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- Bazm-e-Urdu elects new office-bearers (The Peninsula)
Doha • Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar (BUQ), the oldest Urdu literary organization in Qatar, elected new office-bearers on Friday. Well-known poet Shaukat Ali Naaz was elected as Vice President along with Farid Nadvi. Syed Zauwar Hussain Zair, a young poet, was elected as General Secretary.
- Alton Square to mark Juneteenth with event Monday night - Alton Telegraph
Alton Square to mark Juneteenth with event Monday nightAlton Telegraph, IL - 13 hours agoAlton Square Mall is playing host to the Juneteenth "Express Yourself" Poetry Event, Monday, June 16 from 6:30 to 8 pm in Macy's court on the lower level. ...
- Child's poem entitled 'Ahmed's Bunker' deemed racist - Ynetnews
Child's poem entitled 'Ahmed's Bunker' deemed racistYnetnews, Israel - 8 hours agoA poem written by a 10-year old boy from Ness Ziona, in which he describes the life of a bomb-maker named Ahmed who specializes in killing Jews, ...
- Solomon Volkov's "The Magical Chorus" (International Herald Tribune)
The only thing missing from Volkov's history of Russian culture is moral outrage.
- Maui poets to compete in National Poetry Slam - KHNL News 8
WAILUKU, Maui (KHNL) - For the first time in three years, a team of poets from Maui will compete in the National Poetry Slam in Madison, Wisconsin. Maui SLAM! is sending four of Hawaii's top spoken-word poets to compete in the annual championship ...
- Group pays homage to Indian Urdu poet (The Peninsula)
DOHA • The Anjuman Muhibban-e-Urdu Hind Qatar (AMUHQ), which is affiliated to the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), has held a poetry session dedicated to Maulana Hasrat Mohani, who is described as the reformer of classical Urdu ghazal (a very popular form of Urdu poetry).
- Die Soldaten - Variety
Die SoldatenVariety, CA - 1 hour agoBut the opera's 1965 premiere in Cologne could not begin to fill such requirements, nor could its American premiere in Boston in 1982 or its New York City ...
- Party Crashers 08 - San Francisco Weekly
Matt Gonzalez at the opening night of his art exhibition at Soap Gallery. Independent vice-presidential candidate Matt Gonzalez sits attentively in the front row of UC Berkeley's Wheeler Auditorium, waiting for an introduction to 400 political ...
- Diyarbakır, a focal point of change - Today's Zaman
Today's ZamanDiyarbakır, a focal point of changeToday's Zaman, Turkey - 7 hours agoI noticed this once more when I returned to Diyarbakır, where I penned my last book, for a poetry recital last weekend. I can tell you this: Diyarbakır is a ...
- Mark Stryker's Playlist - Detroit Free Press
Nostalgia has a funny way of turning everything into a "classic," from lowbrow sitcoms to mildly successful pop tunes. Even questionable jazz of a certain vintage can re-emerge decades later to a chorus of huzzahs from press and fans. To put it ...
- State of the arts - guardian.co.uk
State of the artsguardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours agoIts kaleidoscope show, free for guests, is a weird refracted summation of American History. Thirty-six Ben Franklin faces morph into marijuana leaves as you ...
- Heritage role for St Andrews-based Scottish poetry festival (Fife Today)
StAnza: Scotland's poetry festival, and a major date in Fife's cultural calendar, has been selected to take part in Scotland's year-long celebration, Homecoming Scotland 2009. (19/06/2008 16:34:19)
- Proposed copyright law puts squeeze on downloads (CTV.ca)
The federal government tabled legislation on Thursday that it claims will see individuals fined a maximum of $500 if they are caught downloading copyrighted files. However, some users could potentially face millions in fines.
- Peebles gallery gets rare show of Bob Dylan prints - Sunday Herald
AN EMERGING ART GALLERY IN PEEBLES has scored a coup by becoming one of only two venues in Scotland to display artworks by the legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan. Dylan's intriguing drawings and sketches, produced while he toured ...
- Poet in residence at school - GulfNews
Poet in residence at schoolGulfNews, United Arab Emirates - 47 minutes agoMore generally, during life, "poetry can help in all kinds of ways. That's why so many people turn to it". Bryce said the students "have benefited a lot. ...
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