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- Arts center launches new performance series - Daily News Transcript
For 25 years, Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts has been a network and a home base for creativity of all media, from paint to poetry to performance. Now, center – which celebrated its milestone anniversary with a gala bash last spring – is ...
- TRIUMPHS: Mentoring program let her escape life of drugs, abuse (Detroit Free Press)
Janese Shurn was molested as a child. She was beaten by boyfriends. A dropout from Detroit Northern High School, she eventually resorted to using ecstasy and drinking alcohol. "When I think about what I have gone through, life feels surreal," Shurn said.
- Ronan's 'strange' claims - Gloucester Daily Times
Ronan's 'strange' claimsGloucester Daily Times, USA - 11 hours ago... "everyone loves poetry": it's a certainty that a great many Times readers skipped Mr. Ronan's letter because they in fact don't love poetry at all. ...
- 12,000 visit Saginaw's new Mid-Michigan Children's Museum in its first ... - MLive.com
In its first three months since opening June 1, says executive director Angela Barris, Saginaw's Mid-Michigan Children's Museum has seen 12,000 children and their families or school groups come through its doors at 315 W. Genesee. "We're meeting our ...
- Kay Ryan Named US Poet Laureate (Arts Journal)
"Known for her sly, compact poems that revel in wordplay and internal rhymes, Ms. Ryan has won a carriage full of poetry prizes for her funny and philosophical work, including awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 1994, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, worth $100,000."
- Big Purple Undies | Lou Kelman - Australian Stage Online
Big Purple Undies | Lou KelmanAustralian Stage Online, Australia - 1 hour agoThe show is a combination of stand-up, story-telling, and performance poetry, and the energy levels that Kelman maintains throughout the show are impressive ...
- Library of Congress's National Book Festival Attracts More Than 120,000 Book Lovers to the National Mall (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
"The National Book Festival is a joyous celebration of reading and an inspiration for new generations of creativity," said Dr. James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress.
- 'Altered Barbie Exhibition' events - San Francisco Gate
When: Noon to 5 p.m. daily through Aug. 17. For appointments after 5 p.m., call (415) 240-2202. -- Barbie Artist Reception: 5 to 10 p.m. Friday. Hosted by John Hell of Pirate Cat Radio with a live performance by Theloni on Wry. The evening includes ...
- Writing Outside The Margins hits Toronto's streets - Inside Toronto
Canada's Festival of Queer Literary Arts returns to the city on Sunday, Aug. 24. The all-day festival, Writing Outside The Margins, features an array of activities for everyone, including panel discussions, an open-mic stage, a poetry slam, children ...
- Neighborhood gets down to business - Palm Beach Interactive
WEST PALM BEACH — — It's hard to live up to a name like World Famous. Especially when you're a restaurant in a shocking pink building. Leah Scott, owner of Royal Reflectionz Barbershop in Northwood, works on Hermine Lovelace's hair. Scott, 26 ...
- The WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence in the Service of ... - lifepr.de
The WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence in the Service of ...lifepr.de, Germany - 5 hours agoShe calls him an "inspirational spokesman of folk music at Sibelius Academy from 1975 to his retirement in 1987. But even higher visionary inspiration came ...
- Concert brings Madiba birthday to Africa (The Star)
A truly African concert will bring Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations home to the continent on August 23 at the Johannesburg Stadium.
- Lifelong obsession with an old favourite - The Age
Lifelong obsession with an old favouriteThe Age, Australia - 4 hours ago... The Love of the Last Tycoon, in 1994. With Jackson Bryer, he collected scraps of writing from Fitzgerald's time at Princeton University — poems, ...
- In Our Towns - Myrtle Beach Sun News
In Our TownsMyrtle Beach Sun News, SC - 1 hour agoHe won the 2007 A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize for his book, "The Boatloads;" the 2005 Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition for "Charon's ...
- Sneak a listen to Cleveland singer Liz Rubino's new CD, with audio ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
A face (and voice, and oh, what a voice!) familiar to audiences from Columbus to Pittsburgh is back in the news after a Cleveland-area absence imposed by the folding of Kalliope Stage , a sorely missed little musical theater venue in the Cedar Lee ...
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