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- Blogging day one of National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
Spoken word artists are naturally a loquacious bunch, so it's only natural that more than a few are sharing their experiences at the National Poetry Slam in Madison this week. The five-day showdown opened on Tuesday with a series of 12 bouts between 48 teams, less than a third of the total in the two preliminary rounds of competition. Poets from several teams competing on this opening night have ...
- An Arts Sampler on Guantanamo (Miami Herald)
It's in books, films and poetry -- on the stage and in art installations
- Service honors young victims - Baltimore Sun
VIENNA, Va. - On a stage before nearly a thousand mourners, the violinists played notes of elegant sorrow. Dr. Amy Ashley Castillo would normally have played alongside them. Last evening though, she sat below in an auditorium at McLean Bible Church ...
- Revamped school house revives history (Wahpeton News)
TRAVERSE COUNTY, MINN. — Students from Campbell-Tintah School stepped back in time Friday and got a taste of education inside a one-room school house.
- Kay Ryan To Be Named Poet Laureate (The New York Sun)
Kay Ryan will be named the nation's next poet laureate today by the librarian of Congress, James Billington, the New York Times reported tonight. A Californian, Ms. Ryan, 62, is known for her short, playful poems, for which she has won the 2004 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, a 2004 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2001 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and three Pushcart Prizes. Her work ...
- Erik Darling, folk musician noted for hit 'Walk Right In' - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON - Erik Darling, 74, a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist who played a vital role in the revival of American folk music and was identified with the 1960s pop hit "Walk Right In," died Aug. 3 in Chapel Hill, N.C. He had lymphoma ...
- Aspen Musicians Peace Project - Aspen Daily News
This summer we have begun an exciting new program at the Aspen Music Festival and School: The Aspen Musicians Peace Project. It is a program that advocates using the unifying power of music to help bring peace and compassion to this world. Among the ...
- Taking a tourney through grief - Dickinson Press
Taking a tourney through griefDickinson Press, ND - 32 minutes agoShe also loves to write poetry as a creative outlet. The poem, “Baby Trevour Now and Forever†appears in the book of poetry, “Timeless Voices. ...
- Poetry Matters: Casa Azul highlights importance of verse (The Times of Acadiana)
On a recent Thursday night at Casa Azul in Grand Coteau, poet Lana Wiggins offered the audience a disclaimer. “This poem was very difficult to write,†Wiggins said. “And it might be difficult to read, so forgive me.â€
- Music essential for harmonious living - Lariat Saddleback College
Music essential for harmonious livingLariat Saddleback College, Irvine Valley - 3 hours agoThe answer is no. Too often we take music for granted. It's poetry for the soul. It can make you feel happy, sad, or just feel in general. ...
- Book review: 'The Sacred Book of the Werewolf' - International Herald Tribune
The Sacred Book of the Werewolf By Victor Pelevin Translated by Andrew Bromfield 335 pages. $25.95. Viking. In this satirical, erotic allegory of the post-Soviet and post-9/11 world, Victor Pelevin gives new meaning to the words "unreliable narrator ...
- Weekend roundup: Hippies, poetry and Olympic opening - AccessAtlanta
• Summer Film Festival at the Fox 2008 by Coca-Cola. "Iron Man." 7:30 p.m. $7. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-817-8700, www.foxtheatre.org . • ASO: Robert Spano and Garrick Ohlsson. Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" and ...
- Student of the week - TriVallyCentral
At 15-years-old, most students are still figuring out their futures. Many don't have a plan, let alone a back-up plan. Millbrook High School's Student of the Week, John Garbellano, however, has both. The busy teen hopes to channel at least one of his ...
- An interview by Nandini Srinivasan - Star of Mysore
Draupadi’s agony, anger and helplessness when she was being disrobed in public, Dasharata’s anguish at having to send his dear son Rama to exile or Krishna’s magnanimity towards his dear friend Sudhama…. All this and several other incidents ...
- 'Bigger' filmmaker explores his struggle with steroids - MLive.com
Courtesy Photo Flexing muscles: Filmmaker Chris Bell, right, chats with a bodybuilder in his documentary, "Bigger Stronger Faster." Confession: I drank about 16 ounces of coffee before writing this review. No, not the wimpy decaf stuff, but the full ...
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