Arts and Humanities Medals Honor Diversity of U.S. Culture (U.S. Department of State)
Legendary American Indian novelist N. Scott Momaday, realist artist Andrew Wyeth, novelist and critic Cynthia Ozick, masterful musician and instrument designer Les Paul, and Yiddish literature scholar Ruth Wisse are among the 18 individuals and two organizations honored this year by the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal at a White House ceremony. President Bush points to ......more...11-15-07 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb)
CHICAGO STATE TO HOST MEMORIAL FOR DONDA WEST: Plus, autopsy completed; listen to what may have been her last interview....more... HOUSING (The Hook)
APARTMENTS FOR RENT 1 bdrm apt. available immed. short or long-term lease, partially furnished, central air, jacuzzi, convenient, deck, private, all utilities included, $785.00/month, call 434-981-5419 and leave message....more... Blimey, dude, who reigns over rock -- U.S. or U.K.? (Contra Costa Times)
Poll: U.S. or U.K.? Some of you remember that little skirmish over rising taxes, called the Revolutionary War, when the United States spent the better part of a decade trying to kick the British back across the Atlantic....more... Battle of the rock legends pits country against country (Inside Bay Area)
We're the best of friends now. But it hasn't always been so....more... Biography (All About Jazz)
John Mayall was born 29th of November 1933 in Macclesfield, a small English village near the industrial hub of Manchester--a far cry at that time from the black American blues culture we are familiar with today....more... The cat who got the cream (Guardian Unlimited)
Arts & entertainment: In 2006 Jay-Z earned nearly £5,000 an hour but all that luxury blunted the music. Now he has his edge back....more... Cathead Blues Update (Jackson Free Press)
Reds Lounge, Clarksdale, MS (Sunflower Ave. & MLK Dr.) 11/9 - TBA 11/10 - Louis "GEARSHIFTER" Youngblood Sarah's Kitchen, Clarksdale, MS (278 Sunflower Ave.)...more... Learn how, why we respond to the sound of music (Salisbury Post)
How do humans respond to music? And why do they? How does the brain react to music, affecting memory, perception, knowledge, emotion and motion? And since we're health-conscious these days, we should probably want to know if music is good for us....more... |