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- Local students, staff compete in National Poetry Slam Festival (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Hundreds of spoken-word performers will be in Madison Aug. 3-9 for National Poetry Slam 2008 . The poet-performers are members of some 75 teams that will compete at several downtown venues for a chance to advance to the finals showcase and competition at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St.
- Company Aims to Revive Heavenly Music (The Epoch Times)
A Chinese cultural show coming to Toronto this September is seeking to revive the essence of Chinese music while moving it forward.
- Got creatures? Author says we need each other (The Staunton News Leader)
Not "Got milk?" but "Got beavers, coyotes, wildlife?" prompts an ad for an area company that offers solutions for "nuisance" animals that have invaded homes or property.
- Swords fly off the shelves as wedding season sets in Doha - Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Swords fly off the shelves as wedding season sets in DohaMiddle East North Africa Financial Network, Jordan - Aug 12, 2008"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 ...
- The Trouble with Dull Art - National Review Online
The Trouble with Dull ArtNational Review Online, NY - 1 hour agoNothing about the architecture and art and poetry and music and all that fluffy stuff definitively establishes the existence of the Loser. ...
- Turns From Indie Label, Piano Pair and Philip Glass (New York Times)
Reviews of ?20th Century Duos for Violin and Cello? by Gil Morgenstern and Darrett Adkins, ?Songs and Poems? by Philip Glass and ?Schubert/Mozart? by Katia and Marielle Labèque.
- Under Siege - Washington Post
Under SiegeWashington Post, United States - 49 minutes agoDemetz, a professor emeritus of Germanic literature at Yale University and author of the highly regarded Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a ...
- The BA Festival of Science: 6-11 September 2008 - Northwest Regional Development Agency (press release)
The BA Festival of Science: 6-11 September 2008Northwest Regional Development Agency (press release), UK - 1 hour agoSee popular TV presenter and author Professor Adam Hart-Davis, in a show for all the family. And why not go green with ex-Colonel Dick Strawbridge, ...
- Book award finalists announced - Radio New Zealand
Book award finalists announcedRadio New Zealand, New Zealand - Jun 9, 2008A book on inner city graffiti and a bound collection of Bill Hammond paintings are among the titles selected as finalists for the Montana New Zealand book ...
- "The Silence Before Bach": captivating interludes inspired by Bach - Seattle Times
Pere Portabella's "The Silence Before Bach" blends a seemingly random series of vignettes into a captivating visual ode to the German composer. "The Silence Before Bach," with Àlex Brendemühl, Féodor Atkine, Christian Brembeck, Daniel Ligorio ...
- Tatum O'Neal's in big trouble; Jack Black's a dad again: The Morning ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tatum is off the wagon in a sad, public way. Tatum O'Neal was arrested Sunday night in New York for buying cocaine and crack, the New York Post is reporting. The actress, who won an Oscar at age 10 starring alongside dad Ryan in "Paper Moon ...
- The kings of Grafton - Aucklander
The kings of GraftonAucklander, New Zealand - 25 minutes agoJames K. Baxter conjured poetry from all around New Zealand - Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, the Whanganui River community of Jerusalem. ...
- South Island writers well represented - Marlborough Express
Marlborough ExpressSouth Island writers well representedMarlborough Express, New Zealand - 14 hours ago... nominated in this year's poetry section for her collection of poems, The Pop-up Book of Invasions. The Christchurch Art Gallery's survey of the life and ...
- Obama Reverses Key Element Of Oil Policy - The Bulletin
Barack Obama pulled no punches yesterday as his campaign launched an ad declaring rival John McCain in the "pocket of big oil" and he called on the nation to tap its strategic oil reserve; a reversal from a position he held just a month ago. "Every ...
- Austin spoken-word poet near death after diving accident (Austin American-Statesman)
'Incredibly lyrical, hip-hop infused and intensely personal' voice silenced during wait to turn off life support.
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