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- A Unique Exhibition in Tehran by Artist Bita Ghezelayagh - Payvand Iran News
This is what I thought when I went to see the first major art show by Bita Ghezelayagh at the Hadi Mirmiran Gallery at Artists Forum in mid-July. The exhibition was of her work in Felt and Silk. A section of the exhibition was her expression as an ...
- EGYPT 80 REAL STAR ON CD (Guelph Mercury)
When Fela Kuti passed away in 1997, two sons were poised to carry on his legacy. The eldest, Femi, formed his own band and updated Fela's pioneering Afrobeat sound by working with European and North American collaborators including The Roots.
- Wiping out Edmonton's graffiti, one zone at a time - Canada.com
Canada.comWiping out Edmonton's graffiti, one zone at a timeCanada.com, Canada - 1 hour agoPoetry is etched in the downtown alley behind a two-metre chain-link fence, its unwelcome white lettering marring a black metal door. ...
- Canadian author Margaret Atwood wins Spain's Prince of Asturias prize - Canada East
MADRID, Spain - Canadian author Margaret Atwood has won Spain's Prince of Asturias prize for letters. In a statement Wednesday, the jury praised the 68-year-old Atwood for work that covers several genres "with sharpness and irony," adding that she ...
- Charming Orange County cafés (Orange County Register)
These local cafés provide more than just a java jolt. I consider myself an artist. I write, draw, study dance – anything that allows me to express myself in a creative way.
- Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
By MARK KENNEDY Associated Press Writer NEW YORK | It's only 9:33 a.m., but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning. She's in a Rockefeller Plaza dressing room, having her hair tugged and her makeup tweaked. She's endured questioning from Matt Lauer on the ``Today'' show and soon faces a second round with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. Crowding around are fashionably dressed ...
- Something for the weekend.. - Edinburgh News
HOPE Of The States have produced an album of epic majesty and songs that make Kid A look like the meanderings of six form poetry students. The Lost Riots is seeped in darkness - not least due to the unexpected suicide of guitarist Jimmi Lawrence ...
- Nikki Giovanni Speaks Poetry in NYC July 8-9; Broadway's Jenkins Adds Music (Playbill)
Acclaimed poet and author Nikki Giovanni is in New York City July 8-9 to join Broadway vocalist Capathia Jenkins and songwriter-performer Louis Rosen for a reading event of Giovanni's work, and two performance/signings of the new PS Classics CD, "One Ounce of Truth: The Nikki Giovanni Songs."
- "Ten Tiny Dances" invades South Waterfront (The Oregonian)
Mike Barber's "Ten Tiny Dances" performance series has always been about the space: What happens when choreographers, and their dancers, are limited by a 4-by-4 foot stage?
- Hottie of the week - iAfrica.com
iAfrica.comHottie of the weekiAfrica.com, South Africa - 5 hours agoIt's kind of like having a large bottom, sometimes it gets in the way, but it's mine so I love it. I want to uplift and encourage my audience by being ...
- Emma Donoghue's historical novels - Xtra.ca
Xtra.caEmma Donoghue's historical novelsXtra.ca, Canada - 5 hours agoInspired by the diary of Anne Frank, she began writing poetry at age seven and by her teens it had become a get-it-down-now kind of compulsion. ...
- From Military Artifact to Art - Wall Street Journal
The Great Wall of China was ignored for centuries in China, "discovered" by Westerners and has now emerged as one of those useful national symbols, like Mount Rushmore or the Eiffel Tower or the Tower of London, that is instantly recognizable and ...
- Here's a small sampling of films worthy of a first-day film fest - Chicago Tribune
Here's a small sampling of films worthy of a first-day film festChicago Tribune, United States - 2 hours agoThe musical introduced such DeSylva, Brown and Henderson standards as "The Best Things in Life Are Free" and "Lucky in Love" and, indelibly, "The Varsity ...
- Saving the day centre - guardian.co.uk
Saving the day centreguardian.co.uk, UK - 5 hours agoIn one locality, where people had the chance to express their feelings about day services through poetry, one person's contribution reflected much wider ...
- High fives: Top local artists pick all-time favorites (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines—Inquirer Entertainment asked five of the country’s top contemporary musicians to pick their five all-time favorite songs.
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