Wind farm plan rocks the Adirondacks

Wind farm plan rocks the Adirondacks
Boston Globe - Nov 27 12:25 AM
JOHNSBURG, N.Y. -- The views in the Adirondack mountains have inspired paintings, poetry, and songs for more than a century. Now, a debate over a proposed wind turbine project in the Adirondacks has divided conservationists over just how pristine those famous views should be.Save to My Web

A cultural history framed in a Chinese artist's lens
International Herald Tribune - Nov 25 9:08 AM
In the 1940s, a young Chinese merchant working in Vietnam began to take photographs. In the decades that followed, he and his camera would create poetry.Save to My Web

Recitation of Tagore's poetry of death
Hindustan Times - Nov 24 11:46 PM
It was a literary treat for poetry lovers in this Canadian city when Rabindranath Tagore's poems were recited along with a slide show of the Nobel prize winner's paintings.Save to My Web

Best bets
Newsday.com - Nov 26 9:02 PM
"Twelfth Night" Dowling College Oakdale The Loft Theatre presents Shakespeare's gender-bending comedy/satire of mistaken identity, overindulgence, love and folly. The play is directed by Stephen Wisker. Appropriate for adults and children.Save to My Web

The traveler's tale
New York Newsday - Nov 27 1:27 AM
On the telephone from his home in Greece, Patrick Leigh Fermor describes what he does as "travel writing" but adds "I hate the phrase." Indeed, calling him a travel writer is a little like calling Proust a gossip columnist. Rather, Leigh Fermor is a great writer whose subject is travel.Save to My Web

Joliet schools to showcase slam poetry
The Herald News - Nov 25 1:35 AM
JOLIET Thousands of Joliet teens will get their first taste of slam poetry next week, kicking off a months-long series of events designed to generate interest in reading and writing.Save to My Web
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