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- Fun family picks for the week - Detroit News
Have some live culture, kiddie-style this week. Stagecrafters' summer play, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is playing at the Baldwin Theatre in an all-kids cast for five performances. Or catch Bill Harley - singer, poet and storyteller - who is ...
- Random Urban Static: Spoken Word Poetry Power - Blackvoices
Random Urban Static: Spoken Word Poetry PowerBlackvoices - 7 hours agoThe most talented spoken word artists, or "rhymecologists," proffer clever, vocabulary acrobatics as observations about the way we live in the world. ...
- Hope we get our first female Indian Idol this year: Javed Akhtar (Interview) (New Kerala)
By Sreya Basu, Kolkata, May 22 : Young songwriters don't give enough importance to the craft of poetry, says screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar.
- Are Saratoga's best juveniles yet to come? - ESPN.com
Tomorrow is fresh in the air today at Saratoga, where opening week features time-honored juvenile races like the Schuylerville Stakes for the fillies and the Sanford for the boys. Might we be seeing the game's future stars? While projecting greatness ...
- 'The Dead All Have the Same Skin' by Boris Vian - Los Angeles Times
'The Dead All Have the Same Skin' by Boris VianLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoHe published poetry and numerous articles, many of these springing from, and reflecting, his pedigree as Pataphysician. He performed and recorded original ...
- New books at the Latah County LIbrary - Latah Eagle
New books at the Latah County LIbraryLatah Eagle, ID - 3 hours agoI've Heard the Vultures Singing: Field Notes on Poetry, Illness and Nature by Lucia Perillo. Stricken with MS, poet and naturalist Perillo tells of her ...
- Renowned poet/activist says she's accomplished a lot, but there's ... - Toronto Star
Two months after her 80th birthday, grace is foremost in Maya Angelou's mind. "How blessed I am and how blessed I've been," she says, on the phone from her home in North Carolina. The celebrations have been magnificent for this woman, revered for her ...
- Montana win for Charman - New Zealand Herald
Montana win for CharmanNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 2 hours agoJanet Charman has won the 2008 Montana New Zealand Book Awards poetry category and $5000 for her collection Cold Snack. The announcement is made today on ...
- Yankee Notebook: Good fences just make more fences - Rutland Herald
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that wants it down," wrote Robert Frost many years ago in "Mending Wall," one of his greatest poems. I never heard him speak, but he recited it; clearly, he liked it too. But because we all tend to find ...
- Briefly in the arts (Denton Record-Chronicle)
University of North Texas student Amber Wellborn won first place in the Dallas Opera Guild’s 20th annual vocal competition and an $8,000 prize. “It felt wonderful,” she said about winning the top prize. “I’m still just a little bit stunned.”
- NOTES AROUND TOWN - Atlanticville
NOTES AROUND TOWNAtlanticville, NJ - 1 hour agoThe Christian Fine Arts Society, Indiana, is seeking entries for a poetry contest; deadline to enter is Aug. 18. There are 50 prizes, including a $1000 ...
- Israeli films takes a lead role at Cannes - The Jewish Journal of greater L.A
The Jewish Journal of greater L.AIsraeli films takes a lead role at CannesThe Jewish Journal of greater L.A, CA - 4 hours agoA believer in independent films, Keidan would like to create more of them, both short ones, which he compares to poetry, and eventually an independent ...
- On Poetry: Rhythm washes up in waves - Traverse City Record Eagle
On Poetry: Rhythm washes up in wavesTraverse City Record Eagle, MI - 2 hours agoSince the early 20th century, it seems as though most poems have been "free verse." One explanation is that as it became increasingly easy to map the ...
- A Celebration of Sand, in Vast Quantities or One Grain at a Time (New York Times)
A baggy compendium of artworks at the Parrish Art Museum offers a chance to meditate on the many meanings of one of the world?s cheapest and most precious materials.
- Height of war - Boston Globe
Height of warBoston Globe, United States - 44 minutes agoWhite has been working for 25 years with students of all ages on poetry, memoirs, and nonfiction. She has worked in schools, libraries, prisons, ...
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