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- Music Review: Yusa - Haiku (Blogcritics.org)
Yusa's new CD "Hiaku"; yet another argument for ending the embargo against Cuba. Ever since Ry Cooder broke the rules and went to Cuba to record the first Buena Vista Social Club disc, here has been a resurgence of interest in that country's music. He ended up having to pay some sort of astronomical fine as a result of that first visit and was only able to return for his second go round because ...
- Editorial: More discontent ahead - Daily Times
Editorial: More discontent aheadDaily Times, Pakistan - 1 hour agoPoet Ahmed Faraz passed away on Monday, bringing to an end the era of the giants of Urdu poetry in South Asia. It is an extraordinary fact that Urdu ...
- Beyond the ORDINAR.E - Hindu
HinduBeyond the ORDINAR.EHindu, India - 19 minutes agoSo gloriously evocative; the movie deserves to be called poetry. It moves from scrappy kiddy comedy to over-the-moon romance. On a mission : Just me and the ...
- Angelou, Lear named for 2008 Marian Anderson Award - Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA - TV producer Norman Lear and author Maya Angelou will be the 2008 recipients of the Marian Anderson Award, which honors artists whose leadership benefits humanity. Lear and Angelou were chosen because of their ability to "change society ...
- Lita Interview Recap: Talks Disappointment with WWE, Luchagors, Matt/Edge, more (Lords of Pain)
From 1999 through 2006, a female dominated the professional wrestling scene and reinvented female wrestling as we knew it. She was poetry in motion with high flying moves that excited audiences world-wide.
- MARY ELIZABETH CLUTTER - Observer-Reporter
Mary Elizabeth Clutter, 64, of Washington, died Monday, August 11, 2008, in Washington County Health Center, Chartiers Township, following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Clutter was born October 26, 1943, in Washington, a daughter of Harold Richard and ...
- Sunflower musicians play Mozart arias tonight - Topeka Capitol-Journal
Opera without singing will be part of tonight's final chamber ensemble concert at the Sunflower Music Festival. The penultimate performance of the 22nd annual chamber music festival includes a woodwind octet playing various arias from Wolfgang ...
- Poet not your typical goaltender - Globe and Mail
Globe and MailPoet not your typical goaltenderGlobe and Mail, Canada - 2 hours agoNeither is a poetry-writing idealist who sees Canada at the Olympics as a chance to impress the world and enhance a profession he knows is not for everyone. ...
- Theatre of war - Palestinian National Theatre - Scotsman
Theatre of war - Palestinian National TheatreScotsman, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago"Read the subtitles if you wish, but don't miss the sound of the words and poetry." Like Darwish, Zuabi is originally Galilean and thinks of a language he's ...
- Tom Horgen - Minneapolis Star Tribune
From "Macho Man" to the Miss City of the Lakes drag pageant, there's something for everyone on Twin Cities Pride weekend. Jun 26, 2008 Nightlife notebook: RZA's next move Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA is a busy man, what with acting roles, movie scores and ...
- Will Barack Obama be a transformational president or another ... - Georgia Straight
Will Barack Obama be a transformational president or another ...Georgia Straight, Canada - 11 hours agoHe is transformational not only by his charisma and brilliance, but by embodying the possibility of an African-American being chosen president in the ...
- A life in writing: Tobias Wolff (Guardian Unlimited)
Tobias Wolff: 'I hate cruelty. I hate a bully ... There's something in my president, that hectoring way, that reminds me of my stepfather'
- Controversial 'Stitching' Gets Second Extension in NYC (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
Popular demand has prompted a second extension of the U.S. premiere of Stitching by Anthony Neilson, directed by Timothy Haskell. The run will now end Aug. 9 at The Wild Project in Manhattan.
- Behind the scenes and beyond the speeches at the Tonys (Chicago Sun-Times)
NEW YORK — When playwright Tracy Letts thanked his backers for producing a new American play and casting it with "theater actors" he hit on one of the more intriguing aspects of Sunday night's Tony Awards.
- Spot-on poetic types (Straits Times)
GIVE them a word, any word, and members of the Proletariat Poetry Factory will spin a poem out of it - on the spot. Armed with portable typewriters, the group of arts students and young working adults have been making appearances at flea markets, selling poems.
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