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- WHAT'S UP? (New York Post)
TODAY TEEN TURTLES: No, not mutant ninjas, but the young playwrights and actors behind the Turtle Tales Teen Play Festival. Expect six short new comedies about crazy aliens, klutzy explorers, abandoned socks and other products of turbulent teenage...
- PACT with excuses for sad test scores (The Rock Hill Herald)
Your South Carolina education department, fresh from showing off that kids in Maine and D.C. and Hawaii scored worse than we did on the SAT, is holding a contest. Not to change the name of state Superintendent Jim Rex to T. Rex or Tyrannosaurus Rex, but to change the name of the state's new testing system.
- Poet in residence at school - Gulf News
London: The vogue at private schools for lessons that feed the heart as well as the head has scaled new heights, with the appointment of a "poet in residence" at one of the highest-performing schools. Colette Bryce, an award-winning Irish poet, this ...
- Iraqi Premier Says New Al-Najaf Airport Erases "Era of Injustice" - RedOrbit
Iraqi Premier Says New Al-Najaf Airport Erases "Era of Injustice"RedOrbit, TX - 5 hours agoThe celebration then continues with poetry and songs. The prime minister then leaves the inauguration site and the live relay ends at 0807 gmt.
- Seventh Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest Winners Announced - PR Web (press release)
PR Web (press release)Seventh Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest Winners AnnouncedPR Web (press release), WA - 1 hour ago... contests sponsored by Poetry.com, the Famous Poets Society, the League of American Poets, and similar operations (see our list of contests to avoid). ...
- Season benchmarks (The Star)
Here are 10 of the most influential, trend-setting, jaw-dropping summer releases of the past four decades.
- Check it Out: Bed and Breakfasts for the Booklover - Transworld News
There is nothing more relaxing when you head off to a bed and breakfast than escaping into a great adventure, romance or mystery, which is why so many of us pack a book or two on holiday. "The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the ...
- Palestinians Bury 'National Poet' Mahmoud Darwish - Voice of America
Voice of AmericaPalestinians Bury 'National Poet' Mahmoud DarwishVoice of America - Aug 13, 2008Darwish's poetry dealt with the themes of exile and the hope of return, both of which he experienced personally. His village was destroyed during Israel's ...
- Writer's journey begins at the Attic Workshop (Portland Tribune)
Walk into Powell’s City of Books, look at the endless books and ask yourself, “Isn’t the city big enough? Does the world need another writer?” After all, who will read all those books? “I think the great books in the library read themselves,” answers David ...
- Tinian hosts solemn peace rites - Saipan Tribune
Tinian hosts solemn peace ritesSaipan Tribune, Micronesia - 2 hours agoThe evening also featured a poetry reading by Tinian High School student Alisha Shrestha who recited an original poem written for the ceremony titled Peace. ...
- 1958: Tornado clean-up underway - Dunn County News
This aerial photo, captured by a St. Paul Pioneer Press photographer, shows the devastation in Colfax from the June 4, 1958, tornado. The image was printed in the June 18, 1958, edition of The Dunn County News. Sunday, June 24, 2007 Dunn County ...
- What movie has most changed your life? - Louisville Courier-Journal
What movie has most changed your life?Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 52 minutes agoMy approach to my new movie-filled life will be the same as I now have toward poetry -- I am a fairly intelligent, thoughtful, intuitive, well-read person, ...
- White Mountains Roundup show shines with talent - WMI Central
Dave Stamey of Nipomo, Calif., is the headliner at the 2008 White Mountains Roundup. He is one of the most popular cowboy entertainers in the country with a large repertoire of classic and original music. He’ll be singing his songs during “Chris ...
- The Impostor, by Damon Galgut - Independent
The Impostor, by Damon GalgutIndependent, UK - 6 hours agoAdam, author of a small volume of critically acclaimed poetry, settles into the farmhouse intent on reviving his career as a writer. ...
- Youth poetry workshop is now accepting applications - Newport News-Times
Students strike a poetic pose during the 2003 Writers On The Edge poetry-writing workshop. (Courtesy photo) Writers On The Edge is offering a one-week poetry writing workshop open to Lincoln County youth ages 7 to 10. “Write On! Write Now!” is ...
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