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- Swords fly off the shelves as wedding season sets in - Peninsula On-line
Swords fly off the shelves as wedding season sets inPeninsula On-line, Qatar - 2 hours ago"Our daily sales vary and so do our customers. We have tourists and Qatari buyers, but nowadays more and more Qataris are buying these swords because it's ...
- Play by Play | Shakespearean workshops teach classic techniques (Urban Tulsa)
Tulsa City-County Library has announced a series of hands-on Shakespearean workshops for both actors and theatergoers alike. Weekly sessions, conducted by local acting coach and director Justin McKean, will begin September 18 and will culminate in November with a live, public performance starring w... By Paul Sheckarski.
- UConn program gives 7th-graders an early start - Stamford Advocate
Graduate student Becky Gladych helps Elpidio Romano with a project during a summer biology class in the University Pals program at the University of Connecticut in Stamford. The program gives Stamford and Norwalk students a taste of college. STAMFORD ...
- Hometown team gets 2nd in National Poetry Slam first bout - The Capital Times
Hometown team gets 2nd in National Poetry Slam first boutThe Capital Times, WI - 16 hours ago"[The poem] had kind of the recurring theme of 'he's not my father, he's not yours either,'" Mata noted. Unlike other teams throughout the competition, ...
- The SPIN Interview: Patti Smith (Spin)
With casual androgyny now as common as rehab and pop-star poetry a recurring joke, it's hard to imagine how strange Patti Smith must've seemed when she exploded out of New York with Horses 33 years ago. Defiant, literary, and rocking, Smith's debut, and the albums that followed, weren't only great pieces of art, they were life-changers. Just ask Michael Stipe or Courtney Love. They were ...
- Town marks 700th anniversary of death of John Duns Scotus - Berwickshire Today
Town marks 700th anniversary of death of John Duns ScotusBerwickshire Today, UK - 5 hours agoThe poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, for example, is thoroughly infused with the spirit of Scotus, especially through that ideas of "thisness". ...
- Little writers get lessons from some of the best in the area - Park Record
Little writers get lessons from some of the best in the areaPark Record, UT - 2 hours agoThey learn the basics of short story writing, picture books and poetry. They even learn the most important lesson in writing; how to defeat writer's block. ...
- Author and book event listings - Los Angeles Times
Author and book event listingsLos Angeles Times, CA - 14 minutes agoFestival of California Poets The Poetry Society of America, PEN Center USA and UCLA present the second annual celebration of Los Angeles-area poets; ...
- MoMA Presents First Exhibition to Examine Van Gogh's Nocturnal Landscapes and Interiors (Art Daily)
Vincent van Gogh. The Sower. 1888. Oil on canvas, 12 5/8 x 15 3/4" (32 x 40 cm). Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation). NEW YORK.-
- Poet Kooser, musicians to perform in Omaha bar (Daily Nebraskan)
Ted Kooser, who served as the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2004-2006, made about 200 public appearances during his term. Nowadays, he doesn't do nearly as many poetry readings. "It really is slowing down now, and I'm glad," Kooser said. The reduced pace gives him the opportunity to fix things up on his farm in Garland, Neb.
- Community Calendar - July 22, 2008 - Osakis Review
Community Calendar - July 22, 2008Osakis Review, MN - 3 hours agoOsakis Poetry Club meets at 7 pm at Osakis Visitor Center. Senior wellness exercise program at 11:45 am at West View Strength Center. ...
- FILM ROUNDUP: Timeless message that rings true across cultural divides - Tribune
FILM ROUNDUP: Timeless message that rings true across cultural dividesTribune, UK - 9 hours agoBadlands presents it protagonists’ bloody escapades in terms of lyrical, often transcendent cinematic poetry. Tak Fujimoto’s burnished cinematography is ...
- windsorstar.com - Windsor Star
windsorstar.comWindsor Star, Canada - 14 hours agoOn the one-year anniversary of Carlos Rivera's murder, his mother has published a book of her son's poetry and is trying to follow her son's advice on ...
- Back to the old folks as a credit crunch kiddie - Women.timesonline
Recently, I joined that growing migration of cash-strapped adults who, hit by the credit crunch, have sought financial sanctuary by going back to live with their parents. I expected a heavenly break from reality; what I got was a one-way ticket to ...
- Tim Seibles strives to build poetry fans with his readings (Columbia Missourian)
COLUMBIA - Tim Seibles has invented narrative and written prose since childhood, but he didn't come to fully identify as a poet until college. While attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Seibles went to a workshop held by then-faculty member and poet Michael Ryan. Ryan read poetry that did more than leave a passing impression on Seibles - it "knocked him out." "The potential for ...
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