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- Western Hospital ER closed for much of weekend (CBC Prince Edward Island)
The emergency room at Western Hospital in Alberton will be closed from 8 p.m. Friday until Sunday at 8 a.m. due to a shortage of on-call doctors.
- More resort than dude ranch (The Columbus Dispatch)
BRIDGEPORT, Calif. -- The heifers are acting surly, but my horse pushes forward. My young crew of 10 or so cowpunchers encircles about 30 head of cattle on a wide pasture in the shadow of a sawtooth mountain just west of Bridgeport. Our horses slowly lead the cattle toward a gate at the far end of the field.
- BIG DEAL (Pioneer Press)
Opus & Olives, 5 p.m. Oct. 12, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 11 E. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul: Vince Flynn, Minnesota author of best-selling international thrillers, is master of ceremonies for the fifth annual Friends of the St. Paul Public Library fundraiser. Guest authors include Val McDermid ("Beneath the Bleeding," psychological thriller), James M. McPherson ("Tried by War," how Abraham Lincoln created ...
- Best bets in the local arts - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Best bets in the local artsSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 6 hours agoNational Poetry Slam champion and Broadway veteran Marc Bamuthi Joseph follows on Sept. 21. Jazz pianist Jason Moran appears on Oct. 5; author Benjamin ...
- Celebrate Women: 'Rachel Rising' program set for Thursday - Maryville Daily Times
Celebrate Women: 'Rachel Rising' program set for ThursdayMaryville Daily Times, TN - 3 minutes agoIt was just a spew, it was a waterfall of poetry. The following three were written over two weeks after that in the same kind of frenzy. ...
- Hey, big spender, flying my way? (International Herald Tribune)
The new hitchhikers want to charm their way onto your private jet.
- Elizabeth 'Warrior Eagle' McAninch relaxes in her home in Cañon City. - Daily Record
After being beaten almost to death numerous times, she managed to persevere. Elizabeth “Warrior Eagle†McAninch’s saga began as a child. While growing up, her father left when she was young. She said at times, she felt isolated from her mother ...
- Golden moment - GoErie.com
Golden momentGoErie.com, PA - 3 hours agoThat meant no poetry classes, no filler and no fluff. That suited 44-year-old Ed Forget, of East Springfield, just fine when he enrolled in an electronics ...
- Jessye Norman, Still a Diva Beyond the Classical Canon (Washington Post)
Jessye Norman has long ceased to be a soprano: She is now simply a Figure. And for some years now, Norman appears to have been searching for the best way to display that figure -- looking for some outlet that the conventional presentation formats of classical music do not offer.
- Sidewalks are for poets - Minnesota Public Radio
Sidewalks are for poetsMinnesota Public Radio, MN - 1 hour agoSo he organized a citywide sidewalk poetry contest, limiting the poems to 150 characters or less. Judges selected 20 winners from more than 2000 submissions ...
- A new reading of Emily Dickinson. - New Yorker
New YorkerA new reading of Emily Dickinson.New Yorker, United States - 22 minutes agoIn the course of their friendship, Higginson tried to lead this “wayward†sport of nature, whose rhymes were off, whose rhythm he called “spasmodic,†whose ...
- It’s hard not to look back in anger after Mayo’s tame exit against ... - Mayo News
It’s hard not to look back in anger after Mayo’s tame exit against ...Mayo News, Ireland - 4 hours agoRonan McGarrity’s high fielding can lift the heart and Alan Dillon plays like poetry. But that one major influence is missing, someone with the fire and ...
- The last man in the world to believe in newspapers - The Australian
The last man in the world to believe in newspapersThe Australian, Australia - 14 minutes agoToo often, what our literary prize panels confuse with proper writing is just overwriting, and the problem is exacerbated by a salon of smug, sanctimonious, ...
- Teaming up to give kids a special tour of the White House - ScrippsNews
Let's just say it flat-out: "Our White House" (Candlewick Press, $29.99) is a stunning gathering of children's-book stars, all with a single goal of illuminating a national treasure for young readers. In this new book, more than 100 of the best and ...
- ArtiCulture digs new digs - Bridge
ArtiCulture digs new digsBridge, MN - 3 hours agoOn the agenda for fall is “ArtSlam,†a teen program combining poetry and the visual arts, as well as what is known as “Fun Art Fridays,†an after school ...
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