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- Indian students perform - Medford Mail Tribune
Students taking part in the Native American Youth Academy this week in Ashland talk publicly about their heritage today. The presentation begins at 12:45 pm. on the outdoor Green Show stage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 15 S. Pioneer St. It’s ...
- Leisure news in brief (Onalaska Community Life)
Here are a selection of brief news items pertaining to arts, entertainment, culture and other fun things to do in your spare time:
- Student station allows radio host to wax poetic (The Capital Times)
All around the city, or at least as far as the station's signal can reach, WSUM/FM 91.7 host Paul Alan Baker knows a lot of radio dials flee from his program at 1 p.m. on Thursdays. The student-run station has its rock and its hip-hop, some heavy metal and some jazz. But once a week the station has poetry and spoken word in all its forms, some as contemporary as hip-hop music, some so ...
- Still sniffing for clues (Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news)
A large cache of audio tapes left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2001 was released on Wednesday, offering a sketchy portrait of his gradual transformation from Saudi militant to global threat and opening a little window on the daily lives of men recruited for al-Qaeda's ''holy war''.
- Serbia's arresting development - Los Angeles Times
After 13 years of fulsome denials, false starts and broken promises, Serbia's new leaders have finally taken the step they said was impossible. On Monday, police arrested Radovan Karadzic, one of the remaining marquee fugitives indicted for war ...
- Sky High - VoiceofDance.com
Sky HighVoiceofDance.com, CA - 3 hours agoThe poetry of the act speaks for itself. Born in France in 1949, Petit took up magic and juggling as a child, progressed to wire-walking at 16, ...
- Timely acts fill the stage (The Australian)
DON'T let anyone tell you that Edinburgh is the ideal festival city. Yes, it has stacks of atmosphere, heritage and dramatic scenery. The vibe is playful, buzzy and hospitable. And, of course, the Edinburgh International Festival, combined with the Fringe and other tourist magnets, makes the city a focal point for the world of performing arts and ideas throughout August.
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 - Longview Daily News
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Mahmoud Darwish, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died on Saturday in Houston. He was 67. The predominant Palestinian poet, whose work has been translated into more than ...
- The wonder of Woodstock - Independent
The wonder of WoodstockIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoBaroness James has written 16 internationally acclaimed novels of murder and detection, many of them starring the poetry-writing Inspector Dalgleish; ...
- Funeral home for pets opens in Orchard Park - Buffalo News
Funeral home for pets opens in Orchard ParkBuffalo News, United States - 11 minutes agoThe viewing room also provides a place for the casket to be shown if the owner wants to have a memorial service of poetry and music, she said. ...
- Kids get a sneak-peek at cowboy life - BCLocalNews
Kids get a sneak-peek at cowboy lifeBCLocalNews, Canada - 10 minutes agoAs Jake spun his tall tales and recited his poetry, the two roped in their young audience with their shiny cowboy gear and fancy lasso tricks. ...
- Palin doesn’t disappoint the GOP faithful - Nashville City Paper
Palin doesn’t disappoint the GOP faithfulNashville City Paper, TN - 3 hours agoMark Norris added that Palin “was poetry in motion.” “And what people heard was the wisdom of the ‘everywoman’,” Norris said. Tomorrow, on the convention’s ...
- Doctor remanded in police custody - Tribune
Dr A.P.S. Gambhir, who was arrested under provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Pre-Natal Sex Determination Test Act for intended abortion of a female foetus of a woman at Jatinder Gambhir Hospital on Pakhowal Road here on ...
- Suffolk punch at Latitude Fest - The Sun
Suffolk punch at Latitude FestThe Sun, UK - 11 hours ago... on a show-stealing conga with hundreds of revellers. With literature, poetry, dance and multi-coloured sheep, Latitude is a total joy for ALL the family.
- 'I made a brave, small film' - Screen Weekly
'I made a brave, small film'Screen Weekly, India - 1 hour agoWell, I have published a book of Hindi poetry. I have been writing Gujarati poems since childhood. Did you know that Vidhu Vinod Chopra admitted in print ...
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