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- Fans, poets gather for poetry slam (Wisconsin State Journal)
"Poetry slams began in Chicago in 1984," reads Bill MacMillan, the evening's "bout manager" and de facto emcee, as he goads a standing-room-only crowd in Madison's Bartell Theatre. On cue, the audience hollers back: "SO WHAT!" And that's just the warm-up. When MacMillan, a longtime spoken-word fan from Worcester, Mass., finishes his introduction, what follows is a rollicking night of ...
- Programs try to keep teens busy (Oak Park Leaves)
John F.S. Williams, director of Oak Park-River Forest Township Youth Services, says that if teens are getting into trouble, it's not for lack of constructive things to do.
- Lyn Gardner: What on earth would Miss Skinner think? - guardian.co.uk
Lyn Gardner: What on earth would Miss Skinner think?guardian.co.uk, UK - 55 minutes agoThe fact that I can still quote large chunks of poetry is entirely down to her. "Shakespeare," insisted Miss Skinner, "was for performing, not reading. ...
- Totem Figures - Toronto Star
Totem FiguresToronto Star, Canada - 7 minutes agoDawe's thesis is that on our individual, epic journey through life we all carry with us our own personal mythology – people, poetry, memories, whatever. ...
- After Hours: Nightspotting (Honolulu Advertiser)
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, ARTafterDARK, with DJs, photography Ivan Wentland, more. 6-9 p.m. today, Honolulu Academy of Arts. 532-6099. BEACH 5, formerly known as Ho'onu'a, in a "Heineken Hot Hawaiian Nights" performance. 7-8 p.m. today, Dave & Buster's. 589-2215.
- Readers captivate acclaimed photographer - Sun-Journal
PORTLAND - The Portland Museum of Art will showcase images by André Kertész, one of the world's most significant and influential photographers, Aug. 30 through Nov. 16. "André Kertész: On Reading" is a collection of 104 black-and-white ...
- Jakob Dylan: 'My father doesn't own acoustic music' - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukJakob Dylan: 'My father doesn't own acoustic music'Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 7 hours agoThat's how large it looms in my life. My approach has always been that it's nothing but a thrill, and nothing that I can stop anyhow. ...
- What To Do With This Great Poem I Just Wrote? - American Chronicle
American ChronicleWhat To Do With This Great Poem I Just Wrote?American Chronicle, CA - 1 hour agoLet me mildly warn you, you doubtfully will get rich selling poetry, unless you're a young Robert Frost or Ezra Pound. Writing poetry is not a way of making ...
- Palestinians bury national poet Mahmud Darwish - Arab News
Palestinians bury national poet Mahmud DarwishArab News, Saudi Arabia - Aug 13, 2008The “lost pillar” died on Saturday from complications after heart surgery at the American Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was 67. ...
- Memo stressed inmate rights as grievance languished - Telegraph-Journal
Memo stressed inmate rights as grievance languishedTelegraph-Journal, Canada - 4 hours agoShe was allowed no personal effects, including the crayons or pen inserts and other materials she had previously been allowed so she could write poetry. ...
- Dance Festival’s opening night showcases rhythm in motion - Vail Daily News
Dance Festival’s opening night showcases rhythm in motionVail Daily News, CO - 2 hours agoSince 2007, she has performed as soloist in the Glass song-cycle “Book of Longing,” based on the poetry and artwork of Leonard Cohen. ...
- Tolworth author robbed of valuable manuscript - Kingston Guardian
A Tolworth author has appealed for the return of his valuable manuscript after being robbed in Surbiton last night when he stopped to ask for directions. Sohan Lal Saini, 72, of Hamilton Avenue, Tolworth was driving back from Surbiton station at 10 ...
- City author gets NY Times thumbs-up - Winnipeg Free Press
City author gets NY Times thumbs-upWinnipeg Free Press, Canada - 46 minutes agoA collection of travel poetry that includes a poem about Churchill has been nominated for a prestigious British poetry prize, reported London's Guardian ...
- Small Theaters Big Dreams - Downtown LA Scene
Small Theaters Big DreamsDowntown LA Scene, CA - 39 minutes ago... including Culture Clash (Latino), Robey Theater Company (African American), Cedar Grove OnStage (Asian Pacific) and American Indian Dance Theater. ...
- China's total urban makeover (Los Angeles Times)
As the Olympic Games approached, authors witness an extreme makeover in Beijing that all but erases the past. IN THE fall of 2005, I moved to Beijing to work on the launch of the Chinese edition of Sports Illustrated. Booming, prosperous China, with an ever-expanding mass media and leisure class, was undergoing a sports-industrial evolution similar to that which the United States had ...
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