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- Remember When: Little things can alter the careers we follow (Vero Press Journal)
In the spring of 1958, my roommate and I were student teaching at Sunrise Junior High School in Fort Lauderdale. She came home one night with the news that we were going to usher for the play "Bus Stop" at the Palm Beach Playhouse that weekend. The star was one of her high school friends on his way to Hollywood to stunt double for Marlon Brando.
- Historical anti-slavery speech the subject of July 4th celebration (Oakland Tribune)
n Alternative celebration will set to music famed anti-slavery proclamation
- North State Voices: Yankee Hill farm wedding brings magic - Enterprise-Record
North State Voices: Yankee Hill farm wedding brings magicEnterprise-Record, CA - 4 hours ago... community and included family members — bookended by mothers doing the invocation and benediction and siblings reading poetry during the ceremony. ...
- Nighttime finds readers opening new worlds - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription)
Nighttime finds readers opening new worldsMilwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription), WI - 11 hours ago... swears by a dog-eared copy of "The Crystal Cabinet: An Invitation to Poetry," a 1962 anthology her mother gave her when she was a child. ...
- For Angelou, life is poetry (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Still close to her youthful height of 6 feet, the author-poet-dancer-singer-activist is now 80. She will speak in the season's final Smart Talk.
- A Strange Tale (Prairie Public Broadcasting)
Norwegian writer Karin Fossum becomes a character in her dark novel “Broken.â€
- Brazil's Economic Boom Marred by Social Inequalities (The Online NewsHour)
Brazil is on track to become an economic powerhouse in the 21st century, but gaping social inequalities still plague this country of 187 million. Simon Marks offers the first in a series of reports from Brazil on the country's economic and political scene.
- Lou Reed in Concert (NPR)
NPR.org , May 6, 2008 - If we asked all the musicians featured on All Songs Considered to name their biggest influence, I bet the most popular answer would be Lou Reed. His songwriting in the Velvet Underground, and 40 years of songwriting since, is filled with street-life poetry and train-throbbing rhythms absent from rock and roll in the mid 1960s.
- At 80, Maya Angelou says she's not done yet (Orlando Sentinel)
Many chapters of the author-poet-activist's life are written, but she's still penning her story It takes just seconds to leave behind this muted Harlem side street and enter the parlor of Maya Angelou's brownstone, a step as bright and quick as a black and white film dissolving into Technicolor.
- Memorial held for murdered student - WTVD
She was just a beautiful person," friend Courtney Lyon said. From her music and poetry to early days in the Ukraine and happier times in Chapel Hill, the crowd watched videos of the slain student.
- Banner Daily Update - Provincetown Banner
Banner Daily UpdateProvincetown Banner, MA - 7 hours ago... dippings of fruit and other tasties, chocolate sculpture demonstrations and, on Saturday from 7 to 9 pm, an open mike for poetry and acoustic music. ...
- The Salem High School Forensics Team won its third consecutive ... - WSLS.com
The Salem High School Forensics Team won its third consecutive ...WSLS.com, VA - 18 hours agoJuniors Kane Kennedy (Prose) and Jonathan Walker (Poetry) also won back-to-back state titles in their respective categories. Winning their first individual ...
- John & Abigail Adams come alive at Tales of Cape Cod - Barnstable Patriot
REMEMBER THE LADIES – And we promise you won’t forget Beth Friend as Abigail Adams and Aria Duff as her daughter Nabby. They’ll join Jim Coogan (portraying John Adams) at Tales of Cape Cod July 1. Cape couple will portray Revolutionary husband ...
- Victoria's Secret: The TV drama that lifts the lid on Queen Victoria's lusty sensuality - and affairs she was ... (Daily Mail)
The history books portray her as a symbol of moral rectitude with her mind closed to all pleasure. But the real Victoria, as a fascinating Channel 4 film reveals, was hot-blooded woman with a high libido.
- Educator is more than just a teacher to her students - Glendale News Press
Educator is more than just a teacher to her studentsGlendale News Press, CA - 6 hours agoCameron Doran, 14, said he’s learned about poetry, literary terms and how to structure an essay in Emmett’s class. But her best quality as a teacher is her ...
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