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- Jazz Legend Joe Beck, Columbia Blowfish (Free Times)
The Phoenix Tongue Open Mic Poetry series ends its run at H2O tonight, though like its namesake mythical bird, we have a feeling the wildly popular poetry night will rise again. Readings begin at 8 p.m.; call 463-8297 for more information.
- Thinking Too Much - Southeast Missourian
Isn't it funny how a simple conversation can send your thoughts into overdrive and try as you might, you just can't manage to clear your mind, or listen to your body telling you that you are exhausted and need to sleep? Recently, I had, not one of ...
- 'Any Solution Will Have to Involve More Creative Thinking' - Der Spiegel
While Israelis celebrate the 60th anniversary of their state's founding, Palestinians around the world are mourning the "Nakba" -- or "catastrophe" -- that drove so many into exile. Scholar Lila Abu-Lughod has taken a close look at the way ...
- Calendar: Drum-bugle competition takes the field at Whitmer - Toledo Blade
Calendar: Drum-bugle competition takes the field at WhitmerToledo Blade, OH - 11 hours agoCharles H. Wright Museum of African American History: 315 E. Warren Ave., Detroit; 313-494-5800; Chase Gallery: AT&T Gallery: Textural Rhythms ...
- A 'mix of myth and poetry' - Minneapolis Star Tribune
A 'mix of myth and poetry'Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 5 hours ago"With its mix of myth and poetry, it is the most impressive and important play that I've read since" August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone. ...
- Nightlife Calendar: 04/25/2008 - Traverse City Record Eagle
Nightlife Calendar: 04/25/2008Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - 1 hour agoMon. open mic, music and poetry third Thurs. of month; 1121 E. Front, TC; 946-4476; www.jacobswell.info. Kilkenny's Irish Public House, live music 9:30 ...
- Weekend Roundup: Apr. 25-27 - Pegasus News
Weekend Roundup: Apr. 25-27Pegasus News, TX - Apr 24, 2008"Arrive" will have artists creating works live, music, and poetry for your enlightenment and enjoyment. Continental Gin is having another Open Studios event ...
- Fatima Bhutto: living on the edge - Times Online
As the convoy neared home, the street lights were abruptly turned off. The police snipers were ready in position; some had climbed up the trees lining the avenue to get clear shots. Their guns were loaded, the roadblocks had been erected, the ...
- REVIEW | House of Cards: Terry Kinney's "Diminished Capacity" (indieWIRE)
One could surmise the mediocrity of " Diminished Capacity " from reading the synopsis alone: Cooper ( Matthew Broderick ), a small-town-boy-made-good in the big city but lately suffering from the lasting effects of a serious concussion, heads back home to visit his fading Uncle Rollie ( Alan Alda ). As Cooper's mother explains of the latter's condition in a letter, "Dr. Hoyt calls it 'diminished ...
- 5,000 expected for Penn Valley's annual rodeo (The Union)
About 100 cowboys and cowgirls will ride bucking bulls and horses at the Penn Valley Rodeo, starting May 16 through May 18.
- Review: 'Fall of Frost' by Brian Hall (Chicago Sun-Times)
For all the efforts of the Library of Congress and its rotating laureate program, America hasn't had a single poet who was truly a household name since Robert Frost died in 1963. Maya Angelou has come the closest, but she's better known for her memoirs, especially I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, than for any of her poetry collections.
- Virtuoso guitarist knows how to be sexy without really trying - TheNewsTribune.com
Virtuoso guitarist knows how to be sexy without really tryingTheNewsTribune.com, WA - 1 hour agoTake a man raised in Italy, who’d studied flamenco with the Gypsies and classical guitar with Andrés Segovia, throw in a talent for poetry and some killer ...
- Brian Williams still missed - GoAZcats.com (subscription)
Brian Williams still missedGoAZcats.com (subscription), AZ - 2 hours agoBrian also was interested in poetry, cooking and what he considered art. But above all, he was a free spirit. I watched "From Glory to Gone," the fine MSNBC ...
- The revival in Britain's stately homes - Times Online
The revival in Britain's stately homesTimes Online, UK - 6 minutes ago“It’s very nice for us to have events here – the church fete, Ledbury Poetry Festival, the Guides and Scouts. But we’re now prepared to charge, ...
- Song of passion for the Gael - Independent
Share 'I NOT I, she not she and he not he.' That was the deliciously cryptic quip Michael O'Loughlin flipped my way when I phoned to arrange this interview with his wife Judith Mok. What the hell was he talking about? Well, Judith's latest novel Gael ...
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