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- Local open mic night has something for everyone - Capaha Arrow
Local open mic night has something for everyoneCapaha Arrow, MO - 12 hours agoThey sponsor poetry slams for local young writers. Writing groups meet there weekly to workshop their craft. And on Friday nights at 7:30, they open their ...
- Palestinians say farewell to poet - Kazinform
Palestinians say farewell to poetKazinform, Kazakhstan - Aug 13, 2008His poems were transformed into popular songs and used in political speeches, and the words he wrote now form part of Palestinian daily life, ...
- Robin Thicke gets ready for 'Something Else' - LiveDaily
R&B/soulman Robin Thicke [ tickets ] will hit the road next month for a short run of dates to preview material from his forthcoming album, "Something Else." The singer/songwriter is currently scheduled to play eight shows Aug. 9-18, including five in ...
- Summer Reading: Sitcom - National Post
National PostSummer Reading: SitcomNational Post, Canada - 40 minutes agoThe book blurb calls these genre-bending episodes soliloquies and sonnets and that’s exactly what they are: pop-culture poetry (but ssssh, ...
- Literature in the leaves - The National
Literature in the leavesThe National, United Arab Emirates - 18 hours agoBroad topics open to the public include a talk titled A Traitor in the House: Autobiography and Fiction, organised by the South African novelist Lynn Freed, ...
- Romantic question - Local
Most of you probably know somebody who is never out of a relationship. What I want to know is how do they (or possibly you) go into a new one, introduce this person fairly soon as your boy(girl)friend, and entertain all the same hopes as you did with ...
- Illuminate your spirit with enlightening books while vacationing - San Luis Obispo Tribune
Illuminate your spirit with enlightening books while vacationingSan Luis Obispo Tribune, CA - 7 hours agoMattie Stepanek, who died of a neuromuscular disease before he reached age 14, produced books of extremely insightful poetry and saw himself as "a poet, ...
- 'Ah, Wilderness!' sets sentimental comedy in the woods (The Capital Times)
SPRING GREEN -- Punctuated by the pop of Fourth of July firecrackers, the opening of "Ah, Wilderness!" at American Players Theatre reaches back toward a simpler, sweeter time. Like Garrison Keillor's beloved Lake Wobegon, back then, fathers were strong but even-tempered, women were protected and boys snuck out at night to shyly kiss their sweethearts -- and nothing more. It's a time that could ...
- Learning rites and wrongs - On Line Opinion
It is not uncommon to see young couples walking hand in hand while each chats away separately to other distant folk via the ubiquitous, insistent mobile phone. Hardly seems romantic. On public transport passengers make calls to announce they will be ...
- Poets hold audience spellbound (Khaleej Times)
IT IS said that old is gold. Where does that leave the new? One can say, it depends. When it comes to new poets, it depends on their performance.
- He Blurbed, She Blurbed - New York Times Blogs
He Blurbed, She BlurbedNew York Times Blogs, NY - 12 hours agoBy RACHEL DONADIO A new company recently emerged on the publishing scene, offering writers the chance to buy and sell book endorsements. ...
- Yoga classes for young children - Duluth News Tribune
Yoga classes for young childrenDuluth News Tribune, MN - 11 hours agoYoga Tree Studio, 1323 Broadway, Suite 220, Superior: Offers Yogagame classes for children ages 2 to 6, and Awakening a Yoga Kid classes for children ages 7 ...
- Bettina Buck in London (and Berlin) - ARTINFO
ARTINFOBettina Buck in London (and Berlin)ARTINFO, NY - 14 hours agoIn these sculptures Buck wrests poetry out of the commonplace and, employing what she calls “a kind of broken or less-than-fluent language or dialect,†...
- Spotlight on Rabindra music - The New Nation
Spotlight on Rabindra musicThe New Nation, Bangladesh - 8 hours agoHis objective was to heighten the essence of lyric and never to go for improvisation allowing music to prevail over poetry. ...
- A story of love and books in Bohemian New Orleans (AP via Yahoo! News)
Every morning in this Southern town of big-box stores and Bible readers, the Beat Generation can still be found dissing the system in the form of a 91-year-old woman in a red beret and cowboy boots.
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