Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- Exhibit features van Gogh’s efforts to perfect ‘The Starry Night’ (The Daily Record)
NEW YORK — Before Vincent van Gogh could make what would become one of the world’s most famous and beloved images, he had to figure out how to use color to paint the blackness of night — and how to do it in the dark.
- Shocker! CW uses sex to sell `Gossip Girls,' plus Fiddy's 99-cent Taco ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The CW is promoting the return of its racy teen drama, "Gossip Girls," with a series of racy print ads, paired ironically with real-world parental-advisory lines from TV critics. Comic-Con 2008 is underway in San Diego. Entertainment Weekly has the ...
- Peter Ho Davies's top 10 short story collections - guardian.co.uk
Peter Ho Davies's top 10 short story collectionsguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoBut the last story here, Errand, about the death of Chekhov,written while Carver himself was dying, offers a glimpse of his range. 7. ...
- Book Review: 'A Freewheelin' Time' (International Herald Tribune)
Suze Rotolo's memoir is much less successful at expanding DylanÂology than at vividly recounting what it was like to be a well-connected girl in the Village as a heady new youth movement flourished.
- Garden site hosts 9/11 remembrance, opera preview - Post-Tribune
International Friendship Gardens is a lovely, peaceful place to visit from spring through autumn. Inspired by the sentiments of peace and friendship promoted at Chicago's 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair, the gardens opened in 1934 and have ...
- Senior citizens pursuing education from home, via telephone - Boston Globe
NEW YORK - Kathy Leeds grows animated as she describes the courses she is taking this fall, including classes in current events, art, and literature. But Leeds will never step foot on a campus or in a classroom. The 79-year-old widow has multiple ...
- Haitian Book & Art Festival at Ferguson - Norwalk Plus Magazine
Haitian Book & Art Festival at FergusonNorwalk Plus Magazine - 1 hour agoThe festival features hundreds of titles in English, French and Haitian Creole, visits by prominent Haitian writers and artists, and live music and poetry. ...
- Calendar for Tuesday - Kansas City Star
Calendar for TuesdayKansas City Star, MO - 1 hour ago$27-$30. www.kcactors.org (816-235-6222) “MENOPAUSE: THE MUSICALâ€: 7:30 pm; American Heartland Theatre, Crown Center Shops, Level Three, 2450 Grand. ...
- 1,000 poems sent in for Varamin int'l fest (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Iran -Int'l Prophetic Poetry Fest Some 1,000 works have been submitted to the secretariat of Varamin International Prophetic Poetry Festival.
- Collection shows Rivera's genius in Chicano genre - El Paso Times
Collection shows Rivera's genius in Chicano genreEl Paso Times, TX - 2 hours agoWhile Rivera assumed that his fiction would be read by a larger audience, he viewed his poetry as somewhat more personal. "His fiction he wrote for his ...
- A Poet and A Patriot: Chris Matthews (1946-2008) (Metro Santa Cruz)
Iwill always remember the first day I met Chris Matthews, because it came during a time of crisis and potential violence, a long-forgotten moment in Santa Cruz County history known as the Ohlone Occupation, a battle to protect Native American burial grounds just outside of Watsonville.
- Around the Valley (The Fresno Bee)
Gandhi event is moved
- REVIEW: ‘Playlist’ blends laughs, charm (Colorado Springs Gazette)
"Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" is a film about love, friendship, music and one well-traveled piece of gum. Brazen yet bashful, "Infinite Playlist" is a delight of a film, leavened with a phosphorescent soundtrack and enough quirky performances to last the rest of the year.
- Freakonomics Haiku - New York Times Blogs
Freakonomics HaikuNew York Times Blogs, NY - 58 minutes ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Arts carry imagination, language of emotions - Arizona Daily Star
Arts carry imagination, language of emotionsArizona Daily Star, AZ - 3 hours agoPoetry? The language of feeling, color, sound? Again, one of the arts. Your home is your refuge. Chances are you've placed decorative objects on the walls ...
|
|
Get a Home Loan today and save!
Florida Mortgage
Free Simple Mortgage Calculator
|