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- China's total urban makeover (Los Angeles Times)
As the Olympic Games approached, authors witness an extreme makeover in Beijing that all but erases the past. IN THE fall of 2005, I moved to Beijing to work on the launch of the Chinese edition of Sports Illustrated. Booming, prosperous China, with an ever-expanding mass media and leisure class, was undergoing a sports-industrial evolution similar to that which the United States had ...
- "Blackbird" at Artists Repertory Theatre (The Oregonian)
Several years ago a precocious pop star had a hit with a song that proudly asserted that "age ain't nothin' but a number." Perhaps so. But consider these numbers: 12 and 40.
- Buzzz In Brief - Modesto Bee
Buzzz In BriefModesto Bee, CA - 1 hour agoYoung writers and artists are invited to submit their best work in more than 25 categories, including animation, poetry, sculpture, fashion design, ...
- Book tells of local pair's interracial friendship - Arlington Heights Post
In their new book, Growing Up Ebony and Ivory: A Conversation Between Two Women , published by AuthorHouse, local residents Lim DePriest and Joyce Elizabeth Norman chronicle their interracial friendship. DePriest is a graduate of Mundelein College ...
- Comcast sponsors Hispanic culture art contest - Richmond Times Dispatch
Comcast sponsors Hispanic culture art contestRichmond Times Dispatch, VA - Sep 26, 2008The theme of the contest is "Getting Involved: Our Families, Our Community, Our Nation." Hispanic-themed artistic expressions, such as poetry or artwork, ...
- Entertainment best bets - PennLive.com
PennLive.comEntertainment best betsPennLive.com, PA - 11 hours agoThere will also be poetry, drum and dance workshops. 6-10 pm Friday, 9 am to 4 pm Saturday, at MYO Park along Susquehanna River in Millersburg, ...
- Hendrix's burnt guitar leads rock auction in London - MSN Philippines News
The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage, the only remaining fingerprints of Elvis Presley and the first contract signed by The Beatles all go on sale Thursday in a major auction of music memorabilia. Jim Morrison's last ...
- Fitting farewell to Palestinian poet - BBC News
BBC NewsFitting farewell to Palestinian poetBBC News, UK - 10 minutes agoExile was a major theme in his life and his poetry, as Leila Jammal - also from the Acre area originally but long resident in the US - recalled as she ...
- Obama accepts historic nomination, takes aim at McCain in speech (Honolulu Advertiser)
DENVER — Sen. Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination last night was what many nervous Democrats were hoping for: a forceful challenge to Sen. John McCain and the Republicans, and a restatement of the message to change Washington and the nation that propelled him to the nomination.
- SF State professor documents the undocumented - Golden Gate [X]Press
SF State professor documents the undocumentedGolden Gate [X]Press, CA - 7 minutes agoby Kate Lemley, staff producer Peter Orner, a creative writing professor and fiction writer at SF State, read from his new novel, “Underground America: ...
- Cultural Center Events Announced - EKUpdate
Cultural Center Events AnnouncedEKUpdate, KY - 1 hour agoTuesday, Oct. 21, 6-10 pm, “Poetry Slam,†original spoken word program, Cultural Center, 110 Powell, co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student ...
- Olde Towne Alive Block party canceled - Covington News Banner
Due to the threat of high winds and heavy rainfall from the fringes of Hurricane Ike, the Olde Towne Alive Block Party to be held tonight has been cancelled. However the Poetry Storm show is still scheduled to go on as planned tonight at 7:30 p.m. in ...
- Del Martin, 87, pioneering lesbian activist (San Jose Mercury News)
Del Martin, a strident and eloquent voice in the early gay and lesbian civil rights movement in America, died Wednesday in San Francisco not long after enjoying perhaps the hardest-won prize of her lifelong cause -- legal marriage to Phyllis Lyon, her longtime partner. Martin was 87.
- Jack Ridl series lineup features hip-hop artist (The Grand Rapids Press)
HOLLAND -- The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series lineup for 2008-09 includes a hip-hop artist who is a cultural ambassador with the U.S. State Department and the Great Lakes Colleges Association's three major honorees for its 2008 New Writers Awards....
- Schmidt composition to be showcased at State Fair - Journal
ST. PAUL - Brian Schmidt, a native of New Ulm, has written an original choral composition that will be showcased at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23 at the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota Valley Chorale (based in Mankato) and the Prairie Arts ...
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