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Saturday Nov 7 | Monroe News Star

Auction to benefit Moak on tap Nov. 13

A benefit auction for Jerry Moak of Rayville has been rescheduled for 5 p.m. Nov.

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Related Topix: Rayville, LA, Mangham, LA, Pop/Rock, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, Choudrant, LA

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

New Crocker Theater to stage Steinbeck classic 'Grapes of Wrath"

The cast for Cabrillo College’s production of ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ includes, from left, Caber Russell, Tom Goldrup, Michael Gomes, Katia Burke, Leah Creatura and Jaye Wolfe Before the rehearsal, the cast and crew of "The Grapes of Wrath" thought about hard times, drought, the idea of family -- and about having an excellent space to ...

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Pop/Rock, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, John Steinbeck, Vocal, Salinas Metro, Salinas, CA

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Examiner.com

TCM airs 5 John Steinbeck adaptations tonight, November 3

Turner Classic Movies airs classic films based on the work of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist John Steinbeck throughout the evening of Tuesday, November 3. The night begins with the big three, "East of Eden," "The Grapes of Wrath," and "Of Mice and Men," which combined for 15 total Oscar nominations, three of which were winners.

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Related Topix: John Steinbeck, Vocal, Drama Movies, East of Eden, The Grapes of Wrath, Pop/Rock, Of Mice and Men, James Dean

Binghamton University Pipe Dream Home

Therea s no shortage of work to do

While watching live news feed updates on Facebook the other day, I was suddenly reminded of the time I read "The Grapes of Wrath." Veiled concern weighed on one post after another.

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Daily Record

Lessons from Great Depression help shop owner weather recession

Bette Moore's vintage clothing store has been a mainstay on Madison's Main Street for 28 years.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Pop/Rock

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Courier-Journal

Ky. Opera's 'Mice' is a powerful experience

The marvelous thing about John Steinbeck -- which you realize whether you read a grand work like "The Grapes of Wrath" or a more modest creation like "Of Mice and Men" -- is his unwavering authenticity of language and purpose.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Pop/Rock, John Steinbeck, Vocal, Theater

Sat Oct 31, 2009

New York Times

So Much Hardship to Convey

It's not just that John Steinbeck 's 1939 novel is a Pulitzer Prize -winning masterpiece.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck, Vocal, Jane Darwell, Henry Fonda, Pop/Rock

Daily Bulletin

'Spike Heels' set to open tonight at Cal Poly Pomona

"Spike Heels" will open tonight at Cal Poly Pomona, one of two plays set to be put on by the university's Theatre Department in the next month.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Daily Record

Shakespeare Theatre's 'Grapes of Wrath' will take your breath away

A challenging play for challenging times, 'The Grapes of Wrath,' epically and expertly staged by the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, shoves our current recession into sobering perspective.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Drama Movies, The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck, Vocal, Theater, Arts, Morris County, NJ

Thu Oct 29, 2009

News-Star

'Grapes of Wrath' on stage at Tech

Louisiana Tech's Theatre Deparment is presenting 'The Grapes of Wrath' as the first show of the season.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Louisiana, Arts, Theater

Wed Oct 28, 2009

The Bennington Banner

The gravy train gets up steam -- again

Rich fellas come up and they die, and their kids ain't no good and they die out, but we keep on coming.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Drama Movies, The Grapes of Wrath, Jane Darwell, John Steinbeck, Vocal, Pop/Rock, George Bush, Opinion

The Tuttle Times

Libraries brace for a Big Reada

Pioneer Library System is preparing to participate in the National Endowment for the Arts' The Big Read for 2011, the largest federal reading program in U.S. history.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Charitable Organizations, Pop/Rock, Norman, OK

Victoria Advocate

Art that emerged from Great Depression served as more than escapism, book says

The Great Depression has rolled off many a pundit's tongue of late as we strain to make sense of the current economic meltdown.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Short, Comedy Movies, 42nd Street, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade, Ginger Rogers, Theater, Arts

TownHall.com

What Happened to Liberalism?

On Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2009, congressman Barney Frank appeared opposite Ralph Nader on "The Ed Schultz Show." When Nader questioned Frank's far-left bona fides, Frank quickly responded, "we are trying on every front to increase the role of government." This is what today's liberal movement has become.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, US Politics, Vocal, John Steinbeck, Pop/Rock, Opinion

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Jason Brudereck: He sure has no's for news

I don't want to read about the Gosselins anymore. They bore me. They aren't news.

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Related Topix: Berks County, PA, Pop/Rock

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Financial Times

Dancing in the Dark

The final pages of Morris Dickstein's monumental panorama of the 1930s, Dancing in the Dark , present a neat analogy between The Wizard of Oz, the Hollywood fantasy film released in 1939, and The Grapes of Wrath , John Steinbeck's grim novel of rural poverty, published to popular acclaim the same year.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, John Steinbeck, Vocal, City University of New York

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Examiner.com

Steinbeck scholar Dr. Susan Schillinglaw; free lectures in Shreveport

Dr. Susan Schillinglaw , Scholar in residence at the National Steinbeck Center and Professor of English at the San Jose State University, will tour North Louisiana this month, and will be in Shreveport Saturday and Sunday, October 24-25. She is recognized as the foremost authority on author, John Steinbeck,and has authored the book "John Steinbeck, ...

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Related Topix: Shreveport, LA, San Jose State University, John Steinbeck, Vocal, Pop/Rock

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Monroe News Star

'Grapes of Wrath' discussion Tuesday at the Biedenharn

The Biedenharn Museum and Gardens is the site for The Big Read: "The Grapes of Wrath" book discussion Oct.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Shrevport Times

Regional Briefs: 'The Grapes of Wrath' set tonight in Minden

"The Grapes of Wrath," which is part of a 21-parish commemoration of the Great Depression, will be shown outdoors tonight at The Farm, 417 E. Union.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Minden, LA, Ruston, LA, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Louisiana, Moreauville, LA

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Inter Press Service

ECONOMY-US: Deep Cuts Push Californians to Edge

FRESNO, California , Oct 21 - They call it Tortilla Flats - a haphazard cluster of tents and tarps sprawling across a sidewalk and a vacant lot smack in the middle of Fresno, a city of 500,000 in California's Central Valley.

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Related Topix: California, Fresno, CA, Fresno Metro, California Government, John Steinbeck, Vocal, Pop/Rock

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