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Jazz harpist brings trio to arts center stage for final show in Blissfest series
The final show of the Blissfest Folk and Roots Concert Series will feature a concert by The Maeve Gilchrist Trio at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey. Still in her mid 20s, Edinburgh-born Celtic and jazz harpist,...
Tags: Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Music, John Doyle
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The pipes are calling
After welcoming a Buster over the weekend, the Hub City played host Monday to a busker. Kevin Moe, an 18-year-old from Laramie, Wyo., played the bagpipes Monday on a street corner in downtown Aberdeen. He is using the donations he receives to...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Travel, Music, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Trips and Vacations
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Booker Prize-winning author James Kelman visits Baltimore
Plunging into a novel by James Kelman is like diving head-first into a chilly lake. It's a shock to your system at first, and a bit disorienting, but the trick is to keep moving. Once your muscles get warmed up and you get your bearings, the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, England, Genres, Literature, Authors
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Scottish writers lead the way in producing popular crime fiction
As proudly reported in Scottish Life magazine, a British think tank called the New Economics Foundation recently determined that the Scots are the happiest people in Britain, boasting some of the most impressive "wellbeing" scores anywhere. Exactly why...Tags: Book, United Kingdom, The New York Times, Genres, Fiction
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Prime Minister Cameron argues to keep Britain's nuclear arsenal
LONDON – Amid international alarm over saber-rattling by North Korea, British Prime Minister David Cameron made an impassioned defense Thursday for maintaining his country’s independent nuclear deterrent, despite growing domestic complaints of...
Tags: David Cameron, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom, Media Industry
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Scotland to vote on independence in Sept. 2014
LONDON - Voters in Scotland will head to the polls Sept. 18, 2014, to decide whether to go it alone as an independent country or remain in Great Britain with England and Wales. The referendum could lead to the biggest political shake-up in the British...Tags: David Cameron, United Kingdom, Referenda, England, Labour Party (UK)
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Scotland to vote on independence in September 2014
LONDON – Voters in Scotland will head to the polls in September 2014 to decide whether to go it alone as an independent country or remain in Great Britain with England and Wales. The referendum could lead to the biggest political shakeup in the...
Tags: David Cameron, United Kingdom, Referenda, Labour Party (UK), England
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Best Historical Novel Duos
Blogging with Bill WhiteI'm still swamped, so my list today is somewhat truncated. I figured I'd let you guys do the work. My question is: Who are the best duos in historical fiction? I read a lot of the stuff, so I'll offer...... -
Fact is, we don't know what might curb gun violence
TALLAHASSEE – One lesson to glean from tragedies like the one at Newtown, Conn., is the hardest to process: We don't know whether our gun culture is to blame for violent crimes. And that's our own fault. For three weeks, everyone from President...Tags: Shootings, Personal Weapon Control, CNN (tv network), Career and Workplace, Politics
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For film scores, composers create a world, note by note
A film's music is often considered a character itself, and this season the roles composers have to play aren't getting any easier. Talking about love between the emotionally unstable is one thing, but how, for instance, does that sound? Or when a...
Tags: Music Industry, Tom Tykwer, Dance, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Anna Karenina (movie)
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Scotland to vote on independence in 2014
World NowScottish voters will go to the polls in 2014 to decide whether Scotland should become an independent nation. A referendum agreed to by British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond will allow voters to decide whether to end... -
Hip engineers now can wear plaid
Purdue University now has an official tartan plaid. The pattern was designed by a student and chosen from among three finalists by an online vote, the university announced last week. The pattern combines Purdue's official colors of old gold and black,...
Tags: Purdue University, High Schools, Schools
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Dec 14, 2012
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Dec 28, 2012
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|Column| South Bend Tribune
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