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- For Jazz?s Avant-Garde, an Annual Gathering and a Little Competition (New York Times)
The Vision Festival, this country?s premier gathering for free jazz and improvised music, begins its 13th year.
- Electricity fills Confederation Centre as Cohen brings his fans to ... - The Guardian
The GuardianElectricity fills Confederation Centre as Cohen brings his fans to ...The Guardian, Canada - 1 hour agoIt’s not hard to understand why some four decades after he began reading his poetry in the coffee houses of Montreal that Cohen is still held in such high ...
- Finalist's entry captured in yard - Augusta Chronicle
A Riverside Middle School pupil has raised the bar for Columbia County competitors in a worldwide art and poetry contest. Seventh-grader Eric Stokes, 13, a member of the Columbia County 4-H Club, was named an international finalist in a contest ...
- Do Pakistanis Read? (And the Missing Libraries of Pakistan) - All Things Pakistan
Do Pakistanis Read? (And the Missing Libraries of Pakistan)All Things Pakistan, Pakistan - 6 hours agoThe exception, I should add in fairness, is poetry. That we do quote and most often quote properly will full reference. But there, too, the habit of reading ...
- Regional calendar (West Roxbury Transcript)
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- The Young Library: Grins, grit and a gross-out (The Sacramento Bee)
Finally we know what Pigeon wants. A puppy, of course. What child doesn't? Which makes Pigeon's every demanding moment on target for his young audience. "The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!" is author-illustrator Mo Willems' fourth – and best – Pigeon book. The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! Mo Willems Hyperion, $14.99, 40 pages, ages 3-7 Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis; ...
- CFCC hosts Fulbright scholar - Ocala.com
CFCC hosts Fulbright scholarOcala.com, FL - 1 hour agoShe is an expert on the city of Turkestan's Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, a 12th-century Sufi mystic who developed a new genre of religious folk poetry. ...
- 'Earth' takes a giant leap back to the space race - Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
For all but a few select humans, the way to outer space -- the real outer space, not the one where the Cylons live -- has been through a TV screen. You can climb to the top of Mount Everest, or trek to the South Pole or go down under the sea and see ...
- Mark Morris dancers return to Berkeley (San Jose Mercury News)
Impresario Robert Cole is going out in style. The longtime artistic director of Berkeley's Cal Performances announced the lineup for the 2008-09 season on Tuesday, his 22nd and final run before stepping down.
- YWCA program for kids who've seen domestic violence - Everett Herald
EVERETT -- About 280 Snohomish County children who have witnessed domestic violence can get help through a new program that starts this fall. Its goal is to help children of families who aren't living in emergency shelters but who have been affected ...
- The prints of darkness ... and light - Hampton Roads Daily Press
In the world of art, the name Rembrandt has unrivaled appeal and star power. That's why the new exhibit of his extraordinary prints ranks as one of the year's best shows. On view at the Chrysler Museum today through Aug. 17, "Rembrandt's Etchings ...
- Readiness in question - Wichita Falls Times Record News
A local valedictorian explains — ungrammatically — that “me and my friend” will take a trip this summer. A Wichita Falls school district administrator sends an e-mail, explaining that he is “sighting” number trends — not “citing.” A ...
- Pitching an Agent: 'The Bigger Picture' - Mediabistro.com
This agency works with authors to make their work as marketable as possible. Notable clients: The agents at Bookends believe all of their clients are notable, but a sampling of their list includes the following authors, who write in the areas of ...
- THE TWO KINDS OF DECAY - New York Times
New York TimesTHE TWO KINDS OF DECAYNew York Times, United States - 27 minutes agoThe author of two books of poetry, Manguso brings the virtues of that form to the task of writing memoir. Her book is divided mostly into one- and two-page ...
- Simon Holt and "a table of noises" performed by the City of ... - Times Online
Simon Holt and "a table of noises" performed by the City of ...Times Online, UK - 6 hours agoThis presentation was all about love and war and the violent beauty of the Orpheus myth, and included poetry readings (with discreet musical background) as ...
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