Arts & Culture

NEW YORK (AP) — X.J. Kennedy, an award-winning poet, author, translator and educator who schooled millions of students through “The Bedford Reader” and other textbooks and engaged voluntary readers with his children’s stories and intricate, witty verse, died Sunday at 96.

Joey “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.

MARIANAS Variety editor Zaldy Dandan’s fourth book, “If He Isn’t Insane Then He Should Be: Stories & Poems from Saipan,” is available at the Joeten Shopping Center in Susupe.

(Reuters) — Penny, a 4-year-old Doberman pinscher, won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show on Tuesday, capturing the most prestigious dog show prize in the United States.

(Reuters) — Decades after three Californian youth theatre students decided to write a musical based on Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age classic “Little Women,” they have achieved a sell-out world premiere at London’s Theatre Royal.

Joey “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.

MARIANAS Variety editor Zaldy Dandan’s fourth book, “If He Isn’t Insane Then He Should Be: Stories & Poems from Saipan,” is available at the Joeten Shopping Center in Susupe.

(Press Release) — The Northern Marianas Humanities Council invites high school students from public and private schools across the Commonwealth to participate in a special edition of the annual My Marianas Writing Contest, commemorating and celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the De…

LONDON (Reuters) — Rachel McAdams’ maltreated and underappreciated character battles it out with her boss on a desert island in director Sam Raimi’s new horror-comedy “Send Help.”

Joey “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.