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- Ronnie Drew: Lead singer of the Dubliners (Independent)
With his huge bushy beard, trademark gravelly voice and a gift for stripping a song down to its soul, Ronnie Drew was one of Ireland's musical heroes. He was a founder member of the folk group the Dubliners, whose charismatic stage presence and penchant for raw, bar-room ballads and roaring chorus songs helped them achieve unprecendented international success over four decades. Drew was the ...
- Baker to celebrate Homestead Days (Billings Gazette)
BAKER - The Baker Centennial Homestead Days/All Class Reunion is Thursday through Sunday and is presented by the O'Fallon Historical Society and Museum. All events are being held at the Fallon County Fairgrounds south of Baker on Highway 7.
- Ani DiFranco adored, and impressive - Aspen Times
Ani DiFranco adored, and impressiveAspen Times, CO - 2 hours agoWhen she swung into spoken poetry mode, with the revolutionary-fomenting “Coming Up,” the crowd went nearly silent. Although anger doesn’t seem to be as big ...
- Wednesday's Agenda, June 18 (Miami Herald)
hs Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. To submit items online, go to MiamiHerald.com, click on Calendar of Events and click Add Events, then follow the prompts or e-mail your items to newscalendar@MiamiHerald.com. No faxes, please. To search for events throughout South ...
- Downtown Denver's workers brace for DNC - Examiner.com
Downtown Denver's workers brace for DNCExaminer.com - 2 hours agoCitrix Online did not release specific numbers but said it has noticed an uptick in registrants and users in the Denver area for its services, ...
- Bite Me Harder | Yana Alana and Tha Paranas - Australian Stage Online
Bite Me Harder | Yana Alana and Tha ParanasAustralian Stage Online, Australia - 21 minutes agoHer diva antics litigate the show, while her crass poetry, titled from the self-written book, ‘If you were a carrot, I would have cum by now,’ is a ...
- Students' Work Helps Ex-Slaves - Hartford Courant
Students' Work Helps Ex-SlavesHartford Courant, United States - 1 hour agoThe colorful, laminated volumes, 122 in all, run the literary gamut from poetry to fantasy fiction to humor to non-fiction — everything from an alphabet ...
- Canadian poet and playwright James Reaney dies at 81 - CBC News
James Reaney, a poet, author and dramatist of three famous plays about Ontario's feuding Donnelly family, has died. He was 81. Reaney died Wednesday in London, Ont., after a long illness. Reaney won the Governor General's Award for poetry three times ...
- Jason Isbell: Singing ‘til Things Get Fixed - Tiger Weekly
Jason Isbell: Singing ‘til Things Get FixedTiger Weekly, LA - 7 hours agoWith his first solo album, last year’s Sirens of the Ditch, he proved that he isn’t afraid of plugging in, turning it up and intertwining poetry with ...
- Hearts and Darts - Jackson Sun
Hearts and DartsJackson Sun, TN - 5 hours agoCommittee members include: Lynda Snider, Kathy Hammond, Mary Ann Tremblay, Betty Brown, Tamesha Murphy and Nina Bowden; our poetry readers, Judy, Yolanda, ...
- Gaia Online Named to TIME.com 50 Best Websites of 2008 List (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Gaia Online, the leading online hangout for teens, today announced that it has been named to TIME.com's 50 Best Websites of 2008 in the Fun & Games category. Described by TIME Magazine staff writer, Anita Hamilton as a "kind of Internet carnival," Gaia Online enables visitors to socialize, play games, customize their avatar, in-world home and car, roam the site's virtual world, share artwork ...
- Local inks his memoirs - The Evening Leader
Local inks his memoirsThe Evening Leader, OH - 44 minutes agoMARYS — After traveling the world twice over, a local resident has penned his lifelong experiences in a book of prose and poetry. St. Marys native Russell ...
- Free books for children - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukFree books for childrenguardian.co.uk, UK - 7 hours agoThe packs will also contain a guidance booklet for parents and carers to encourage sharing books with children, and for the first time, a poetry book: The ...
- Young poets find a forum - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Words are not rhetorical for the Inland Empire Youth Slam Poetry Team, an aggregation of teen and 20-something poets. They are seeking solutions in poetic form, using their voices to convey personal thoughts and opinions and expecting evocative ...
- Fritz Reiner - Chicago Tribune
Pianist Leonard Pennario, a best-selling recording artist who made his concert debut with the Dallas Symphony at age 12 after learning Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in a week so he could play it from memory, has died. He was 83. Mr. Pennario died ...
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