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- Fine Arts Festival set for Saturday (Elk Grove Citizen)
The Fine Arts Festival of Elk Grove will be returning for its second year on Aug. 30 at the Laguna Town Hall, 3020 Renwick Ave., Elk Grove. The first festival took place last year and was considered a success with around 3,000 people in attendance.
- Hunt for Karadzic ends as fugitive is found - The Independent
After a 13-year hunt Radovan Karadzic, the man accused of masterminding the Srebrenica massacre, has finally been arrested in Serbia. It was a momentous arrest that brought to mind the capture of Saddam Hussein. "Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him ...
- On the outback's edge, women flock to meet our first female GG - The Age
The AgeOn the outback's edge, women flock to meet our first female GGThe Age, Australia - Oct 5, 2008Photo: Glen McCurtayne READ the sweeping body of poetry and prose on the Darling River town of Bourke, from Lawson to Breaker Morant and Will Ogilvy, ...
- White Light, White Heat (Nashville Scene)
This is an article about The Raconteurs. It only seems to be an article about Jack White, for whom the band is most certainly not, as he has told us many times, a side project. It's been an interesting few months for White. In July, he published a poem in the Detroit Free Press ent...
- 'Goldengrove' by Francine Prose (San Francisco Chronicle)
Goldengrove By Francine Prose Harper; 275 pages; $24.95 In "Goldengrove," Francine Prose tells the story of Nico, a 13-year-old girl whose life is torn apart by the death of her older sister. With perfect pitch and no trace of sentimentality, Prose, author of...
- On the stage - Kalamazoo Gazette
Shawano Cleary | Special to the Kalamazoo Gazette Cast members of the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre's "A Chorus Line" rehearse earlier this month. "A Chorus Line" -- The story of 17 dancers auditioning for a Broadway musical, presented by the Kalamazoo ...
- A Haiku Per Day for a Year for You -- New Book is a Fascinating Collection of Haiku Poems (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 18, 2008 -- Poetry fans and Japanese Haiku enthusiasts are about to get a special treat from author Donald Alan Straub III as Xlibris releases his new book Outside the Inner Dialogue, the opening chapter of the Lake Parking Trilogy.
- Sing along to ‘Mamma Mia' (The Kansas City Star)
Are you one of those people who went to “Mamma Mia!” and irritated your neighbors by singing out loud to all the ABBA songs?
- Tricia Jo Parrish - Chetek Alert
Tricia Jo ParrishChetek Alert, United States - 3 hours agoTricia enjoyed fishing, reading, writing poetry and history. Tricia was preceded in death by her father and an infant brother. ...
- Musicians Perform for Pope One of His Favorites - Zenit
VATICAN CITY, AUG. 26, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- The city of Castel Gandolfo offered its honored guest -- Benedict XVI -- a classical music concert in his honor, featuring one of the selections the Pope says is among his favorites. Romanian cellist Yvonne ...
- TOME RAIDER: 2008 Oregon Book Award Finalists Announced (Willamette Week)
Today, Literary Arts announced the finalists for the 2008 Oregon Book Awards (OBA’s). Winners will be announced in conjunction with Wordstock at a ceremony on Sunday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fields Ballroom at the Portland Art Museum. Click here to get your tickets. Now you know all the important stuff. But since you’re here anyway, why not join me and engage in a little shameless ...
- Pangborn Elementary students say new school is ‘cool’ - Hagerstown Morning Herald
Pangborn Elementary students say new school is ‘cool’Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD - 1 hour agoErika and Megan won a poetry contest for their poem comparing the old school with the new, and shared their work during a dedication ceremony on Tuesday. ...
- Philosopher, Physician, Sage - Jewish Exponent
Jewish ExponentPhilosopher, Physician, SageJewish Exponent, PA - 9 minutes agoThe only topic Hoffman says the young scholar appears to have disliked was poetry, both Hebraic and Arabic. "Indeed," notes Hoffman, "throughout Maimonides' ...
- Mexican-themed festival planned for Tuesday (The Post-Star)
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- This weeks’s "dark day" at the Saratoga Race Course will be brightened by a fiesta.
- Library to celebrate 100 years - Otago Daily Times
Library to celebrate 100 yearsOtago Daily Times, New Zealand - 5 hours ago... Volume I of The Poetry of Robert Burns, 1896. The Dunedin Public Library is gearing up for its 100th birthday with a feast of literary events, ...
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