Artists, writers play softball East Hampton (AM New York) bi13521806 Artists and actors, politicians and glitterati converged yesterday on an East Hampton field to strut, tease and taunt, to boast and bully. Along the way, they raised more than $60,000 for local charities

Artists beat Writers celebrity softball set (Courier-Post) bi13521806 Chevy Chase provided a crucial run and Alec Baldwin helped ensure that everyone did the right thing

A story of love and books Bohemian New Orleans (Seattle Times) bi13521806 Louise "Gypsy Lou" and Jon Edgar Webb were the force behind Loujon Press, published works by Kenneth Patchen, Henry Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs and introduced Charles Bukowski to the literary world

Steve Rosenbaum: The Dawn of the Diamond Age (HuffingtonPost) bi13521806 I've been reading a lot of gloom and doom lately. I even thought for a moment all the dire predictions might be right. But after..

Old T?s, new skirts - Missoula Saturday Market vendor recycles well-worn shir bi13521806 Carol Lynn Lapotka stretches an old T-shirt her studio at the Zootown Arts Community Center on Wednesday. Lapotka buys and collects old T-shirts from thrift stores and transforms them skirts for her REcreate Designs business

R'n'B pioneer Jerry Wexler dies (TVNZ) bi13521806 Pioneering music executive Jerry Wexler, who helped build Atlantic Records a rhythm and blues powerhouse the 1950s and 1960s artists like Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles, died Florida on Friday at 91, Atlantic Records said

Music Review: Little Richard - The Very Best Of Little Richard (Blogcritics bi13521806 The wild man of rock 'n' roll returns a new CD release. ?A Wop Bop A Lu Bop A Wop Bam Boom!? The year was 1955, the song was ?Tutti-Fruitti? and the artist was Little Richard. Parents of teen- daughters may have been uneasy Elvis Presley but Little Richard made them fearful for sons as well. Little Richard was different looks, style, and the way he played rock..

Aaron Parks: Structured Freedom (All About Jazz) bi13521806 On the new episode of The Jazz Session , Jason Crane interviews pianist/composer Aaron Parks about new album, Invisible Cinema (Blue Note, 2008). Parks 24 years old?and he started college 11 years ago

Scholars getting better at detecting masterpiece from fake (The Times of Nort bi13521806 Vincent van Gogh's masterpieces have inspired both young artists and prospective forgers seeking to recreate vivid landscapes and portraits

Keys to Lang Lang (The Philadelphia Inquirer) bi13521806 No stranger to raised eyebrows, Chinese pianist Lang Lang takes the memoir genre uncomfortable new ground Journey of a Thousand Miles

Age no barrier to steady Moyer - Chicago Tribune bi13521806 no barrier to steady Moyer Chicago Tribune, United States - 1 hour ago By Dave van Dyck | Chicago Tribune reporter LOS ANGELES ? Perhaps the best way to make the second round of the postseason to be an ex-Cub rather than a ..

Realities of a 'space' age - Boston Globe bi13521806 Realities of a 'space' Boston Globe, United States - 3 hours ago By Kevin Paul Dupont Peter Schaefer may see the NHL light of day again, but given that what amounts to a "spacer" year the league's collective ..

'To Siberia' by Per Petterson: Coming-of-age tale unfolds as Nazis - Dall bi13521806 'To Siberia' by Per Petterson: Coming-of- tale unfolds as Nazis Dallas Morning News, TX - 59 minutes ago It's also a classic coming-of- novel that infuses the familiar territory of Nazi-occupied Europe a haunting charm and quizzical loneliness. ..

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