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- Life in Reverse (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Honorable mention in 16-and-younger P-I poetry contest.
- Reading programs in full swing at Schaumburg library (Daily Herald)
Teachers will be the first to tell you: make sure your child reads over the summer. Keep their minds exercised; broaden their knowledge, their vocabulary, their understanding of this huge, diverse world in which we live.
- Sorted for rhymes and lines: the secret of great lyrics (Independent)
On a recent trip to Brazil, I commented to the bossa nova-era songwriter Carlos Lyra that so many of the great Brazilian songs contain the word coracao – heart – in them. "It's so romantic," I said to Lyra. "It seems that Brazilians can't help but sing of the pain and the joy in their hearts." "Actually," Lyra replied, "there's another reason. Coracao is the easiest word in the Portuguese ...
- Disconnected women cross paths in odd, beautiful film (Philly.com)
A beautifully strange movie, Jellyfish - from the Israeli author, and now director, Etgar Keret - tracks the perambulations of three Tel Aviv women. Though they are unrelated, and their paths cross by chance, they share a common bond: a profound sense of disconnection - from family, from loved ones, from themselves.
- The Year in Review (Dartmouth Review)
Rhetoric Returns The study of rhetoric has had a long and eventful history at Dartmouth—that is, until its untimely death in 2005. The 1980s and 1990s saw Dartmouth’s historic Department of Speech decline, having been downgraded to the Office of...
- Wiggins schools pass $8.64 million budget - Fort Morgan Times
Wiggins schools pass $8.64 million budgetFort Morgan Times, CO - 2 hours agoIn fact, he only missed one question on poetry, Neel said. Also, there were only half as many unsatisfactory students as the state average, he said. ...
- Robert Wedemeyer / Marc Selwyn Fine Art - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesRobert Wedemeyer / Marc Selwyn Fine ArtLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoThe five largest pieces give the poignant poetry of her small works greater physicality. Two extraordinarily detailed board games, a life-size bicycle, ...
- It Keeps Growing (The Post-Standard)
Dust off your copy of "The Wizard of Oz" and prepare to immerse yourself in the land over the rainbow. The village of Chittenango is again painting its sidewalks yellow and inviting young and old to help celebrate the village's 30th celebration of Oz.
- Van Doren On Dickinson - Hartford Courant
Van Doren On DickinsonHartford Courant, United States - 11 minutes agoThe event, to be held Friday, also includes a poetry reading by Sally Van Doren, who has won awards for her work. Her poems have appeared in such ...
- Home is where the heart is - Economic Times
LUCKNOW, the ‘Shiraz of Awadh’ and ‘Constantinople of India’, as it is metaphorically called, is the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Located in what was historically known as the Awadh region, Lucknow has always been a multi-cultural city. Courtly ...
- Saldef fundraiser for western region office - IndiaPost.com
Saldef fundraiser for western region officeIndiaPost.com, CA - 1 hour agoWhile families enjoyed the delicious cuisine at the Tandoor Restaurant in Orange, they were entertained with Punjabi songs, Bhangra, and Punjabi Raap poetry ...
- RedEye picks what’s hot and what’s cool at Chicago’s 31 beaches - Chicago Tribune
RedEye picks what’s hot and what’s cool at Chicago’s 31 beachesChicago Tribune, United States - 17 hours agoEnjoy readings by award-winning poets, or bring your own prose to the weekly poetry readings held at Greenleaf Avenue at Lake Michigan. ...
- Indian Culture and Social Life - NewsBlaze
Indian Culture and Social LifeNewsBlaze, CA - 23 minutes agoAs a result Greek and Indian cultures influenced each other especially in the war, philosophy, poetry, sculpture, architecture, theatre and literature etc. ...
- Book is dream come true for family of Nipawin author (Nipawin Journal)
"Not everyone sees a dream come true during his own time. I am one of the fortunate ones who did." So pens Olaf Hanson, the man who gave his name to the Hanson Lake Road, in a quote from the recently published book, Northern Rover: The Life Story of Olaf Hanson by A.L. Karras (with Olaf Hanson).
- Happening this week in West Michigan - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Happening this week in West MichiganThe Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, MI - 30 minutes agoWaterfront Film Festival Sneak Preview, 6-9:30 pm Friday, $5-$7; Dyer-Ives Foundation Poetry Competition Readings, 1-3 pm Saturday, free, Urban Institute ...
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