Anticipation to perform benefit Carroll County Online
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3184 Church St., Manchester, is hosting a music performance by the quartet Anticipation 7 p.m. today to benefit the Least of These Ministries.
Rahman trio up for Oscar The Telegraph
After the buzz around India sending Rang De Basanti to the Oscars and Lage Raho Munnabhai entered into the competition directly, now comes the real encouraging news.
Casino Royale MI6
The theme song to the new James Bond film "Casino Royale" has made the first round list for nomination in the "Best Original Song" category for this year's Oscars.
Poet's Choice By Robert Pinsky Washington Post
The blurbs that publishers print hopefully on book jackets call to mind Samuel Johnson's observation that when writing an epitaph, "A man is not under oath." Some categories of writing aspire to celebration more than information. But the jacket copy on C.K. Williams's new Collected Poems is
Pages from history The Scotsman
THE archives of John Murray's publishing company, now in Edinburgh, bristle with literary greats such as Byron and Austen. VANESSA COLLINGRIDGE takes a look
56 Songs Queue for 2006 Oscar Coming Soon
Fifty-six songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are being considered in the Original Song category for the 79th Academy Awards®, it has been announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
7 Days on Stage Gay City News
TO BE LOVED A reworking of the classic Kabuki tale "The Scarlet Princess of Edo" (1813) by Tsuruya Namboku, this play is both comic and tragic, entertaining and at the same time resonant with current social and political debate, be it in the form of inappropriate e-mails between a senator and his page, violence in Iraq, or nuclear armament.
James Fenton: Songs of experience Independent
James Fenton is learning the piano. Two weeks ago, at a tiny desk in a classroom in Didcot, he spent a nerve-wracking afternoon grappling with Grade 5 theory. The man who made his fortune from a libretto for Les Miserables (a libretto that was, in fact, never used) was, he says, "incredibly nervous". When he took Grade 3 a few months ago, he thought he had "flunked" because of his scales. He was
The Link Between A Rare Genetic Disorder And Musical Talent Medical News Today
Gloria Lenhoff, age 51, can't make change for a dollar, or subtract five from twelve, or tell left from right. She can't cross the street alone, or write her name legibly, or read music. Her IQ is 55. [click link for full article]
Calendar for Dec. 7-17 Kansas City Star
ALLEGRO COMMUNITY CHILDREN’S CHOIR: Winter Blessings Concert; candle-lit event with professional instrumentalists and children’s choir. 5 and 7 p.m. Dec. 10. Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral. $10. Tickets required. www.allegrocc.com (913-422-0469)
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