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- First mid-autumn festival holiday helps revive tradition (China Economic Net)
With the first mid-autumn festival holiday nearly upon China, many people are asking 'what is it for?' An online survey by the website Sohu.com saw 55.7 percent of the 1,313 respondents saying they would spend the holiday with their families.
- Noche Flamenca - VoiceofDance.com
Noche FlamencaVoiceofDance.com, CA - 8 minutes agoHe hovers in a dark corner, eyes steadfastly glued to Barrio, come to claim her, apparently, because they are destined for each other. ...
- A classic cruise of another kind (Troy Eccentric)
Once, crossing the Atlantic in style meant an ocean voyage on a luxury liner. Most people make the trip today aboard a cramped airplane, but Bloomfield Township resident Diane Bert sampled the elegance of ocean travel aboard the Queen Mary 2. Not to be confused with a vacation cruise ship, the QM 2 represents traditional high-class traveling. Here is her story.
- Scott Thill: Is This The End Of The Jews? An Interview With Adam Mansbach (HuffingtonPost)
Adam Mansbach is a dude of many hats. A hip-hop poet that can recite histories old-school and new without missing a beat, especially in his acid satire Angry Black White Boy.
- Marcus Tanner: Karadzic, the psychiatrist who became a genocidal madman (Independent)
I will never forget the first time I met Radovan Karadzic – because I got him so wrong.
- Clown for a day learns making smiles hard work - MLive.com
Press Photo/Dave Raczkowski Press writer Colleen Pierson gets ready to play the role of "Chuckles" the clown before Thursday's performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. GRAND RAPIDS -- It's hard out there for a clown. Being on the ...
- The WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence in the Service of ... - lifepr.de
The WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence in the Service of ...lifepr.de, Germany - 5 hours agoShe calls him an "inspirational spokesman of folk music at Sibelius Academy from 1975 to his retirement in 1987. But even higher visionary inspiration came ...
- Kashan holds seminar on birth anniversary of Sohrab Sepehri - Tehran Times
Kashan holds seminar on birth anniversary of Sohrab SepehriTehran Times, Iran - 4 hours agoThe third and fourth days will also follow with several poetry workshops and talks. On Friday the fifth day of the seminar, cinematic figures Mohammadreza ...
- Usain Bolt electrifies Beijing, winning the 200 in a world-record time (Seattle Times)
This time he ran every meter of the race. He didn't sightsee. He didn't showboat. He didn't prance. This time Jamaica's Usain Bolt drove through the finish, waiting until he crossed the line to start the party.
- Burmese democracy activist: 'I don't know how I kept my sanity' - Independent
Burmese democracy activist: 'I don't know how I kept my sanity'Independent, UK - 5 hours agoWin Tin, who is also known for his poetry, was frail but in remarkably good spirits after spending 19 years and three months in solitary confinement. ...
- Masterclass for today's career politicians from Baron Healey; man ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukMasterclass for today's career politicians from Baron Healey; man ...Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 8 hours agoOr for that matter discoursing in a matter-of-fact but learned way about poetry, music and painting. And quoting William Butler Yeats verbatim sans script. ...
- Lonely life as commoner for Nepal's former king - AFP
AFPLonely life as commoner for Nepal's former kingAFP - 3 hours agoFormer king Gyanendra spends his time writing poetry, praying, surfing the Internet and taking walks in the forest around the Nagarjun hunting lodge where ...
- Dannie Abse's top 10 20th century poetry collections - guardian.co.uk
Dannie Abse's top 10 20th century poetry collectionsguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoHe has written fifteen books of poetry and his latest work is his autobiography, Goodbye, Twentieth Century. Because this book contains The Love Song of J ...
- 1 p.m. - Sinangan-ta poetry slam tomorrow night (Pacific Daily News)
1 p.m. Aug. 29 — Those looking for a little knowledge and inspiration can head down to PTC tomorrow night for this month's Sinangan-ta poetry slam. Those looking to participate should bring two pieces to perform for a chance at the $100 prize.
- Jamey Johnson's new CD 'bare-knuckled, barroom poetry': review - CanadaEast.com
Jamey Johnson's new CD 'bare-knuckled, barroom poetry': reviewCanadaEast.com, Canada - Aug 5, 2008"In Color" traces a grandfather's history through black-and-white snapshots that don't fully communicate the turbulence of the life they capture. ...
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