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- Madison team takes second in its opening bout at National Poetry Slam 2008 (Isthmus)
Setting: the lecture at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Status: packed. Time: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008. Context: National Poetry Slam, preliminary bout. Teams: H-Town Slam from Houston; the hometown heroes in the Madison Spoken Word Collective; Open Mic Poetry from Manchester, New Hampshire; and, Puro Slam from San Antonio. At stake: advancement to the semi-finals. Anticipation ...
- Canvases of swirling colours - New Straits Times
Canvases of swirling coloursNew Straits Times, Malaysia - 11 hours agoThe abstract expressionist fishes of Siri Sekilas were inspired by nature, Malay poetry and going out with fishermen at night during a trip to southern ...
- Griffin Prize honours two octogenarian poets (The Globe and Mail)
83-year-old Robin Blaser takes $50,000 Canadian award; John Ashbery, 81, grabs international honours
- Shedding What’s Shabby at a Moroccan Port (New York Times)
Asilah had become rundown, but an annual arts festival has helped revive and clean up the town.
- Britney Spears, Kevin Federline settle their child custody case - Contra Costa Times
Our long national nightmare is over. No, the other one. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline settled their child custody case Friday. Jubilation filled the land. Strangers hugged in the streets. Dogs and cats ate from the same bowl in harmony. In all ...
- 8 acts show many facets of jazz - Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Dispatch8 acts show many facets of jazzColumbus Dispatch, OH - 8 hours agoThis group included a harpist and provided percussion workouts and a poetry reading. Both bands did have one thing in common: bassist Roger Hines. ...
- Superior gardens are composed of glooms and solitudes - Guardian Blogs
Little Sparta is a garden about 20 miles outside of Edinburgh in the rolling, romantic Pentland Hills made by the late artist Ian Hamilton Finlay. Or rather, it is not a garden so much as an artwork, a poem, even: it is arguably, in fact, Scotland's ...
- Kidnap suspect calls days with daughter 'glorious' - Miami Herald
BOSTON The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller and is accused of kidnapping his young daughter says he spent "six glorious and wonderful days" with the girl while evading authorities, but he still isn't talking about his life before 1993. Police ...
- Mobile Symphony Orchestra forges ahead without Hedrick - Press-Register - al.com
Mobile Symphony Orchestra forges ahead without HedrickPress-Register - al.com, AL - 56 minutes agoWe also encourage him to keep writing poetry because he's so darned good at it. Mobile Symphony must renew its search for an executive director, ...
- THE DEVIL DANCES ON STAGE by Peter Burdon - Sydney Star Observer
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea scored a rare triumph at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe by winning every award it could, including a gig in New York. Its co-creator Suzanne Andrade said she was not just pleased with the production’s success ...
- Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin dies at 87 - San Francisco Gate
Thursday, August 28, 2008 (08-27) 14:57 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin, whose trailblazing activism spanned more than five decades, most recently in the battle for same-sex marriage, died Wednesday, just two months after she ...
- Read the movie - GQ
Read the movieGQ - 17 minutes ago... life and tough poetry of the pop and literary icon. As you'd expect with a project that's been over a decade in the making, there's a book attached: A ...
- Literaturkalender fĂĽr Berlin / Juli 2008 - Berliner Literaturkritik
Literaturkalender für Berlin / Juli 2008Berliner Literaturkritik, Germany - Jun 30, 2008Mit Jörg Drews, Mitbegründer des Bielefelder Colloquiums Neue Poesie; Loss Pequeño Glazier Electronic, Poetry Centre; Eric Giraud, Centre international de ...
- National Poetry Slam 2008 announces bouts draw and schedule - Isthmus
National Poetry Slam 2008 announces bouts draw and scheduleIsthmus, WI - 11 hours agoThe wait is over for hundreds of spoken word devotees wondering who they will face in the opening rounds of this year’s National Poetry Slam in Madison. ...NPS2008: First round bouts released for National Poetry Slam Dane101ARTS BEAT Mouth music Isthmusall 4 news articles
- Exhibit showcases designer Saint Laurent's legacy (CTV.ca)
As the world celebrates the life and work of designer Yves Saint Laurent, anyone venturing into the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will get to see his creations first-hand.
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