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- Coughtry and Brooksher Are 'Romeo and Juliet' for Shakespeare Theatre of NJ (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's new production of Romeo and Juliet, Oct. 15-Nov. 16 at the F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, will feature Jordan Coughtry as Romeo and Rebecca Brooksher as Juliet.
- Wisdom Like a Flower Bed: Sa'di's 'Gulistan' (The New York Sun)
Common sense is probably the last thing we want or expect from poets. Give us confessions, prophecies, manifestos, but spare us the advice — especially advice in verse. The poet should be a firebrand, not some mumbling old uncle. And yet, it wasn't always thus. In older cultures, not only in Greece and Rome but in India, Persia, and China, the poet was often seen less as a visionary than as a ...
- Simplicity and repetition may explain staying power of songs (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
It only takes a single exposure, and in an instant, your whole day can change. The infection is rapid and feels potentially unending. One minute you're minding your own business and the next you find that you can't stop thinking, humming, or singing "Dancing Queen."
- A Proud Lesbian - South Dakota Politics
A Proud LesbianSouth Dakota Politics - 17 hours agoShe wrote love poems to other women. I read her poetry in a Greek literature class back in the late seventies. It was quite striking. ...
- Spencer's famous library cat dies - Sioux City Journal
SPENCER, Iowa -- One of the world's most famous felines, Dewey Readmore Books, died Wednesday in the arms of librarian Vicki Myron who had acted as his "mother" for most of the last 19 years. Dewey was adopted as the library cat at the Spencer Public ...
- West Island community events! - West Island Chronicle
West Island community events!West Island Chronicle, Canada - 37 minutes agoRehearsals start Aug. 17. For more information 17 to 25-year-olds can contact Erin or Craig at wistac@gmail.com. Montreal Public Poetry Festival Sept. ...
- Book showcases nun's poetry - Post-Bulletin
Book showcases nun's poetryPost-Bulletin, MN - 8 hours agoFor years, Sister Lauren has safeguarded Sister Mary Brigh's poetry and other papers. "If there was one thing Sister Lauren wanted to do, it was to publish ...
- Poetry and lyrics are my first love: London-based broadcaster (New Kerala)
By Madhusree Chatterjee, New Delhi, July 30 : Can an NRI get by in Britain or the US by writing poetry? Yes, if he or she has some other income to fall back on, says Chamal Lal 'Chaman', a London-based poet, lyricist and radio broadcaster.
- Bumbershoot: Theater makes a fast break for its 10 minutes of fame (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Theater at Bumbershoot is dance with puppets, or a bump-and-grind grounded in literary theory and self-help. It's a high-tech slide show and fake poetry. When real playwrights and actors are involved, they have 10 minutes to make good.
- Road to November: Canvassing for Obama in Elko, Nev. - New York Times Blogs
Marti DeLance and Cathy Vance canvass a neighborhood in Elko, Nev. (Photo: Monica Almeida/The New York Times) ELKO, Nev. — This small city in eastern Nevada has a lot of mining services. It has the Cowboy Poetry Gathering headquarters, aspens ...
- A story of love and books in Bohemian New Orleans - International Herald Tribune
SLIDELL, Louisiana : Every morning in this Southern town of big-box stores and Bible readers, the Beat Generation can still be found dissing the system in the form of a 91-year-old woman in a red beret and cowboy boots. The acts of rebellion take ...
- 2008 ACTING SCHOOLS AND COACHES NYC (Backstage.com)
September 11, 2008 The following is a list of New York - area stage and film acting schools, teachers, and coaches organized alphabetically. Also included is a separate list of career coaches/counselors .
- Medieval music is played at last - Eastern Daily Press
By VICTORIA LEGGETT Teenagers throw their dirty clothes under their beds and we have all shoved a letter or two in a drawer when we do not know what to do with it. Now, it would appear, medieval clergymen discarded their unwanted paperwork behind the ...
- Poet laureate invites public to reception, reading this Sunday - North Andover Citizen
Poet laureate invites public to reception, reading this SundayNorth Andover Citizen, MA - 4 minutes agoBy Sally Applegate / Correspondent Always on the lookout for opportunities to use poetry to bring people together, North Andover’s new poet laureate Gayle ...
- Warner to focus on 'common sense, smart gov't' - MSNBC
Warner to focus on 'common sense, smart gov't'MSNBC - 3 hours agoDon’t expect Warner to throw red meat on the Republicans in Denver, or for him to utilize soaring poetry the way Obama did. Instead, the speech will likely ...
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