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- Shostakovich gripping after uninspired start - Cincinnati.com
Shostakovich gripping after uninspired startCincinnati.com, OH - 1 hour agoIn the first half, Parker’s reading of Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody” pitted cascades of virtuosities against moments of pure poetry in these 24 variations. ...
- A legacy of social justice and community activism - Philadelphia Daily News
S. Gordon Elkins, 77, of Melrose Park, a lawyer, community activist, and advocate for civil liberties, died of frontotemporal dementia Wednesday at Sunrise of Abington. Mr. Elkins had a 40-year career with the law firm of Stradley, Ronon, Stevens ...
- Event bears up well as folk rush in for the fun - Rochdale Observer
Event bears up well as folk rush in for the funRochdale Observer, UK - 6 hours agoThe festivities started on Friday with a traditional folk sing-along and poetry readings in the Red Lion pub led by Pennines Township manager Sue Thornton ...
- Book written in 1936 on single life fits today's world, too - Courier-Post
"The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence," wrote Vogue scribe Marjorie Hillis in the 1936 book "Live Alone and Like It." The gem of a ...
- Poetry: Three simple questions ad infinitum - Evening Sun
Lately I've been focusing upon the answers to three questions: Where do I come from? What am I? Where am I going? I've borrowed these questions from Ronald Wright who got them from Paul Gauguin, who inscribed the three queries in French upon a ...
- Volunteer shines arts' light on Long Beach life (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
LONG BEACH - If John Malveaux is involved with an arts project, it's a good bet the media has a message. It could be organizing a photo exhibit of the often-hidden Afro-Mexican community. It could be bringing attention to a singer whose talents were lost to the general public after she was blacklisted during the McCarthy Era.
- Linda Jo Scott: The story of a life-long friendship (Battle Creek Enquirer)
Agnes Spoerer Langner and my mother grew up next door to each other on the north side of Chicago and went all through school together — all through life together. Both loved to read and write, and for their whole lives they corresponded weekly. Their loyalty to each other was complete and unending.
- Pakistan's Musharraf resigns - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Outgoing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf inspects announced his resignation Monday, ending a nearly nine-year tenure that opponents said was hampering the country's shaky return to democracy. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ...
- Life, liberty, and….fly fishing? - Cordele Dispatch
Life, liberty, and….fly fishing?Cordele Dispatch, GA - 2 hours agoJeff’s technique with a fly rod has often been described as poetry in motion. I can vouch for that. Until I got the hang of it, my technique with a fly rod ...
- Heart of darkness, heart of hope - The Gazette (Montreal)
Heart of darkness, heart of hopeThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 8 hours agoString and horn arrangements add lyrical touches, giving these texts added poetry. The result is not alienation; it is closer to solace. ...
- Scribe launches arts and entertainment website - Chronicle
Scribe launches arts and entertainment websiteChronicle, Zimbabwe - 10 hours ago... both on the Internet and in print an anthology of local poetry. Guchu is also riding on the release of his second book published in May — My Children, ...
- Community Calendar - August 26, 2008 - Osakis Review
Community Calendar - August 26, 2008Osakis Review, MN - 1 hour agoOsakis Poetry Club meets at 7 pm at Osakis Visitor Center. Senior wellness exercise program 10:30 am at West View Strength Center. ...
- New Yorkers Can Really Win Something at the Fair This Summer - New York Times Blogs
I used to love going to the fair as a kid. In the boondocks of upstate New York, the fair was a wonderful big mess of commerce, risk, and excitement. The rides were okay, but it was the games that got your blood going: a chance to win a big beer ...
- Hewlett-Packard to shed 25,000 jobs as result of buying EDS (Guardian Unlimited)
Most of the cuts will come from within EDS's ranks, and nearly half will hit jobs in the US, HP said
- School Board fires English instructor - Schenectady Gazette
School Board fires English instructorSchenectady Gazette, NY - 3 hours agoThe two discussed a wide variety of topics, from poetry to their emotions and feelings about each other. “We are grateful that the due process procedures ...
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