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- Scribe tribe - Sovo.com
Sovo.comScribe tribeSovo.com, GA - 6 hours agoThe festival also includes about a dozen free workshops for local aspiring artists on everything from breathing techniques in acting to how to get poetry ...
- Van Morrison to record Hollywood Bowl gigs - LiveDaily
Van Morrison [ tickets ] has booked a two-night stand at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl during which the legendary Irish singer/songwriter will perform in its entirety his classic 1968 album "Astral Weeks." Set to take place Nov. 7-8, the shows will be ...
- Middle East - Radio France Internationale
Middle EastRadio France Internationale, France - Aug 11, 2008Palestinians mourned the death of Mahmoud Darwish - widely considered their national poet - after his death Saturday. A state funeral is planned for ...
- Faraz dies: poetry loses a voice, people a friend - LivePakistan.com
Faraz dies: poetry loses a voice, people a friendLivePakistan.com, Pakistan - 1 hour ago“My conscience will not forgive me if I remained a silent spectator of the sad happenings around us. The least I can do is to let the dictatorship know ...
- Time-warp tunes - Auburn Citizen
Time-warp tunesAuburn Citizen, NY - 3 hours agoThe “wordplay” theme is a prelude to next year's 30th anniversary, for which organizers created a poetry contest. “The text (from the winning poems) will ...
- Top marks for Nutcracker (The West Australian)
DANCE The Nutcracker West Australian Ballet His Majesty’s Theatre Review: Naomi Millett In this radical post-modern version of the much-loved classic, WA Ballet artistic director Ivan Cavallari pa
- Half-dozen young writers to vie for $120K Dylan Thomas Prize (CBC)
A half-dozen young writers hailing from three continents are in the running for the Dylan Thomas Prize, organizers announced in London on Tuesday.
- Judge refuses to dismiss case against Spears - MLive.com
AP Photo Britney Spears arrives for the grand opening party of LAX nightclub at the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas. LOS ANGELES -- A judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a misdemeanor driving without-a-valid-license case against Britney Spears. Los ...
- African-American series character is a role model for black girls - Myrtle Beach Sun News
African-American series character is a role model for black girlsMyrtle Beach Sun News, SC - 3 hours agoBut while in college, Barnes started writing poetry and short stories just for fun and then landed a columnist gig at the student newspaper. ...
- Forward Back GMTV Weather Presenter Quits (Waveguide TV and Radio News)
Weather presenter Andrea McLean is to quit GMTV after 11 years to appear on ITV's lunchtime show Loose Women. Mclean has a year-long contract to appear on the programme and plans to pursue other broadcasting opportunities.
- Ahmed Faraz passes away (Business Recorder)
ISLAMABAD (August 26 2008): The legendary Urdu poet, Ahmed Faraz, passed away here on Monday. He was suffering from a kidney disease and had recently returned home from the United States where he was hospitalised. Ahmed Faraz was considered one of the best ghazal poets.
- Celebrities with reader's block - Daily Telegraph
For today's column, I have invited some famous people to contribute a few words on the subject of: What I Never Got Round to Reading on My Summer Holiday. I know it had the word 'dilemma' - or maybe it was 'struggle' - in the title and it was by some ...
- Latino poets bring different perspectives to ‘The Wind Shifts’ - Register Pajaronian
Latino poets bring different perspectives to ‘The Wind Shifts’Register Pajaronian, CA - 31 minutes agoPublished in 2007, “The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry” represents a breakdown of the conventions that once governed the craft of the Latino poet. ...
- Poetry book of the week: The Lost Leader by Mick Imlah (Independent)
Admirers of Birthmarks, the debut by Mick Imlah, have waited 20 years for a second book, an unusual hiatus. But The Lost Leader is also remarkable for its size — at 124 pages, it is a big book of poems — and for a tonal and technical range which makes most new collections seem like one-note performances.
- Witty Repartee (Metro Weekly)
The trick of improvisational theater is taking a few ideas and stitching them together on the fly before an audience. Success can be measured in laughs, which are Washington Improv Theater's stock-in-trade.
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