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- Ghana: Youthful Artists Exhibit Work, Collaborate At Wapi (AllAfrica.com)
Some of Ghana's young rappers, artists, poets, designers, film-makers, and other creative types gathered to exhibit their talents last Saturday, the first WAPI in Ghana.
- Cameroon: Donny Elwood Takes New Album & Style Across the Country - AllAfrica.com
Cameroon: Donny Elwood Takes New Album & Style Across the CountryAllAfrica.com, Washington - 1 hour agoConsidered to be the leading poet-singer in Cameroon after the passing away of Francis Bebey, Elwood injects good doses of humour in his poetry. ...
- Jessica Alba scores herself a husband; Kristi Yamaguchi scores herself ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jessica Alba has Cash in hand. Wedding season is in full swing, and Jessica Alba is our latest blushing bride. The actress, 27, married babydaddy Cash Warren, 31, at the Beverly Hills courthouse on Tuesday, taking care of the love and marriage stuff ...
- On the Topic of St. Louis (Riverfront Times)
Sometimes finding a suitable topic is the most difficult part of writing. University of Missouri-St. Louis MFA writer-in-residence Joy Katz circumvented that issue by charging the poets and writers of the UMSL Graduate Writers' Association with writing specifically about St. Louis. During an all-day ...
- Minus tornado, youth-group fundraiser a success (Savannah Morning News)
Dozens of youngsters - undaunted by a tornado that washed out their first attempt - gathered Wednesday for an album-release party and fundraiser at Lake Mayer. The celebration went smoother this go-round: The sun shone, a summer breeze was blowing and the local youth group All Walks of Life raised money for an upcoming poetry competition in Washington. "Last time, we could taste the water ...
- Profile: Hamid Karzai - Guardian Unlimited
Tomorrow, there will be no presidential hopefuls, no hordes of advisers and staff, no senior TV anchors, none of the razzmatazz of an American election campaign. The routine lack of routine that is life in Kabul will have been restored. President ...
- National stage beckons student for recitation (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Tia Robinson is no stranger to performing in front of crowds. But her past performances could pale in comparison to what the sophomore from Rappahannock High School in Warsaw will experience Monday in the semifinals of the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest in Washington.
- Inspirational Youth Encourage You to Show Your Real Face (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Editors Note: Photos are included with this press release.
- Around Whittier (Whittier Daily News)
Support group for single parents Parents Without Partners Chapter 176 will hold a dance and membership orientation at 7 p.m., with a dance to follow from 8p.m. to midnight July 4 at Candlewood Country Club, 14000 Telegraph Road.
- Bassist and composer Christian McBride performs in a musical ... - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesBassist and composer Christian McBride performs in a musical ...Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoThe connection between jazz and spoken word reaches back at least as far as the beatnik poetry and jazz performances of the 1950s. ...
- Run errands, appreciate artwork at same time (The Gainesville Sun)
Gainesville is one town where art is grafted onto every corner. While multi tasking is not a method I recommend for appreciating the masterpieces, it is a useful skill for adding a little culture to a busy day.
- Music Review: The Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity (Blogcritics.org)
Love and romance with a country twang, the Old 97's return with a fiery new album. "Cowboy poetry" is one of those phrases you sometimes hear and don't know quite what to make of it. Odes to sagebrush and saddle sores, perhaps? But the music of the Old 97's, with its high lonesome sound, always felt like a kind of cowboy poetry to me. The Dallas-spawned band draws on country music to create ...
- Original piece of choral music created to grace opening of hospital - The Register-Guard
Original piece of choral music created to grace opening of hospitalThe Register-Guard, OR - 2 hours agoJohnson read poetry about suffering and death by the yard, to no avail. “There aren’t any poems like that,” he said. “Most of the poems are about death and ...
- OSUM recognizes 2008 academic achievers (The Marion Star)
MARION - The Ohio State University at Marion welcomed a large contingent of academically gifted students, family and guests, faculty, staff, university trustees and friends of the campus to the Palace Theatre on May 29 as part of the 37th annual Academic Recognition Program.
- Former beat movement member Gary Snyder wins $100,000 poetry prize (Jam! Showbiz)
NEW YORK - Gary Snyder, a poet known for his verse about nature and spirituality and a former member of the beat movement along with Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, has won the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation.
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