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- Patti Smith takes over every medium - AfterEllen.com
Patti Smith takes over every mediumAfterEllen.com - 1 hour agoThe woman is an artist in every sense of the word, as she's been a consistent force of music, activism and poetry since the 1970s. ...
- At 80, Maya Angelou says she's not done yet - Orlando Sentinel
NEW YORK - It takes just seconds to leave behind this muted Harlem side street and enter the parlor of Maya Angelou 's brownstone, a step as bright and quick as a black and white film dissolving into Technicolor. Plump sofas and armchairs in bursts ...
- Secretary-General celebrates writings and influence of renowned ... - UN News Centre
18 June 2008 – The writings of Abu Abdullah Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki, the poet considered to have laid the foundations of Persian classical literature, should serve as an inspiration to international efforts to combat extremism and attempts to ...
- Ellyce Field: Fun family picks for the week (Detroit News)
Have some live culture, kiddie-style this week. Check out the all-kid cast in Stagecrafters' take on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" at the Baldwin Theatre, singer, poet and storyteller Bill Harley at For Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum or downtown Birmingham's Summer in the City performance.
- Our Picks: Food; Music; Art; Freebie (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Imagine you're downtown at lunchtime and come across an old friend eating something that looks delicious, and you go, "What's that?" "Ahi and vegetables."
- What movie has most changed your life? - Louisville Courier-Journal
What movie has most changed your life?Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 52 minutes agoMy approach to my new movie-filled life will be the same as I now have toward poetry -- I am a fairly intelligent, thoughtful, intuitive, well-read person, ...
- Anselm Kiefer awarded the 2008 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (Art Daily)
BERLIN.- The Board of Trustees of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade has chosen German artist Anselm Kiefer to be the recipient of this year’s Peace Prize.
- Andrew O'Hagan asks if Barack Obama signals the return of hope (Guardian Unlimited)
An idea of the United States as idealistic and open has always captivated Andrew O'Hagan, even as America - with Britain in its wake - turned its back on decency. Does Barack Obama signal the return of hope?
- Sifting through the past, savoring the flavor - Greensboro News Record
Sifting through the past, savoring the flavorGreensboro News Record, NC - 3 hours agoBut pore through those installments about food - poetry and pictures, stories and speeches - and you'll sense the editing eyes of a husband and wife, ...
- Riffs: Return of global Hart beats - Nashville City Paper
Besides the dynamic rhythmic force behind the Grateful Dead for more than three decades, Mickey Hart has been a pioneer in expanding exposure for and interest in world music. Hart’s landmark ‘90s sessions, which saw him joining forces with great ...
- Man’s Best Friend Dept. - New Yorker
New YorkerMan’s Best Friend Dept.New Yorker, United States - 5 hours agoThe Book Bench: Radovan Karadzic’s poetry, John Ashbery reads aloud, and more. Goings On: Jazz on film, a Broadway in-joke quiz, and more. ...
- 'The Untold Charminar' - tribute to soul of Nizam's city (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Hyderabad is a city where the old and the new stubbornly coexist. The distinct identities that come together and often merge are brought out beautifully in the book 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad'.
- Calling all youths! A site about YOU, for YOU and by YOU... - AsiaOne
AsiaOneCalling all youths! A site about YOU, for YOU and by YOU...AsiaOne, Singapore - 53 minutes agoJack Ho, 31, lead singer and frontman of local band EIC, describes his youth as "the most important years of my life". As a musician who discovered his ...
- Cedar Rapids native reads his 'Letters from Abu Ghraib' (The Daily Iowan)
It sounds like the world's oldest set up to some awful joke: What's the difference between President Bush and Joshua Casteel? But the answer helped set in motion a series of events culminating in Casteel's book, Letters from Abu Ghraib, ironically (or coincidentally) released on July 4 this year.
- Columbia Republicans react to DNC - Columbia Missourian
Columbia Republicans react to DNCColumbia Missourian, MO - Aug 26, 2008... chose to watch a documentary about Gilgamesh, a character from Babylonian epic poetry, instead of Michelle Obama's speech on Monday night. ...
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