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- Islands tunes weave colorful storytelling (The Charlotte Observer)
On its second album, “Arm's Way,†indie-rock sextet Islands splatters its beautifully bombastic, orchestral arrangements with vivid, sometimes gory and gruesome images – not to mention the CD cover, which features a fantasy scene inside an exploding rib cage. Yet all those elements tie together for a unique disc, where a sinister traveling carnival meets arena rock. “I feel an album is really a ...
- A look at 'the other side of life' - Chicago Sun-Times
A look at 'the other side of life'Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 1 hour agoSunday's activities include an open mike at the Pullman Stables, where hobos will share stories, poetry and songs. The gathering ends with a square ...
- Musical finale for Peace Week's end - Staines Guardian
A week celebrating peace will culminate with a finale of live music and entertainment at Wimbledon Piazza. Events at this year’s Peace Week, supported by Merton Council, will include the opening of the Peace Gardens at Canon’s recreation ground ...
- First bard's poetry reading - BBC News
BBC NewsFirst bard's poetry readingBBC News, UK - Apr 18, 2008The first minister recites the opening lines of Robert Burns' Tam o' Shanter at the reopening of the graveyard immortalised in the poem. ...
- Spoken words fill chapel for Readathon! (The Ohio University Post)
People who wandered into Galbreath Chapel yesterday could find themselves in the middle of a discussion between Alice and Humpty Dumpty or in a scene from The Iliad.
- Bubbly Johnson sets off to charm Beijing - Guardian Unlimited
LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - American Shawn Johnson stole the show at last year's world championships with her winning smile, bubbly personality and dynamic routines to grab the all-round title and she is favourite to do the same at the Olympics. The ...
- Library shows off local authors - Grayslake Review
Library shows off local authorsGrayslake Review, IL - 6 hours agoStroll through science fiction, poetry, even the how-to section and odds are you'll find many selections authored by your neighbors. ...
- Dorothy West’s Highlands Home is Landmark on Heritage Trail (Vineyard Gazette)
Longtime friends and followers of the late Dorothy West gathered on Saturday afternoon in the shade on a hot August day to pay tribute to the writer, who was the last surviving member of the Harlem renaissance, and to share memories. A new stone was unveiled at her former home on Myrtle avenue in an area of Oak Bluffs known as the Highlands, where the cottages are brushed with dappled sunlight ...
- Love at first sight for Purdue students leads to marriage - Exponent
For two Purdue students, love is unconditional. Zach Myers, a junior in the College of Agriculture, and Katie Webster, a junior in the College of Education, met when they were 13 years old. "I knew right away that we would be together," Webster said ...
- What he did - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
In 1870, theRev. William Reed Huntington, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Worcester from 1862 to 1883, published a book called “The Church-Idea: An Essay Towards Unity.†In it he laid out his thinking about the principles by which ...
- Sunshine Vibes - RedOrbit
Sunshine VibesRedOrbit, TX - 1 hour agoAfter last year's rather damp affair it's time to look forward, with hope of plenty of fine weather, to the first weekend in August and the family-friendly ...
- Writer leads group into love affair with words (San Diego Union-Tribune)
RANCHO SAN DIEGO – Rita Ryan Micklish has always relished the written word. When she was 10, she wrote letters to everyone she knew and soon started creating poems. She published her first short story in 1962, and her work has appeared in numerous publications since.
- Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders playing Beans in the Belfry - Frederick News-Post
Andrew McKnight left his job as an environmental engineer more than a decade ago to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter, what he now does full time. "I'd love to say there's a big, romantic story," he said over the phone, "but anyone who knows ...
- Award-winning poets to read Thursday - Oneonta Daily Star
Award-winning poets to read ThursdayOneonta Daily Star, NY - 2 hours agoThey have also been featured on Poetry Daily and read by Garrison Keillor on Writers Almanac. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for ...
- U.P. centennial literary awards winners announced - ABS-CBN
The U.P. Institute of Creative Writing has announced the winners of the Gawad Likhaan: U.P. Centennial Literary Awards. In the English division, the winners are: Jose Marte A. Abueg (poetry, for his collection, “ Bird Lands , River Nights and Other ...
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