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- Arts Agenda (DCist)
Not many exhibit openings this week, but that doesn't stop the galleries from throwing big parties for any reason they can find. Keep reading for derby arm wrestling, two concerts from our three star alums, DJs, poetry readings, and of course, tons of (mostly) free alcohol. Head over to Hillyer Art Space on Friday night for the Barrelhouse Magazine Roller Derby Issue launch party, ...
- Poets performing prose is the real prize (Toronto Star)
The Griffin Poetry Prize holds a big payday for a couple of fortunate versifiers. But the previous night's reading – an evening-long recital that has also become a highlight of the annual event – promises a huge payoff for everyone else.
- Succeeding in her brother's memory - Salt Lake Tribune
Succeeding in her brother's memorySalt Lake Tribune, United States - 1 hour agoThomas loves poetry and has received some scholarship money for a poem she wrote. She was also crowned Senior Ball Queen this year. ...
- Henson column: The madness of creativity (Macon Telegraph)
I know few people, even the left brain, linear-thinking types who don't aspire to be creative. In today's world of fast-track innovation, creative thinking is a virtue to be revered. You can't will creative thinking. You can't manufacture it. It's a relentless, often intrusive, state of mind that cannot be denied. Studies show that musical creatives continually have tunes in their heads. ...
- When saving lives morphs into torture and killing - Sydney Morning Herald
When saving lives morphs into torture and killingSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 32 minutes agoHe published poetry rife with prophetic, if not apocalyptic, visions; among the charmless titles were The Morning Hand Grenade and Let's Go Down To The Town ...
- Orkney’s St Magnus Festival: Sound of the summer - Independent
Orkney’s St Magnus Festival: Sound of the summerIndependent, UK - May 2, 2008It's a tough call to fit in all the festival events – the concerts, the poetry readings, drama and clubbing, and to make time to explore the islands too. ...
- Khavaran Cultural Center hosts Resistance Poetry Night - Tehran Times
Khavaran Cultural Center hosts Resistance Poetry NightTehran Times, Iran - 55 minutes agoSeveral prominent poets including Soheil Mahmudi, Abdoljabbar Kakaii, Musa Bidaj, Hamidreza Shekarsari, and officials from American Syrian Arab Cultural ...
- Katherine Cloninger, Alexandra Kaye of Palm Beach tap creativity for Do the Write Thing Challenge (Palm Beach Daily News)
Two Palm Beach girls were among students countywide who addressed teen violence in the Do the Write Thing contest, expressing themselves through poetry, prose and song.
- Of Tulips, Open Spaces and Freedom - The Daily Star
The Daily StarOf Tulips, Open Spaces and FreedomThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 35 minutes agoWe heard readings from British poet Daljit Nagra book of poems Look We Have Coming to Dover, which won the 2007 UK Forward Poetry Prize for best poetry ...
- A magical way with words - Chicago Tribune
G. E. "Gerry" Murray's poetry won him critical acclaim in the literary world. His skill for using the right words in the right way also led to a career in public relations, where he wrote speeches for prominent business leaders. "His ability to say ...
- Eisteddofd champion John dies aged 94 - Daily Post
Eisteddofd champion John dies aged 94Daily Post, UK - 34 minutes agoJohn Lewis Jones, of Gwernymynydd, near Mold, suffered from failing eyesight in recent years but continued to compose poetry of high quality. His friend and ...
- A&W Mother's Day Poem Contest: A Wonderful Triumph - PR Web (press release)
A&W Mother's Day Poem Contest: A Wonderful TriumphPR Web (press release), WA - 1 hour agoSpinning a heartfelt poetry of 16 lines, Banton was declared as having the best poem for Mother's Day. See below to read the whole poem. ...
- Undaunted by her disorder - Hampton Roads Daily Press
WACO, Texas - The ulcers on her gums and lips were so painful that Sanya Richards stopped eating. But she kept running. She fashioned a mouthpiece from a cardboard tape roll, bit down on it like a bullet, sprinted around the track and tried to focus ...
- POLLY WANT A CRACKER? SOME BARBECUE? A BEER, MAYBE? - Asbury Park Press
— Children ages 3-6 and their older siblings are invited to the Barnegat branch of the Ocean County Library, 112 Burr St., for crafts and stories in the program, BIG SISTER/BIG BROTHER & ME. Register by calling (609) 698-3331. — A POETRY READING ...
- Katy Guest: What, no quick snifter on the Circle Line? - The Independent
Saturday, 9pm, Liverpool Street station, the penultimate carriage on the Circle Line – this will be the venue for my kind of political protest. Between 10.30 and 10.45pm a small bunch of outlaws will drink a toast to former Mayor Ken. From Sunday ...
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