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- Katie Parks, champion of Lubbock community, dies at 87 - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Katie Parks, a celebrated Lubbock community activist and author, died of lung cancer Tuesday. She was 87. Widely known for her efforts to improve the quality of life for blacks across the city, Parks was recognized with more than 200 awards in her ...
- Robin Thicke gets ready for 'Something Else' - LiveDaily
R&B/soulman Robin Thicke [ tickets ] will hit the road next month for a short run of dates to preview material from his forthcoming album, "Something Else." The singer/songwriter is currently scheduled to play eight shows Aug. 9-18, including five in ...
- See and buy at the 3 Rivers Arts Festival - Beaver County Times
PITTSBURGH — Rain or shine, visitors will spend an estimated $2.4 million on art objects at this year’s Three Rivers Arts Festival. That’s a lot of impulse buying. “We’ve all got a little spending income, right?” said the festival’s ...
- Missing the point on The Wire and the Toronto 18 - Rabble.ca
Missing the point on The Wire and the Toronto 18Rabble.ca, Canada - 23 minutes agoOne was to portray the humanity of every single character, and the other was to show the beauty and the poetry of the language - of the street, ...
- Weekend book events - Northwest Herald
BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLERS, 5380 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, 815-444-0824 or 815-444-0833. Schedule: 7 p.m., Open mic night, featuring singing, reading, playing musical instruments and more; noon to 3 p.m., book signing by illustrator John ...
- Howard Community Events May 15-22, 2008 - Washington Post
Howard Community Events May 15-22, 2008Washington Post, United States - 15 minutes agoPOETRY WORKSHOP, for poets, Sue Ellen Thompson examines different approaches to writing free verse; funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library ...
- Baroness Michie of Gallanach: Lib Dem peer committed toScotland and the Gaelic language (Independent)
On 31 October 2001, a small but important piece of history was made when Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach, became the first person ever to take the oath of allegiance in the House of Lords in Gaelic. In doing so, she was true to her inheritance. Her father, Lord Bannerman of Kildonan, had spoken the first words of his maiden speech in the Lords in Gaelic.
- Launch of the 2008 Melbourne International Arts Festival Program - Australian Stage Online
Launch of the 2008 Melbourne International Arts Festival ProgramAustralian Stage Online, Australia - 10 hours agoPhillip Glass returns to present the concert work Book of Longing inspired by the poetry of Leonard Cohen, Liza Lim’s world premiere season of her sensual ...
- Davidson teen finds outlet in writing poetry - Augusta Chronicle (subscription)
Davidson teen finds outlet in writing poetryAugusta Chronicle (subscription), GA - 20 minutes agoMuch of her writing is intimate -- "heartbreak, love, typical teenage poems," she said -- but her selections for the contest don't give away any secrets. ...
- Caroline Kennedy brings discretion to veep search (AP via Yahoo! News)
Caroline Kennedy lives a very private life with a very public profile. It's the perfect skill set for her newest assignment.
- Write here, write now: Naropa writing program encourages young ... - Colorado Daily
Write here, write now: Naropa writing program encourages young ...Colorado Daily, CO - 1 hour ago"His spirit still hovers here," said Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Prose Fiction Faculty at Naropa University, speaking of Ginsberg--as they were both at the ...
- The Real Lincoln Bedroom: Love in a Time of Strife (New York Times)
Daniel Mark Epstein?s careful parsing of the Lincoln marriage interweaves the crisis-filled, mercurial career of Abraham Lincoln with an equally rocky tale of man and wife.
- Many upstate NY religious retreats open to guests - San Jose Mercury News
Many upstate NY religious retreats open to guestsSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 6 hours agoThat afternoon, there would be a discussion of the mystical, reverent 13th-century poetry of Rumi, a key figure in Sufism. Whatever your tradition ...
- No shortage of drama - Pasadena Star-News
PASADENA - Eight years after attending a summer camp where she was introduced to the works of William Shakespeare, Bronwyn Reed has been crowned the queen of the Bard's sonnets, poems and plays. The Pasadena teen, who dances, sings and acts, won ...
- 400 units to get Rs 20 cr subsidy today - Tribune
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will hand over the cheques to industrialists at a function here that would be presided over by industries and commerce minister Manoranjan Kalia. With this disbursement, industrialists are hopeful that the backlog ...
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