWT-TV
Marin County's Kay Ryan named poet laureateKSWT-TV, AZ - Jul 17, 2008The 62-year-old Fairfax resident has won a number of awards for her writing, including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and four Pushcart Prizes. ...
- Sexually explicit rap lyrics may harm youth - Harvard Political Review
Sexually explicit rap lyrics may harm youthHarvard Political Review, MA - 2 hours agoI think there’sa lot of poetry in it. There’sa lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you’d better listen to it pretty carefully, ...
- Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' - South Coast Today
Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope'South Coast Today, MA - Jul 19, 2008Steel is a leader of a genre that generated $1.37 billion in book sales in 2006, outselling every market category except religion/inspirational, ...
- Wednesday Best Bets - MetroMix
'Throw' down: Score a free flick at The Grant Park Music Festival. The alfresco series amps up its concert formula with the U.S. premiere screening of Franz Osten’s 1929 Indian silent film, “A Throw of Dice.” The Grant Park Orchestra, led by ...
- Liwa Date Festival gets under way - Gulf News
Abu Dhabi: The Fourth Liwa Festival kicked off in Mazirah in the Western Region on Thursday to the rhythms of Ayala (traditional dance). Shaikh Mohammad Bin Buti Al Hamed, the Ruler's representative in the Western Region, opened the main exhibition ...
- Music briefs: Phoebe Snow, doo-wop and John Pizzarelli - Times Herald-Record
Music briefs: Phoebe Snow, doo-wop and John PizzarelliTimes Herald-Record, NY - 5 hours agoGrammy-nominated for her song "Poetry Man," Snow was last in Bearsville when she performed with Donald Fagen of Steely Dan in February. ...
- Librarians promote reading in summer - KATC
Librarians promote reading in summerKATC, LA - 1 hour agoTerry had pulled a poetry book off the shelf. Jailyn Simmons, 7, was reading "It's Halloween, Dear Dragon" out loud. Seven-year-old Deandre Jacobs leaned ...
- Northwest girls win poetry prize (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Four former Northwest Junior High students were named the 2008 winners of the Stuart L. Sheeley Poetry Prize at their school at the end of the 2007-08 school year.
- The minds behind Girlspeak - The Windy Citizen
The minds behind GirlspeakThe Windy Citizen, IL - 43 minutes ago"It's okay to scare people, but then educate them," said Melissa Jordan, a senior at North Side College Prep, adding that the poems were too teen-angsty and ...
- Pioneering lesbian rights activist dies just weeks after wedding (Independent)
Del Martin, the pioneering lesbian rights activist whose career spanned more than five decades, and who twice took part in California's “first” gay marriage, has died at the age of 87.
- Rock for the ages (China Daily)
The Tang Dynasty's Beijing performance features lead singer Ding Wu (right) and guitarist Liu Yiju (widely known as "Lao Wu"). Vocalist Ding Wu struts across the stage, sporting his signature tight pants and loose T-shirt. The 46-year-old singer now wears his hair cropped closely around his face.
- Four Maltese writers in Mediterranean Literary Festival (Malta Star)
Birgu is to experience three days of literary delicacies next week, as 10 Mediterranean writers welcome the public to the historic Couvre Porte for the third edition of the Mediterranean Literature Festival.
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