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- Cultural icon and actor Paul Newman, 83 (Honolulu Advertiser)
Paul Newman, the legendary movie star and irreverent cultural icon who created a model philanthropy fueled by profits from a salad dressing that became nearly as famous as he was, has died. He was 83.
- Area briefs - Stamford Advocate
Area briefsStamford Advocate, CT - 2 hours agoNORWALK - The American Red Cross will be holding a child and infant CPR class from 9 am to 1:30 pm today at the chapter's training center, 596 Westport Ave. ...
- The science of desire - The Independent
It's a biological riddle. We think of our libidos as a force of nature beyond our control; yet we also complain, increasingly, that they are too weak. Cathy Holding investigates the enigma of sexual response Human sexual response is a complex ...
- Highlights of the Big Read festival (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
FOR KIDS — Jennifer Plecas, author of "Please Is a Good Word to Say." Fifty free etiquette books for preschoolers whose parents belong to Parents as Teachers. 9:15 a.m., Kids Stage. — Susan Meddaugh, author of "Martha Speaks."
- Share this article: - Monroe News Star
Share this article:Monroe News Star, LA - 4 minutes agoThursdays: Karaoke and poetry, 8 pm, no cover. 323-8099. THE BRANDY HOUSE — 2001 Louisville Ave., Monroe. Mondays-Saturdays: Live entertainment, ...
- As far as elections go - Western Star
As far as elections goWestern Star, Canada - 2 hours agoLabrador can be considered to have its own native literary sub-genre, as can be seen in such works as Lydia Campbell’s “Sketches of Labrador Life,” Alice ...
- Currently Hanging - New York Observer
Felix Nussbaum’s Self in Concentration Camp (1940), a painting included in the exhibition “Max Beckmann: Self-Portrait With Horn” at the Neue Galerie, is as bleak as the title implies. Wearing a wool cap, a tattered jacket and a lean beard, the ...
- Celebrate with song, dance and food - Paarl Post
Celebrate with song, dance and foodPaarl Post, South Africa - 5 hours ago... Black Bafanas, the song and dance groups Imbizo and Oa tuka mollo, the Wellington minstrel group the Disas, story teller Johan Bakkes, poets Syrill ...
- CHOP Given $15M For New Care Center - The Bulletin
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will be opening a new pediatric care center in Norristown thanks to a $15 million gift from Athena and Nicholas Karabots of Fort Washington. The new Karabots Pediatric Care Center will give families in-and ...
- It takes four to make a Dream Poetry Team (Contra Costa Times)
La Pena Cultural Center hosts a night of powerful poetry
- No City for Smart Men (Washington Post)
Washington is a mean little world peopled by third-level bureaucrats, randy federal marshals, over-intellectualized Ivy Leaguers with drinking problems, adulterous pediatricians, process servers, shadowy CIA types, sleazy divorce lawyers, and gym workers selling secrets to the Russians. The whole...
- Book By Authors Returns With New Focus - Gazette Newspapers
Book By Authors Returns With New FocusGazette Newspapers, CA - Aug 23, 2008All genres, ranging from poetry and fiction to essays and historical pieces, will be considered, and all entries must be 300 words or less. ...
- Emine Saner on a haunting new movie about Afghanistan by a 19-year-old director (Guardian Unlimited)
Emine Saner on a haunting new movie about Afghanistan by a 19-year-old director
- The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose, and memory (PhysOrg)
From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent study suggests that this literary technique is useful not only for poetry but also for memory.
- Host of bands rock at festival - Norwich Evening News
Host of bands rock at festivalNorwich Evening News, UK - 18 minutes agoSet in Henham Park, near Blythburgh, the lakeside festival boasted big names from the worlds of music, comedy, literature, poetry and theatre - and also ...
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