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- Poetry Slam to slam its last - The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
Poetry Slam to slam its lastThe Ann Arbor News - MLive.com, MI - 1 hour agoAfter 19 years of operations, organizer Larry Francis said in a press release that "we can see our beloved show has run its course. ...
- Floyd Skloot mines poems from emotional depths - Oregonian
Longer than he's lived in Oregon, longer than he's written essays, longer than he's penned novels, Floyd Skloot has been a poet. In April, Tupelo Press published "Selected Poems: 1970-2005" ($17.95, 160 pages), a compilation of 99 poems from Skloot ...
- Area poets sought for new group (Northwest Herald)
WOODSTOCK – A Woodstock man and his friends hope to start a poetry group in McHenry County and are seeking others interested in participating.
- Comics Russell Peters and Ian Bagg are in town this weekend: It's ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Comic Russell Peters is of Asian Indian ancestry. Never mind the name. He doesn't, though others sometimes do. He makes fun of that and other stereotypes in his act, which is coming to Hilarities this weekend. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the ...
- Riding the Emotions of a Ratmansky Ballet (New York Times)
As ?Concerto DSCH,? the new ballet by Alexei Ratmansky for New York City Ballet, unfolded at its premiere on Thursday, you could feel wave upon wave of emotion sweeping across the audience.
- Out of Africa (Guardian Unlimited)
Sepha Stephanos is the mild-mannered, middle-aged proprietor of a cash-strapped convenience store who settled in Washington DC after his father was killed in the Ethiopian revolution of 1974. Once a week he meets up with his African friends Kenneth and Joe for a round of guess the despot: "So far we have named more than thirty different coups in Africa.
- Science textbooks to be available in Urdu (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Lucknow, May 24 (IANS) The Urdu language has long been associated with poetry and literature in India. But now it will also be a medium of learning science in schools and madrassas, thanks to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
- The White Whale - Nation
In April 2007 in Washington there was a joint meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society on the theme of "The Public Good: Knowledge as the Foundation for a Democratic Society." E.L. Doctorow's keynote ...
- Army Wives: Unchartered Territory - TV Squad
Army Wives: Unchartered TerritoryTV Squad, CA - 1 hour agoGhetti reading poetry by James Dickey. In addition to poetry, he's best known for writing the novel that became the movie Deliverance. ...
- Updated 25 secs ago - Peterborough Examiner
Updated 25 secs agoPeterborough Examiner, Canada - 9 hours agoThe Spill: 414 George St. N., Tonight - Poetry Slam Next Round; Friday - afternoon Chill at the Spill with Gnosys and the Fever; Friday night - Jeffery Del ...
- 200th anniversary of the birth of Norway's National Poet - Norway Post
Norway Post200th anniversary of the birth of Norway's National PoetNorway Post, Norway - 2 hours ago... including concerts and poetry readings. Wergeland was a child of the European Enlightenment and grew up in a time of momentous change for Norway. ...
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We are proud to announce that Walter Mosley will be joining our editorial board. Mosley is the author of twenty-nine critically acclaimed books, which have been translated into twenty-one languages. His popular mysteries featuring Easy Rawlins began ...
- D Numbers want you to dance (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
D Numbers sound like the Mario Bros crashing a tandem bicycle … on acid. Not really - the three-piece experimental psychedelic band from Santa Fe, N.M. eludes description, though writers at times make a game of mashing together labels like magnetic poetry.
- If you're a young poet, show it - Pasadena Star-News
If you're a young poet, show itPasadena Star-News, CA - 2 hours agoSusan York, a teacher at Sierra Madre Elementary, has organized the "Poetry Slam" event every year. This year, students each recited two short pieces. ...
- Woodstock icon performs at City Opera House (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Richie Havens hears poetry in song lyrics. The singer and guitarist connected with folk music in Greenwich Village and later moved from audience member to stage performer. He is scheduled to appear on stage at 8 tonight at the City Opera House in downtown Traverse City, continuing a decades-long legacy of inspiring his own audiences.
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