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- Chinese astronaut takes historic walk in space - Globe and Mail
W L from Canada writes: One area Canadians are definitely better at than Chinese ever will be are the sour grape comments. Seems more of our national resources are spent criticizing other nations than making our own better. Esmerelda in Alberta from ...
- NEA Chairman Is Moving On - Washington Post
Dana Gioia , chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts since March 2003, plans to announce today that in January he will leave the federal agency he is credited with helping revitalize. Gioia, a prize-winning poet and critic, said he will ...
- Ryan reading to kick off literary season (UPI)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Kay Ryan, the new poet laureate consultant in poetry to the U.S. Library of Congress, has agreed to open the library's 2008-2009 literary season with a reading.
- WEDNESDAY (12th) - San Francisco Guardian
*Brother Ali, Abstract Rude, Toki Wright, BK-One Slim's. 9pm, $15. See Picks, page 26. French Thinkers, Ferocious Few, Genie El Rio. 9pm, $5. Future of the Ghost, Tremula, Taught Me Knockout. 9pm, $5. *Huxtables, Bitter Sweets, Two If by Sea 12 ...
- Kasargod: M Vyasa no more - Mangalorean.com
Kasargod: M Vyasa no moreMangalorean.com, India - 2 hours agoA litterateur who had always been away from publicity, Vyasa had published story compilations 'Kritha' (1998), 'Kambani' (1965), poetry anthologies 'Suli', ...
- Tech professor Nikki Giovanni dispels some myths in 'Rosa' - Richmond Times Dispatch
Tech professor Nikki Giovanni dispels some myths in 'Rosa'Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - 1 hour ago... refusal to give up her bus seat to a white person more than 50 years ago in Montgomery, Ala., sparking a revolution for African-American civil rights. ...
- The Poet Laureate, the Composer, 4 Singers & Neely Bruce: Priceless - Hartford Courant
The Poet Laureate, the Composer, 4 Singers & Neely Bruce: PricelessHartford Courant, United States - 1 hour agoLiving in Chicago, he finished high school and commenced his life-long interest in poetry. (Actually, he had fallen in love first with American music ...
- Poets, artists address DNC delegates - Examiner.com
Examiner.comPoets, artists address DNC delegatesExaminer.com - 9 minutes ago... leading into the Mercury’s regular slam poetry Sunday contest. It is free, although you might want to buy some food or drink at the restaurant. ...
- On the record - Halesowen News
On the recordHalesowen News, UK - 20 minutes agoDitching his usual spot-on references to popular culture for more parable-like lyrics, Skinner still manages to cut away any fluff from his poetry and ...
- Michael Jackson's latest inspiration: poet Robert Burns? - Paste Magazine
Michael Jackson ’s career is taking yet another inexplicable turn as news of his most recent project hits the public. According to friend and contributor David Gest , Jackson spent the last year recording an album, using the poetry of Scottish ...
- Poet Imlah wins £10000 prize - BBC News
BBC NewsPoet Imlah wins £10000 prizeBBC News, UK - 4 hours ago"I believe that good poetry finds ways to make us look differently at old things, and look at new things that we might otherwise have ignored," said Ms ...
- Activists gather for European Social Forum - TopNews
Activists gather for European Social ForumTopNews, India - 16 hours ago... along with cultural activities, including films, concerts and poetry readings. "The forum is a natural part of building alliances over national borders ...
- Events Calendar (Rome Observer)
This Week Visual Arts September 5 First Friday Shorts 15-minute art talks given in the galleries by museum curators, docents and decorative arts guides at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum Education Department, 310 Genesee Street, Utica. Meet in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court.
- All Observer Stories - Guardian Unlimited
Brown sets out plan for UK pull-out from Iraq Madeleine police chief to launch 'explosive' book Gangs have made Dublin 'like Chicago in the 1920s' US tells lies about torture, say MPs Tory hope for Watford fades as candidate is forced to quit New ...
- IN THE ARTS (The Hub)
McKay Gallery in Red Bank is calling for submissions for its third group show, "Red Bank," to be curated by Bob and Liz McKay. The theme is Red Bank's centennial and the call is for photos of Red Bank, black and white or color, east side and west side, at land and at sea, daytime and night time. Please, not just architecture, people as well; action!
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