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Books highlight lineup for speaker series
Authors Bill Bryson and Doris Kearns Goodwin are among the headliners for the 2013-14 Baltimore Speakers Series, part of a lineup that is sure to delight book lovers. Bryson, whose "In a Sunburned Country" is one of my favorites, will appear Sept. 30 to...
Tags: Robert Gates, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bill Bryson, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Lineup announced for 2013-14 Baltimore Speakers Series
Humorist Dave Barry, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak are among those taking part in the 2013-2014 Baltimore Speakers Series. The seven-speaker series, sponsored by Stevenson University, kicks off Sept. 30 with author...
Tags: Robert Gates, Steve Jobs, Bill Bryson, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Losing J.J. Redick leaves Magic fans with nothing but crumbs on the counter
Running off at the typewriter. … First, Magic fans lost their franchise player in Dwight Howard and now they've lost their favorite player in J.J. Redick. Rebuilding stinks. It really stinks. And the worst part about losing Redick in the quest...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Los Angeles Lakers, Jacque Vaughn, Miami Hurricanes, Danica Patrick
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Feast your mind (and soul): 'Literary Feast' celebrates its 25th edition showcasing national authors
The 25th edition of "Literary Feast," a community event that has brought more than 365 authors to Broward County since it began in 1988, will again celebrate books and authors at a series of events March 15-18. Last year, the Broward Public Library...Tags: Slavery, Libraries, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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'Book Of Mormon,' 'War Horse' Among Bushnell's 2013-14 Broadway Season
The Hartford CourantNational tours of two Broadway smashes, the musical "Book of Mormon," and the epic play featuring life-sized puppetry, "War Horse," highlight the seven-show 2013-14 season at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. Those two shows, Tony...Tags: Matt Stone, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Jennifer Beals, The Book of Mormon (musical), Tony Awards
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Holocaust Museum's message: Don't bully
The little girl is only 8, and so she does not yet read newspapers or watch or listen to the local news. But she knew of the death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton — some of the older kids she knows had been talking about it. So last Sunday, some...
Tags: Museums, Destiny's Child (music group), Nazi Party, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Sam Harris
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Fun-wise, national signing day is a signature event
What fun, this national signing day, colleges' version of the NFL draft. Story I'm following most closely is of the Florida mom who reportedly ran off with her kid's signing papers so he wouldn't leave home. As Dave Barry used to say, I'm not making...
Tags: Nick Saban, Southeastern Conference, ESPNU (tv network), Football, Vanderbilt Commodores
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Live Talks Los Angeles launches Conversation Bar (it's snacky)
Starting Thursday, people who attend Live Talks Los Angeles events will be able to nosh on a Conversation Bar. It's a custom, branded energy bar that tastes a lot like cookie dough. It will be, as far as we've been able to determine, the first reading...
Tags: Social Media, Matt Groening, Google+, Agriculture, Twitter, Inc.
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Join the very funny Dave Barry for a live video chat on Monday
Who wins a Pulitzer Prize for being funny? Dave Barry, that's who. Technically, he won the prize for commentary for his columns at the Miami Herald -- where his job was, and is, "to write about issues ranging from the international economy to exploding...
Tags: The Simpsons (tv program), Awards and Prizes, Matt Groening, Literature, Entertainment Events
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Dave Barry has snakes on the brain
As is widely stipulated, Dave Barry is a very funny guy. He was hysterical when he wrote his nationally syndicated column for the Miami Herald, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988, and is arguably even more droll in his madcap novels set in South...
Tags: Family, Awards and Prizes, Newspaper and Magazine, Marriage, Values
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What to read in 2013
January Insane City by Dave Barry (Putnam) The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist's first solo adult novel in more than a decade is a typically absurdist comic story about everything — and then some — that goes wrong for Seth and his friends en...
Tags: Belief and Faith, Awards and Prizes, Barry Manilow, Carol Burnett, Clive Davis
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Dave Barry's 2012 Year in Review
It was a cruel, cruel year — a year that kept raising our hopes, only to squash them flatter than a dead possum on the interstate. Example: This year the "reality" show "Jersey Shore," which for six hideous seasons has been a compelling argument...
Tags: Paula Broadwell, Jill Kelley, FBI, John Allen, Hostess Brands, Inc.
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