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- Holocaust survivor prepares for bar mitzvah (The Sacramento Bee)
A little nervous and plenty excited, Bernie Marks practiced Torah chanting Tuesday for his upcoming bar mitzvah ceremony, the symbolic Jewish passage into manhood. Bernie Marks on Tuesday practices the Torah portion he will chant when he is bar mitzvahed Sept. 20 at Sacramento's Congregation B'Nai Israel. Marks, 78, uses a yad from Israel to guide his place in the sacred Jewish ...
- Orinda author relives youth with 1960s 'Birmingham' volume - San Jose Mercury News
Orinda author relives youth with 1960s 'Birmingham' volumeSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 42 minutes agoBy Janice De Jesus ORINDA  Charles Entrekin developed a love of poetry at a time and place when boys and poetry weren't considered a good mix. ...
- Musicians, veterans, kids at first Peace Festival - Stratford Gazette
Musicians, veterans, kids at first Peace FestivalStratford Gazette, Canada - 3 hours agoYoung and old alike filled the lower Optimist Hall to take part in a carefully crafted program of poetry, speeches and music which ended with a symbolic ...
- Illusionists Given Royal Recognition - RedOrbit
Illusionists Given Royal RecognitionRedOrbit, TX - 1 hour agoAt Poetry Nightclub (Forum Shops at Caesars on Saturday): Rapper Paul Wall, performing a one-hour set. During the night he gave away two custom-designed ...
- Poetry in praise of older folk - Stratford Press
Poetry in praise of older folkStratford Press, New Zealand - 2 hours agoTHE annual Greats and Grands Poetry Competition was held in Stratford this week, with another great turnout. The competition is an opportunity for children ...
- Pettit: Birthday Week brings new meaning to the speed of time - LubbockOnline.com
Pettit: Birthday Week brings new meaning to the speed of timeLubbockOnline.com, TX - 1 hour agoWhat I had going for me was three older brothers and the poetry and wisdom of the ages once common to public outhouses everywhere. ...
- MY GUANTÃÂNAMO DIARY - New York Times
New York TimesMY GUANTÃÂNAMO DIARYNew York Times, United States - 1 hour agoIt is hard to read this book without a growing sense of embarrassment and indignation. Jeffrey Rosen’s most recent book is “The Supreme Court: The ...
- Family filmgoer column (Cape Cod Times)
A guide to current movies and whether they'd be appropriate for your kids.
- Dancing poetry - Malaysia Star
Malaysia StarDancing poetryMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 1 hour ago“When you get very good, you can make poetry.†As the swelling membership list of the Kuala Lumpur Tango Club attests, tango is growing in popularity in ...
- Geek talk, street talk and other musings on language - Kentucky New Era
Geeks and nerds used to be defined as people with poor social skills. The terms were rather cruel and were sometime applied to people who just had an unusual fascination with some aspect of life. Computers seemed to often attract nerds and geeks. Now ...
- Janowicz reflects on years of music and memories - Grand Rapids Press
Asked to provide a few of her favorite memories of her eight years as marketing and public-relations director for the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Carol Janowicz put together a list. v The excitement of developing each festival ...
- Three Canadian poets are in the running for the lucrative Griffin ... - CBC News
This week's podcast features the three home-grown poets nominated for one of the world's most well-heeled literary awards. There are two categories in the Griffin Poetry Prize : one for a Canadian poet and the other for an international writer. Both ...
- Twenty years of Tracey - The Herald
Twenty years of TraceyThe Herald, UK - 16 hours agoThese are moving, sure, and the spiky poetry of Emin's writing is at times a joy to read. But they are ultimately slight, affecting in the moment but soon ...
- Palestinian poet's body flown to Ramallah - International Herald Tribune
RAMALLAH, West Bank : The body of Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry gave voice to Palestinian national aspirations, arrived on Wednesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, where mourners assembled for his funeral. A helicopter brought Darwish's body from ...
- Concert Review: Firebird Ensemble and Boston Musica Viva at the Institute of Contemporary Art (Bostonist)
Firebird Ensemble, based in Somerville and outfitted like an accomplished H&M ad in black and red and sparkling knitwear, opened the Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music on Thursday night. They began with a darkly animated piece that sounded like a fit night of half-sleep in a bed of swaying strings, heckled lonely trills of a flute and the footsteps of a piano that approached like a serial ...
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