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- 'Slam' provides local storytellers a creative outlet (The Oklahoman)
Friday afternoon, I learned about a form of comic relief that likely will appeal to office workers. It's an offshoot of the Arts Council of Oklahoma's Wintertales storytelling program and modeled after PoetrySlam, where budding poets get to share with an audience verses they've penned. OKC StorySlam does the same thing, except in storytelling form, and each month focuses on a different theme. ...
- Poetry Program Gives Prisoners Unexpected Voice (The Online NewsHour)
Clad in orange garb, inmates at a high-security unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex have found a voice through the pen. Every week they write poetry with Richard Shelton, a professor at the University of Arizona, who has volunteered at prisons for decades.
- Drew Carey to make Cleveland Orchestra debut -- via Shakespeare - Cleveland Plain Dealer
A bit Puckish? Cleveland's own Drew Carey will narrate Mendelssohn's incidental music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" later this month with the Cleveland Orchestra. Laurence Olivier. Leslie Howard. John Gielgud. Richard Burton. Drew Carey. Could one ...
- Bruce Lee fan club displays memorabilia - Youngstown Vindicator
Bruce Lee fan club displays memorabiliaYoungstown Vindicator, OH - 14 hours agoHer collections “The Niagara River,†“Say Uncle†and “Elephant Rocks†hold the top three spaces on Amazon.com’s list of best-selling poetry books, ...
- Racist Media Whore Designer Says Dumb Things All By Himself [Fools] (Gawker)
We dislike giving any unnecessary PR to [bad designer], the L.E.S. twit who duped the free NYC paper Metro into putting him on its cover for a racist publicity stunt about a (probably nonexistent)...
- Entries due May 17 for Oak Hill Poetry Contest - Canton Daily Ledger
LEWISTOWN -- Poetry entries are due by May 17 for the Oak Hill Poetry Contest, which is part of Edgar Lee Masters Day on June 7 in Lewistown. Three age divisions for poets include youth through age 18, adults ages 19-64 and seniors ages 65 and older ...
- To breed or not to breed - Salon
June 27, 2008 | Hearty and overstuffed, "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" arrives at bookstores this summer well-positioned to step into the niche pioneered by "Cold Mountain": the chewy yet suspenseful literary bestseller with a taproot in the classics ...
- Waddie Mitchell writes cowboy poems old-fashioned way - Riverside Press Enterprise
When Waddie Mitchell was growing up he had no TV, computer or iPod to keep him entertained after dark. When the sun went down all he had were words -- in conversation or on the page -- to occupy his mind. That was life growing up on a ranch in rural ...
- Casper Calendar for July 18, 2008 - The Casper Star Tribune
Casper Calendar for July 18, 2008The Casper Star Tribune, WY - 1 hour agoJuly 21, 7:30 pm, Artcore Music & Poetry at The Jazz Spot. * July 23, 12:15 pm, Bach's Lunch Organ Recital at First United Methodist Church. ...
- Matches, Nizar, and paper statelets. - Alarab online
Matches, Nizar, and paper statelets.Alarab online, UK - 20 minutes agoIn 1955, he performed his first high profile poetry recital at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and one year later, wrote his first political piece ...
- Fort Scott residents get an old time treat - Fort Scott Tribune
Fort Scott residents get an old time treatFort Scott Tribune, KS - 3 hours agoIt included original and traditional cowboy poetry, stories and music. Vendors also sold pottery and crafts.
- Manchester Boys to honour mothers - SUN Weekend
Manchester Boys to honour mothersSUN Weekend, Antigua and Barbuda - 19 minutes agoDuring this service of thanksgiving, some of the men will pay tributes through memoirs, poetry and music to 15 women who are still alive and 15 women who ...
- Eight compete for '08 Laurel Queen's crown (Jeffersonian Democrat)
BROOKVILLE - This year, eight young ladies will be competing for the title of Western Pennsylvania Laurel Queen 2008. The new queen will reign over all of the Laurel Festival activities in Brookville.
- Beautician with a knack for poetry - The Times
Beautician with a knack for poetryThe Times, South Africa - 17 minutes ago“It all started when my landlord requested my help with wedding preparations. I designed a mendhi pattern and dressed the bride. They were so impressed with ...
- Gresham high schoolers discover power of poetry - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Gresham high schoolers discover power of poetryThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - Apr 30, 2008That's what this is about, the search for the poem that does that for you." Oregon schools began participating in the national Poetry Out Loud program three ...
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