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- An Active Imagination After Nearly 100 Years (New York Times)
The New York Philharmonic, conducted by David Robertson, performed works by Elliott Carter, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and Christopher Rouse at Avery Fisher Hall on Thursday.
- The day Facebook replaced courting - SHSU Houstonian Online (subscription)
The day Facebook replaced courtingSHSU Houstonian Online (subscription), TX - 4 hours ago... and in our generation's eyes, a necessity, I wonder if it is a necessity to multi-task between relationship and daily responsibilities. ...
- Slow-Motion Quick-Draw #24 – The Road. - Cinematic Happenings Under Development
Cinematic Happenings Under DevelopmentSlow-Motion Quick-Draw #24 – The Road.Cinematic Happenings Under Development, NY - 1 hour agoThe Proposition also carried some memorable visual poetry. That’sa friendly way of saying that, like The Road, it wasn’t too big on plot or characterization ...
- Art at the Cannery, another reason to visit West Oakland's Village - Oakland Tribune
Art at the Cannery, another reason to visit West Oakland's VillageOakland Tribune, CA - 14 hours agoAlthough, West Oakland has always drawn its share of artists, Diallo has mostly focused on creating opportunities for African-American artists, poets and ...
- Nick Cave digs into the dark side (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Nick Cave gauges his audience, then delivers a riveting show from the dark side.
- Movie scraps - Austin 360 (subscription)
Movie scrapsAustin 360 (subscription), TX - 7 hours agoRed Salmon Arts and the Mexican American Cultural Center present “Writing Behind Bars,†featuring a screening of “Writ Writer†and a poetry reading by Jorge ...
- Charlotte Kohler, longtime Virginia Quarterly Review editor, dies at ... - Newsday
WASHINGTON - Charlotte Kohler, who helped shape the path of literature as the longtime editor of the small but influential Virginia Quarterly Review, died Sept. 15 of congestive heart failure at her home in Charlottesville , Va. She died one day ...
- Dunedin Man Defused Bombs During World War II (The Suncoast News Pinellas)
Living with his wife Betty in a Dunedin condominium overlooking the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Ed Maguire knows a life of peace. But the 91-year-old veteran also saw his share of war. During World War II he was a member of the U.S. Army 33rd Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad.
- Boondocks†reflects diversity of black community - Swathmore College Phoenix
Ironically enough, I was introduced to “The Boondocks†by a white boy from the suburbs. It’s ironic because no series on TV, let alone an animated series, has taken as many incendiary cracks at the white bourgeois establishment as “The ...
- UTC aids in reading effort - Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday
The Unit Trust Corporation (UTC) together with ARROW (Aural, Read, Respond, Oral, Write) held a literacy extravaganza yesterday at the Cascadia Hotel in St Ann’s. The event which catered to 350 children up to the age of 12, featured a reading ...
- Angelou: It's time to lift America's spirit - CNN
Angelou: It's time to lift America's spiritCNN - 53 minutes ago... new book, "Letter to My Daughter." Angelou achieved fame for her autobiographical writing, including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and her poetry. ...
- Tales from the trail: Baxter Black will sign copies of cowboy quips (Reno Gazette-Journal)
Old dogs, one-legged cowpokes and cowboy weddings might not be funny in their own right, but when Baxter Black throws a literary loop around them, they just end up that way.
- Book of the week: William Hazlitt: the first modern man, by Duncan Wu - Independent
Book of the week: William Hazlitt: the first modern man, by Duncan WuIndependent, UK - 25 minutes agoWhen Hazlitt criticised Coleridge's poetry in a review, Coleridge reacted as though this were base calumny and referred yet again to the event. ...
- ‘Paradise Lost’ in Prose - New York Times Blogs
‘Paradise Lost’ in ProseNew York Times Blogs, NY - 2 hours agoDanielson is well aware that it might seem odd to translate a poem into the language in which it is already written. Dryden turned some of “Paradise Lost†...
- South African author Es'kia Mphahlele dies - CBC News
Acclaimed South African writer Es'kia Mphahlele, best known for his apartheid-era autobiography Down Second Avenue , has died at the age of 88. Mphahlele died Monday evening at a hospital near his home in Lebowakgomo, according to family friend Raks ...
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