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- Shirley MacLaine reflects on her life (MSNBC)
In her new book "Sage-ing While Age-ing," the actress and writer shares her experiences and personal insights she's learned over the years, particularly in the realm of spirituality. An excerpt.
- 'Two Rivers' Blends Iraqi Music, American Jazz - Hartford Courant
The confluence of Iraq's two major rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, is known as the "cradle of civilization" and the birthplace of writing. Trumpeter-composer Amir ElSaffar has created the "Two Rivers" project, which blends traditional Iraqi ...
- Lit fest needs more big-name authors - Kansas City Star
I’ve had a week to reflect on the second Kansas City Literary Festival. I’m convinced there will be a third installment in 2009. I’m fairly confident of a fourth edition in 2010. But if I were a betting man, I’m not sure I’d wager on a ...
- Late Benazir’s 55th birthday celebrations - Pakistan Link
Late Benazir’s 55th birthday celebrationsPakistan Link, CA - 1 hour ago... to the martyred leader, seminars, symposiums and poetry-recitals have been scheduled. The government has also taken steps to marking her birthday. ...
- Creativity draws crowd at Art Fest - Marion Star
Creativity draws crowd at Art FestMarion Star, OH - 1 hour agoPoetry students from Mary Hardgrove's language art classes at Harding read their poems for an audience in the media center. Students are selling a book with ...
- Read all posts by Chris Matyszczyk in Technically Incorrect - CNET News
Someone has to say it. These days, people are getting far more lasting satisfaction from food than from sex. While the latter's public face is becoming ever more seamy rather than steamy, the former expresses its glories at every public level- from ...
- When Free Speech Doesn’t Come Free - Al-Bawaba
Al-BawabaWhen Free Speech Doesn’t Come FreeAl-Bawaba, Jordan - 31 minutes agoRemi Kanazi is the editor of the forthcoming anthology of poetry, Poets For Palestine, which can be pre-ordered at www.PoetsForPalestine.com. ...
- Teen Literary Paper Seeks Contributors - Duxbury Clipper
Attention all Duxbury teens! If you are interested in writing poetry, short stories, fanfics, articles, or anything for a literary newspaper, please join The Burnt Toast Biweekly friends every Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Young Adult section of the ...
- Battle of the wordsmiths - This is Dorset
WORDSMITHS are being invited to pen a limerick as part of a week of events dedicated to Thomas Hardy. The quirky verses will form part of a week of events being run by Goulds in Dorchester as part of the Thomas Hardy conference and festival being ...
- Asheville’s Copwatch rolls out - Mountain Xpress
Asheville’s Copwatch rolls outMountain Xpress, NC - 7 hours ago... saying back in November “anyone’s free to videotape anything.” Copwatch will make a presentation as part of a poetry slam at Pisgah View on Sunday, ...
- Iraqi Premier Says New Al-Najaf Airport Erases "Era of Injustice" - RedOrbit
Iraqi Premier Says New Al-Najaf Airport Erases "Era of Injustice"RedOrbit, TX - 5 hours agoThe celebration then continues with poetry and songs. The prime minister then leaves the inauguration site and the live relay ends at 0807 gmt.
- Arts news (The State)
Composer John Fitz Rogers, pianist Phillip Bush and writer Julie Elliott, all of Columbia, have won fellowships from the S.C. Arts Commission. Rogers is a music professor at USC who has been commissioned to write works for musicians and groups around the nation. Bush performs internationally as a soloist and in chamber groups. He has performed with the Philip Glass and Steve Reich ensembles on ...
- High schools roll out their spring productions - Westerly Sun
Kelsey Pierson plays Francis, a stage mom, and Grace Rezendez plays Adelaide, a child actor, in "A Tough Act To Follow" at Stonington High School. (Sun Photo by Heather Ladd) It’s May, and that means high school drama clubs across the land are ...
- Young woman loved life, the outdoors and the arts (Daily Herald)
Family members describe Shannon Elizabeth Lebeter as a sensitive and artistic person, who wrote poetry and loved being outdoors.
- Suicide of farmer poet highlights the poverty trap in India (Independent)
Farming and poetry were inextricably linked for Shrikrishna Kalamb. As he poured his efforts into scraping a livelihood for him and his family from the unyielding land, so he described in verse the scale of his struggle.
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