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- Mary Peccolo; original owner of Blue Door Bookstore, arts supporter (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Hillcrest wasn't Hillcrest yet when Mary Peccolo and her husband opened the Blue Door Bookstore on Fifth Avenue in 1961. The tiny shop came to be known as a literary center for Bohemians, intellectuals, artists and activists.
- Jewel: Closing the Circle, Coming Home to Country - Los Angeles Chronicle
Jewel: Closing the Circle, Coming Home to CountryLos Angeles Chronicle, USA - 2 hours agoI read philosophy, the classics, poetry . I just loved it." Growing up on a ranch in rural Alaska provided an awesome setting for this young woman as she ...
- Hub city writer's workshop accepting registration - Asheville Citizen-Times
Hub city writer's workshop accepting registrationAsheville Citizen-Times, NC - 4 hours agoThe conference is limited to 72 people this year, and registrants must sign up for one of four tracks: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction or ...
- Gender-bending, role-switching keep Savoyards cast lively (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
The expression that "men are from Mars and women are from Venus" only entered our modern lexicon about 15 years ago -- but Gilbert & Sullivan not only understood the idea about 100 years before that, but also used it as rich fodder for their famed brand of musical satire.
- 'Dashing' Ross Noble steals the show at Latitude - Virtual Festivals
'Dashing' Ross Noble steals the show at LatitudeVirtual Festivals, UK - 1 hour agoMore than 20000 fans have been enjoying the music, theatre, poetry, comedy (and even the weather) at Latitude, which continues through Sunday when Interpol ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 - Lincoln Journal Star
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Mahmoud Darwish, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died on Saturday in Houston. He was 67. The predominant Palestinian poet, whose work has been translated into more than ...
- Friday wild card - Spokane Spokesman-Review
Sorry for only having one post today - we've had some breaking news this afternoon, and I know I've got more stuff coming down the pipeline so I'll go ahead and throw out the wild card for today. The big guy will be back next week, and the weekend ...
- The books that inspire the people who govern us - WalesOnline
The books that inspire the people who govern usWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoWhen asked which works had had the greatest impact on how she viewed the world, Labour Health Minister Edwina Hart said: “[The] poetry that came out of ...
- Event: Programmes to mark the 70th birth anniversary of RD Burman ... - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphEvent: Programmes to mark the 70th birth anniversary of RD Burman ...Calcutta Telegraph, India - 59 minutes agoJune 27 at Rabindra Sadan; 5 pm: Darpani’s 13th annual programme features two dance items, Tomar Banshi Bajao Aashi (based on Tagore songs and poetry ...
- Set your inner artist free at the Warwick Arts Festival - Times Herald-Record
Set your inner artist free at the Warwick Arts FestivalTimes Herald-Record, NY - 6 hours agoMost events are free, but because the festival relies so heavily on grant money from the New York State Council on the Arts and sponsors such as ShopRite of ...
- 2008 Stronach Prize Supports Humanitarian Projects - UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley2008 Stronach Prize Supports Humanitarian ProjectsUC Berkeley, CA - 3 hours agoTrained in art history, Judith Lee Stronach was a journalist for Amnesty International, an East Bay poetry teacher, and a patron of numerous arts, ...
- 1860s-style baseball teams will play at Sauder Village - Toledo Blade
1860s-style baseball teams will play at Sauder VillageToledo Blade, OH - 3 hours agoThe Art Tatum African American Resource Center at the Kent Branch Library joins Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and Owens Community College's Center for ...
- Where's Weldon? - Los Angeles Times
Where's Weldon?Los Angeles Times, CA - 3 hours agoThe disappearance of poet Weldon Kees is still unsolved, but his poetry remains to feed the appetites of his fans. Also: New paperbacks of Mario Vargas ...
- Community Leaders Forge New Approach to HIV Prevention as Part of M-A ... - Forbes
HIV among imprisoned juveniles, teenagers and the Muslim community headlined a discussion of community leaders and AIDS experts in Johannesburg today. The gathering - orchestrated by the M-A-C AIDS Fund, the philanthropic arm of Estee Lauder-owned ...
- Laura Silber: Karadzic's arrest signals hope for Serbia's future - Minneapolis Star Tribune
After 13 years of fulsome denials, false starts and broken promises, Serbia's new leaders have finally taken the step they said was impossible. On Monday, police arrested Radovan Karadzic, one of the remaining marquee fugitives indicted for war ...
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