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- JOEL: Ellen DeGeneres taping a show in Chicago! 4/8/'08 WNDU Blog ... - WNDU
Hey all... Only a few days after I sit down with Ellen DeGeneres in Los Angeles she is headed to Chicago for a ONE TIME ONLY taping of her show. Details are still being released but if you want to go and be in the audience you better get moving!! The ...
- Fans, poets gather for poetry slam (Wisconsin State Journal)
"Poetry slams began in Chicago in 1984," reads Bill MacMillan, the evening's "bout manager" and de facto emcee, as he goads a standing-room-only crowd in Madison's Bartell Theatre. On cue, the audience hollers back: "SO WHAT!" And that's just the warm-up. When MacMillan, a longtime spoken-word fan from Worcester, Mass., finishes his introduction, what follows is a rollicking night of ...
- Condition of Zambian president worsens (Las Vegas Sun)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 (3:39 a.m.) The condition of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, hospitalized in France since suffering a stroke in June, has suddenly taken a turn for the worse, state media reported Tuesday.
- Off-Broadway highlights - Newsday
Off-Broadway highlightsNewsday, NY - 2 hours agoROMANTIC POETRY (Oct. 28). John Patrick Shanley (who won a Pulitzer Prize for "Doubt") and composer Henry Krieger ("Dreamgirls") team for a musical about ...
- Gaia Online Gives Teens the Chance to Take Home "Olympic Gold" (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN JOSE, Calif.----For those of us who have dreamt of Olympic glory, but prefer thumb wrestling and hot dog eating to swimming and hurdles, Gaia Online, the leading online hangout of more than 5 million teens, today announced it will host the Olympics Games for the rest of us…the Rejected Olympics.
- Maida strikes out on his own with solo disc (Texarkana Gazette)
Raine Maida is a poet at heart. Where that poetry fits into his music has finally come into focus. Maida, frontman of Canadian alt-rockers Our Lady Peace, has ventured out on an introspective solo disc, “The Hunter’s Lullaby,” engaging his love of progressive poetry.
- Listening Post /Brief reviews of select releases (The Buffalo News)
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- Performance and classical music listings - Philiy.com
All Shook Up Combines favorite Elvis hits with a new story. Closes 8/10. Surflight Theatre, Beach & Engleside Ave., Beach Haven; 609-492-9477. www.surflight.org . $29; $19 children. All The Things You Are: The Music of Jerome Kern Musical revue ...
- At the Senior Center: July 24-Aug. 1 - Abington Mariner
Come to the Senior Center on Monday, July 28, at 1 p.m., for a free concert of tunes from the Gaslight Era featuring John Root, the Music Man. An accomplished musician, Root is making a repeat appearance singing and playing the piano, flute, clarinet ...
- New freedom unleashes an unrestrained madness - MiamiHerald.com
New freedom unleashes an unrestrained madnessMiamiHerald.com, FL - 3 hours agoThen I moved here, and I lost the ability to write poetry, which I thought would kill me. There was no reason for me to go on. Then I realized that I could ...
- How Radovan Karadzic found freedom in the Madhouse (Times Online)
It was the unmistakable tones of the traditional gusle that first drew Radovan Karadzic into the Madhouse.
- Star search (Daily Orange)
Jerijah West signed up for 'Cuse Got Talent on a whim. He thought it could be fun and a good opportunity to show people what he does best. And according to the judges, he was the best in the competition held Saturday. West, a sophomore communication and rhetorical studies major, commanded the stage at the second annual 'Cuse Got Talent, winning the competition.
- Good Day Baltimore: Gang Gang Dance brings it to the Ottobar (Baltimore Examiner)
With sweet, girly vocals and sexy percussion that teeters between bright and sunny and dark and sultry, Brooklyn, N.Y., trio Gang Gang Dance brings on the beat with interesting instrument combinations that'll make you want to get up and get down. 10 p.m. $10. The Ottobar, 2549 N. Howard St., Baltimore. 410-662-0069.
- Russia agrees to Georgia pullout after EU sends monitors - Globe and Mail
CM Chen from Toronto, Canada writes: It is encouraging to see a step-down in the tension in the region. The French president is doing a good job to persuade the Russians. Russia has come a long way from its Soviet era. It must be tough for its ...
- What's Happening - Athens News
Send your “What’s Happening” submissions to news@athensnews.com by noon on Tuesday of the week in which the listing would appear. “What’s Happening” appears on Thursday of each week, and includes events for that Thursday through the ...
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