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- Dante's infernal crimes forgiven - Daily Telegraph
Florence's city council has approved a motion revoking a sentence on Dante from 1302 which stated that he would be executed if he stepped foot in the city again. The sentence forced Dante into exile and he spent the last 20 years of his life ...
- U study praises educational value of MySpace, Facebook (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
University of Minnesota researchers say they have discovered educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.
- Haden's a master of elegance - Calgary Herald
Haden's a master of eleganceCalgary Herald, Canada - 1 hour agoJazz music, like poetry, can be all things to all people. Looking back over Charlie's illustrious career, it's impossible to categorize the music he has ...
- Cindy Lange-Kubick: A man, living a scene at a time (Lincoln Journal Star)
If Jim Cook’s life were a play, this would be the end of the first act, just before the curtain falls for intermission. Time for the audience to stretch. Find the powder room.
- The color of Chile - Santa Maria Sun
There’s a timeless quality to good literature that allows it to cross borders and transcend boundaries. Chilean author Elisa Ferrada’s work creates such connections, possibly because the themes in her writing are based on basic human nature ...
- The Magic Flute: Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Express from The Washington Post
Express from The Washington PostThe Magic Flute: Jethro Tull's Ian AndersonExpress from The Washington Post, DC - 5 hours agoSo why choose the flute as a vehicle for obscure poetry, observations on quotidian life and conceptual compositions? "I was a guitar player, but not a very ...
- Live alone and like it (Poughkeepsie Journal)
"The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence," wrote Vogue scribe Marjorie Hillis in the 1936 book "Live Alone and Like It."
- Album: Jackie Leven, Lovers at the Gun Club (Cooking Vinyl) - Independent
Album: Jackie Leven, Lovers at the Gun Club (Cooking Vinyl)Independent, UK - 21 hours agoThe album follows his usual formula, its tone of melancholy sacrifice evident in titles like "I've Passed Away From Human Love" and "My Old Home", ...
- New second in command is ISU's highest-ranked woman ever - Bloomington Pantagraph
New second in command is ISU's highest-ranked woman everBloomington Pantagraph, USA - 6 hours agoA poetry scholar, Presley continues teaching at the campus. Associate Provost Jan Murphy served as interim leader. Noren Everts said she’s thrilled to be ...
- NEW SHOWS Lemon ... (Akron Beacon Journal)
NEW SHOWS Lemon Andersen — 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14, Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre, Idea Center, 1375 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Poetry. Free.
- Hometown team gets 2nd in National Poetry Slam first bout (The Capital Times)
It was a war of words Wednesday night, and Madison was somewhat triumphant. The hometown spoken word team placed second in its competition against San Antonio, Houston and Manchester during its first bout in the National Poetry Slam held at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Various venues around the city are hosting the competition, which ends Thursday night. Although each team ...
- It's a dirty job, and he won't do it - Winnipeg Sun
It's a dirty job, and he won't do itWinnipeg Sun, Canada - 9 hours agoA unique exhibition blending art and sport opens tomorrow in Toronto, featuring painting, photography and poetry created by more than a dozen of Canada's ...
- Master of sex and sensibility - The Age
The AgeMaster of sex and sensibilityThe Age, Australia - 2 hours agoEdward was shy, stilted and a bad reader of poetry; Davies, for one, could not see what Eleanor saw in him. "So really, we have to delve into those private ...
- RT Interview: Philippe Petit on Crossing the Twin Towers on a Wire - Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten TomatoesRT Interview: Philippe Petit on Crossing the Twin Towers on a WireRotten Tomatoes, CA - 4 hours agoYou talk about it in the film with a great deal of passion, you talk about it being an act of poetry, did you see it as an artistic statement that you were ...
- African cultural program tapped for library - Eufaula Tribune
Eufaula TribuneAfrican cultural program tapped for libraryEufaula Tribune, AL - 10 hours ago... works to promote African culture in modern American society through presentations of African textiles, artwork and storytelling as well as poetry and ...
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