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- Zinedine Zidane, all-star team for Sydney exhibition match - News.com.au
THREE-time world footballer of the year Zinedine Zidane is coming to Australia with a star-studded international team for a June exhibition match. Zidane will lead a team featuring a number of his teammates from the French side that won the 1998 ...
- Chasing the truth in Chile - San Francisco Gate
When a former bishop was democratically elected president of Paraguay last month, it signaled the end of another "southern-cone" dictatorship in Latin America. Elizabeth Farnsworth, in her North Beach office, was exultant. "The priest won!" she said ...
- Gleanings (Orangeville Citizen)
Angles 'n' Attitudes William Bothwell The verb 'to glean' means to gather or to pick up in small quantities. It has an agricultural use in the compassionate biblical law, "Do not reap the edges of a grain field. Leave them to be gleaned by the poor and the wayfarer".
- Life of famous Lebanese poet celebrated in London (Middle East Online)
Lecture marking anniversary of Gibran Khalil Gibran to be held in London in honour of his work.
- Stone Circle turns 25 this summer - Traverse City Record Eagle
Stone Circle turns 25 this summerTraverse City Record Eagle, MI - 7 hours agoThe evening is an open forum to all ages and all walks of life, though there are a couple of rules. First, poems must be memorized and recited by heart. ...
- Registration open for summer camp (Billings Gazette)
Chief Plenty Coups State Park and The Art Ranch will team up July 5-11 on a free weeklong overnight summer camp for children 9 to 17 years old. Participation is limited to 40 and only 15 spaces remain. Register by calling Susan Stewart, manager of Chief Plenty Coups State Park, at 406-252-1289.
- Rockaway Cultural groups join to sponsor event - Queens Courier
Rockaway Cultural groups join to sponsor eventQueens Courier, NY - 21 hours agoWinners in the categories of poetry, personal essay and short stories will be recognized. There will also be poetry readings, staged readings, ...
- Foundation plans annual Scholarship ‘Jamboree' (The Greenville News)
By giving to the students in the community, the Chapman Foundation hopes to inspire the students to give back later.
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson - PopMatters
PopMattersGonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. ThompsonPopMatters, IL - 1 hour agoNot the thematic lessons, that the rich are different or idealism is futile, but the lessons of its rhythms, its urgent, perfect poetry, language as a means ...
- Rodeo List of Events and Time (KCBA FOX 35 Salinas)
Known for its week-long cavalcade of events, California Rodeo "Big Week" is the largest community event held in Salinas. Parades, barbecues, cowboy poetry, fireworks, concerts, a carnival, and much more....
- Central clean-up day celebrates community - Cheektowaga Times
Central clean-up day celebrates communityCheektowaga Times, USA - 3 hours agoThe group started with African dancing and drums to represent the slavery era and chronologically moved through the Harlem renaissance, poetry, ...
- Words as art - News-Times
News-TimesWords as artNews-Times, OR - 2 hours ago“Poetry Buffet†gave budding poets a smorgasboard of ideas for writing a good poem; “Script-It!†taught the rudiments of writing a movie or play script; ...
- Mao's march - Baltimore Sun
SHAOSHAN, China - Like visitors at George Washington's estate in Mount Vernon , Va., people come to Shaoshan village deep in the heart of China to remember and teach their children about their national hero. He launched the Long March, an estimated 3 ...
- Griffin rewards elder statesmen (Toronto Star)
It was a night for honouring octogenarian legends at the 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize Awards. Jointly, John Ashbery and Robin Blaser have spent more than a century publishing poetry.
- Clubs, concerts, comedy and more - Herald Tribune
Serves beer, wine and liquor. Karaoke, 9 p.m. today, Sun. / Mitch Clark and the House Rockers, 9 p.m. Sat. (R) / Men from Mars, 9 p.m. Tues. (R). 2525 S. Tamiami Trail. 955-0195. Cafe 1660 in the Osprey Inn A restaurant and bar with full menu. Open ...
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