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- Ancient Grudge (San Diego Reader)
The Old Globe Theatre’s staging three of Shakespeare’s plays about love: star-crossed Romeo and Juliet, gender-crossed All’s Well That Ends Well (in which the woman gets to choose her husband), and double-crossed Merry Wives of Windsor (in which Falstaff undergoes a triple comeuppance).
- No hiding from history - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukNo hiding from historyguardian.co.uk, UK - 26 minutes agoNapier discourses on the possibility of a private aesthetic as a refuge from these harsh realities: he might immerse himself in poetry, landscape and beauty ...
- Authors showcase in Vallejo - TheReporter.com
Authors showcase in VallejoTheReporter.com, CA - 55 minutes ago... Fern Henry's book about early Vacaville resident Luzena Stanley Wilson • Milton A. Combs (The African American Quiz Book for All Americans - non-fiction)
- Sweetess on paper - Sacramento Bee
Brad Buchanan fell in love with Nora before he ever saw her, before she was born. For three years, he composed poems with that little girl in mind. Now, his 56 works in rhyme have become "Swimming the Mirror: Poems for My Daughter," the first book ...
- 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' makes a return engagement - Daily Camera
'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' makes a return engagementDaily Camera, CO - 1 hour agoIt probably is the third-most-played song in the United States after Happy Birthday To You and The Star-Spangled Banner. The tune was written in 1908, ...
- An 'Office' worker takes to rock - Philadelphia Daily News
As Dwight Schrute on The Office , Rainn Wilson is a walking sight gag with his thrift-shop clothes, chipped-kitchen-table haircut, and frowning face. But wait until you see him with heavy-metal hair and mascara in The Rocker , a comic film opening ...
- Medal-ing in Highland politics? - BBC News
BBC NewsMedal-ing in Highland politics?BBC News, UK - 1 hour agoIn the chamber, there were fulsome tributes and flowers: poetry and passion about the importance of giving children the space to play. ...
- Serge Bennathan comes full circle - Georgia Straight
Serge Bennathan comes full circleGeorgia Straight, Canada - 7 hours agoDrawing on a text he wrote for Vancouver dance icon Grant Strate’s birthday last December, he is attempting to mimic the gut instincts of slam poetry—both ...
- The Three Of Us: A Family Story, by Julia Blackburn - The Independent
The trio in the title of this surprising and illuminating book consists of the author and her parents. Thomas Blackburn, the son of a religious fanatic, was a poet who consumed an oceanic amount of booze. He was violent in his cups and for a lengthy ...
- Lyrical Genius (The Sun Post)
Songwriter Desmond Child’s story really is the American Dream. The Cuban-American grew up in poverty, alternating between housing projects near Miami Edison High School and Miami Beach, when his mother was earning enough money to afford a little apartment on the east side of the bay.
- Poet takes his love of prose across the globe to LA (The Maitland Mercury)
Noel Pickett never thought his love of poems and prose would lead him across the globe. But as the Branxton man arrives today in Las Vegas, overseas is exactly where he will be.
- Stepping into the world of rodeo (Garden City Telegram)
As he handed out beef jerky outside the Finney County Library Friday morning, Octavio Lucero, 9, said he knew he looked good.
- June Programs at The Newark Public Library - Bridgeton News
Highlighting the June schedule of programs for the Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street, are a major exhibition on Newark Airport's 80th birthday, the kickoff rally for the Prudential Foundation Summer Reading Challenge, and a concert in ...
- Robin Thicke gets ready for 'Something Else' - LiveDaily
R&B/soulman Robin Thicke [ tickets ] will hit the road next month for a short run of dates to preview material from his forthcoming album, "Something Else." The singer/songwriter is currently scheduled to play eight shows Aug. 9-18, including five in ...
- Friends bond over love of competing - Atascadero News
Friends bond over love of competingAtascadero News, Atascadero - 3 hours agoIn their spare time, Jackson enjoys listening to music, doing arts and crafts including abstract art and writing poetry and Kern enjoys doing beadwork, ...
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