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- traditional celebration of Olympic Day (Olympic Committee News)
inaugurated the brand new IOC multi-purpose centre, known as “Le Pavillon”, in the presence of Swiss Federal Councillor Samuel Schmid, Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Protection of the Population and Sports; Jean-Claude Mermoud, State Councillor of the Canton of Vaud; Daniel Brélaz, Mayor of Lausanne; and many personalities from the sports world as well as members of the IOC Executive ...
- Creative writing program features free readings - Citizens Voice
Creative writing program features free readingsCitizens Voice, PA - 9 minutes agoWednesday night will focus on playwriting, while other nights include samplings of poetry, fiction and prose. Books can be purchased at the downtown Barnes ...
- Carol Guess: The write stuff - Western Front
Carol Guess: The write stuffWestern Front, WA - 3 hours agoGuess’s book "Tinderbox Lawn," which will be released Oct. 1, is a collection of prose poems—a kind of poetry printed as prose. Prose poems are compact and ...
- Author Carrie Allen McCray Nickens Dies - MyFox Chattanooga
Author Carrie Allen McCray Nickens DiesMyFox Chattanooga, TN - 17 minutes agoThe Virginia native's first poetry book was published in 1993. Nickens may be best known for her book "Freedom's Child," which told the story of her ...
- "Man on Wire": An enthralling documentary (San Jose Mercury News)
On the morning of Aug. 7, 1974, after months of preparation and years of dreaming, a French daredevil named Philippe Petit stepped into the sky above Lower Manhattan.
- Hamilton Fringe Festival 08 - Amplifier
Get entertained by a range of innovative, experimental, quirky, and creative work. 26 events in a nine day festival - Friday 13 June to Saturday 21 June. Something to see every day; lots of free, koha, or low priced events for your enjoyment, and ...
- Pay No Attention To That Man Behind the Curtain (Blogcritics.org)
The lousy job of political reporting. In the middle of the last century, stories were told of poets in the then USSR commanding audiences of tens of thousands for readings. America was astounded. Poetry? Not rock and roll? Granted, the Soviet Union backed those poets and rock stars were, of course, not allowed to tour. But, I think it is apocryphal. People will gather any time...
- Five things not to miss at the Mesa County Fair - Grand Junction Sentinel
Five things not to miss at the Mesa County FairGrand Junction Sentinel, CO - 48 minutes agoNew this year in Open Class are the Mesa County 125th Anniversary singing and poetry categories. Get out of the heat, and check out the needlework, ...
- Senior college sweethearts (Bar Harbor Times)
MOUNT DESERT — Jim Clunan steps down as president of Acadia Senior College this week.
- Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy's - Examiner.com
Robert Frost at John F. Kennedy'sExaminer.com - 3 hours agoObviously, my posts will be about about writing: about poetry, fiction, narrative non-fiction, memoir, Slam or “spoken word” poetry, perhaps even humor. ...
- Edwin Morgan: A very modest magus - Scotsman
Edwin Morgan: A very modest magusScotsman, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoOn the Poetry Archive website on which he can be heard reading his poems, he selects his favourite quote: Shelley's dictum that "poets are the mirrors of ...
- Does Choice Really Matter When Life is At Stake? -- Critically ... - Marketwatch
HARLEYSVILLE, Pa., Jul 31, 2008 (PrimeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The right to die as a matter of one's own choice is a very controversial ethical question in our society. In Burwell's book, "Matters of Choice," the year is 2025, and euthanasia is an ...
- Poetry column: Being first is all it's cracked up to be - Evening Sun
Little did I anticipate when I accepted an invitation by Janet Lohr to read and talk about my poetry to the Poet's Corner at Cross Keys Village this past Monday that the evening would include several "firsts." This was the first time in my tenure to ...
- Poetry (The New York Sun)
CREATIVE MINDS The Academy of American Poets hosts its fourth annual Poetry & the Creative Mind benefit gala. Celebrities including Meryl Streep, Wynton Marsalis, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Mike Wallace read their favorite poems by America's best-loved writers. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, 1941 Broadway at 65th Street, 212-721-6500, $35-$75...
- 'An embarrassment of riches' - St. John's Telegram
St. John's Telegram'An embarrassment of riches'St. John's Telegram, Canada - 1 hour agoFor the first time in its 35-year history, the League of Canadian Poets is holding its annual poetry festival and conference in this province. ...
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