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- A Cabinet of Soviet Curiosities (The New York Sun)
Sometimes the smallest of things can illuminate the largest. A fossil tells the story of massive planetary change, a line or two of poetry does more to explain trench warfare than a dozen history books, and the miniatures of Nicholas Hilliard bring Gloriana's long vanished England back to iridescent, dangerous life. In writing "Lenin's Brain" (Hoover Institution Press, 163 pages, $15), Houston ...
- Grant Park Festival offers fine-spun mix of music (Chicago Sun-Times)
A welcome anomaly occurred last Wednesday when the Grant Park Festival had to turn away patrons for a packed midweek concert of Brahms' "German" Requiem. It isn't often when the capacity of free classical music festivals falls short of popular demand.
- Returning to the Past and Finding the Bogeyman Is Still There (New York Times)
Determinedly unfunny, awkwardly histrionic and sometimes anything but credible, Augusten Burroughs?s new memoir repudiates everything that put him on the map.
- Restored 'Once Upon a Time in the West' at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater - Los Angeles Times
Sergio Leone's 1968 masterwork, “Once Upon a Time in the West,” was showing the ravages of time. The negative that Paramount Pictures had been using over the years to strike prints was getting old and frayed, and the color was shifting. But ...
- Writer vows to get children reading - expressandstar.com
Writer vows to get children readingexpressandstar.com, UK - 12 hours agoMr Ahlberg, a Baggies fan, has most recently released Collected Poems, a collection of his favourite children’s poetry.
- 42 day detention, is it ‘justified’ or merely a case of ... - Pakistani Newspaper
Clause 29 of the Magna Carta ensures that ‘no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or have his liberties removed but by lawful judgement of his peers’. This 800 years old tradition is mirrored in Article 5 of the European Convention on Human ...
- Poetry Award (KMID Midland)
A ceremony is held this evening for one of the most prestigious poetry contests in the state. Poets gathered at Midland College for this year's Hilda Simmons Levitt Poetry Awards. Over $1,000 in cash was awarded to this year's outstanding poets.
- HANOVER: Local student wins contest (York Daily Record)
Aaron Thomas, a senior at Christian School of York, won a regional poetry contest sponsored by Creative Communication, Inc.
- Arts workshops open to all breast cancer patients - Times Herald-Record
Arts workshops open to all breast cancer patientsTimes Herald-Record, NY - 1 hour agoThe workshops in visual arts, writing, poetry, music, movement, woodworking, circus skills and other areas are designed to promote self-healing through ...
- The Listen & Be Heard Network - Listen&Be Heard
The Listen & Be Heard NetworkListen&Be Heard, CA - 13 hours agoby martha cinader mims Since closing the doors of Listen & Be Heard Poetry Café, I have given much thought to the Listen & Be Heard website. ...
- The Master - The National
The MasterThe National, United Arab Emirates - May 26, 2008He visited Paris before returning to Barcelona, to the cafes and bars of Spanish poets and painters, where he produced the sombre, often melancholic ...
- Beatnik Poetry Reading Turned Out Well (The Chattanoogan)
The Trenton Arts Council says thanks. We appreciate the support the community gave us at the Beatnik Poetry Reading April 25, 2008. It was good to see people from several counties and states enjoying the artists.
- They put the words in the presidents? mouths - Boston Globe
Speechwriters, President Lyndon B. Johnson told one of his, need to have "a passion for anonymity." Yet the words they write, such as Ted Sorensen's lyrical speeches for President John F. Kennedy, can inspire millions and help transform soaring ...
- 9-year-old Arnold girl publishes first book - Annapolis Capital
Annapolis Capital9-year-old Arnold girl publishes first bookAnnapolis Capital, MD - 1 hour agoA third generation writer, Alli's grandmother recently published a book of poetry and both her grandmother and mother have kept journals for years. ...
- Vigil for victims (FSView)
The Florida State Chinese Students and Scholars Association congregated on Landis Green to participate in singing songs and reading poetry to pray, mourn and say goodbye to the victims of the powerful earthquake in Chengdu, China with a candle light vigil late Thursday evening.
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