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- Symphony at the Shore a high note of weekend activities - Courier Mail
Symphony at the Shore a high note of weekend activitiesCourier Mail, Australia - 34 minutes agoQueensland Poetry Festival's Words and Water Dragons runs 11am-1pm in the Japanese Garden. BYO haiku, or tanka to read. Free. ...
- Stories And Voices - A Frances Farmer surprise - Westseattleherald.com
Stories And Voices - A Frances Farmer surpriseWestseattleherald.com, WA - 1 hour agoShe also threw great parties, hosted poetry readings and had what they call a "mischievous spirit." I was stunned. Absolutely astonished. ...
- Kennedy brings discretion to veep search (WABC-TV New York)
Caroline Kennedy lives a very private life with a very public profile. It's the perfect skill set for her newest assignment.
- Oak Park Festival's 'Lughnasa' a powerful force - ElmLeaves
Oak Park Festival's 'Lughnasa' a powerful forceElmLeaves, IL - 15 hours agoBy CATEY SULLIVAN Contributor Late in the second act of the restless poetry that is Brian Friel's drama "Dancing at Lughnasa," an undertow of wildness and ...
- A sprightly elegy - Al-Ahram Weekly
I never thought funerals could be such fun. But then, not every funeral has Khalid Galal as director. He has a keen eye for the ludicrous and an eerie knack for squeezing laughter out of the most lugubrious situations and gruesome events. Parody and ...
- Casting Announced for MTC's Romantic Poetry and Ruined (Playbill)
Romantic Poetry , which will begin performances at New York City Center – Stage I Sept. 30, will feature Ivan Hernandez ( Zhivago, The Fantasticks ), Mark Linn-Baker ( Almost An Evening, "Perfect Strangers") and Patina Renea Miller ( Hair , "All My Children").
- Patti Smith and Philip Glass Front Melbourne International Arts Festival (Undercover)
The return of Patti Smith to Australian shores has been announced as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival. Smith’s tour is hot on the heels of a new film about her life by Stephen Serbing called ‘Dream of Life’.
- Forum season to have contemporary African-Armerican focus (Seattle Times)
Seattle's CD Forum, an arts organization presenting arts and lectures focusing on the black community, has set its 2008-09 season, including Daniel Beaty's multidisciplinary "Resurrection" and staged readings of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches.
- FERNLEY--Starbucks will be the site of a Poet and Author Gathering ... - Reno Gazette Journal
FERNLEY--Starbucks will be the site of a Poet and Author Gathering ...Reno Gazette Journal, NV - 29 minutes ago... edition of the poetry leaflet, 'The Inquisition," which will feature the work of approximately 30 local poets. This will be given away free to all those ...
- Bethany Pickens stands out at fest - Chicago Tribune
She wasn't billed as the main attraction, but she deserved to be, judging by her breakthrough performance over the weekend during JazzFest 2008 at the South Shore Cultural Center. Chicagoans may know pianist Bethany Pickens best for her illustrious ...
- More about Saltimbanco Cirque du Soleil - KGMB9
Saltimbanco is a Cirque du Soleil signature show inspired by the urban fabric of the metropolis and its colorful inhabitants. Decidedly baroque in its visual vocabulary, the shows eclectic cast of characters draws spectators into a fanciful ...
- Afghan political dislocation contributes to Pashto literary revival (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Afghanistan's tumultuous history of the last three decades is behind the incredible popularity of poetry in Pashto, the language of the majority Pakhtoons in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The Pakhtoons are ethnic cousins of the Pashtuns, Afghanistan's largest ethnic group. Both speak dialects of Pashto.
- Industry tactics on Public Health Bill questioned (Scoop.co.nz)
The food industry has been giving a misleading message about how the health sector wants to address obesity, a new report shows. The report, by health policy analyst John White, analysed the 204 submissions to the Health Select Committee on the Public Health Bill.
- Celebrated Cape marching band performs at UMass (The Standard-Times)
DARTMOUTH — As part of its summer tour, the 100-member Orleans-based Spirit of America marching field band was at UMass Dartmouth Sunday night, where it presented its newest program called Exploration to an enthusiastic crowd under the lights at...
- Kenyan School Born Out Of Mother's Loss - WYFF
Kenyan School Born Out Of Mother's LossWYFF, SC - 1 hour agoA photo of Maggie is hanging on the school's wall, and her poetry book has been translated into Swahili. "To see her book in another language -- it is a lot ...
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