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- West Richland teen memorizes the Quran - Tri-City Herald
WEST RICHLAND -- It took Reshad Jalalyar three years to memorize the Quran. He started with a single page, reading the Arabic words over and over again. Then he moved on to the next page, then the next, until he knew all 30 sections and 77,701 words ...
- McCray Nickens: A storyteller with grit and grace (The State)
By the time she was in her 70s, Carrie Allen McCray Nickens had already had a long and productive live. She had taught school and been a social worker, earned a master’s degree and was active in the civil rights moment. But she still had another career in her. At 73, she began writing seriously, and during the final two decades of her life published poetry and a book exploring the lives of her ...
- Fun family picks for the week - Detroit News
Have some live culture, kiddie-style this week. Stagecrafters' summer play, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is playing at the Baldwin Theatre in an all-kids cast for five performances. Or catch Bill Harley - singer, poet and storyteller - who is ...
- Kutztown University professor named Berks poet laureate - Reading Eagle
Kutztown University professor named Berks poet laureateReading Eagle, PA - 5 minutes agoThe announcement was made at the opening ceremony of poetry readings for the monthlong Reading Reads: The Greater Reading Literary Festival at Reading Area ...
- Cowboy poets' music brings open trail to life - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Cowboy poets' music brings open trail to lifeFort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - 3 hours agoAnd so is the art of cowboy poetry. The two hosted a cowboy-poetry workshop and performance for a handful of folks who wandered into the log Colony Theatre, ...
- Arts in brief - Tri-City Herald
Columbia Valley wineries are celebrating the 2008 grape harvest with the annual Catch the Crush event Sept. 27-28. Sixteen wineries in the Tri-Cities and Benton City areas will be involved. The wineries are generally open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both ...
- Jessica Boone Delivers a Charmed Performance in Cymbeline (Houston Press)
The Houston Shakespeare Festival is now lighting up the evening sky over the grassy hill at Miller Outdoor Theatre. In this bucolic setting, the great bard's poetry and the actors' energy spin like fairy dust through the miasma of the warm night. The stage lights come up, the sun goes down and all t ...
- Acclaimed Baritone Thomas Hampson to Open Mondavi Center Season - NewsBlaze
Acclaimed Baritone Thomas Hampson to Open Mondavi Center SeasonNewsBlaze, CA - 3 hours ago... the most interesting thing in learning about American song is to realize what our poets and composers have in common-it's a driving need tell a story ...
- From slam poetry to matrimony - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
WORCESTER  The marriage of Victor D. Infante and Lea C. Deschenes began with poetry, but not the “roses are red, violets are blue†kind of poems associated with romance. The two met in 1996 at the National Poetry Slam Finals in Portland, Ore ...
- South Jersey Face: John O'Brien - Courier-Post
John O'Brien of Delran, a freelance illustrator and children's book author, recently was honored by Highlights for Children magazine for his work. His June 2008 illustration of a collection of poetry titled "Animal Antics" was named best of the issue ...
- Elena Vittoria sul palco di Zucchero - L'Eco di Bergamo
L'Eco di BergamoElena Vittoria sul palco di ZuccheroL'Eco di Bergamo, Italy - Aug 2, 2008Successivamente si aggiudica il primo posto al concorso NuoviSuoniLive di Bergamo, ea seguito di quella vittoria può registrare l’ep Mistress Of Poetry, ...
- Young poets showcase their skills at Frisoli Youth Center (Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab)
Powerful words from young Cambridge poets rang out at the Frisoli Youth Center to an enthusiastic audience of more than 75 people at the first “Cambridge LIVE†poetry slam on Friday, July 25. This showcase featured an open mic and poetry slam.
- Senior Game results - Star News Online
Senior Games by the Sea is a year-round health promotion program for people who are 55 and older. Each spring, athletes and artists have the opportunity to compete in 40 sports events and four art categories. These are the results from the 2008 games ...
- Life of faith evident as G.I. poet copes with illness (Grand Island Independent)
A.C. Codner of Grand Island is a prolificd writer of poetry. Her poems demonstrate how much she values faith and freedom.
- Popular poetry season kicks off Thursday - The Coloradoan
Popular poetry season kicks off ThursdayThe Coloradoan, CO - 4 minutes agoAge of readers in the open reading session go from 8 to 80 years old, with varying levels of experience in writing and reading. Everyone is welcome to read. ...
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