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- Poetry (The New York Sun)
CREATIVE MINDS The Academy of American Poets hosts its fourth annual Poetry & the Creative Mind benefit gala. Celebrities including Meryl Streep, Wynton Marsalis, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Mike Wallace read their favorite poems by America's best-loved writers. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, 1941 Broadway at 65th Street, 212-721-6500, $35-$75...
- Xulon Author Releases Book of God-Inspired Wisdom (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Debut aims to build up the body of Christ by encouraging faith.
- 'Scandal' needs schooling in comedy (The Washington Times)
One of the scandalous things about "School for Scandal" is how it strains for laughs. Dry-eyed through a tragedy, you can endure, but not cracking many smiles during a comedy is particularly...
- After 'August: Osage County,' a departure for Tracy Letts - International Herald Tribune
After 'August: Osage County,' a departure for Tracy LettsInternational Herald Tribune, France - 1 hour agoHe suggests sexing up the place with music, maybe a poetry reading or two and adding "some heart-healthy alternatives" to the menu. ...
- Polygamist sect’s children sing, write poems to thank Baptists - Associated Baptist Press
Polygamist sect’s children sing, write poems to thank BaptistsAssociated Baptist Press, FL - 23 minutes agoMost of them signed the back of the poster with the poem on it….” That simple gesture by the FLDS children, Segura said, “showed real trust, since they are ...
- Stories for Life showcases enduring art at its finest (The Post and Courier)
In "The Meaning of Shakespeare," Harold Goddard writes that the destiny of the world is determined less by "the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in." Political winds blow themselves out in time; humanity's great stories endure. So will storytelling, even in the electronic age.
- Readiness in question - Times Record News
Readiness in questionTimes Record News, TX - 1 hour agoBy Ann Work A local valedictorian explains — ungrammatically — that “me and my friend” will take a trip this summer. A Wichita Falls school district ...
- Students’ Work Selected for VSA arts’ Online Literary Journal (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
VSA arts announced today six young writers whose short stories and poems have been chosen for its online literary journal, "Infinite Difference." The journal is part of VSA arts Writing Project and showcases the creative works from middle and high school students living with disability. This years theme was Encounter -- the students wrote about an experience they had with a person or group ...
- Fugitive Pieces a 'torture' to make - Ottawa Citizen
Fugitive Pieces a 'torture' to makeOttawa Citizen, Canada - May 14, 2008There were other challenges as well: "To find the cinematic equivalent to the pure poetry of the book and then find a way to distil the entire life of this ...
- Ivey is the 'Lady with all the Answers' (Niles Daily Star)
SKOKIE, Ill. - Ann Landers' daughter, Margo, 68, came to Judith Ivey's opening night of "The Lady with all the Answers" back on May 21 and praised the former Dowagiac resident's acting as "channeling" her advice columnist mother, Eppie Lederer.
- Artist’s answers are blowin’ in the wind - Las Vegas Sun
Artist’s answers are blowin’ in the windLas Vegas Sun, NV - 6 hours agoThe reshaped, reinterpreted elements became works that he saw as a merging of psychology, poetry and stories. Some were site-specific pieces. ...
- Argentina's 'Loony Radio' threatened by hospital closure - The Independent
With no front teeth, Pacotillo is an unlikely radio sensation. And his patter with members of his on-air posse sounds more like a group therapy session than a Saturday show. But then the broadcast is coming from the inside of a Buenos Aires ...
- Should You Be Allowed to Buy Plastic Fish Brake Lights? - New York Times Blogs
I am a firm believer in consumer choice — an individual’s utility and society’s economic welfare are maximized if people are free to buy whatever they want (so long as others are not forced to sell it to them). Nonetheless, an amazing number of ...
- So much to do, so little summer - Cape Breton
Hear it? That distant rumble from across the Causeway? That menacing black cloud rolling toward us from over the horizon? It’s not the remnants of Hurricane Bertha. It’s all of the relatives and friends speeding down the Trans-Canada Highway for ...
- Review: An invigorating, politically savvy 'Hamlet' at the Cleveland ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
King Claudius (played by actor Gil Frank, left) confronts his rebellious stepson, Prince Hamlet (Itay Tiran) in the Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv's Hebrew "Hamlet" at the Cleveland Play House. When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday ...
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