XOXO: a Kickstartered "disruptive creativity" conference in Portland

Source: Boing Boing

Andy Baio and Andy McMillan have announced XOXO, a SXSW-like "disruptive creativity" conference in Portland. They're pre-selling the tickets on Kickstarter, and if they don't sell enough, they're not going to do it. They've made and sh ...
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Book Review: Smut by Alan Bennett

Source: Seattle PI

Imagine, if you will, that the cast of Monty Python got together and wrote dirty little stories. Only they wrote them in a somewhat serious mode - of course, being Monty Python they would need to be full ...
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Synergy success

Source: Fiji Times

HUNDREDS of young people were part of the first Synergy concert of the year at the Suva Civic Centre auditorium last night. Synergy, a concert organised by the Wesley Methodist Church and other partnering Christian denominati ...
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Many working parents favor day camp for their kids

Source: Ventura County Star

Share your story: We were thinking about summer camps and sharing stories about our childhood adventures. Using Google Maps we were able to show off the woods and lakes of our childhoods. Please tell us a story about your camp experiences and ...
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Literary Happenings: New releases from area residents

Source: Ventura County Star

Two Ventura County residents have recently released books. "A Catcher's Story" (CreateSpace), by former professional baseball player Jim Hibbs of Ventura, is a sports tale that covers Hibbs' years as a Ventura High School Cougar, a Stanford ...
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Broxtowe Enews 26th May 2012

Source: David Watts' Blog

Welcome to Broxtowe Enews, brought to you by the Liberal Democrats and edited by David Watts, the leader of the Lib-Dems on Broxtowe Borough Council. May I start with a quick apology to people still waiting to receive replies to corr ...
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Culture notes: Oops, Atlanta slides to second in art-business ranking; Oglethorpe Museum director Lloyd Nick to retire

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Blogs

ARTS Atlanta’s No. 2 in arts businesses It struck some as odd when the news broke in April that Atlanta has the highest number of arts-related businesses per capita among the 100 largest cities in the United States. After all, ...
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Maniac: Cannes Review

Source: Hollywood Reporter

CANNES - There’s nothing cuddly or Frodo-ish about Elijah Wood’s psycho killer in French director Franck Khalfoun’s haute-horreur remake of the low-budget 1980 William Lustig movie that’s become something of a grubby touchstone amo ...
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Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick

Source: The Friendly Book Nook

One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through. German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education—and a burning desire to create something beautiful. What be ...
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