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Popular Mummers Lyrics
OH, DEM GOLDEN SLIPPERS Lyrics, (1879) Oh, my golden slippers am laid away 'Cause I don't spect to wear 'em til my wedding day And my long tailed coat, that I love so well I will wear up in the chariot in the morn. And my long white robe that I bought...Tags: Alabama
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Poetry's Rock Stars Light Up Sunken Garden
When hundreds of people showed up for a outdoor poetry reading in Farmington in 1992, causing a traffic jam, "it dawned on us," said an organizer, "this was going to be a yearly thing." That was an understatement. That first blockbuster evening has...
Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Billy Collins, James Merrill, Arts and Culture, Richard Wilbur
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Epic MMA gambles on more success
Epic MMA promoters Giovanni Lemm, Nick White and Julia Wiseman should call their latest mixed martial arts fight "Laugh 'til it hurts." Bank Note will be one of three comedians to perform before or during intermission of a 12-bout event Saturday at the...Tags: Sports, Music, Mixed Martial Arts, Lifestyle and Leisure, Gambling
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Go, stop, order, chaos: the rhythm of Los Angeles
What is the rhythm of Los Angeles? Before hearing poet Wanda Coleman speak at the Los Angeles Central Library recently, it had never occurred to me to think that L.A. has a rhythm. Coleman is an L.A. native whose poems have taken her around the world as...
Tags: Edith Piaf, Music, Mexico, Arts and Culture, Entertainment
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Englewood lends voice to history project
It has been four months since Matt Damon came to school, and though the buzz is gone the bell still rings. Thirty sophomores file into Room 324 at TEAM Englewood Community Academy in the heart of one of the city's most beleaguered neighborhoods. Many of...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Academy Awards, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health, Teachers
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Poetic Torah
THREADS FROM A COAT OF MANY COLORS, Poems on Genesis, IN THE SHADOW OF A BURNING BUSH, Poems on Exodus, BEADS FOR THE MESSIAH'S BRIDE, Poems on Leviticus, and SWIMMING IN MOSES' WELL, Poems on Numbers, by Yakov Azriel, Time Being Books, St. Louis,...Tags: Torah, Religious Texts, Leprosy, Health, Time (magazine)
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Bike lane near Lyric a danger
I enjoy biking short distances and am grateful that there are more bike lanes making it safer to ride on city streets. I also enjoy attending performances at the Modell Lyric, which has recently completed multi-million dollar renovations to efficiently... -
Author Sightings: Ann Patchett, Joel Stein, Kristan Higgins
The Hartford CourantJoel Stein, the Time magazine humor columnist who has made an art form of being hilariously self-absorbed, will give a talk in the "A Pen Warmed Up in Hell" series Thursday, May 24, at 7:30 p.m. at The Mark Twain House & Museum, 351 Farmington Ave.,...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Time (magazine), Les Misérables (musical), GQ, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Review: Patchy poetry in Long Beach Opera's 'Ainadamar'
Long Beach Opera's new production of Osvaldo Golijov's "Ainadamar" comes at an important time. The opera is a meditation on the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca's murder by the fascists during the Spanish Civil War, which is ever relevant, especially in...
Tags: Music, Opera (genre), Arts and Culture, Music Industry, David Henry Hwang
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John Mayer says his 'Shadow Days' are over
CNNJohn Mayer scoffs when asked about an "unnamed source" who claims his new single, "Shadow Days," was written as an ode to his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston. "It's weird because I've never told anybody what a song is about, literally," the seven-time...Tags: John Mayer, Music, Sundance Film Festival, Jennifer Aniston, News Agency
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Tuesday Art exhibit, artwork created by Japanese students in Tsunami's aftermath will be on display in the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday through May 31. The museum is located at 4000 Morikami Park Road, west of...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Wildlife, Deerfield Beach, Natural Resources, New York City
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Farmington Resident Featured In Library Poetry Reading
The Hartford CourantThe Farmington Library will host a poetry reading featuring Jeff Dutko, a local resident whose work has been published in a variety of journals and magazines throughout the country. The event will take place June 4 at 7 p.m. at The Farmington Library,...Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Arts and Culture, Facebook, Libraries
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