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- Elegy' lights candle for artists of Holocaust - Asheville Citizen-Times
As many as 2,500 deaths resulted from what the German government termed “Kristallnacht,†or “Night of the Broken Glass.†Today, Keowee Chamber Music is beginning a three-year project focusing on chamber music, poetry and biographical stories ...
- Poetry Foundation names children's laureate, humor winner - Chicago Tribune
"When I grow up," begins a poem by Mary Ann Hoberman, "I want to be/A grown-up who remembers me/And what it felt like to be small. ..." Hoberman is that kind of grown-up. Now at age 78 and a grandmother, she claims a vivid recall of her young ...
- Their man in Pari: How Aimé Maeght changed the face of 20th ... - Independent
Their man in Pari: How Aimé Maeght changed the face of 20th ...Independent, UK - 22 minutes agoMaeght, a man who was passionate about contemporary poetry, brought poets and artists together. Some of the livres d'artistes he published are among the ...
- After Dark: (The Capital)
Pesce's offers a huge bar area with stools at the bar or tables in the center of the room. In an unassuming strip mall on West Street lies a great Italian tapas bar and restaurant that focuses not only on great food but also on nighttime entertainment of all types.
- Theatre: brave try in Scotland - Telegraph.co.uk
Theatre: brave try in ScotlandTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 10 hours agoThe play is a celebration of Edinburgh (its Gothic streets, and its Gothic teenagers) and a comic exploration of unfulfilled middle-age. ...
- Authors Sign On for Books4Barack - Publishers Weekly
Authors Sign On for Books4BarackPublishers Weekly, NY - 12 hours ago“The original plan—to auction a handful of signed books at a Barack Obama campaign fundraiser—took on a life of its own, mobilizing writers from all over ...
- Today's local news briefs (Kingston Daily Freeman)
POUGHKEEPSIE -John Prendergast, former National Security Council director of African Affairs, will give a lecture, "What You Can Do to End Genocide in Darfur," at 5:30 p.m. Monday in Room 300 of Rockefeller Hall at Vassar College.
- 'Prescribed' Reading For Physicians (Medical News Today)
"The Last Half Hour of the Day: An Anthology of Stories and Essays That Have Inspired Physicians" -- just released by ACP Press, the book publishing program of the American College of Physicians -- is a collective prescription from physicians around the world for their medical colleagues who seek a deeper meaning in what they do.
- IN THE TRENCHES - Globe and Mail
IN THE TRENCHESGlobe and Mail, Canada - 15 minutes agoClearly, this view of war owes a lot less to Remembrance Day piety than to Wilfred Owen poetry. Consequently, Passchendaele is commercial in its design and ...
- Vastly different Williams, Puccini works, similar treatment - Baltimore Sun
Vastly different Williams, Puccini works, similar treatmentBaltimore Sun, United States - 23 hours agobased on Whitman's poem. It begins with the orchestra creating the sound of a relentless march to war, the drums propelling ominously. ...
- Young teacher uses art to help youths tap own voices - Marin Independent-Journal
Young teacher uses art to help youths tap own voicesMarin Independent-Journal, CA - 48 minutes ago"I was always interested in poetry and spoken word, but there weren't that many outlets for it in Marin," Bissell recalls. ...
- For grown-up readers - Vancouver Sun
Vancouver SunFor grown-up readersVancouver Sun, Canada - 3 hours agoAlthough she had written for adults in other forms (including a book of poetry, 1992's In This House Are Many Women), the birth of Mercy Beth Fanjoy truly ...
- Imlah leads TS Eliot prize shortlist - Guardian Unlimited
Mick Imlah is the bookies' favourite to add the TS Eliot prize for poetry to the Forward prize he won earlier this month, after his first collection for 20 years made the shortlist for Britain's richest poetry award. If he were to fulfil Ladbrokes's ...
- Ba wit da beer: Kid Rock will get a signature brew - MLive.com
What's the ultimate combination of "Michigan" and "beer"? We like to think our blog is right up there, but an "American Bad Ass" has proven us wrong.
- Library of Congress's National Book Festival Attracts More Than 120,000 Book Lovers to the National Mall (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
More than 120,000 book lovers gathered today on the National Mall for the eighth annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by Mrs. Laura Bush. Festival-goers were entertained by their favorite authors, illustrators and poets as they celebrated creativity and imagination among the favorite standing-room-only pavilions including the Let's Read ...
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