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- Outfront and center: Bad poetry returns! (The Charlotte Observer)
When the Observer's Doug Robarchek retired in 2005, the humor columnist known as the Outfront Guy single-handedly caused a citywide shortage of cheesy jokes that make you laugh in spite of yourself. For readers who've been jonesing for an Outfront fix ever since, great news: A new book, “The Best of the World's Worst Poetry: 20 Very Odd Years of OutFrontery,†($14, Main Street Rag). Most of ...
- Health fair mixes jobs and life lessons for students - Medill Reports
Health fair mixes jobs and life lessons for studentsMedill Reports, IL - 2 hours agoThey were treated to the spoken word poetry of Tap Roots, Inc., a West Side collective which reminded those who choose to work in health care of the ...
- Blood on Paper: the Art of the Book, V&A, London - Independent
Blood on Paper: the Art of the Book, V&A, LondonIndependent, UK - 9 hours agoA flickering dado of Powerpoint words, the work takes its title from concrete poetry – one of those rare moments where images shape literature rather than ...
- Narrow Minded (The Florence Times-Daily)
A disturbing genre of Web video flaunts extreme thinness. Is it art or dangerous propaganda?
- Start With the Arts Family Festival at Union Station - StreetInsider.com
Performing artists: the MacIntyre Family Singers , a family quartet from Scottsdale, Ariz.; the cast of Nobody's Perfect , the children's musical hit that premiered at the Kennedy Center last fall; Lisa Bufano and Sonsheree Giles , modern dancers ...
- In Iraq, The Love Stories Are Gone - Common Dreams
BAGHDAD - As statistics go, at least 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the occupation, now in its fifth year. Every one of them has left behind once loved ones to mourn the loss and to think of what might have been. This is the land of the ...
- Author draws library crowd - Youngstown Vindicator
Author draws library crowdYoungstown Vindicator, OH - 1 hour ago“Just because picture books are short, doesn’t mean that they’re easy to write. It’s like writing poetry and you have to choose just the right word,†she ...
- My Tucson: Bisbee author Jance keeps it real - Tucson Citizen
My Tucson: Bisbee author Jance keeps it realTucson Citizen, AZ - 1 hour agoThat's especially true of her book of poetry, "After the Fire," which was written secretly and details her life with an alcoholic husband. ...
- Tuesday Calendar (The Montana Standard)
15 S. Montana. 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Chef’s Garden.
- Calligrapher surmounts paralysis - Daily Yomiuri On-Line
A calligrapher from Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, who became paralyzed on his right side after suffering from a stroke more than a year ago is currently holding an exhibition of works he completed with his left hand. Calligrapher Kamei Hoetsu, 60 ...
- Court school students tell their stories through theater arts project (San Francisco Bay View)
Live performance, ‘Mama Calizo's Voice Factory,' on Friday, July 18, 7-9 p.m.
- John and Timothy Rigas get small reductions in sentences in Adelphia ... - Buffalo News
A judge originally sentenced John Rigas, right, to 15 years in federal prison and Timothy Rigas to 20 years, but he had to reconsider that sentence because an appellate court threw out one count of their 18-count conviction. WASHINGTON — John and ...
- Brazilian director swaps Saramago for Shakespeare - MSN UK News
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - After more than a year poring over Jose Saramago's book "Blindness" for the upcoming movie of the same name, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles is embarking on a new literary journey with William Shakespeare. Meirelles this ...
- Marshall Trimble's stories bring Arizona history to life - WMI Central
ArizonaÕs State Historian Marshall Trimble may be the best-known person in the state. He will be performing at Blue Ridge High School Auditorium 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, as part of the White Mountains Roundup. Marshall is presenting ÒArizona ...
- NAMES AND FACES: Heigl forgiven, but Izzy may suffer (Detroit Free Press)
Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl, 29, withdrew herself from Emmy contention, saying that she didn't feel she was "given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination," but show creator Shonda Rhimes says there are no hard feelings.
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