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- Featured Author: James Dickey - New York Times Blogs
Featured Author: James DickeyNew York Times Blogs, NY - 2 hours agoAudio Special: James Dickey reads from his poetry and 'Deliverance' at the 92nd St. Y, March 8, 1971 The Associated Press "His greatest danger is a certain ...
- Writing 5 at Dartmouth, a closer look - Power Line
Writing 5 at Dartmouth, a closer lookPower Line, MN - 7 hours agoHer book project argues that "African American drama presents strategies to interpret historical evidence embedded in black performance (eg cakewalking, ...
- On the Shelf: Photos, prose pay homage (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Three recent coffee table books relating to northern Michigan are impressive in their scope.
- Partners in music (The Australian)
IN November 2002, the once great American soprano Kathleen Battle toured Australia. Eight years before shehad been fired by the Metropolitan Opera in New York for "unprofessional actions", but she continued to terrorise her piano accompanists in recital concerts. When the pianist for her Australian tour resigned, Sharolyn Kimmorley stepped in.
- Capsule review: "The Fall" - Cleveland Plain Dealer
R for some violent images. 116 minutes. Cedar Lee Theatre, Cleveland Heights. This whacked-out fairy tale for grown-ups is as stunning in its beauty as in its lack of logic. Indian writer-director Tarsem Singh ("The Cell," the video for R.E.M.'s ...
- Religious retreats nestled in valley (Poughkeepsie Journal)
NEW LEBANON - At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts during the Sunday service at the Sufi religious retreat.
- Jonah Goldberg: Throwing gas on the oil fire - Union
Contrary to nearly all received wisdom in Washington, not to mention the rhetoric of the presumptive nominees of both major parties, the scariest moments in American politics are often its most bipartisan. Some would say this was demonstrated in the ...
- Web Extra: A Conversation with Rachel Eisler - Urbanite Baltimore
Web Extra: A Conversation with Rachel EislerUrbanite Baltimore, MD - 1 hour agoUrbanite’s June poetry contributor is Rachel Eisler. In 1991, Eisler earned a MA from Johns Hopkins University’s Writing Seminars. She taught English in the ...
- Wednesday's Agenda, May 21 - Miami Herald
Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. To submit items online, go to MiamiHerald.com, click on Calendar of Events and click Add ...
- D Numbers want you to dance - Arizona Daily Wildcat
D Numbers want you to danceArizona Daily Wildcat, AZ - 1 hour ago"I love improvisation and experimentation, but if it's all over the place, it's not gonna keep me in the groove," Mayhall said. Mayhall, Ben Wright and Paul ...
- Culture shocker (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Dave Keali'i is near-unique in Worcester poetry: a writer of both Irish and Hawaiian descent, his work reaches beyond identity politics, attempting to reconcile his experience with the world around him, and with the divine. Culture bends in his hands, as in the poem "For Mr. Delany and Mr. Williams," in which he writes: "Pay homage to poets like Dei Bao whose work is/banned in his homeland of ...
- Xplayground benefit for bone marrow guy - The Citizen.com
Xplayground benefit for bone marrow guyThe Citizen.com, GA - 14 hours ago“Open Mic Nite” takes place every Sunday at 6 pm and admission is free. The public is invited to see a showcase of stand-up, poetry, spoken word and ...
- Teen talents: Free festival showcases movies, music, art and more - Billings Gazette
Loosely quoting filmmaker Spike Lee, aspiring director Alex Miller noted that, with the availability of the Internet, young filmmakers have no excuse not to make their voices heard. That sums up the theme for tonight's Media Arts Festival, an event ...
- Iredell officials are hoping creative arts can keep at-risk youth out of gangs (Statesville Record & Landmark)
Instead of just warning kids about the evils of gang activity, organizers of a new program hope to channel at-risk youth in a different direction. The Iredell County Sheriff's Office is teaming up with Appropriate Placement Options and the Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont to offer a chance to explore arts and music. The program, Capt. Mike Phillips said, will be funded by a grant from the ...
- CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: ‘America At War’ offers poems inspired by ... - Asheville Citizen-Times
In the prologue of “America at War,” there is a quote from Carl Sandburg: “Some day they’ll give a war and nobody will come.” The wish seems vague as memory, yet replete with the real longing of innumerable victims of war. As it is though ...
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