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- Great British Watercolors - Wall Street Journal
An English friend maintains that the British are not a visual people. "We like words," he says, "and gardens. That's why all those British conceptual artists who do things with trees and rocks are so popular. But what we're really good at is language ...
- Composer wrote with Reno Chamber Orchestra in mind - Reno Gazette
Composer Joseph Schwantner said poetry always has played a role in his music, so finding inspiration in his own writing was natural. “Throughout my life, I’ve not only written poetry but been influenced by poetry,†he said. “I seem to get ...
- In living colour (Mail and Guardian)
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. Thokozani Mthiyane's name may not be familiar in Johannesburg's mainstream arts and culture scene, but his enormous serpentine dreadlocks certainly are.
- What are your plans for fall? - Tallahassee Democrat
What are your plans for fall?Tallahassee Democrat, FL - 2 hours agoIf your band, bar, concert hall, acting troupe, poetry cabal, school, theater, merry band of revelers, art collective or you-name-it has anything planned ...
- Push for calorie count on menus - Irish Independent
Push for calorie count on menusIrish Independent, Ireland - 1 hour agoMahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank tomorrow -- an honour only ...
- Local college student wins writing competition (Livonia Observer)
Travel is the theme of Miles, the St. Andrews Presbyterian College 2008 Alan Bunn Memorial Chapbook competition winning entry for Cate Johnson of Livonia.
- A novel idea - Journal Live
A novel ideaJournal Live, UK - 49 minutes ago“I’ve also been writing poetry again and I’ve got my first book signing soon. I’m really nervous as I’ve never done anything like that before, ...
- Without a Trace - Egypt Today
MA HMOUD AHMED MOHAMED and Omm Ahmed live in Warraq, a low-income district near Mohandiseen packed with families, each with its own little joys and miseries. But Abu Ahmed’s home has seen little joy since Ahmed went missing almost four years ago ...
- Poetry brews at local coffee shop - Colonnade (subscription)
Poetry brews at local coffee shopColonnade (subscription), GA - 2 hours agoCasually, someone makes the announcement that poetry readings are downstairs and encourages the studious inhabitants of Blackbird to join the crowd. ...
- 'Bartholomew Fair, NJ,' hits home - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com'Bartholomew Fair, NJ,' hits homeThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 3 hours ago"I guess I'm a masochist," Mitchell says, joking, before adding, "No, I love poetry, and love the challenge of getting actors to speak in verse without its ...
- Life in Brief (Central Michigan Life)
War lords A Buddhist breakdown David Loy, Besl Family Chair of Ethics and Religion and Society at Xavier University, will present "Why We Love War: A Buddhist Perspective" at 7 p.m. today in the Charles V. Park Library Auditorium. Loy is the author of seven books on Buddhist philosophy and social ethics.
- Poetry prize shortlist revealed (BBC News)
The shortlist for the annual £10,000 Forward Prize for Poetry is revealed, with women dominating the nominees.
- Today's Herald - Calgary Herald
What fringe festivals lack in terms of production values, they make up for in other ways, such as words. Words which pour forth in torrents, streaming out of the mouths of fringe performers at a sometimes astonishing rate -- long, short, simple ...
- Valley native has small but huge role in Shepard play - Morning Call
The biggest role of Elissa Piszel's theater career is one of the smallest. The Bethlehem native stands silent for four to five minutes in nothing but a slip and a cowboy hat. Her only act is to hand the hat to the man who tossed it into a self-dug ...
- Rugby reflects trends in racism (Pretoria News)
There is periodically an event which crystallises for all to see what blacks have always known: that racism is both virulent and commonplace, and that millions of blacks continue to suffer because of it.
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