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- Palestinians Mourn Death of 'National Poet' Mahmoud Darwish - Voice of America
Palestinians are mourning the death Saturday of renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who was considered a cultural icon. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. The muezzin chanted a mournful dirge as Palestinians observed three ...
- A Modern Mass With Notes of Messiaen - New York Sun
A Modern Mass With Notes of MessiaenNew York Sun, United States - 4 hours agoThe fast opening section was divided between bouncy choral writing and odd meanderings at the organ, unfolding tendrils of surrealistic poetry disappearing ...
- The fine art of Iranian political satire (The Daily Star Lebannon)
In Iran, satirizing the establishment can mean being slapped with a publication ban or even jail for an editor. Making fun of the president and senior leaders is not a task to be undertaken lightly. Tightrope-walking, as the publisher of the satirical bi-weekly Golagha (Mr. Nice) tends to refer to it, means having a keen sense of balance.
- Song of the Day - RedOrbit
Song of the DayRedOrbit, TX - 21 hours agoMountainWord poetry blogger Vic Burkhammer wants your short verse. But first he serves up an informative short video full of definitions, illustrations and ...
- Visitors are welcome at New York's religious retreats - USA Today
Visitors are welcome at New York's religious retreatsUSA Today - 2 hours agoThe woman washing dishes described herself as a Sufi Christian. That afternoon, there would be a discussion of the mystical, reverent 13th-century poetry of ...
- Art shock troops mock Russian establishment - National Post
National PostArt shock troops mock Russian establishmentNational Post, Canada - 13 hours agoCameras, camcorders and books of poetry are scattered over the floor. "We always do things that violate rules. We combine art and politics to achieve ...
- Educational Renaissance / Teacher takes year off to hone skills - Daily Yomiuri On-Line
The following are excerpts from The Yomiuri Shimbun's Educational Renaissance series. This part of the series, to be continued next week, focuses on teachers who have decided to update their training. After many years, Keiko Ota has started campus ...
- Ramblin' men - Lowell Sun
Warning to high school students everywhere: Don't make fun of the band nerds. They could be the next John Popper or Brendan Hill of Blues Traveler. The founding members of the quintessential contemporary blues outfit met at Princeton High School in ...
- The Amrita Pritam I Knew - Indian Express
The Amrita Pritam I KnewIndian Express, India - 8 hours agoAdmired for her poetry, and criticised for her disdain for tradition, Amrita lived life on her own terms. Though tongues wagged, she chose to listen to her ...
- Library releases September calendar - Hannibal.net
Library releases September calendarHannibal.net, MO - 4 hours agoTweens, age 8 to 11, are invited to share a chapter out of a book. Hannibal Free Public Library, 573-221-0222.. September 25, 6 pm POETRY OPEN MIC Poets and ...
- Ten of the best: Unconsummated passions - guardian.co.uk
Ten of the best: Unconsummated passionsguardian.co.uk, UK - 20 hours ago... her beauty and express his love for her, he perfected the sonnet. (The real Laura was probably married already.) So instead of sex, great poetry. ...
- Fontana season opens with brilliant Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio show - Kalamazoo Gazette
Fontana Chamber Arts opened its 2008-09 concert season on Thursday night with an electrifying performance by the Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio. Western Michigan University's Dalton Center Recital Hall, the new home for this year's concert series, proved to ...
- 'Pansy Ass' Potter wants to be drag act - Metro.co.uk
Daniel Radcliffe says he wants to play a drag queen and admits he drinks vodka and Diet Coke like a 'pansy ass'. The Harry Potter child star has decided to show off a dark adult side ahead of his debut run on Broadway in Peter Shaffer's play Equus ...
- Live: The Detour Festival (Los Angeles Times)
Love Affair and Hercules and Cut Copy stand out at a festival that doesn't. Given the Dodgers, USC and UCLA games, a Neil Diamond concert at Staples Center, a fundraiser for Barack Obama featuring Hillary Clinton at the Edison, and the third annual L.A. Weekly Detour Festival, the traffic advisory for downtown on Saturday was somewhere between "suicidal" and "apocalyptic." One was probably ...
- Puhallo's poems are for you, pardner - Whistler Question
Puhallo's poems are for you, pardnerWhistler Question, Canada - 3 hours ago... Bacon and Cowboy Poetry event, which is designed to give people a taste of life on the gold rush trail in the 1850s. Puhallo said much of his writing is ...
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