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- Say what? Monologues have the answers - Daily Progress
One man will share his musings about how tough it is to make basic human connections amid high-tech weapons of mass distraction. The other will be reflecting on one of his most cherished connections — that of daddy and daughter in the land of ...
- Reading is Fundamental: Here there be dragons, of a friendly sort - Advocate Weekly
Reading is Fundamental: Here there be dragons, of a friendly sortAdvocate Weekly, MA - 1 hour agoIn DiTerlizzi's "Kenny & the Dragon" (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing: August 2008; 160 pages; $15.99; ages 8-12), a clever little rabbit named Kenny ...
- Musical journey - Star-ecentral.com
THE All American Boys Chorus is in town and will be performing for charity. Here’s your chance to catch a great show and donate to charity as well. Members of The All-American Boys Chorus are aged just nine to 14, but they are already superbly ...
- Jacksonville poetry artists look forward to international slam - Florida Times-Union
Lucie Roberts is enthusiastic about spitting - the hip-hop term that has found its way to spoken-word poetry. Roberts says spoken-word poetry is a way to speak her mind and share a message. In her poem, Hypocrite , the Jacksonville Beach teen ...
- Master of tragedy and comedy - but one for modern audiences? - BBC News
So can Renaissance humour thrive in the 21st Century? Literature and comedy from 1500-1700 comes under scrutiny at a conference at the University of Leicester, where experts will gather to ponder ribticklers such as early Tudor (or should that be ...
- Websites bring 'mix tapes' into the 21st century (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Nothing says love, or goodbye, like custom-blended tunes, and it's easier than ever to assemble the perfect compilation.
- Radovan Karadzic: the master of life and death - Daily Telegraph
The Father Christmas beard, the knotted ponytail and the smeared glasses have gone. Radovan Karadzic, freshly clean-shaven, now sits in his cell, reading the Bible obsessively. In the past week, the two lives he managed to keep separate for 12 years ...
- Al Purdy: a celebrated local - Belleville Intelligencer
Al Purdy: a celebrated localBelleville Intelligencer, Canada - 43 minutes agoAs a result, I've experienced tremendous feelings of euphoria when writing what I've thought was a good poem. Even at the worst of times, writing poems has ...
- All-star cast of artists, writers headed to Chautauqua (The Buffalo News)
Before you settle in to your beach reading list, get in touch with your inner writer at the Chautauqua Institution's weeklong celebration of wordsmiths talking about their craft.
- Foregoing black tie for white formal fetches plenty (Vancouver Sun)
BLANC CHEQUES: Chairing the Heart & Stroke Foundation's Heart of Gold gala recently, Jackie Bevis and Janice Ketcham urged 400 attendees to deep-six their ubiquitous black ensembles and "dress formal white." So-coloured couture can challenge some figures, but the bottom line that counted was pure green. The do took in a reported $410,000, bringing Bevis and Ketcham's three-year delivery to H&SF ...
- É some trace of her - Stage
É some trace of herStage, UK - 2 hours agoWith the addition of Emily Dickinson’s poetry and Paul Clark’s luscious music, this is a memorable evening of experiment, desire and sensual enjoyment.
- Grimshaw wins Montana honours (Stuff)
Charlotte Grimshaw is following in her father's literary footsteps, winning the Montana Medal for her book of short stories, Opportunity.
- Calendar Event Listings 7-2-08 (City Pulse)
Wednesday, July 2 CLASSES & SEMINARS S’Moves Jam. For anyone interested in learning basic dance techniques found in modern, ballet and folk dance. 7 – 8:30 p.m. $8/class. Perspective 2 Studio, 319 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 339-0905.
- A Celebration of Sand, in Vast Quantities or One Grain at a Time (New York Times)
A baggy compendium of artworks at the Parrish Art Museum offers a chance to meditate on the many meanings of one of the world?s cheapest and most precious materials.
- Poetry peepshow staged for literary voyeurs at Toronto arts festival (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO - The 16th annual Junction Arts Festival is offering what it calls a "Poetry Peepshow," giving participants the chance to "peer into an open window of a poet's soul."
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