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- CD reviews: Flutist Baum grows as composer, arranger (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Flutist Jamie Baum's music is a little larger than it seems -- in several ways. Her septet sometimes grows in size, and her music ranges from forward-looking jazz to semi-formal explorations of thematic ideas.
- 'Lesbians' don't have to be from Lesbos - The Independent
A Greek court has dismissed a request by people living on the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban the use of the word lesbian to describe gay women. Three residents of Lesbos, the birthplace of the ancient Greek poetess Sappho whose love poems inspired ...
- Mid-summer fair - Emporia gazette.com
Erica Keister, (left) playing Hermia, Trevor Whitsitt, Lysander, Audra Jenkins, as Helena practice Mid Summer Nights Dream at a dress rehersal at Peter Pan Park. The Community Theatre of Emporia couldn’t have picked a more appropriate play for its ...
- Tectonic OBamaChange and MCCain's Cleaning of the Coop:Poetry in ... - Savannah Morning News
“So much depends on the red wheel barrow…” wrote William Carlos Williams, suggesting the problems of not cleaning out the chicken poop from the coop if you are farming eggs—or chickens. Wallace Stevens wrote about chickens too, Chieftain ...
- Smart, sharp ?Boys? advance to head of class (Portland Tribune)
At the start of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed comedy/drama, “The History Boys,” which won a record six Tony Awards on Broadway, it’s as if the play is almost too smart — swirling and surging with scholarly intelligence, the literary canon always at its command. Its ...
- Spelling, poetry contests keep these seniors sharp - McAlester News-Capital & Democrat
MIDWEST CITY — Too old? That’s not what a 97-year-old McAlester resident thinks. And just because you retire from your job, doesn’t mean you should retire from your life, said Kathy Gooding of the Southern Oklahoma Development Association Area ...
- School News: Rochester (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Poetry The following are the winners of the Penfield Public Library's annual Teen Poetry Contest: Sixth Grade Division: 1. Rebecca Markajani, Bay Trail Middle School, Footprints in the Sand; 2. Aamir Zain, Allendale Columbia School, Excitement; 3. Alex Whitehair, Village Elementary School, Life as a Roller Coaster.
- Goose was one bad mother - but she helps kids read - The Gazette (Montreal)
Goose was one bad mother - but she helps kids readThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - May 1, 2008The more adept a child is at perceiving rhyme, for example, the faster he or she will progress in reading. Fortunately, Hewes says this effect isn't ...
- Mixing poetry and business - Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin
Mixing poetry and businessOld Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin, MA - 1 hour agoSchwiesow, who runs an online poetry forum, said her poetry comes from a spiritual well, from a place inside, and she’s willing to share that with her ...
- Under the synagogue with sand-covered floors, Della Manley and Suzanne Couch sang of love, salvation and inequity at a ... (The Jamaica Observer)
Manley and Couch seldom perform, but jammed to well-known songs on Sunday at the Jewish Synagogue on Duke Street in downtown Kingston.
- Barack Obama quits Trinity United Church of Christ - Chicago Sun-Times
WASHINGTON -- In a painful episode of his quest for the White House, likely Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama said Saturday his family withdrew their membership at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. The damage control came as ...
- Musical to honor WSU crash victims (The Wichita Eagle)
There wasn't much in Howard Johnson's background as a cattleman and salesman in Kansas City, Mo., to indicate that he would one day write a musical. "My dad sang in a quartet but my mom couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. I inherited his legs and her voice," Johnson says with a chuckle. True, he and his wife, Virginia, are longtime fans of musical theater, having seen shows like "My Fair Lady" ...
- The Government of Canada Supports Festival des ecrits de l'ombre - Market Wire
SAINT-ANTOINE-DE-TILLY, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - May 16, 2008) - Residents of the Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly region will have an opportunity to discover literary and cultural works during an event to promote local and Quebec-based authors, thanks to an ...
- Review: Under Milk Wood - ic Wales
ic WalesReview: Under Milk Woodic Wales, United Kingdom - 7 hours agoBy combining humour and poetry with elements drawn from different artistic disciplines it has really wide appeal. Director Malcolm Taylor should be known as ...
- Body of drowned kayaker, poet found in Salmon River - Northwest Cable News
Northwest Cable NewsBody of drowned kayaker, poet found in Salmon RiverNorthwest Cable News, OR - 22 hours agoHe's the author of about a dozen books of poetry and non-fiction, including "Short of a Good Promise," a 1999 reminiscence of growing up in the remote Idaho ...
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