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- News isn't all bad for newspapers these days - Nashua Telegraph
There's good news and bad news for newspapers these days. Media is in the throes of radical change, and change is hard – even when it's for the best. The problem is lately we're only hearing, and reporting, the bad news. Every time you turn on the ...
- Farmer-poet publishes her third book - Morris Sun Tribune
Farmer-poet publishes her third bookMorris Sun Tribune, MN - 26 minutes agoWhen Gail Rixen’s tractor is dusty enough, she can compose a word or two of poetry on the dirty hood. Otherwise, she makes mental notes to jot down later ...
- Theater review: Kapil's 'Love Person' (San Francisco Chronicle)
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Love Person: Comedy. By Aditi Brennan Kapil. Directed by Gia Forakis. (Through May 18. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. Two hours. Tickets: $20-$35. Call (415) 388-5208 or go to www.marintheatre.org.) "Maybe we don't...
- Check it out: Books to cure the summer blues - Lincoln Journal Star
It’s hot and humid. The kids are getting bored. And in just one month, most of them will be heading back to school. What can cure the summer doldrums? A good book. And we have plenty to choose from. Book publishers have been printing fast and ...
- Paul O'Neill - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
The worst of the nation's credit crisis may have passed, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday, though he acknowledged rising gas prices will blunt the effect of 130 million economic stimulus checks. He ruled out a second stimulus package ...
- Looking For Meaning In Poetry (Arts Journal)
"So why does poetry matter? One reason is that many people still enjoy some sorts of poetry. The one sort they have never liked is the sort they are told to like."
- Shortening Your To-Do List - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Shortening Your To-Do ListChronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 9 minutes agoSage Readers: Ms. Mentor continues to hear new variations on academic anxiety dreams, including burning houses, bulldozed buildings, and inspirational heads ...
- Wardrobe Malfunction Fine Thrown Out - Waveguide
A US appeal court has thrown out a $550,000 (£275,700) fine against CBS for screening Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during 2004's Super Bowl. Three judges ruled the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) watchdog "acted arbitrarily and ...
- Not loving Mike Myers' 'Guru' too much - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Paramount Pictures Mike Myers promoting "The Love Guru" with co-star Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer, who plays a hockey coach. Mike Myers and his Guru Pitka character made the obligatory promo rounds. I saw him on "American Idol," "The Today Show," and a ...
- Old-fashioned fun for fathers - BCLocalNews
Old-fashioned fun for fathersBCLocalNews, Canada - 5 hours ago... Cadillac and juke box which reveal the artist’s own curiosity and love affair with nostalgia. Further building the picture, Forbes’ poetry mirrors the ...
- Bar listings (The Union)
Brass Rail Tavern, North San Jan - 292-3443.
- campaign 2008 - Gawker
This campaign ad that's been making the rounds, for Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, is such a complete self-parody that it must be an intentional joke. From the John Wayne voice-over to the longtime lawyers' ridiculous cowboy outfits to the ...
- Commitment at UVa. Aids High Black Graduation Rate - Daily Herald
More black students graduate from the University of Virginia within six years than from any other public university in the country, and here's why: institutional commitment, an admissions process that selects strong students, generous financial aid ...
- You write the reviews: Jack Kerouac and Steve Allen, Poetry for the Beat Generation, Zonophone (Independent)
On this rerelease of his debut spoken-world album from 1959, Jack Kerouac, one of the lead voices of the Beat generation of writers in the 1950s and 1960s, reads selections of his own work over the sympathetic accompaniment of the pianist Steve Allen.It features poems collected in Mexico City Blues, Old Angel Midnight, Heaven & Other Poems and a number of unpublished works, in which the poet ...
- LAist Interview: Filmmaker John Palmer - Laist.com
Starting Saturday and running until July 28, The Black Maria Gallery will feature an exhibit examining landscapes both natural and manmade. Titled “Modern Soil,†the show will include new drawings from Brooks Salzwedel and a series of short films ...
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