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- Palestinian poet Darwish passes away (Dawn)
RAMALLAH, Aug 10: Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank on Tuesday --- an honour only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat. President Mahmoud Abbas has declared three days of national mourning.
- U.N. troops offer lessons in peace in Lebanon (Los Angeles Times)
Yoga, French poetry, pizza making -- the international forces stationed there give war-weary residents a respite from their cares. The yoga instructor chuckles, and the three dozen or so women follow along, giggling nervously before bursting through some invisible layer of restraint or sorrow and laughing with abandon. Grins widen into smiles, tentative squeals bloom into full-bore howls.
- Iconic Czech epic turned into new film (Radio Prague)
Last week saw the premiere of ‘Máj’ (or ‘May’), a film version of an iconic romantic poem written by one of the greatest Czech poets, Karel Hynek Mácha. The film director, FrantiÅ¡ek A. Brabec, already has experience of adapting poetry to screen: his previous film ‘Kytice’ was an adaptation of another 19th century literary classic, an anthology of ballads by Karel JaromÃr Erben. So, how did the ...
- Classical review: Pfitzner: Von Deutscher Seele, Kringelborn/Stutzmann ... - Guardian Unlimited
When the Nazis presented their infamous exhibition of "degenerate music" in Dusseldorf in 1938, documenting all the composers who had been proscribed as well as the musicians who performed them, they also organised a parallel series of concerts in ...
- Berbatov is not yet working for Fergie (Daily Mail)
Sir Alex Ferguson already has plenty of silverware on the mantelpiece, which makes it all the more puzzling to see him fork out £30.75million for an ornament.
- Michael X: A Life in Black & White by John Williams - Times Online
Times OnlineMichael X: A Life in Black & White by John WilliamsTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoAlong the way he was absolutely up to his neck in any number of crazy Sixties ventures from music and gambling clubs to poetry festivals, radical publishing ...
- BOOK REPORT: 'Goldengrove' (Lancaster Online)
For many teens, so much seems tragic: appeal — or rather, the lack thereof — to the opposite sex, embarrassing parents, a spectacularly bad haircut. Nico, the 13-year-old protagonist of Francine Prose's new novel, experiences all that through the prism of true tragedy: the death...
- How's He Doing? (Gay City News)
Performance Space 122's freewheeling spirit has only been fast-forwarded by its newish artistic director, Vallejo Gantner. There've been changes in programming. "The Avant-Garde-Arama" showcase is nearing 30, and a family-friendly version was recently added.
- Loved ones of murder victims gather to heal - Sacramento Bee
Loved ones of murder victims gather to healSacramento Bee, USA - 16 minutes agoThe theme of Blen's next book of poetry is healing. In the first year after James Ramirez, 18, was killed, the cemetery "was my home away from home," said ...
- Spoken Word Comes to the Smithsonian - Smithsonian
Spoken Word Comes to the SmithsonianSmithsonian - 7 hours ago... International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, treated visitors to a strident production of Native American spoken word recently in the museum’s main hall. ...
- Turnpike work to force closure of bikeway - Youngstown Vindicator
Turnpike work to force closure of bikewayYoungstown Vindicator, OH - 1 hour agoClasses will focus on the basic writing methods of journalism, poetry and fiction writing. Workshops are free, and the instructor hopes to provide ...
- Movie review: Appaloosa - Pegasus News
Movie review: AppaloosaPegasus News, TX - 46 minutes agoIt has all the trappings of the classical Western without any of the poetry: it's a grand-vista beautiful, period-accurate, vacuous shell of a film. ...
- Wallace Middle School ready for 'the best year yet' - Kern Valley Sun
Wallace Middle School ready for 'the best year yet'Kern Valley Sun, CA - 2 hours agoIf you thought poetry terms were tough to remember, you should have dropped in on Mrs. Kent’s class. Her 7th grade classes sing songs of poetry to help them ...
- Hip-Hop Rumors: Suge Visits The Game, Jay-Z's New Artist? The Kanye ... - allhiphop.com
I told you all before that Kanye and Rhymefest were working on some sort of television series. Now I am hearing a rumor that Kanye might be delving into some other sort of fashion-based TV show. Somebody told me that it will be a “Project Runway ...
- Tuesday, Sep 30th - San Francisco Bay Guardian
Tuesday, Sep 30thSan Francisco Bay Guardian, CA - 18 minutes agoAllah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert Three Muslims walk into a comedy club. If you're not already cracking a smile, you probably won't laugh at Allah Made ...
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