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- Senior will take another stab at top poetry prize - The State-Journal
Western Hills High School senior Barbara Gooding recites "Hate Poem" by Julie Sheehan in the second round of state finals for the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. (State Journal/Kelly Mackey) Western Hills High School senior Barbara ...
- Israeli author: Censorship turning Israel into mini-Iran - Haaretz.com
An Education Ministry decision to bar a Kfar Sava school from teaching sexually explicit poetry by Israeli writer Yona Wallach shows that Israel is becoming a mini-Iran, Israeli author Yoram Kaniuk said over the weekend. After receiving complaints ...
- Two Movies and Cough Syrup - Chowk
Cough syrup is the kosher high for the suffering ones for sure. Coughing endlessly for 10 days and switching between sounding like an airless pump and a rickshaw, I have given up the intermediary spoon and have taken to the bottle. Literally. And it ...
- Burlington Irish Heritage Festival gets under way this week - Burlington Free Press
The idea is to celebrate the Irish culture with literature, music, dance, art and poetry,†Hill said, “and to have at least a counterweight or counterbalance to the green beer specials at the local watering holes.†• “John Lonergan and the ...
- Poem of the Week: "From the Maelstrom" by Ned Balbo - ValpoLife.com (blog)
Poem of the Week: "From the Maelstrom" by Ned BalboValpoLife.com (blog)Lives of the Sleepers was the ForeWord magazine poetry book of the year, and it also was a finalist for the Arlin G. Meyer Prize. A chapbook of poems, ...Creative Listening: Poetic Approaches to MusicCalifornia Chronicleall 2 news articles »
- Ongoing events - Fond du Lac Reporter
--FOND DU LAC WOMEN’S CHORUS — Group meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays at Memorial Baptist Church, corner of Forest and Peters Avenues. Practices revolve around planning the 60th anniversary concert. Auditions aren’t required. --SPORTING CLAYS ...
- What is a 'hurt locker'? - BBC News
BBC NewsWhat is a 'hurt locker'?BBC NewsIn 2005, soldier-poet Brian Turner published Here, Bullet, a well-received collection of poems penned during his 11-month tour of duty in 2003-4. ...and more »
- Music review: Bramwell Tovey, Andre Watts with the LA Phil at Disney Hall - Los Angeles Times
Music review: Bramwell Tovey, Andre Watts with the LA Phil at Disney HallLos Angeles TimesNot that Tovey slighted passages of repose and poetry. In the idyllic slow movement, meant, according to the composer, to evoke “Bloomsbury Square on a ...and more »
- artnet Auctions: Special Sale of Modern Art January 28 - February 9 - PR Newswire (press release)
artnet Auctions: Special Sale of Modern Art January 28 - February 9PR Newswire (press release)Untitled (Die Plastische Haut), 1957-1978, is a work of automatist poetry by Joseph Beuys in pencil on paper (estimate: $35000-$45000). ...and more »
- Local auditions - Chicago Daily Herald
Local auditionsChicago Daily HeraldThe Rockford Writers' Guild presents its annual Ides of March Poetry and Prose Contest, which is open to all writers. Original and unpublished poems (up to ...
- Big band concert benefits symphony - Gloucester Daily Times
An 18-piece band will provide entertainment for listening and dancing at a benefit for Cape Ann Symphony on Saturday, Feb. 13, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Cruiseport at 6 Rowe Square in Gloucester. The Soft Touch Dance Band will perform a range of ...
- Metis poetry and Riel's impact - Regina Leader-Post
Metis poetry and Riel's impactRegina Leader-PostOn Wednesday, Jesse Archibald-Barber provided people with his insights on Metis poetry and its impact ...
- "The Bachelor: Jason and Molly's Wedding Special" Was the Most Dramatic ... - Gather.com
AceShowbiz (blog)"The Bachelor: Jason and Molly's Wedding Special" Was the Most Dramatic ...Gather.comFrom love poems to doves to manufactured rainbows (Come on ABC, we know you did!), it was meant to tug on your heartstrings, but I will say my overworked, ...Jason Mesnick is No Longer a 'Bachelor' After Marrying Molly MalaneyWonderwallJason Mesnick and Molly Malaney wed on 'The Bachelor: Jason and Molly's Wedding'Examiner.com'The Bachelor: Jason & Molly's Wedding,' whatever the weatherLos Angeles Times (blog)all 177 news articles »
- Things to do: Watch the Orange Bowl - Batavia Sun
Orange Bowl: The Western Chicago Iowa Alumni Club will gather to watch the Orange Bowl at 7 p.m. at Tommy Nevins Pub, 3032 English Rows, Naperville. Visit www.iowalum.com/wchicago. Council meeting canceled: The Naperville City Council meeting ...
- Creative types converge for a rapid-fire presentation of ideas at PechaKucha - New Haven Register (subscription)
Creative types converge for a rapid-fire presentation of ideas at PechaKuchaNew Haven Register (subscription)It's like poetry. You have to take all that intellectual anxiety and cut it down, and then you see it carries the same weight as a long presentation. ...
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