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- McCain gets a poetry pop quiz - FOXNews
McCain gets a poetry pop quizFOXNews - 27 minutes agoFor the record: Charles Simic is the current US Poet Laureate. The unofficial state poet laureate: Michelle Lawrence –as of the 2006 online vote.
- Despite bumps in life, some keep dream alive (Post-Tribune)
Ulysses Chew bowed his head, absorbed booming bass tones into his body and penned his poetry. “I’m back in the building, back in the booth,” Chew begins, “Who Dat? Mr. No Love, and this is the truth.”
- Darwen mum raising money in memory of young son - Lancashire Telegraph
Darwen mum raising money in memory of young sonLancashire Telegraph, UK - 8 hours ago... guided tour of a local brewery, while raffle prizes include home-made teddy bears, tickets for a children’s paly event, customised poetry and art work. ...
- Cathy Davey (RainbowNetwork.com)
Cathy Davey was always destined to be a musician. Having grown up with parents who were creative types - her mother is a sculptor, her father a musician and composer - conventional means of academia just didn't appeal to her. Having dyslexia didn't help, either.
- Metal goes global, with some surprising riffs - Globe and Mail
This is a story dripping with irony - ghoulish, blood-red irony. It turns out that heavy metal, anathema to the moral majority, has spread Western ideals of freedom of expression and democracy more effectively than some more conservative means. to ...
- An Avant-Gardist?s Sparse Stories, in Film and Fragments (New York Times)
A traveling exhibit at M.I.T. offers a good opportunity to assess what Chantal Akerman, a hero of the avant-garde cinema, has been up to over the last decade.
- BHHS SENIOR, SOBERON, TAKES SECOND AT NATIONAL POETRY OUT LOUD CONTEST (Curry Coastal Pilot)
For the first time ever, an Oregon student won first-runner-up in the national Poetry Out Loud contest in Washington D.C. Brookings-Harbor High School senior Sophia Soberon is the proud recipient of a $10,000 scholarship and the confidence that comes from winning such a prestigious competition.
- War Still Bad Box Office - Gawker
Why isn’t George Packer’s terrific little play Betrayed — about the three pro-American Iraqis who don’t quite get what they need from America – not doing better? (It opened in February at the Culture Project in Soho, extended its run for a ...
- Dalai Lama Taps Faith, Tugs Ponytails, Fights for Tibet: Review - Bloomberg
Dalai Lama Taps Faith, Tugs Ponytails, Fights for Tibet: ReviewBloomberg - 34 minutes agoAt one point in the book, Dalai Lama tells a group of American students that it's difficult for him to talk about peace while his people are dying; ...
- To go or not to go? (The New Statesman)
Should you visit Burma? Not if you want to discover the harsh realities of life under the generals
- Local arts (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
• The Brett Family will perform five shows today through Saturday at the Old Creamery Theatre, 39 38th Ave. in Amana.
- Artsbeat (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
"Enchanted Beauty," an exhibit of digital photography by Tirsa Koper, is on display at Antonio's Galleria and Café, 100 Oak Hill Ave., in the Little Italy neighborhood of Endicott. An opening reception will be held from 5:30-8 p.m. Monday.
- Art Finds a Way - Broward New Times
Art Finds a WayBroward New Times, FL - 5 hours agoObsessive and delicate are exactly the right words for Prusa's visual poetry. In the years I've been looking at and writing about her work, I have rarely ...
- The Legend of the Dragon Boat - Windsor Star
The Legend of the Dragon BoatWindsor Star, Canada - 11 hours agoHe wandered the countryside, collecting legends, rearranging folk odes and writing much of his poetry. When the Qin capital of Chu was captured in 278 BC, ...
- Young victim of wreck remembered by Boys', Girls' Club members, others - Times and Democrat
Bright orange balloons were released into the sky Thursday evening as part of a ceremony the Orangeburg Boys & Girls Club held in memory of Kasandra Renee Johnson, the 11-year-old who died in a single-vehicle wreck on May 1 on her way to school ...
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