MISSOURI MUSIC

Oh Shenandoah – Across the Wide Missouri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etC59HVD-tg FireFest – New Haven, Missouri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcmOqe0mcPI Women of Old Time Music – Tradition and Change in the Missouri Ozarks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfZA_bZJ_EU Tef Poe – Coming Outta Missouri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWtZ_A3VrQg

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STONER – Novel by John Edward Williams

He was born in an August day, 1922. John Edward Williams was an American author, best known for his novels Stoner. He was raised in northeast Texas, and his grandparents were farmers. He served in the Army Air Corps in Asia in World War II, becoming a sergeant. At the end of the war, he moved to Denver, Colorado and …

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MISSOURI POEMS

FROM PAUMANOK STARTING – Walt Whitman Poem From Paumanock starting, I fly like a bird, around and around to soar, to sing the idea of all. To the north betaking myself, to sing there arctic songs, to Kanada, till I absorb Kanada in myself-to Michigan then, to Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, to sing their songs, (they are inimitable). Then to Ohio …

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PERFECT PLACES IN MISSOURI, IF YOU’RE FEELING ADVENTUROUS

Everyone loves to travel, but not everyone loves to travel the same way. All you have to do is have the time in your life. Meeting Benches. The way to make the world a better place is easy. Choose a bench, where you can publish what you have painted or written, a review of a book that you’ve read, or …

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ON THE RUN, INSIDE THE KANSAS

It is easy to locate the best places to dine, shop and spend the night – no matter where your travels take you. You long for a relaxing trip along a scenic route, or an action-packed adventure? You can plan your Kansas getaway. This outdoor treat turns out to be an unexpected beauty for those who have never made the …

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LIGHTNING A KANSAS CITY / THE RISE OF CHARLIE PARKER – A book by Stanley Crouch

Lightning in Kansas City is the first chapter in the biography that Stanley Crouch dedicated to Charlie Parker, the greatest saxophonist of all time. This book reconstructs the life of ‘Bird’ in the years from birth in 1920 until 1940 (his childhood in Kansas City dominated from the underworld; the relationship with an overprotective mother; the marriage at sixteen and …

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KANSAS POEMS

HOME – Poetry by Karen Cerio Flat lands, oceans of wheat, harvest hands, fields all neat friendly folks, warm smiles, country jokes, at home style, family fun, 4th of July, summer sun, stars in the sky, county fair, carnival lights, first place mare, dances at night, drive-in features, friends for life, old teachers, help in strife, tornado warnings, siren blasts. …

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EXTRAVAGAMT MASKS AND FANTASTICAL DRAMAS – The surrealistic world of Eleonor Fini

ELEONOR FINI 1/3 – She is considered one of the most important women artists of the mid-twentieth century. Her career, included painting, graphic design, book illustration, product design. She was a virtually self-taught artist, learing anatomy in the local morgue, and absorbing technique through books and visits to museums. In 1907 she born in Buenos Aires, in a August day, …

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FOUR SHADES OF POLISH MUSIC

Polish folkloric music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_GqbIPP-g8 New Polish Sounds / My Darling Angel Waltz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqzVeJ2LCkg Myslovitz / Sound Of Solitude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdmbuDD2hEE Warsaw Village Band / In the forest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQxlQyr0210

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