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- 9/11: Remembering The Victims 2008 (WCBS-TV New York)
Terrorists murdered nearly 3,000 civilians on 9/11. Memorials, a Tribute of Light, poetry, foundations, and reading their names were all ways the victims have been remembered and honored. Watch footage of these and other ways America has remembered the victims.
- Peter Ross: Liquor laureate whose poetry is the toast of the town - Scotland on Sunday
Peter Ross: Liquor laureate whose poetry is the toast of the townScotland on Sunday, UK - 26 minutes ago"There are dedicated Felix Dennis fans mouthing the poetry as he reads it, but there are also, clearly, those who have come for a free piss-up. ...
- S.F. Symphony pays homage to Bernstein - San Francisco Gate
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 How do you pay tribute to an artistic legacy as various and far-reaching as Leonard Bernstein's? You have to take it one chunk at a time. Bernstein's 90th birthday was in August, and for reasons best known to themselves ...
- USC Hosts Writer’s Festival - Free Times
USC Hosts Writer’s FestivalFree Times, SC - 2 hours ago18 at 6 pm Glück, who has served as the US Poet Laureate (2003-04), also won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1993 for her work The Wild Iris. ...
- Group hopes to launch 'urban games' in Edmonton - Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON - An Edmonton group plans to help young people pull themselves away from crime and poverty by holding Canada's first Urban Games in 2010. The two- or three-day competition will give participants $500 educational bursaries for each event they ...
- Leader expresses condolence on death of Saffarzadeh (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Iran - Leader - Saffarzadeh Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a message condoled death of Tahereh Saffarzadeh, a noted Iranian Quran translator and poetess.
- The Edmonton Journal - Edmonton Journal
The Edmonton JournalEdmonton Journal, Canada - 11 hours ago... was born in England but moved to Edmonton as a child. Pooped of festivals? Tough. Edmonton's wicked Poetry Festival kicks off today. ...
- Penderecki concert with a taste of Lutoslawski - Philadelphia Inquirer
Penderecki concert with a taste of LutoslawskiPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - Oct 16, 2008Now, "Happy Birthday Penderecki" - a special talk-and-play Access Concert to celebrate Kryzsztof Penderecki's 75th birthday on Tuesday at the Kimmel Center ...
- Oakland poet makes the political personal (Contra Costa Times)
In December 2007, the Bush Administration blocked California legislation that would have created among the strictest environmental laws of any state.
- Bookshops in the south-west (Guardian Unlimited)
The Helston Bookworm, The Crediton Bookshop, Secession Books ... from Cornwall and Devon to Somerset and Wiltshire, your pick of the shops
- People in the news (Northbrook Star)
Sandra Pesmen of Northbrook was recently inducted into the University of Illinois' Media Hall of Fame.
- Whose America now? Not Gore Vidal's - Huffington Post
Whose America now? Not Gore Vidal'sHuffington Post, NY - 4 hours ago"Slaves have a hard time making poetry," he said, relishing the shock factor, "unless it's got a beat." Vidal, like many of his generation and social ...
- Obama ticks all the boxes: Young, black, family man with tear-jerker ... - Daily Mail
So is he The One? A balmy night. Stepping onstage at sundown, before an audience of 85,000, Barack Obama - the first black man chosen by a major U.S. party as its presidential candidate - offered new politics for a new century. But why did they sound ...
- Literary happenings: Political campaigns from a child's perspective (Ventura County Star)
Seventh-grader Vanessa Rothrock is a spelling bee addict, loves Mrs. Perez's Drop Dead Lemon Squares and gets too many notes from Mr. Applebaum, her math teacher. Vanessa yearns to blend in, which is difficult — because her mom wants to be elected president of the United States. Filled with spelling bee details and political fun, a loving family and believable action, "As if 12 3/4 isn't Bad ...
- The old Paris charm of Edith Piaf's Belleville (The Salt Lake Tribune)
PARIS - Tourists looking for old Paris charm and a taste of "La Vie en Rose" should head to Belleville, a largely overlooked part of the city and the birthplace of Edith Piaf.
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