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- Alsop's first season ends with energy (Baltimore Sun)
Marin Alsop's inaugural season as music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is ending pretty much the way it started, with a program that places a sizable contemporary American work alongside a blockbuster from the standard European canon. In this case, the former is Joan Tower's big and often bracing Concerto for Orchestra; the latter is Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
- Baring their souls - guardian.co.uk
Baring their soulsguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoThe answer might also lie in the history of poetry. Even now, male singer-songwriters are often viewed as troubadors - historically, lyric poets whose ...
- Shakespeare’s R&J at the Southwark Playhouse, SE1 - Times Online
Shakespeare’s R&J at the Southwark Playhouse, SE1Times Online, UK - 55 minutes agoThe boys never achieve emotional transcendence through Shakespeare’s poetry; there’s no lyricism here, no musicality or delicacy, just a lot of shouting. ...
- Sean Connery: The story of a brilliant but deeply flawed man (Daily Mail)
Word is that Sean Connery's upcoming autobiography is a heavily sanitised account of his tempestuous life. Starting today, a major Mail series reveals the real story of this brilliant but deeply flawed man.
- Olivera’s Fifth Book Published - SBC News
SBC NewsOlivera’s Fifth Book PublishedSBC News, VA - 2 hours agoA book of poetry by Sonia Mereles Olivera, assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American studies at Sweet Briar College, was published in July by ...
- Artist Profile: Jim Christiansen - Illustrator - Modesto Bee
Artist Profile: Jim Christiansen - IllustratorModesto Bee, CA - 23 minutes agoWent on to studio art as minor studies at University of California, Riverside, where I won an award in student erotic art shows. ...
- A reading of an extract from The Idylls of the King by Tennyson - The Epoch Times
A reading of an extract from The Idylls of the King by TennysonThe Epoch Times, NY - 4 hours agoIt is this state of indeterminacy that Tennyson evokes so brilliantly in his poetry. He is the poet of the borderline: the poet of mist, magic and mania too ...
- The dynamics of a hit - Newindpress on Sunday
Newindpress on SundayThe dynamics of a hitNewindpress on Sunday, India - 2 hours agoEven with those beautiful songs, even with those big stars, it’s still filled with all that talking – in heavy, high-flown poetry. It’s exquisite stuff, ...
- Upcoming Events - Smoky Mountain Sentinel
Upcoming EventsSmoky Mountain Sentinel, NC - 2 hours agoThe NCWNW (Netwest) Prose Workshop and Critique Session will meet at Tri-County Community College in Murphy, North Carolina, Thursday, July 10, ...
- A different take on summer camp (Ventura County Star)
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one." Up into the air shoots a little rocket, leaving a stream of black smoke. As the rocket floats to the ground with the release of a colorful parachute, a small crowd of boys waits for it to land.
- Contest: Poetry prize offered (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
A $1,000 grand prize is being offered in a special poetry contest sponsored by Golden Poets Guild, free to everyone. There are 50 prizes, totaling $5,000.
- China's total urban makeover - Los Angeles Times
China's total urban makeoverLos Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoCookbooks, business books, political books, poetry, books about Chinese food and, of course, travel books . . . all have poured out in a torrent. ...
- Stuff for teens to do (The Fayetteville Observer)
The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra will give a free concert at 8 p.m. Saturday in Festival Park downtown. You can find more information at www.fayettevillesymphony.org.
- Book By Authors Returns With New Focus (gazettes.com)
The 2006 publication of the Long Beach-based anthology, “Book by Authors” gave area writers and artists a new forum where they could share opinions, experiences and musings.
- Wakefield all-in-one fest - Calgary Herald
Big cities have their book festivals, film festivals, music festivals. The village of Wakefield is going one better, hosting the inaugural WakeFest, which wraps it all up in one multi-arts event. Supported by fundraisers and local businesses, the ...
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