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- Hemingway, Cuba and mojitos (The Times-News)
KETCHUM - Step off Ketchum's Main Street into the Tropicana tonight and see the nexStage Theatre transformed into a Cuban nightclub like that once frequented by Ernest Hemingway, Nat King Cole, Carmen Miranda and Jimmy Durante.
- The buzz on 'Garden of Last Days' (Portsmouth Herald)
It started with the image of a wad of cash on a bedroom bureau. From there "The Garden of Last Days" took Andre Dubus III to Florida strip clubs, 9/11 hijackers, the Koran, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the gym parking lot and a gushing column by...
- FREAK Shots: Is Beer Bad for Science? - New York Times Blogs
The more beer scientists drink, the less likely they are to have a paper published or cited, according to a new study by Thomas Grim , an ornithologist at Palacky University, Czech Republic. Grim surveyed the behavior of Czech scientists and found a ...
- Tens of thousands mourn Palestinian poet Darwish - Middle East Online
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered for the equivalent of a state funeral on Wednesday for Mahmud Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle. Darwish, considered the national ...
- Teen talk: Grief over pet's loss is normal - Inside Bay Area
Q: I had a pet cat who had to be put to sleep a month ago. I had her for 10 years and I'm 15, so that's two-thirds of my life. She was very important to me, and I'm still grieving. She slept on the end of my bed. When I'm in bed and she's not there ...
- A Van Cliburn Anniversary: From Musician to Folk Hero - RedOrbit
A Van Cliburn Anniversary: From Musician to Folk HeroRedOrbit, TX - Aug 6, 2008There's no "Banner" or poetry; in Russia, he was more a musician than an objectified folk hero and, interestingly, seems more in his element. ...
- Illusionists given royal recognition (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn speak on Feb. 18, 2007, before the start of the NBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas. Photo by The Associated Press
- Soul of the Boot: In Southern Italy, little-visited Puglia offers ... - Miami Herald
One of the many trulli houses dotting the olive fields. Travelers -- even Italians -- may tell you that the heel of the Italian boot is remote and unhospitable. They haven't been here. Those in-the-know might mention medieval towns spilling from ...
- Jaffery’s poetry a voice against global tyranny - The News - International
Jaffery’s poetry a voice against global tyrannyThe News - International, Pakistan - 36 minutes ago... who described Jaffery as one of the best objective and modern realist poets of his time, who enriched Urdu literature with his versatile poetry. ...
- Unique kid biography brings Abraham Lincoln alive (Post-Bulletin)
"LINCOLN SHOT," screams the headline! "Condition Considered Hopeless. Will Not Live Through the Night." So begins a gripping read for middle-graders ahead of the February bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, a b
- Desire: A dangerous flame - The Independent
We think of it as an irresistible force – yet we are so in thrall to it that we have ceased to respect it. Jeanette Winterson looks at the power of desire Why is the measure of love loss? In between those two words – love, loss, and standing on ...
- Who was Pat O'Brien? - BloodHorse
Who was Pat O'Brien?BloodHorse, KY - 1 hour agoO’Brien found a love of music, poetry, literature and the theatre throughout his school years. That love would steer him throughout his life. ...
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- Historic pub threatened with closure - This is Southampton
LANDLORDS of one of the country's oldest pubs are pleading for a financial lifeline to save it from closure. Tony and Natasha Morris say spiralling upkeep costs and a general downturn across the trade has left them on the brink of closing The Red ...
- Dance Theater to step up big - Cincinnati.com
Dance Theater to step up bigCincinnati.com, OH - 2 hours agoLegendary modern master Lar Lubovitch and the always-thrilling Philadanco, one of the nation's top African-American dance companies, take the September and ...
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