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top 5 things
Wait a second, top six? That's right, we just tricked you. Since there are several exciting events taking place this weekend, we've decided to add one more event to our top picks! Interested in going to a family-friendly event that the kiddos will...Tags: Libraries, The Women (movie, 2008), Ella Fitzgerald, John Denver, Photography and Video
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Complaints are coming in on City Section seedings
Varsity Times InsiderNot everyone is pleased with the work done by a committee of former coaches and administrators who put together the seedings for the City Section boys' and girls' basketball playoff brackets on Saturday. "It's a bunch of malarkey," Maya Angelou...... -
James DePreist dies at 76; artistic advisor to Pasadena Symphony
James DePreist, artistic advisor to the Pasadena Symphony and Pops and one of the few African American conductors to lead major orchestras in the United States and abroad, died Friday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 76. The cause was...
Tags: Culture, George W. Bush, Siren (music group), Human Interest, Colleges and Universities
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South Florida engineer becomes Obama's chosen poet
On a sunny South Miami morning, Richard Blanco took the podium at a groundbreaking ceremony for his latest project on Sunset Drive. It was spring 2008, and Blanco had directed the renovation of the busy avenue, urbanizing the stretch that serves as the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Engineering, Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Georgetown University
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Richard Blanco discusses his Inauguration Day poetry reading
When Richard Blanco was named as the 2013 inaugural poet, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith said in an email that the White House had made an ideal choice, citing the scope of his poems, "their beautiful fidelity to private experience, to...Tags: James Taylor, Barack Obama, White House, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Chicago Tribune
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Overflow crowd shows up for Maya Angelou event in Lynchburg
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefSo many people showed up to see Maya Angelou in Lynchburg Tuesday, hundreds had to be turned away. The famous poet shared stories and recited some of her work to a packed crowd at Randolph College. She encouraged the audience to find poetry that...Tags: Bill Clinton, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Visiting Rollins: Karen Russell, N. Scott Momaday, Azar Nafisi, others
It's time once again for Winter With the Writers, one of the literary treasures of Central Florida. Each year, Rollins College presents the program, subtitled "A Festival of Literary Arts," to the community without charge. The college is proud of the...
Tags: Gatorland, Billy Collins, Amusement and Theme Parks, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Winter Park
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Maya Angelou to speak at Randolph College on Tuesday
Author and poet Maya Agelou will speak at Randolph College Tuesday. Angelou will present “An Evening with Maya Angelou” at 7 p.m. on Jan. 29. The event is free and open to the public. However, seating in Smith Hall Theatre is limited....
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Now that's a wall of books
Circle City Books in Pittsboro, N.C., has just completed an eye-catching mural: a side of a building covered in books. Huge, oversize books, with titles that even this myopic passerby could read. What's on it? Forty-eight titles, some of which are...
Tags: Arts, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Literature, Arts and Culture, Authors
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Joe Biden's wife is a 'Dr.,' but she doesn't deliver babies
Is Joe Biden married to a physician? You might have gotten that impression while watching television coverage of the inauguration. “Dr.” Jill Biden’s doctorate is in education, yet word obviously has been sent out from the White House...Tags: Barack Obama, General Practitioners, White House, Personal Weapon Control, Peggy Lee
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What to read in 2013
January Insane City by Dave Barry (Putnam) The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist's first solo adult novel in more than a decade is a typically absurdist comic story about everything — and then some — that goes wrong for Seth and his friends en...Tags: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Clive Davis
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Book club donates Maya Angelou 'Caged Bird Sings' to 8th-grade class
LEESBURG — Some Oak Park Middle School students once again are being urged to read by members of the Pennbrooke Fairways book club. Three eighth-grade language-arts classes received a total of 75 paperback copies of "I Know Why the Caged Bird...
Tags: Education, Lifestyle and Leisure, Teaching and Learning, Authors, Clubs and Associations
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Jan 23, 2013
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Jan 4, 2013
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Jan 9, 2013
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