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- The poetry of self defense (Massachusetts Daily Collegian)
Imagine walking into a bar and having a stranger invade your personal space; or imagine walking down a dark alley and being forcibly threatened.
- Love in a Tsunami's Aftermath: Assarat's 'Wonderful Town' (The New York Sun)
'Wonderful Town," directed by Thai filmmaker Aditya Assarat, takes place in a seaside town in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami. Though tourism has tanked, some rebuilding is in progress, and yet a certain malaise seems to have settled after the storm. This potent setting and mood is the backdrop for a fragile love story, but the stillness and vaguely drawn characters doom the movie to ...
- Broadway and TV actor Fred Weller comes to Boston for Shakespeare’s ... - Daily News Transcript
Maybe “romance” is the key word for Fred Weller this summer. The New York-based actor, who’s now a regular on USA Network’s “In Plain Sight,” has made the trip up to Boston for lots of romantic reasons. First is the chance to perform ...
- FRINGE STARS ENCOURAGED TO JOIN CELEBRATIONS IN SCOTLAND IN 2009 - TravelVideo.tv (press release)
FRINGE STARS ENCOURAGED TO JOIN CELEBRATIONS IN SCOTLAND IN 2009TravelVideo.tv (press release) - 1 hour agoSee and electrifying, illuminated art car parade featuring such sights as a Robert Burns Poetry van, a Burke and Hare barrow, a golf car, a whisky truck and ...
- Tall stories - Vancouver Business Journal
Colonial Williamsburg's fourth annual Storytelling Festival will give guests a chance opportunity to tell their own stories. "Spinning Stories and Spanning Time," is scheduled for Sept. 19-21. Storytellers from around the world will converge here to ...
- Melbourne's Muslim music fest celebrates Ramadan - Jakarta Post
Melbourne's Muslim music fest celebrates RamadanJakarta Post, Indonesia - 17 hours agoThe festival was divided into three parts, the first two being, "Love is Divine: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2", focussing on music inspired by the poetry of ...
- Alitalia: unions split over airline rescue deal (Guardian Unlimited)
Main unions sign up to deal but smaller workers' groups are angry at being left out of negotiations
- Quote of the day (Salon.com)
Katie Couric says sexism is more common than racism in America.
- Ray Gonzalez and Debra Blake - UMN News
Ray Gonzalez and Debra BlakeUMN News, MN - 14 hours agoGonzalez is the author of ten poetry collections, two short story collections, and three works of nonfiction; in addition, he is the editor of twelve ...
- Calgary Highland Games feature Robbie Burns recital, competition - Canada East
CALGARY - Fans of the Scottish poet Robbie Burns can get their fill of his verse at Calgary's Highland Games. A total of $3,000 in prize money will be handed out in a Burns recital and competition, which will feature both poetry and song. Competitors ...
- Selling tomorrow at a store near you - Business24-7
There's something inescapably retro about the book trade. But what do you expect from an industry in which the pastiche Victorian novel is still red-hot, the Knights Templar are big news and the biggest success of the last decade was a series about a ...
- The ‘beautiful noise’ of Andrew Bird - Aspen Times
The ‘beautiful noise’ of Andrew BirdAspen Times, CO - 1 hour agoBut in Bird’s hands, and with a backing of violin, Glockenspiel and guitars is usually as gentle as rainfall, the words become poetry, musical statements of ...
- A Little Bit Of Eric's remembers the club - Metro
A Little Bit Of Eric's remembers the clubMetro, UK - 8 hours ago... Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and Wah! all using Eric's as a launch pad. Even Craig Charles got his first break there by reading poetry between the ...
- discover Portsmouth with Sunday Salons - Wire
discover Portsmouth with Sunday SalonsWire, NH - 50 minutes agoA poetry reading called “Poems of Place,” on New Hampshire and the sea, will feature Portsmouth Poet Laureate Emerita Mimi White and fellow Seacoast poets ...
- Two Cumberlands professors win artist fellowships - Corbin Times-Tribune
Of only eight Kentucky artists who were granted Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowships Awards this year, two of them work right here in Williamsburg, for the University of the Cumberlands. Marianne Worthington, associate professor of communication ...
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