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- Can't get enough of the Madison Slam Team and spoken word? - Wisconsin State Journal
Last week, 77 teams of poets from all over the country took over Madison for the National Poetry Slam competition and conference. Our own Madison team came in at #35 in that line-up (see the full results here ). That might not sound like such a great ...
- • Fairless gets early start on school year - Canton Repository (subscription)
• Fairless gets early start on school yearCanton Repository (subscription), OH - 2 hours ago"I love reading the poems and stories. I love their little faces," said Coleridge, who acknowledged teaching first-graders keeps her feeling young. ...
- Condensing Jerusalem (Haaretz Daily)
"The world is becoming small," says Gilad Meiri. "This country is small and contains two nations, this city is small and has many people who are seeking a means of expression, and poetry is the smallest aesthetic genre that can express so much in a few words.
- What 'Dark Knight' and 'Wall-E' have in common - Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel.comWhat 'Dark Knight' and 'Wall-E' have in commonSun-Sentinel.com, FL - 15 hours agoReviewers speak of the feature's "dark vision" (Christopher Orr, the New Republic) and the way it "turns pulp into dark poetry" (Richard Corliss, Time). ...
- Casper Calendar for July 30, 2008 - Casper Star-Tribune Online
Casper Calendar for July 30, 2008Casper Star-Tribune Online, WY - 2 hours ago4, 7:30 pm, Artcore Music & Poetry with the Fisch Stew at The Jazz Spot. * Aug. 6, 12:15 pm, Bach's Lunch Organ Recital at First United Methodist Church. ...
- The image at center of presidential race - NorthJersey.com
The image at center of presidential raceNorthJersey.com, NJ - Jul 11, 2008Blankethead: It's a three-syllable telegram on the theme of the fecklessness of youth, and nobody but Wayne could turn it into poetry. ...
- Bob Walter: Wiffle ball tourney to benefit memorial ballpark - Sacramento Bee
Bob Walter: Wiffle ball tourney to benefit memorial ballparkSacramento Bee, USA - 16 minutes ago... the Elk Grove Artists and the Cosumnes CSD that will showcase artists whose disciplines range from literature to music, dance, visual art and poetry. ...
- McPartland May Writer of Month - South Fork Tines
McPartland May Writer of MonthSouth Fork Tines, CO - 4 hours ago... McPartland received $50 for winning the contest. McPartland enjoys writing both poetry and narrative, and her favorite piece she’s written is a poem ...
- Ras Beirut: model of coexistence for all of Lebanon? (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Ras Beirut remains the socially most-diverse, arguably the most-urban, part of the Lebanese capital. Though it isn't immune to sectarian tension, it is still hoped in certain circles that Ras Beirut - where intellectual discussion and social activism are its daily bread - will provide a prototype for a post-sectarian Lebanon.
- Crossing the Sea, at Wilton's Music Hall, E1 - Times Online
To come across a new work that's carefully conceived for a mixture of different media - film, dance, theatre, a singer and a string quartet - is a rare and rewarding thing. With her husband, the theatre director Lou Stein, the Belfast-born composer ...
- An unhappy return - Minneapolis Star Tribune
An unhappy returnMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 20 minutes agoShe renders the inner and outer workings of their lives not as painful fact, but as poetry bathed in the beauty of her language. ...
- Mahmoud Darwish - Monthly Review
Mahmoud DarwishMonthly Review, VA - Aug 10, 2008Here is a video of his most famous poem "Identity Card" (published in 1964): A poet of exile par excellence, Darwish died in exile. ...
- Karadzic Was Once Considered A Moderate By Many - NPR News
NPR.org , July 24, 2008 · Radovan Karadzic, the former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, was indicted for war crimes in 1995 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Among other charges brought against him, Karadzic was held ...
- Two wheels - Guardian Unlimited
One night, my friend Paul and I were admiring our bikes as they leaned against the pub railings. "Beautiful, aren't they," he said fondly. "Two triangles and two circles." Marcel Duchamp might have agreed: the first of his "readymades", created in ...
- National Poetry Slam 2008 announces bouts draw and schedule (Isthmus)
The wait is over for hundreds of spoken word devotees wondering who they will face in the opening rounds of this year's National Poetry Slam in Madison. Organizers conducted a random draw this week to determine match-ups in the opening two rounds of the competition, which will be held in multiple venues across downtown over the first week of August. Teams hailing from the same city will face off ...
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