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- She Relishes Covers, Arias and ?70s R&B (New York Times)
The singer-songwriter Joan Osborne shares what she?s listening to now: the Ting Tings, Natalie Dessay, Cat Power, Gnarls Barkley and Al Green.
- PERSONA AND PLACE (Santa Fe Reporter)
There is an idea of the Southwest that lives in the collective mind. It is embodied through stoic figures that represent unsympathetic landscapes where little is spoken.
- American scholar translates Rumi quatrains into English (mehrnews.com)
TEHRAN, Sept. 22 (MNA) -- An American psychologist and a former Afghan representative to the United Nations have translated all the quatrains of the Persian poet Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi into English.
- Chicago's Symphony Center has free music marathon (Post-Tribune)
The music will be good, and the admission price will be music to your ears at Saturday's 12th annual free music marathon at Chicago's Symphony Center.Ă‚Â
- Box or Bust - ABC Online
Box or BustABC Online, Australia - 33 minutes agoIts flat, stylised depiction of the world — the streets and buildings of Tehran and Vienna in particular — turns geography into poetry - AO Scott, ...
- A literal quilting bee. Photo from http://www.nanduadesign.com/ - Examiner.com
Examiner.comA literal quilting bee. Photo from http://www.nanduadesign.com/Examiner.com - 4 hours ago... and another made the label, incorporating poetry and ribbons from our invitations! Here's a picture of us wrapped in our wedding quilt. To find a bee, ...
- Also in Lifestyle - Herald.ie
Herald.ieAlso in LifestyleHerald.ie, Ireland - 2 hours agoStill, don't expect Kafka-like prose; likewise, references to the family are disappointingly kept to a minimum. It's a blandly-written chronicle of his ...
- Finding challenge in verse - Progress Leader
Progress LeaderFinding challenge in verseProgress Leader, Australia - Jul 21, 2008"For every rule in formal poetry, a creative window opens." Albiston began writing poetry at a very early age her harshest critic was her grandmother, ...
- Never too late to paint (Daily Record)
The painting wasn't finished. A still life of fruit baskets on a bureau with a scarf draped over the side, it had hung on Helen Kolanich's wall for two years, but it wasn't quite right.
- Older People's Day offers scores of activities for pensioners - Bexhill Observer
Older People's Day offers scores of activities for pensionersBexhill Observer, UK - 12 hours agoIf culture is more your thing then head to St Leonards Gardens between 11am and 3pm where there will be poetry hanging from the trees and guided tours of ...
- English Department Fall Reading Series Begins on Sept. 24 - Hamilton College News
English Department Fall Reading Series Begins on Sept. 24Hamilton College News, NY - 9 minutes ago... to journals such as Poetry, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, Boston Review, New England Review, Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly and New American Writing. ...
- Much applause for all those claws - Calgary Sun
The 25th anniversary touring production of Cats currently playing at the Jubilee Auditorium until Sunday reminds us of what a marvel this show is. Webber put music to the poetry of T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and then he turned ...
- Civic Center Blues: Images bridge cultures (Rocky Mountain News)
Over his shoulder, the City and County Building is aglow in morning sunlight, but the smiling man with the fringe of beard and the Dixie Chicks T-shirt doesn't notice and just hangs near the teenagegirl with pink lipstick, gel'd hair and a mouth full of braces.
- Overrated: Angelina Jolie -- OMG, leave the poor woman alone! - Walletpop.com
Having gone to my 20th high school reunion recently, followed by some reflecting about how my life has gone an adult, I admit to feeling a little weird and intimidated about the idea of suggesting that Angelina Jolie is overrated. After all, the 33 ...
- Local music and culture listings (Tucson Citizen)
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