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- DVD Extras: A young Javier Bardem goes wild in `Extasis,' plus reviews ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
An early Javier Bardem film, a documentary of boxer Joe Louis and the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's next film are among DVDs coming out Tuesday, July 29. The famed black boxer gets the biodoc treatment in this hard-hitting HBO film. Joe Louis ...
- Bedecked in Denver (Financial Times)
Something unusual is afoot when Pat Buchanan, the prominent “paleo-conservativeâ€, waxes ecstatic about an African-American liberal. But US television viewers were not hallucinating when they heard him assess Barack Obama’s Denver acceptance speech late on Thursday.
- Seventh Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest Winners Announced (PRWeb)
Benjamin Taylor Lally of Burlington, MA is the winner of the seventh annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, currently one of the largest contests for humor poetry. The competition aims to raise awareness about vanity contest schemes by spoofing them. Vanity contests award meaningless "honors" to flatter poets into buying anthologies and other expensive personalized products featuring their ...
- Media Abet Communist Cover-Up - Canada Free Press
Canada Free PressMedia Abet Communist Cover-UpCanada Free Press, Canada - 8 hours ago... describes him as being involved in the “labor movement†with other “African-American intellectuals†and committed to racial integration and harmony. ...
- Something for readers - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Something for readersLong Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 5 hours agoR. Douglas Jacobs of Long Beach reads from his poetry collection, "The Rhymes of Love & Reason." 8 pm, Borders, 101 S. Pine Ave., Long Beach. ...
- National Symphony Orchestra (Washington City Paper)
One way of looking at the programming of the National Symphony Orchestra ’s outdoor weekend concerts is that the orchestra is still hewing to the safest works of American composers, despite the imminent departure of its music director, Leonard Slatkin.
- Black poet, journalist advised young Obama - Honolulu Advertiser
At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white. Frank Marshall Davis had his opinions. He ...
- Writin', there ain't nuthin' to it - The Age
Writin', there ain't nuthin' to itThe Age, Australia - 2 hours agoWANNA WRITE EXPERIMENTAL PROSE IN THE STYLE OF JAMES JOYCE? Well, no need for typing or thinking or knowing what a jamesjoyce is. Just go online, open your ...
- Art project seeks your 'Visions of Peace' - Concord Monitor
Art project seeks your 'Visions of Peace'Concord Monitor, NH - 2 hours agoShort essays and poetry of 250 words or fewer will also be accepted. Reed is also trying to gain financial support for the project, which she hopes to ...
- In the killing seat - Philadelphia Inquirer
There's no Big Picture evident in Generation Kill - HBO's brutally good Iraq war mini-series, debuting tonight at 9 - and that simple fact sets it apart from the Hollywood big pictures that have tried to get a handle on Operation Iraqi Freedom these ...
- Books of Hope brings the writer out in Somerville youth - Somerville News
Books of Hope brings the writer out in Somerville youthSomerville News, MA - 1 hour agoNot even I would The winner of the Ibbetson Street Press Poetry Contest award (must be a Massachusetts resident) will receive a $100 cash award, ...
- ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ OUT & ABOUT - Bellevue Reporter
‘A Prairie Home Companion’ OUT & ABOUTBellevue Reporter, WA - 1 hour agoSoulFood Poetry Night: 7-9:30 pm every third Thursday. Includes two featured readers and an open-mic reading. SoulFood Books Cafe, 15748 Redmond Way, ...
- The $25 Haiku (Denver Post)
When we chose Colorado as the topic for this week's $25 Haiku Contest, we didn't mention our sneaky reason: Colorado Day is the first Monday in August, which falls on Aug. 4 this year.
- Neal E. Boyd wins 'America's Got Talent' and $1 million prize - Grand Rapids Press
Opera singer Neal E. Boyd, an insurance salesman from Sikeston, Mo., performs after winning the NBC talent competition, "America's Got Talent," in Studio City, Calif., on Wednesday. With tears streaming down his face, a victorious Neal E. Boyd won ...
- Home schooling for seniors - Washington Times
Kathy Leeds grows animated as she describes the courses she is taking this fall, including classes in current events, art and literature. But Mrs. Leeds will never step foot on a campus or in a classroom. The 79-year-old widow has multiple sclerosis ...
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