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- Preacher's prescription: Mix it up (Boston Globe)
'Most preaching is boring." There. He said it. In front of 30 pastors, Jeffrey Arthurs acknowledged a time-honored complaint usually expressed in glassy stares, yawns, and the occasional snore. His listeners took no offense. Sitting in a classroom at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, they were among more than 400 preachers from around the country who trekked recently to the South Hamilton ...
- Slice of our history hidden from view - This is the Sentinel
Slice of our history hidden from viewThis is the Sentinel, UK - 2 hours agoI play the trombone, the cello, violin; I sing - not so often now - with the Bedford Singers among other choirs - and I write poetry. ...
- Not a book in sight - Games Asylum
Not a book in sightGames Asylum, UK - 7 hours agoOn the Alternative Stage, Chris Hicks and Ross Sutherland performed a piece (poetry, spoken word, rap - call it what you will) about dying in Time Crisis II ...
- Highlights From the 2008 National Poetry Slam - Huffington Post
Highlights From the 2008 National Poetry SlamHuffington Post, NY - 23 minutes agoThe National Poetry Slam--or so-called "Superbowl of spoken word"-- took place in Madison, Wisconsin this past week. The event featured more than 75 teams ...
- Darwish funeral expected to draw thousands - Ha'aretz
Wall Street JournalDarwish funeral expected to draw thousandsHa'aretz, Israel - 9 hours agoPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, senior PA officials, diplomats, and leading Muslim and Christian clergy will take part. The coffin will then lie in ...Video: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglishall 556 news articles
- John Burnside Profile - guardian.co.uk
John Burnside Profileguardian.co.uk, UK - 15 hours agoHis first poetry collection, The Hoop, was published in 1988 and was followed by Common Knowledge (1991). Feast Days (1992), won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial ...
- Morrison Library Revives Graphic Arts Loan Program (Art Daily)
BERKELEY, CA.- The University of California, Berkeley's Morrison Library is reviving a Graphic Arts Loan Collection program that 50 years ago began placing Picassos, Miros and the works of other renowned and emerging artists into the hands of students, faculty and staff.
- A picture of health (York Daily Record)
The smiling face on the cover of "My Favorite American" is the picture of youth and vitality. Those who know Valen Cover also know how hard-won that seemingly easy smile is.
- Fourth annual writer's conference held at NU (Daily Northwestern)
Between Aug 13 and 16, fiction writers, editors, critics and other literary figures will meet at Northwestern for the fourth annual summer writers' conference, set to take place in University Hall, 1987 Sheridan Rd. The conference is designed around providing an understanding of the business and craft of writing to both new and established writers.
- On This Day in History: August 12 No Kidding, This Kidd Could Dance - Brooklyn Daily Eagle
On This Day in History: August 12 No Kidding, This Kidd Could DanceBrooklyn Daily Eagle, NY - Aug 12, 2008He was constantly referred to as Phil’s “kid brother.†For awhile he worked the night shift as a copy boy for the Daily News. After college, Kidd attended ...
- Community Calendar October 8 to 11 - Atascadero News
Community Calendar October 8 to 11Atascadero News, Atascadero - 35 minutes agoA poetry reading and book signing for “Poems for Endangered Places,†will be among the highlights of an Atascadero Friends of the Library celebration from 7 ...
- Rage Art Soul Heart - Trinidad News
Rage Art Soul HeartTrinidad News, Trinidad and Tobago - 3 hours agoThere will also be segments on poetry and art; a fashion spread featuring Bang Bang and Sean Griffith Perez shot by Mariamma Kambon and Angelo Marcelle and ...
- ‘My music makes her want to cry’ - 7DAYS
‘My music makes her want to cry’7DAYS, United Arab Emirates - 1 hour agoThe poetry, Indian classical music, an elder brother working in Sound Design (extensive CD collection included) and a talent for penning heartfelt ...
- Dark Victory - New York Magazine
New York MagazineDark VictoryNew York Magazine, USA - Oct 12, 2008Finally, in “Poetry of the Night,†Van Gogh begins soaring, as he finds his own style. Here, we glimpse one of the most astounding developmental surges in ...
- Sly Stone is lured from hiding once again - SF Weekly
Sly Stone is lured from hiding once againSF Weekly, CA - 8 hours agoKaliss' tome isn't an iconic rock biography — it lacks the cultural context of Timothy White's Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley or the sheer poetry of ...
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