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- Five things to do today - May 7 - Time Out Chicago
Five things to do today - May 7Time Out Chicago, IL - 2 hours agoHe’s joined by poet Lingafelter and the diminutive performance poetry duo, DFB, comprised of Tim Stafford and Dan Sullivan. 6pm. ...
- Looking For Meaning In Poetry (Arts Journal)
"So why does poetry matter? One reason is that many people still enjoy some sorts of poetry. The one sort they have never liked is the sort they are told to like."
- Woman's family suing Green Cove over Taser death (The Florida Times-Union)
The family of a schizophrenic woman who died after being shocked by a Taser 10 times during a mental health crisis is suing the city of Green Springs and two of its police officers in federal court.
- We Need More Novels about Real Scientists [Scientific American Magazine] (Scientific American)
In novels and films, the most common scientist by far is the mad one. From H. G. Wells’s Dr. MoÂÂreau to Ian Fleming’s Dr. No to Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, scientists are portrayed as evil geniuses unrestrained by ethics and usually bent on world domination. Over the past two years, as I struggled to write my own novel about physicists and their quest for the Theory of Everything, I ...
- A Midsummer Night's Dream | Harvest Rain - Australian Stage Online
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Harvest RainAustralian Stage Online, Australia - 3 hours agoWhether it's the meddling fairies, the theatrical antics of Nick Bottom and Peta Quince, the lovers' haps and mishaps, or the astonishing poetry, ...
- Marvel's mutants join the fight in "Secret Invasion: X-Men" - Comic Book Resources
The X-Men get caught up in the comic book blockbuster of the summer! Get ready for an epic action packed, super powered rush in Secret Invasion: X-Men #1 (of 4)! The Skrull invasion is in full effect and the country is being torn apart, but the ...
- Marking One Year Of Frustration - West Virginia MetroNews
Marking One Year Of FrustrationWest Virginia MetroNews, WV - 1 hour agoFriends read poetry and shared memories of April during more pleasant times with pictures of the young woman from cruises and the beach were displayed. ...
- Knee deep in Finns: Naselle Festival celebrates culture and community - Longview Daily News
Knee deep in Finns: Naselle Festival celebrates culture and communityLongview Daily News, WA - 4 hours agoAnother year, she painted rubber boots and cowboy boots, put glass jars inside and planted those with flowers. This year, visitors can keep a bit of ...
- Standing Witness: Horacio Moya's 'Senselessness' (The New York Sun)
One index of the death or life of the novel must be its political relevance, and it's no coincidence that the repeated flourishing of Latin-American literature has a lot to do with that region's seemingly bottomless reserve of war and strife. The most recent flourishing — at least as it appears to an English-language reader — centers on Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003), a Chilean who fictionalized the ...
- Is it Summer, or St. Pat’s? - Irish Voice
Irish VoiceIs it Summer, or St. Pat’s?Irish Voice, NY - 10 hours agoBelfast-born Andy has nine internationally released solo albums, two compilations and a book of poetry to his name. He has worked and played with some great ...
- Nicci Gerrard: The ogre above and the frightened family below (The New Zealand Herald)
Behind all the words, the turning over of facts, the analysis, the frantic speculation (did the wife know?) and the tormented search for meanings (how could this happen?), lies a central image: a woman and her three children buried alive, toothless, hunchbacked, pale-skinned, talking in their own mumbling language, just beneath the surface of everyday life for 24 years.
- Coming Up - Daily Independent
Rob McNurlin and his Beatnik Cowboys, plus Paul Callicoat and Sasha Colette, will perform Saturday at 7:30 p.m. From the permanent collection of the Kentucky Folk Art Center, select works of Minnie Adkins. Paintings by Bill Meadows, pottery by his ...
- Stafford's wartime poetry shows the power of his convictions (The Oregonian)
I n the nearly 15 years since the death of beloved poet William Stafford, his reputation has only grown.
- Palatine pastel artist at Prairie State Art Festival - Cary Grove Countryside
Palatine pastel artist at Prairie State Art FestivalCary Grove Countryside, IL - 20 hours agoThis summer, in place of the usual full-length play, the company will present a concert, with poetry interspersed with the music, and original artwork and ...
- Top jewelers turn to their heritage to sell on the global stage - International Herald Tribune
PARIS : Agiant in a scarlet uniform directs customers to the museum of historic jewelry in the basement of Chaumet. But this is not a flunky in the discreet Place Vendôme salons in Paris. It is a larger-than-life Napoleon Bonaparte, painted in full ...
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