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- Musical brainstorming pays off at Jazzfest - Ottawa Citizen
The idea to put a group of jazz musicians together for a week or so to see what they come up with in the way of new compositions first gained popularity in New York's so-called loft scene in the early 1970s. Some ground-breaking avant-garde jazz by ...
- Erik Darling, 74; Singer-Songwriter and Folk Musician - Washington Post
Washington PostErik Darling, 74; Singer-Songwriter and Folk MusicianWashington Post, United States - 3 minutes agoIn an interview, Seeger called Mr. Darling a "tremendously talented musician with a subtle sense of poetry and musicianship. . . . He wasn't loud, ...
- The Gold Medal Chase - New York Times Blogs
The Gold Medal ChaseNew York Times Blogs, NY - 1 hour ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Appreciation day shouldn't drive one buggy - Henderson Gleaner
Appreciation day shouldn't drive one buggyHenderson Gleaner, KY - 17 hours agoWith thousands of insects swarming around the giant bug light, guests are invited to stand up and contribute their own insect poetry, jokes, ...
- Poetry in motion - Calgary Sun
Since I don't see any hands in the air, I'll fill you in. Ashley Harkleroad is the 72nd-ranked player on the WTA tour. She has never advanced beyond the third round of any Grand Slam singles event and has exactly zero career titles to her credit. She ...
- George is 100 years young - Dorset Echo
George is 100 years youngDorset Echo, UK - 44 minutes agoA cheese and wine party at the Jubilee Hall in Easton for family and friends will be held tonight to mark his birthday.
- COLUMN: Leyde: Murphey follows way of the West - The Salinas Californian
COLUMN: Leyde: Murphey follows way of the WestThe Salinas Californian, CA - 1 hour agoHe will head back south to appear Sunday at the 2008 Cowboys & Cabernet Cowboy Poetry Gathering at Sherwood Hall in Salinas. ...
- Saddam's neck - Eureka Street
Saddam's neckEureka Street, Australia - 3 hours agoHer essay on cancer, metaphor and poetry has just been published by colloquy. PS Cottier is a Canberra poet. Her poem 'The Terrace Next Door' won third ...
- The Hold Steady's boffo 'Sequestered in Memphis': Desperation! Foul ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Judson Baker The Hold Steady's "Sequestered in Memphis" is the song of the year (so far). From left are Franz Nicolay, Tad Kubler, Bobby Drake, Galen Polivka and Craig Finn. Just when you thought maybe all the great rock 'n' roll tunes already had ...
- Who Is the Greatest Modern-Day Thinker? - New York Times Blogs
I go to the University of Richmond, which requires [us] to take a class called Core, where we read famous historical books. ( Gandhi , Marx , Plato , Augustine , just to name a few). Anyway, my question for you is: Who do you think is the greatest ...
- Rahsaan Patterson doesn't do labels - San Francisco Chronicle
Rahsaan Patterson doesn't do labelsSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 1 hour agoAnd like the poetry of Sylvia Plath, the stand-up comedy of Richard Pryor and the music of Patterson's trans-Atlantic peer Amy Winehouse, much of what's ...
- Lesbian activist Del Martin dies at 87 (The Desert Sun)
Del Martin, a pioneering lesbian rights activist who with her lifelong partner became a symbol for the movement to legalize gay marriage, died Wednesday morning. She was 87.
- Why Cuts? (Berkeley Daily Planet)
My second-grade students want to know the answer to that question and they’ve written a poem to elicit an answer. Each year my Spanish dual-immersion students at Rosa Parks produce laminated poetry bookmarks as part of our “Pepper Ink” labor unit.
- The truth about love, Barbican, London (Independent)
"Tell Me the Truth About Love": Zoë Wanamaker made the request on behalf of WH Auden at the start of this lively "journey through Mozart's operas" in the Barbican's Mostly Mozart festival. The responses were many and varied. The Auden, for instance, was met with anxious questions from Cherubino, the oversexed page-boy from The Marriage of Figaro. And speaking of raging hormones, Simon Russell ...
- Independence Day celebration - Horsham Today
Independence Day celebrationHorsham Today, UK - 5 hours agoWORTHING Library is celebrating American Independence Day with a free live poetry event of local talent. On Friday July 4 at noon, a variety of poets from ...
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