Robert Hoobing, editor; worked for AP, Pats, and Postal Service Oct 16, 2009
Mr. Hoobing, who covered such sports legends as Muhammad Ali, Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Bill Russell, and Wilt Chamberlain, also collaborated with novelist James A. Michener to write Golden Moments: A collection of United States 1984 Commemorative Olympic Issues. He also authored The 1984 Olympics: Sarajevo and Los Angeles. (Boston Globe)
Picking up the pieces Oct 3, 2009
He died in 1894 and is buried on a hilltop on the island of Upolu; a US Navy historian, James A. Michener, drank at Aggie Grey's bar in Apia during the Second World War and used the barkeeper as model for Bloody Mary, a Tonkinese character in his 1947 collection of short stories, Tales of the South Pacific. The stories formed the basis for the Broadway musical South Pacific. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Evening of enchantment Jul 16, 2009
Based on two stories by James A. Michener from his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Tales of the South Pacific, it s a story of war tearing people apart, racism, the breaking of old relationships and the building of new ones. The Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptation, South Pacific, won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1950 and ran on Broadway for five years. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
PNC Foundation announces Phila.-area arts grants Jul 15, 2009
The James A. Michener Art Museum ($47,000). The Kimmel Center ($40,000). (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Four Novels With Afghan Characters ... Jun 28, 2009
Caravans; a novel, by James A. Michener. The heroine in this novel is an American girl named Ellen Jasper. (Suite101.com)
Writer list for WOW is notable May 29, 2009
A 1971 graduate of the University of Texas, Harrigan lives in Austin, where he is on the faculty of UT s James A. Michener Center for Writers. Sarah Bird Wrote five romance novels under the name Tory Cates before publishing her 1986 comic novel Alamo House, set on frat row at a Texas university. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
29 places to go in 2009 Feb 7, 2009
Many regional travelers are already familiar with New Hope, but less-commercial Doylestown is coming into its own, with a tree-lined downtown district full of unique shops and restaurants and a vibrant cultural scene anchored by the eclectic Mercer Museum and the James A. Michener Art Museum, which hosts a Jim Hensons Fantastic World exhibition in fall 2009. Meanwhile, in Langhorne, Sesame Place will open the largest attraction in its history, The Counts Splash Castle, come spring. (MSNBC -- Travel)
