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- Witness who took risky stand in Sacramento gangland trial works to build new life (The Sacramento Bee)
One bullet perforated his left lung and induced a bloody cough. Timothy Hurst sings in his bedroom wearing a T-shirt he designed; his brother Iam Mason sings on the bed. Hurst's testimony helped convict two gang members who tried to kill him. Now he's living in another city and trying to establish himself as an artist. Timothy Hurst looks in the mirror, where he's written "God's ...
- GALVESTON.COM: Theater of Physical Comedy: AGA-BOOM - Galveston.com & Company (press release)
Galveston.com & Company (press release)GALVESTON.COM: Theater of Physical Comedy: AGA-BOOMGalveston.com & Company (press release), USA - 2 hours agoA show for all ages, Aga-Boom combines the unbridled silliness of slapstick with the theatrical expressionism and poetry of the very best in European ...
- Ellie Levenson: British men and the art of seduction - Independent
Ellie Levenson: British men and the art of seductionIndependent, UK - 4 hours agoDrunken requests for sex sent by text at 3am, yes, but thoughtful poetry or declarations of undying love, no. I was, however, once sent a book and some ...
- Roots of Civilization: Robert Pogue Harrison's 'Gardens' - New York Sun
Roots of Civilization: Robert Pogue Harrison's 'Gardens'New York Sun, United States - 2 hours agoWhen he quotes Homer or Rilke or Wallace Stevens (he is steeped in poetry from antiquity to the present), his references are always both pertinent and quite ...
- Rushdie traces the roots of his latest award-winning tale - Malaysia Star
Rushdie traces the roots of his latest award-winning taleMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 1 hour agoHe found that a lot of poetry of that period used the image of black-eyed beauty. The beloved always had black eyes. He borrowed his hot-blooded heroine ...
- PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Mark Rylance (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
Given his pedigree, one would expect that actor Mark Rylance's long-awaited Broadway debut would be in a high-minded production of some work of the Bard's.
- A trip to pesto paradise - Thecalifornian.com
When cookbook author and radio host Lynn Rossetto Kaspar writes about pesto in her new book, "The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper" (2008, Clarkson Potter, $35), a two-paragraph description of pesto morphs into culinary romance bordering on ...
- B-52s refuel, get back in action with Lauper tour (Tacoma News Tribune)
The rejuvenated B-52s – Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson – are still dancing this mess around 30 years after their deliriously wacko hit “Rock Lobster” shook up common notions of what rock ’n’ roll should, and could, be.
- You lead a sad existence, Charlie Brown - Rebel Yell
I had never thought of "Peanuts" as a big social metaphor for life, love and society at large – until I realized who and what Charlie Brown actually was. No story in history has ever been more haunting or tragic or timely as the death of Charles ...
- I love you, Lord Byron: How the poet's postbag bulged with female ... - The Independent
Lord Byron's image as an aloof writer who cared little about his readers' opinions is belied by his collection of fan mail Lord Byron, the Romantic poet, was one of the first celebrities to receive a deluge of fan mail from anonymous women whose ...
- Poet Joel Toledo on exorcisms, shadowy secrets and beating the British - ABS-CBN
2006 Bridport International Creative Writing Prize winner Joel Toledo is the first Asian and first Filipino to win a prize in that presitgious competition in the United Kingdom since it was founded in 1973. He actually won two prizes--second and ...
- About the Magazine - Asia Pacific Arts Online Magazine
About the MagazineAsia Pacific Arts Online Magazine, CA - 4 hours agoNovels, manga, poetry. If learning about Asian arts is the goal, talking to the creators is the most worthwhile form of training. Being housed at UCLA gives ...
- I just don't get modern art, says Italy's culture minister - Guardian Unlimited
Italy's culture minister has enraged members of the country's arts community with an attack on modern architecture and an admission that he is completely mystified by contemporary art. Sandro Bondi told the magazine Grazia: "I struggle to find ...
- Who’s Miss Ashleigh? - Sacramento News & Review
Who’s Miss Ashleigh?Sacramento News & Review, CA - 41 minutes agoShe’sa co-host of the Distillery’s Thursday night hip-hop/poetry event with Chuck Taylor, Blee and DJ Epik. She can rhyme, yes, but can’t really sing. ...
- Bukowski, a Nazi? - Los Angeles Times
Charles Bukowski is the consummate, and possibly the only, poet of Los Angeles. He grew up in the city, suffered his adolescence in its public schools, labored in its institutions (including a short stint here at The Times), lived in many of its ...
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