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- Dance parties, concerts to mark the Dead Science's Villainaire Fest - Seattle Times
As the Bumbershoot music and arts festival wraps up, there will be another fest — the Villainaire Festival of Culture, Sept. 1-7. The event includes dance parties, concerts, visual-art installations, lectures and film screenings — all curated by ...
- Yankee Stadium going out as the the House the Orioles closed? - New York Daily News
In it's last season, Yankee Stadium most likely won't house a Major League playoff game or any October magic. The House that Babe Ruth Built will go out with a regular season game to the Orioles if things continue the way that have been. Jacobson/AP ...
- Byronic Burlesque Comes to Brooklyn—The Madame's Poetry Brothel (New York Press)
Some time ago, the New York Press received a small wooden box in the mail—a board game with a few poker chips in gold and silver, a pair of dice, small cards seemingly pulled at random out of a deck, some tarot cards, and a CD compilation of turn of the century boudoir music with "Play Me First!" written across the top.
- Odds and Ends - New Yorker
Odds and EndsNew Yorker, United States - 2 hours agoThe Book Bench: Poetry best not read sober, Don DeLillo weighs in, embedded novels. The Cartoon Lounge: Fishing for debates, John McCain tries to get ...
- In Person: 30 Poets, Edited by Neil Astley, filmed by Pamela ... - Independent
In Person: 30 Poets, Edited by Neil Astley, filmed by Pamela ...Independent, UK - 2 hours agoSince then, it has published nearly 1000 poetry books, quantities probably matched only by Michael Schmidt's Manchester-based Carcanet Press. ...
- First-Generation Students, Social Class, and Literacy - RedOrbit
First-Generation Students, Social Class, and LiteracyRedOrbit, TX - 3 hours agoThe NEA measures literary reading, defined as reading any poetry, fiction, or drama, even Danielle Steel or Louis L'Amour. According to NEA numbers from ...
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- Usain Bolt electrifies Beijing, winning the 200 in a world-record time - Seattle Times
Jamaica's Usain Bolt reacts after his remarkable win in the 200. Wallace Spearmon, left, who was third, and Churandy Martina, right, who was second, were DQ'd. BEIJING — This time he ran every meter of the race. He didn't sightsee. He didn't ...
- In the World (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
CAIRO, Egypt - A fire destroyed the main hall of the Egyptian National Theater in the heart of downtown Cairo yesterday, injuring three firefighters, a civil defense officer said. Billowing white smoke filled busy Ataba Square as 22 engines responded.
- Texas Leads Nation in Drunk Driving; MADD Advocates Gather in Dallas ... - Forbes
DALLAS, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) supporters convened in Dallas to kick off their annual national conference today at the Hilton Anatole Hotel, located at 2201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas. The focus ...
- Masters weave ikat fabric rich in Uzbek culture - San Francisco Chronicle
Masters weave ikat fabric rich in Uzbek cultureSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 20 minutes agoBy his side was his friend and translator Raisa Gareeva, a former Intourist guide with her own cultural-travel company in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. ...
- State library announces best books of Indiana awards - NWI.com
The 2008 Best Books of Indiana were named last week at an awards ceremony at the Indiana State Library. The Indiana Center for the Book began the state book-award contest in 2005 to strengthen interest in Indiana's strong literary heritage. The ...
- Free admission when Toronto's AGO reopens Nov. 14 (CBC)
The Art Gallery of Ontario, closed since October for a redesign by celebrity architect Frank Gehry, will reopen to the public Nov. 14 with three days of free admission.
- One body breathing one air - Anglican Journal
One body breathing one airAnglican Journal, Canada - 5 minutes agoMr. Di Cicco, who has authored some 20 volumes of poetry and a book of manifestos on creative cities, spoke about “The ecology of heart” at a forum on ...
- COINTELPRO Comes to My Town: My First-Hand Experience With Government ... - Common Dreams
Finally, at long last, I have something in common with Muhammad Ali. No, I’m not the heavyweight champion of the world, and haven’t been named spokesperson for Raid bug spray. Like “the Greatest” — not to mention far too many others — I ...
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