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- I'll Take the Manhattan - Las Cruces Sun-News
H.L. Mencken famously called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet." The sonnet, as anyone who took freshman English may remember, is a poem with a specific meter, a structure of exactly 14 lines and a strict rhyme scheme ...
- Hendrix's burnt guitar leads rock auction in London (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage, the only remaining fingerprints of Elvis Presley and the first contract signed by The Beatles all go on sale Thursday in a major auction of music memorabilia.
- Writin', there ain't nuthin' to it - The Age
Writin', there ain't nuthin' to itThe Age, Australia - 2 hours agoWANNA WRITE EXPERIMENTAL PROSE IN THE STYLE OF JAMES JOYCE? Well, no need for typing or thinking or knowing what a jamesjoyce is. Just go online, open your ...
- Arboretum honors founder (Albany Times Union)
Festival on Saturday celebrates legacy of Landis founder ESPERANCE -- The Landis Arboretum will celebrate its founder's legacy Saturday with a day of family-friendly activities and a night of music by starlight.A renaissance man of his day, Arboretum founder Fred Lape was a poet, musician, English professor, writer and amateur botanist who attracted a following in the local community. ...
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- Stu Scott: Born On The Street And Hard As Hootie - Deadspin
DeadspinStu Scott: Born On The Street And Hard As HootieDeadspin, NY - Aug 12, 2008Scott was the star, though, unleashing a set of pipes that show why he's destined for poetry jam defness. And what was his song of choice? ...
- Vermeer's Hat, by Timothy Brook - The Independent
Tmothy Brook is a Canadian historian of China who has taken up the Shaw Chair of Chinese Studies at Oxford. His many publications range widely across the last half dozen centuries in China: the history of Buddhists, book collectors, Christian ...
- New Christian Website "Sink Your Roots" Offers Downloadable Bible Studies for Serious Christian Growth (Centre Daily Times)
Sink Your Roots (www.sinkyourroots.com), a new Christian website offering challenging Bible studies for serious Christian growth, announced Wednesday the official launch of its website and online Christian resource center.
- Community Events (Valley Reporter)
VT Festival of the Arts , August is Art! Visit www.vermontartfest.com for info on events, workshops, open studios, theater, concerts and more.
- Dolly parade will be on May next year - Mountain Press
Dolly parade will be on May next yearMountain Press, TN - 1 hour ago7 - 9th Annual Saddle Up!, a celebration of cowboy poetry and Western music that includes concerts, the Cowboy Symphony and a chuckwagon cookoff.
- Prime Time Calendar the week of July 23, 2008 (Independent Press)
Children of Eden, a musical by Stephen Schwartz and John Caird, based on the biblical story of Genesis, comes to the South Orange Performing Arts Center, 1 SOPAC Way, South Orange.
- Author of 'Hitler's Irishmen' to read in Ennis, Co. Clare, for Western ... - Indymedia Ireland
A fascinating story of Irishmen behind the lines in Nazi Germany "A handful of Irishmen fought for Nazi Germany – but only two ever wore the uniform of the notorious Waffen-SS…" Terence O'Reilly, author of the best-selling Mercier Press 'Hitler's ...
- Special to The Times - Chicago Tribune
Three years ago, Freddy Schmidt was confined to the leather couch in his living room, tubes and contraptions sticking out everywhere, unable to taste anything, or eat much at all. "I lost 10 pounds," he said, "and the doctor says, 'No, Freddy, you ...
- Hobbton teacher one of five nationwide to share stories with Holocaust ... - Sampson Independent
For Hobbton High English teacher Michael Cook, winning a chance to travel to Washington, D.C. and share stories with survivors of the Holocaust was an opportunity of a lifetime and one he won’t soon forget. Cook was one of five teachers in the ...
- Honoring Filipino-American Month: - The Heights (subscription)
Honoring Filipino-American Month:The Heights (subscription), MA - 3 hours agoIn his early twenties, Bulosan began submitting his poetry to numerous publications in California, and started gaining fame in his local community. ...
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