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- The old Paris charm of Edith Piaf's Belleville (The Salt Lake Tribune)
PARIS - Tourists looking for old Paris charm and a taste of "La Vie en Rose" should head to Belleville, a largely overlooked part of the city and the birthplace of Edith Piaf.
- Sure shots at Bumbershoot (Tacoma News Tribune)
Get ready for Bumbershoot 2008!
- The Month In: Techno (Pitchfork)
You don't have to be a former raver to mourn the complacency behind today's dance music-- to mourn the atrophy of a particular sense of optimism, of possibility, once encoded in the ceaseless advancement of electronic music's shifting stylistics-- so we went loooking for some good news by asking a few dozen electronic music aficianados to cure what's ailing this music. read more
- Beatniks and Hollywood Royalty Descend Upon Edmonton Edmonton Festivals Create International Flavour (Hospitality Net)
Edmonton Festivals bring life to the streets for poetry lovers. If to you poetry means the stuff you did in high school English, think again: this is combat in the form of "blink poetry," a yell-a-thon with megaphones, a funkified jazz soundtrack, and multiple battles to the (poetic) death. It's nicknamed "The Word Party in Downtown E-Town" for good reason: it's three days of manic, comic, ...
- Wis. college to honor banned Shel Silverstein book (Freedom Forum Online)
JANESVILLE, Wis. — A children's book that was banned from elementary school libraries in the 1980s will be honored with a special reading in Janesville this week as part of Banned Books Week.
- One of world's most wanted men - Globe and Mail
BELGRADE — Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who was arrested on Monday, saw himself as a defender of Serbs during the 1992-95 Bosnian war but ended up a fugitive wanted on genocide charges. His 11 years at large had long been a ...
- Movie shorts - University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel
Movie shortsUniversity of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel, NC - 45 minutes agoThe film also is equally (and self-consciously) conversant in the languages of poetry, painting and Spanish guitar. Not to mention the striking visuals ...
- Weekend calendar - Salem News
Saturday, Sept. 6 Clothesline Art Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ipswich Historical Society, 54 S. Main St. For students of all ages, to hang contemporary artwork with paintings by important Ipswich 19th century artists. 978-356-2811. Sunday, Sept. 7 ...
- Remembering legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray - Hindustan Times
"Not to have seen the cinema of Satyajit Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon." These words by legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurasawa best describes the man, who is considered to be have changed the face of Indian ...
- Best-selling author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' - News1130.com
NEW YORK - It's only 9:33 a.m. but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning. She's in a Rockefeller Plaza dressing room, having her hair tugged and her makeup tweaked. She's endured questioning from Matt Lauer on the "Today" show and soon ...
- School Grounds Being Readied for Students (East Aurora Advertiser)
The East Aurora School Board met on Monday to discuss fiscal news and pressing issues about the beginning of the new school year.
- Artie Traum: Greenwich Village folk star - The Independent
He shared a manager with Bob Dylan, toured with the Band, composed the film score for a Brian de Palma movie and played on 35 albums, but Artie Traum is probably most warmly celebrated as a supreme acoustic guitar stylist. One of the first Americans ...
- Festival to showcase NM wordsmiths - UNM Daily Lobo (subscription)
Festival to showcase NM wordsmithsUNM Daily Lobo (subscription), NM - 7 hours ago"We wanted to celebrate words, and poetry especially, from the state of New Mexico," festival founder and poet Lisa Gill said. "There are so many amazing ...
- Is he just warming the boss’s bench for another’s buttocks? - The Times
Is he just warming the boss’s bench for another’s buttocks?The Times, South Africa - 8 hours agoWould be interesting how they deal with the lion when a new day dawns. Where I come from, we don’t interpret poetry; we simply appreciate it.
- Kevin Gordon is a songwriter's songwriter (The Tennessean)
Without a hit song or a large following, Kevin Gordon has already carved out something of a songwriter's dream career.
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