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- Valley Life by Penny Warner - Contra Costa Times
PLAY BALL! When I was a kid, I loved to play basketball. I was tall, so I was pretty good at it. I often beat the boy I had a crush on — Charles Morris — which my mother told me not to do. Back then, we girls were supposed to lose when we played ...
- 'Beauty' leaves one spellbound (The Washington Times)
"Beauty in Trouble" ("Kraska v nesnazich") was inspired by a song that was inspired by a poem. This moving and surprising Czech film, however, is very much down to earth, its concerns informed as much by modern, complicated Czech life as by an age-old, universal narrative.
- Al Clark: On Father's Day, this group takes mothering far from home (The Daily Reflector)
As far east as Istanbul, as distant in time as yesterday or tomorrow, the small, seemingly overlooked country of Moldova lies hidden between Ukraine and Romania. Where the Russian author Pushkin, in exile, wrote some of his greatest poetry, it has been called the unhappiest place on earth.
- ESSAY- George Garrett: A fond-- if premature-- epitaph - The Hook
ESSAY- George Garrett: A fond-- if premature-- epitaphThe Hook, VA - 2 hours agoAfter all, the man has published six books of poetry, seven story collections, three plays, several books of non-fiction, and eight novels, with a ninth due ...
- Clay and words are artist's favorite media (Las Cruces Sun-News)
LAS CRUCES — In a gallery alcove at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, Dana Kroos has created an alternative universe, filled with objects both exotic and strangely familiar.
- The 'Footprints' walk in the sand and mist winds up in court - The Wenatchee World Online
The 'Footprints' walk in the sand and mist winds up in courtThe Wenatchee World Online, WA - 7 hours agoLast fall, in an online article for the Poetry Foundation, a Brooklyn journalist and literary sleuth named Rachel Aviv traced elements of "Footprints" to a ...
- Celebrating our Madison music scene at the 2008 MAMAs (Isthmus)
If you're a Madison music scene insider, and you've attended the MAMAs more than once, no one needed to explain host John Urban's opening joke Saturday night. 'quot;I have to keep the show rolling because I've got plans at midnight,'quot; said Urban. The annual Madison Area Music Awards show has never been known for its brevity. This year's gig began at 7:30 and was finished a little more than ...
- Photo: Marco del Grande - The Age
The AgePhoto: Marco del GrandeThe Age, Australia - 3 hours agoHis mother read stories and poetry to Cowell until he was 14. "That was probably too long," he admits, laughing. "We used to spend a lot of time sitting in ...
- DVD meant to help children who were flood victims (Reporter-Times)
Young children whose families lost everything in the June 7 flood might not understand the magnitude of what happened until they grow older.
- Denver's homeless play inspiring role - Rocky Mountain News
Cast members in Curious Theatre Company's The Denver Project dress like people on Denver's streets. A young woman who goes by "Angel" was telling her story to Steve Sapp. She'd been a teenage prostitute and drug user, clean for one year and now ...
- Win rekindles poet's passion - Auckland stuff.co.nz
Auckland stuff.co.nzWin rekindles poet's passionAuckland stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 44 minutes agoHers was one of 70 poems submitted to the competition, which was launched to continue Mr Gadd’s support of poetry in the city. It is designed to give people ...
- Playhouse to present poetry awards - Antelope Valley Press
PALMDALE - The Palmdale Playhouse Writers' Roundtable will present its awards for the 12th annual Poetry Writing Contest at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the playhouse, 38334 10th St. East. The first-, second- and third-place finishers in each ...
- Writing a haiku in German - often a tight squeeze - Feature - Earthtimes
Cologne,Germany - The ladies who meet regularly in a museum cafe in Cologne skip the gossip and get straight down to haiku, an ultra-brief poetry style that has spread from Japan around the globe. Cologne's haiku workshop, held at the Museum of East ...
- A fruitful dialogue - Hindu
HinduA fruitful dialogueHindu, India - 2 hours agoTranslation as discovery: Marathi writer DM Mulay (left), publisher-translator Urvashi Butalia and Malayalam writer MT Vasudevan Nair. ...
- Terence Davies back at the BFI - Screendaily
Terence Davies is again BFI-bound. The revered British director made his first features (including The Trilogy , Distant Voices, Still Lives and The Long Day Closes) under the auspices of the British Film Institute's now defunct production arm. Now ...
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