Trove of the 'Norwegian Anne Frank'Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:02PMOn October 16, 1934, Ruth Maier wrote in her diary: “I want to be famous. I don’t want to fall or die like a cog in the machine. I can’t imagine myself in the gloom of anonymity, as it were. People disappear. I want to live! To leave something behind, a document that I was here.
Lifelines: Real life has film qualityMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:57AMThe Traverse City Film Festival is coming back to town next week. Let's celebrate with three folk poems about early movie venues, theaters and promotional gimmicks in the 1930's.
Philadelphia Orchestra performs 'Carmina Burana' on SaturdayFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:36PMVAIL, Colorado - On Saturday, more than 200 musicians will take the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater stage to perform Carl Orff's most popular work, "Carmina Burana." The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by conductor Gi Copyright 2011 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily Philadelphia Orchestra ...
Cupertino shorts: Taste of Compassion to celebrate one-year anniversary at July 23-24 eventThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:13PMCERT training for West Valley residentsThe West Valley Community Emergency Response Team is offering a five-week summer training session for people who live or work in Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos and Monte Sereno.
Good Times: Bay Area entertainment guide for July 15-21Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:16AMYour guide to what's happening July 15-21MusicSound reunionIt's getting increasingly hard to care about reunion tours.
Poems Forever -- Inspirational Poems About LifeWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:44AMPaula Graham's New poetry provides patriotism and family. (PRWeb July 13, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8635904.htm
Good gig, bad conversation afterMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:04PMI used to play in an Irish band - we'd tour around the central North Island (and one time we went to the top of the South Island). We went where the gigs were. It was a working band. Some weeks were hard slog, others were easy. Sometimes there was no work. Many times the hardest work was the people you had to talk to between sets, or when packing down or setting up.
Faiz: the ideology and the poetrySunday, July 10, 2011 @ 7:28AMThe year of Faiz has seen much in praise of the poet and his poetry. His association with the Progressive Writers’ Movement and its ideology is an admitted fact, however, the poet in him refused to restrain himself within ideological bounds.
Anis Shivani: The 20 Most Anticipated Books Of Summer 2011Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 9:15AMExciting new novels by Mohammed Hanif and Aravind Adiga (two of the hottest stars of South Asian literature), new novels by underrated writers Dana Spiotta and Tom Perrotta, meditations on race and politics by Caryl Phillips and Randall Kennedy,