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- Sunday is libraries' new fun day (The San Francisco Examiner)
The prayers of San Francisco's library advocates have finally been answered.
- Pa. Public Schools' Rankings 'Alarming' - The Bulletin
In a landmark study analyzing how Pennsylvania public schools compare to their counterparts nationwide, a policy brief published by The Commonwealth Foundation described the results as "alarming." The Harrisburg think-tank worked with researcher ...
- Sunday Poetry and Reading Series: Typewriter Girls - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Sunday Poetry and Reading Series: Typewriter GirlsPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 6 hours agoThe July installment of the free monthly Sunday Poetry and Reading Series features The Typewriter Girls. The Typewriter Girls are decadent intellectuals ...
- Vote 'No' and say 'Non' to French-style bad government - Irish Independent
Vote 'No' and say 'Non' to French-style bad governmentIrish Independent, Ireland - 2 hours agoShakespeare aside (a huge aside, mind you) French culture -- in music, literature, philosophy, architecture, painting and poetry -- is immeasurably superior ...
- In Praise of Vulgarity - Reason.com
Who will ever forget the strangeness of the first images out of post-Taliban Afghanistan, when the streets ran with beards? As one city after another was abandoned by Taliban soldiers, crowds of happy men lined up to get their first legal shave in ...
- Edinburgh 2008 forward planning: The best dance - Guardian Unlimited
Australian dance company Chunky Move have established themselves as pioneers in the arena of new technology. In Mortal Engine a delicately responsive network of lasers and video projection is primed to react to the dancers as they move, triggering ...
- iUniverse Would Like to Announce the Release of Saving Obama by ... - PR.com (press release)
iUniverse Would Like to Announce the Release of Saving Obama by ...PR.com (press release), NY - 21 minutes agoIn a mixture of prose and poetry, Maxwell’s new book is a truly nonpartisan discourse on nurturing and giving back to those who have not been able to take ...
- Kay Ryan, Donald Trump, Ronnie Wood (International Herald Tribune)
A round-up of the day's celebrity news.
- Salalah Tourism Festival begins today - Times of Oman
SALALAH — Salalah Tourism Festival 2008 — the 45-day-long cultural extravaganza — under the banner ‘Family Gathering’ will commence today with a variety of cultural programmes aimed at promoting tourism. The opening ceremony will be held at ...
- Local News (Lethbridge Herald)
Life has forever changed for Theo Tams. The 23-year-old Coaldale native is just days away from the biggest night in his musical career and he is already looking toward the future after the curtain closes on Canadian Idol.
- Rembrandt etchings will leave the Chrysler Museum Sunday - Hampton Roads Daily Press
NORFOLK - One of the finest collections of Rembrandt etchings in the United States will end its visit to the Chrysler Museum of Art Sunday after a 13-week run. "Rembrandt's Etchings: The Embrace of Darkness and Light," which is on loan from the ...
- nation and world (Denver Post)
Benjamin Gullett said that when his brother, Army Pfc. Zachary R. Gullett, entered the military, his family feared kindhearted Zachary would be changed, either by the military, or by the experience of war.
- The browser - The Observer
The browserThe Observer, UK - Jul 19, 2008... of the Church of England were not enough, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has found time to dash off a volume of poetry, Headwaters (Perpetua). ...
- Howard Jacobson: We get the war criminals we deserve - The Independent
Arresting headlines all last week. "Police arrest Batman" caught the eye. "Police arrest Balls" would have been better, but Ballsing up the education of thousands is not yet considered a crime in this country. Unlike ballsing up your own ...
- Snails, vodka and smart cookies in food awards (Scoop.co.nz)
New Zealand’s first commercially farmed snails, vodka jellies and a smart cookie that gets the Heart Foundation tick are among the 45 finalists in the 2008 Massey University Food Awards.
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