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HB Reads author visits HB High School
By the time Jay Asher successfully submitted his novel "Thirteen Reasons Why," he had 12 good reasons to call it quits. The author of the young adult novel, which was chosen as this year's HB Reads selection, got a less-than-encouraging response the...
Tags: Authors, Book, Students, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture
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'Hunger' in the classroom
When Kieran Reynolds heard he was going to be reading "The Hunger Games" in his eighth-grade English class at Brethren Christian Junior and Senior School, he went to hunt for the book in his room. "My son read the whole series before it was even a...Tags: The Hunger Games (movie), Suzanne Collins, Arts and Culture
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Not afraid to talk suicide
Jay Asher was never involved in bullying in school, either as a victim or a perpetrator. At least, he thinks he wasn't. But after the emotional journey the author went through in crafting his young-adult novel, "Thirteen Reasons Why," he can't entirely...
Tags: Suicide, The New York Times, Authors, Arts and Culture
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Newest HB Reads selection focuses on bullying
Next year, as in the past, the HB Reads program will spotlight a group of people who are often invisible in everyday life. This time, though, they won't be miles away in Sudan or Afghanistan, toiling on a migrant farm or secluded in a special-education...
Tags: Suicide, Health and Safety at School, Students, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture
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Beat goes on at H.B. gallery
In the shadow of Bella Terra, a photographic exhibition is underway that chronicles a lesser-known French chapter in the history of the counterculture Beat movement. Through April 21, the OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art in Huntington Beach's Old World...
Tags: Arts, Movies, Allen Ginsberg, Howl (movie), Artists
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Susan Lee Spoeneman
Susan Lee Spoeneman
Susan Lee Spoeneman, a teacher and administrator in the Ocean View and Huntington Beach Union High School Districts, passed away on October 1 after a six year battle with sarcoma cancer. She taught primary grades at Vista View...Tags: Ocean View, Cancer, Arts and Culture
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On Theater: APA students, grads go 'Into the Woods'
Huntington Beach High School's Academy for the Performing Arts has its own All-Star Game, and it's on stage through this weekend. It's "Into the Woods," the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical that takes our well-known fairy tale characters, dumps them...Tags: Theater, Garrett Brown Jr., Music, Cinderella (fictional character), Fiction
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On Theater: Golden West unveils next season
Comedy, tragedy, drama and music — these four basic elements of the theater all will be explored, in that order, by Golden West College during its 2010-11 season. The Huntington Beach college will be leading off with "Don't Dress for Dinner,"...Tags: Theater, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Colleges and Universities, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Tim Rice
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Rob Roberge weighs in on addiction lit
I tried your steps And stumbled down your stairs My only problem with drugs Is that they always run out These lyrics are from "The Problem With Drugs" by The Popular Mechanics, a Replacements-meets-Steve-Earle quartet. But the band does not exist...Tags: Music, Addiction, Authors, Substance Abuse, Music Industry
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What I'm Reading: Macungie student mixes action novels, comic books
•Name: Nikhil Sharma •Age: 13 •Town: Macungie •Profession: Student •What I'm reading: "Knights of the Hill Country" by Tim Tharp. •How is it? It's an awesome book about two friends with a passion for football....
Tags: Libraries, Macungie, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Top 3 Pop Releases: 'The Hangover III,' 'Mountains Echoed' book, 'Dancing with Stars'
'DANCING WITH THE STARS' SEASON FINALE MONDAY AND TUESDAY Who will win the Mirror Ball? Only four couples are left from the original 12 and the competition is fierce. Vyeing for the Season 16 win are Aly Raisman and Mark Ballas; Jacoby Jones and Karina...Tags: The Hangover (movie), Kabul (Afghanistan), Mark Ballas, Arts and Culture, Nabi
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Five books: Local crime authors appearing at Lit Fest
In “The Devil's Dictionary,” Ambrose Bierce wrote, “There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another...Tags: Northwestern University, Lawyers, Authors, Crime, Law and Justice, Bellaire
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