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- 20 questions for … singer-songwriter Nellie McKay (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Singer, songwriter, actor and activist Nellie McKay calls her music "schizophrenic voodoo." Schizophrenic because she jumps genres - from Tin Pan Alley pop and cabaret to reggae, rap and jazz - voodoo because these elements mysteriously gel with her evocative, playful, and bold lyrics. The fictional character most like her? A mix of Lassie, Scarlett O'Hara, Godzilla and Nancy Drew. These and ...
- Dreams must be fired by a burning desire - City Vision
Dreams must be fired by a burning desireCity Vision, South Africa - 2 hours agoShe does everything from writing poetry to working with hair and making handicraft. From discarded plastic bags she makes beautiful handbags that can pass ...
- One scholar's roots: UMass digs in to renew interest in WEB Du ... - Amherst Bulletin
One scholar's roots: UMass digs in to renew interest in WEB Du ...Amherst Bulletin, MA - 13 minutes agoThere has been a re-emergence over the last six years of interest in Du Bois and collaboration among leaders of New England African American historical ...
- Karadzic Was Once Considered A Moderate By Many - NPR
BBC NewsKaradzic Was Once Considered A Moderate By ManyNPR - 44 minutes agoIf anything, he was seen as a bit of an oddball, having dabbled in everything from chicken farming to poetry in a fruitless quest for wealth and glory. ...Video: Karadzic plans to defend himself in The Hague RussiaTodayKindly old poet or evil warlord? Sunshine Coast DailyThe Rise and Fall of the “Butcher of Bosnia†Transitions OnlineTelegraph.co.uk - Huffington Postall 6,110 news articles
- With four words, God healed one soul - The Tennessean
With four words, God healed one soulThe Tennessean, TN - 4 hours agoOne who speaks in many ways, through mitzvot (good deeds) and through conscience, in music and poetry, in marvels of nature, through the miracle of birth, ...
- Celebrate Family Day at Longfellow Historic Site (Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab)
The New England Poet Club presents Family Day at Longfellow National Historic Site, including poetry readings and an awards ceremony for student poets, Sunday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m. on the front lawn at the Longfellow National Historic Site at 105 Brattle St.
- Mahmood Darwish And Arab Intellectualism - CounterCurrents.org
Mahmood Darwish And Arab IntellectualismCounterCurrents.org, India - 8 minutes agoWhen Mahmood Darwish died recently the Arab world—and rightly so—cried for his poetry, intellect and nobility. He was the quint-essential poet intellectual ...
- Freeland's Art-in-the-Park event features music, working artists, wine ... - MLive.com
A "village of tents" will set the scene when the third Freeland Arts-in-the-Park outing takes place in Tittabawassee Township Park, 9200 Midland Road. "Food, music, wine, art ... what more could you ask for," says Brian Kischnick, the township ...
- Never mind the sex, hear the music - The Times
Never mind the sex, hear the musicThe Times, South Africa - 44 minutes agoUntil a friend told me that he has, in his music collection, about 120 recordings of Abdullah Ibrahim, I didn’t realise how extensive our pianist’s ...
- Performance and classical music listings - Philiy.com
All Shook Up Combines favorite Elvis hits with a new story. Closes 8/10. Surflight Theatre, Beach & Engleside Ave., Beach Haven; 609-492-9477. www.surflight.org . $29; $19 children. All The Things You Are: The Music of Jerome Kern Musical revue ...
- No ribbons in Reno for Krystal Green (Reno Gazette-Journal)
Krystal Green's death didn't make headlines. Reno didn't pay much attention when Green, 23, died.
- Talent showcased at Canwest Cabaret - National Post
Talent showcased at Canwest CabaretNational Post, Canada - 7 hours agoWearing black lace, O'Callaghan presented a sultry, languid Parisian glory. Her repertoire included Claude Debussy, Edith Piaf, Kurt Weill, Tom Waits, ...
- The First Person and Other Stories, By Ali Smith - The Independent
Short stories and love affairs, as this collection shows, have certain inescapable similarities. Each has a beginning, a middle and an end - though they don’t always appear in that order. Both contain multitudes of fictions. Some stories, like some ...
- Poetry needs to be read aloud, says Motion - guardian.co.uk
BBC NewsPoetry needs to be read aloud, says Motionguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoBut he's very pleased indeed with one aspect of his tenure: the establishment of the online Poetry Archive, collecting a considerable library of poets ...US voices added to poetry archive BBC Newsall 2 news articles
- Michael Rosen: 'Give children books, not SATs' - Independent
Michael Rosen: 'Give children books, not SATs'Independent, UK - 15 minutes agoHis everyday speech, you notice, has the same lively stream of consciousness as his poetry. But by far his biggest concern is what testing has done to his ...
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