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- 'Wit' title belies dehumanizing, dark play about imminent death (The News-Press)
"Wit," opening today at the Sugden Theatre, tells the tale of Vivian Bearing, an uncompromising professor who specializes in John Donne's austere...
- Launch of the 2008 Melbourne International Arts Festival Program - Australian Stage Online
Launch of the 2008 Melbourne International Arts Festival ProgramAustralian Stage Online, Australia - 10 hours agoPhillip Glass returns to present the concert work Book of Longing inspired by the poetry of Leonard Cohen, Liza Lim’s world premiere season of her sensual ...
- Padma Lakshmi: The anti-Martha Stewart - Newsday
AS Padma Lakshmi enters Craft, the Century City outpost of Tom Colicchio's Manhattan -based restaurant, the waitstaff momentarily stop prepping for dinner service to stare. Her long black hair is in a ponytail and she's wearing an oversized navy blue ...
- Football was played in Wales 1000 years ago - WalesOnline
Football was played in Wales 1000 years agoWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 19 minutes ago“There are surprisingly quite a few references to ball games in early Welsh poetry. The earliest I found was made between 942 and 950AD, which is the one ...
- Religion As Poetry - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
James Carse, who directed the Religious Studies Program at NYU for 30 years, has a new book out called The Religious Case Against Belief . Here's his definition of a belief system, which he differentiates from religion: A belief system is meant to be ...
- Perfect Summer Reads (in Tyee Books) (The Tyee)
For rad road-tripping, ballpark basking, al fresco smoking and more.
- Dynamic Duos - NPR News
This past weekend I saw two duos perform. One was Tim and Eric of Tim and Eric Awesome Show and the other was Mecca Normal. A friend introduced me to Tim and Eric's work a few months ago. Their show is on Adult Swim though I've only seen their videos ...
- Recent UBC Media Releases - University of British Columbia
Recent UBC Media ReleasesUniversity of British Columbia, Canada - 20 minutes agoKunqu – a synthesis of drama, opera, ballet, poetry and music – is one of the oldest literary styles of traditional Chinese theatre performed today. ...
- Willamette Radio Workshop Joins NATF's Audio Theater Workshop - PR-CANADA.net (press release)
Willamette Radio Workshop Joins NATF's Audio Theater WorkshopPR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - 2 hours agoReturning to West Plains for the seventh consecutive year, the 2008 workshop will feature Shakespeare and Cowboy Poetry. Live audiences will enjoy the ...
- Poetry boxing helps Japanese get ready to grumble - The Independent
It all starts innocently enough, with a quiet spoken apology. "I had a car accident so I'm not as fast as I used to be," says the man known as Nama Chirigami. A hint of what's to come lurks in his appearance, a disorientating mix of salary-man ...
- Ink and Ash: Two great adventures: cartooning, fatherhood - Omaha World-Herald
On my first day as The World-Herald's new cartoonist, Frank Partsch, then the editor of the editorial pages, led me to what he called "the cartoonist's office." It was July 1989, and as Frank unlocked the door, a stale mustiness confronted us. The ...
- Nightmare on Tiananmen Square - Washington Post
Nightmare on Tiananmen SquareWashington Post, United States - 47 minutes agoAs his mind wanders, he takes us through the interplay of the present, memory, myths, poetry and the cellular landscape of his body. ...
- Me and Mr Jones - Sunday Herald
I HAVE an Average Joe lifestyle," declares Shia LaBeouf. There is a short silence before the 21-year-old actor, thinking back over what he has just said, hastily tags on a caveat: "Kind of ..." LaBeouf may in fact be that rarest of things - a ...
- Between Nanjing and Chongqing - Asia Media
204 pp: University of California Press, 2008. $39.95. War is hell, none more so than the stymied, enraged, calculated brutishness of the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and 1938. The Rape of Nanjing is familiar, but less well known is what ...
- Synthia Saint James' Circle of Promise to be Unveiled - Absolutearts.com
Synthia SAINT JAMES will unveil her 40x30†original acrylic on canvas painting “Circle of Promise†at a very special luncheon to be held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on Friday, June 6, 2008. The painting was commissioned by Susan G. Komen ...
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