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- Music, art combine for evening out in Cuyahoga Falls - Bedford Times Register
Music, art combine for evening out in Cuyahoga FallsBedford Times Register, OH - 52 minutes ago... Mar Productions will perform and actors will read poetry (unless the Poets are available). The Art Walk time is 7 pm to 8 pm and is free to the public. ...
- Tributes paid to crash victim Ali - Cumberland News
Cumberland NewsTributes paid to crash victim AliCumberland News, UK - 2 hours agoAs a child, Alice regularly entered the festival’s music and poetry competitions. In recent years she was a valued organising committee member who involved ...
- Poetry that doesn't toe a party line - Guardian Unlimited
In a decade when our main political parties compete over an ever narrower patch of middle ground, a decade when individual introspection has replaced collective action, from "Not-In-My-Name" anti-war slogans to individuals worrying about their own ...
- The world's oldest jokes revealed - Newindpress
The world's oldest jokes revealedNewindpress, India - Aug 1, 2008They found the wry observation in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th century book of Anglo-Saxon poetry held at Exeter Cathedral. It reads: “What hangs at a man’s ...
- The fine art of Iranian political satire (The Daily Star Lebannon)
In Iran, satirizing the establishment can mean being slapped with a publication ban or even jail for an editor. Making fun of the president and senior leaders is not a task to be undertaken lightly. Tightrope-walking, as the publisher of the satirical bi-weekly Golagha (Mr. Nice) tends to refer to it, means having a keen sense of balance.
- John Keats - guardian.co.uk
John Keatsguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoTraditionally thought of as the most otherworldly of the Romantics, recent criticism has attempted to demonstrate that Keats's poetry is in fact as alive as ...
- Obama hails Madiba for changing lives of blacks - SABC
In a recorded message from US Democratic presidential candidate, Barak Obama, he thanked Madiba for his role in uplifting the lives of black people. Obama says he entered politics after hearing about Madiba's determination to liberate his people. He ...
- Hate hurts, harmony heals - Deccan Herald
Hate hurts, harmony healsDeccan Herald, India - 5 hours agoTen years ago every school around the world was invited to submit two lines of poetry about peace to the United Nations. These lines were later collated ...
- 'Awesome August' events set at Landis - Daily Star
Landis Arboretum in Esperance will host a variety of events on Aug. 30 under the title "the Awesome August Perfecta." The Landis board of trustees, staff and intrepid volunteers have issued a challenge to members of the state Legislature, their ...
- Ready, Set, Slam - Oakbook
OakbookReady, Set, SlamOakbook, CA - 2 hours agoSo the National Poetry Slam is a wrap for 2008 and while our Bay teams didn’t take home the gold, best believe they gave Madison hell while they were there. ...
- 'Goldengrove' follows grief-stricken teenager (Akron Beacon Journal)
So much seems tragic when we're teenagers: our appeal — or rather, the lack thereof — to the opposite sex; our embarrassing parents; a spectacularly bad haircut. Nico, the 13-year-old protagonist of Francine Prose's new novel, experiences all that through the prism of true tragedy: the death of her golden, talented older sister, Margaret.
- Selangor Inculcates Reading Habit Through Book Fest (Bernama)
SHAH ALAM, July 30 (Bernama) -- Realising that good reading habit is an innate feature of a knowledge-based society, the 2008 Selangor Book Fair was launched last Saturday to promote the reading habit in society.
- Local poetry slam team doesn’t advance - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
The Worcester Poetry Slam Team, competing at the National Poetry Slam Finals in Madison, Wis., last week, performed well in the performance competition, but did not score high enough to advance to the semifinal round, according to posts on the ...
- Mafia killer poet caught - Ansa news in English
Ansa news in EnglishMafia killer poet caughtAnsa news in English, Italy - 14 hours agoD'Avanzo earned day parole in 2001 for good behaviour and was famous in the prison for composing love poetry to a girlfriend on the outside. ...
- York faculty Member Publishes Poetry Collection, Shell Games - Penn State York
Penn State YorkYork faculty Member Publishes Poetry Collection, Shell GamesPenn State York, United States - 31 minutes agoShell Games takes its name from one of the poems in the book. The inspiration for the poem came from a story a Shakespearean actor shared with Sloboda. ...
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