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- The Boss, Bon Jovi headed for Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field (Rocky Mountain News)
The Jersey boys are coming, and we ain't talking about Frankie Valli. The Boss and Bon Jovi are ready to perform.
- Musharraf's Turbulent 9 Years In Power (CBS News)
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in office.
- The great seducers - Independent
The great seducersIndependent, UK - 13 minutes agoHe was a radical MP, journalist and later Lord Mayor of London who wrote pornographic poetry. And he was described as the ugliest man in England. ...
- Fort Hare celebrating Madiba's birthday in style - SABC
The University of Fort Hare's jamboree in honour of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday continues at Alice in the Eastern Cape today. The University is celebrating Mandela's 90th birthday in style. The varsity is holding a two day festival of ideas. The ...
- 'His life was the theatre' (The Globe and Mail)
Colleagues remember Stratford Festival veteran Richard Monette as a theatrical pioneer who treated actors with honour and audiences with respect
- Lectures and other events of interest - The Gazette (Montreal)
Lectures and other events of interestThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 5 hours agoPoetry and Prose Reading at 7 pm at the Visual Arts Centre, 350 Victoria Ave. Admission $5. Call 514-939-4173. The Quebec Writer's Federation presents a ...
- Women on the Scene (winnipegsun.com)
Drama queens from here to Australia run the show at FemFest, taking the stage tomorrow through Oct. 5 at Prairie Theatre Exchange.
- The Porcelain Project - The List
The ListThe Porcelain ProjectThe List, UK - 7 hours ago‘And there are a lot of crazy kings in history – like your George III – and I was fascinated by the almost ridiculous poetry that’s used to describe them. ...
- Archiving an archenemy - San Jose Mercury News
Archiving an archenemySan Jose Mercury News, USA - 16 minutes agoThey feature bin Laden talking off the cuff at weddings, delivering cajoling recruitment pitches, extolling true believers, dishing up poetry. ...
- PA plans big funeral for poet Darwish (Gulf Times)
RAMALLAH: Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank tomorrow — an honour only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
- Camp helps teens realize their potential - Charleston Gazette
Camp helps teens realize their potentialCharleston Gazette, WV - 6 hours agoWe sing and read our poetry. I love it here." Each girl takes a course of classes during camp. Wilson's course is in filmmaking. ...
- BOOK- MARKS - TheChronicleHerald.ca
BOOK- MARKSTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 1 hour agoThis year, nearly 200 writers from all four Atlantic provinces submitted novels, poetry, short stories, and works for children, said the federation in a ...
- Style inspired crime novelists - Chicago Tribune
James Crumley, 68, whose poetic and violent tales of crime in the American West made him a patron saint of the post-Vietnam private eye novel, died of complications from kidney and pulmonary diseases Tuesday in Missoula, Mont., where he lived. Mr ...
- 'Burn After Reading' Never Flares (Washington Post)
Movies | High-octane cast works hard, but there's nothing to suggest anybody off camera tried as hard.
- Longtime lesbian activist - Chicago Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO — Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87. Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for ...
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