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- Now batting for SDSU, Haaaarold Jaffe! (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Harold Jaffe started as a scholar, with a strong interest in Walt Whitman. He studied with top Whitman scholars at New York University like Gay Wilson Allen, while earning his Ph.D. there in the 1960s. But by the mid-1970s, Jaffe felt the need to reinvent himself, as a writer of fiction.
- Instrumental Women Presents "Lady Jazz in the Key of Grand" at the Ford Amphitheatre (All About Jazz)
Hollywood, CA - The John Anson Ford Amphitheatre and Instrumental Women, La Quetta M. Shamblee, Founder and Executive Director; Phyllis Battle, Artistic Director and Co-Music Director; and Carol Chaikin, Co-Musical Director, present The Ninth Annual Lady Jazz Concert, “LADY JAZZ IN THE KEY OF GRAND," on Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. at the Ford Amphitheatre; 2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East; ...
- Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008 - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The new Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza. NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AP) -- Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row ...
- Sarah Slean is obsessed with 'The Baroness' - St. Catharines Standard
Sarah Slean is obsessed with 'The Baroness'St. Catharines Standard, Canada - 18 minutes agoSlean, also an accomplished artist, has just released her second collection of poetry, also entitled The Baroness. She collected these pieces from a “very ...
- A.S. Maulucci: Visionary potery looks beyond the everyday to reveal ... - Norwich Bulletin
From the Book of Revelations to William Blake to W. B. Yeats, poets have written verse that embodies a private vision of a world beyond the ordinary reality which remains centered on our day-to-day existence in the material life of the senses. When ...
- Madison teen joins staff of 'RIP' magazine - Nashville Tennessean
Joshua A. Graham of Madison has been named to the editorial staff of RIP magazine, a quarterly publication for urban youth. Based in Washington, D.C., and published by the Aqualine Group, RIP is an educational and culturally relevant publication for ...
- McCartney to run write-in sheriff campaign - Review
NEW CUMBERLAND - Dale E. McCartney, Sr. has announced he is running as a write-in candidate for Hancock County Sheriff in November. McCartney and his wife Donna, who have four children, have owned and operated Mid-Ridge Cafe in New Cumberland for 13 ...
- Showbiz people briefs (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Robin Williams is learning a lesson from Alexie Gilmore in "World's Greatest Dad," which began filming Tuesday in Seattle.
- Horoscope • Jeraldine Saunders (San Jose Mercury News)
BIRTHDAY GAL: Comedian and actress Victoria Jackson was born in Miami on this date in 1959. This birthday gal is probably best known for her long stint as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" from 1986-1992 and for her signature bit of doing a headstand while reciting poetry.
- Ed Harcourt: The Beautiful Lie (Pitchfork)
No, the host of "Morning Becomes Eclectic" hasn't started writing his own songs; it's the latest album from that dude who used to get compared to Elliott Smith and Rufus Wainwright but now gets bracketed with Tom McRae and Damien Rice. read more
- For richer, for poorer ... here comes the bride - Medford Mail Tribune
It wasn't your typical rehearsal dinner, but it was everything Liz Jones and Josh Dilworth hoped it would be — authentic, casual and relatively cheap. Guests by the dozens gathered in a barn on the Jones family farm for a simple picnic-style meal ...
- Quiet chronicler is lost - Delmarva Now
Quiet chronicler is lostDelmarva Now, MD - 3 hours agoMegargee expressed himself to most through the written word, his journalistic pieces, his poetry and his paintings. Fortunately, his voice will be preserved ...
- Urban Planner: August 24, 2008 - Torontoist
TorontoistUrban Planner: August 24, 2008Torontoist, Canada - 58 minutes agoThere are also panel discussions, a poetry slam, and an open mic stage. Church Street (between Alexander Street and Gloucester Street), 11 am–7 pm, FREE. ...
- Short Takes: Movies for the weekend of July 25-27 - New York Daily News
Documentary about the unofficially segregated social balls leading up to Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama . (1:20) Unrated. At the IFC Center . Director Margaret Brown 's quiet, small-town documentary about the social mores and segregation in her ...
- Legacy of free thinking (The News & Observer)
Black Mountain College, celebrated for its attempt to reform higher education in the United States, will be remembered this weekend in Hickory during "The Spirit of Black Mountain College 75th Anniversary."
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