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- Writer Arrested in Jordan for Koran-Based Poetry - FOX News
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordanian police arrested a local writer Tuesday for incorporating verses of the Koran, the Muslim holy book, into his love poetry, a judicial official said. The poet, Islam Samhan, published his collection of poems, "Grace like a ...
- Woman's Forum expands Extravaganza events (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
The Womans Forum is going for the pretty as a picture effect with its new event, Christmas Extravaganza at the Womans Forum, which will include a photography contest, as well as poetry, art and door-decorating contests.
- Two treats visit The Ark; R&B throwback, Alabama songstress to perform - MLive.com
James Hunter, who was in Ann Arbor this past June firing up the crowd as the opening act for Willie Nelson, comes back to town on his own for a show tonight at 7:30 at The Ark. A throwback to early 1960s R&B, Hunter evokes the lush soul music of Sam ...
- The Dust and Stones of al-Birweh - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Washington Report on Middle East AffairsThe Dust and Stones of al-BirwehWashington Report on Middle East Affairs, DC - 4 hours agoStanding around the coffin, mourners read his poetry, including “ID Card.” On the oud someone played the music famously set to the poet’s words by Lebanese ...
- Rosie Goes Live With Variety Show Special (The Lakeland Ledger)
Here's a novel idea: a live variety show. Sort of like "The Ed Sullivan Show," which crushed its network competition every Sunday night for decades.Live variety shows are the kind of TV they don't make anymore. Conventional wisdom says they went out with black-and-white sets and gas at 30 cents a gallon.
- Literary Calendar: November 10-16, 2008 (Washington Post)
4:30 P.M. Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, Italy, will deliver a lecture, "The Theology of Beauty: A Way to Unity?," drawn from his recent book, The Portal of Beauty: Towards a Theology of Aesthetics , at Georgetown University, Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, 37th & O Sts. NW. Call...
- Dracula, Wicked offer tricks and treats - Creative Loafing Atlanta
Dracula, Wicked offer tricks and treatsCreative Loafing Atlanta, GA - 5 hours ago... cultural influences, from harvest festivals and slasher films to kitschy, gothic music and the oral tradition of sharing spine-chilling ghost stories. ...
- Chalk is cheap; free speech isn't! - The Ranger
Chalk is cheap; free speech isn't!The Ranger, TX - 1 hour agoEveryone is welcome to express themselves by drawing pictures and writing slogans, protests, poetry or anything else that comes to mind. ...
- tickets go on sale for Camden Crawl 2009 - eFestivals.co.uk
tickets go on sale for Camden Crawl 2009eFestivals.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago... theatre, daytime gigs, an outdoor stage, live street art, exhibitions, comedy, poetry, book slams, crafts, film shorts, pop quizzes, bingo, and more. ...
- Actor Richard Fitzpatrick pays homage in "Roethke and Me" play at SVSU - MLive.com
As a long-time actor, Richard Fitzpatrick's television movie credits include portraying President Gerald Ford once and John Ehrlichman, President Richard Nixon's assistant, twice. In Stratford, Ont., where he and his wife have lived for 20 years and ...
- Two poets conclude fall Frostic Reading Series - WMU News
Two poets conclude fall Frostic Reading SeriesWMU News, MI - 5 hours agoWardrop is a professor of English at the University, and Fishman’s first book of poetry was published by WMU’s New Issues Press in 1998. ...
- Tellin’ stories and singin’ songs - Hot Springs Star
K.G. and The Ranger, from Madison, Wisc., thrilled the Saturday night audience at the Badger Clark Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering, showing some of the award-winning yodeling harmony on “Sagebrush Symphony.” Hot Springs police and Fall River ...
- Brenda Shaughnessy's 'Human Dark With Sugar' (International Herald Tribune)
A wisecrack here and there can give life to a deadly serious agenda; a little wit adds dimension to a topic limited by its own darkness. And there isn't a single poem in "Human Dark With Sugar" that isn't funny.
- Current and Coming, 10/9-15 - knox.VillageSoup.com
Current and Coming, 10/9-15knox.VillageSoup.com, ME - 4 hours agoBelfast Poetry Festival show: artists Kate Buehner and Joy Vaughan; poets Dave Moreau and Andrea Read, Kramer Gallery, Belfast Free Library, ...
- Unsung heroes help put us on the map - Hawke's Bay Today
Unsung heroes help put us on the mapHawke's Bay Today, New Zealand - 5 hours ago... Youth Council and recently won the New Zealand Post National Schools Poetry Awards 2008 Best Lyric category with a very quirky poem called Mrs Potts. ...
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