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- Zimbabwean Producer Unleashes New One-Man Play - PRLog.Org (press release)
Zimbabwean Producer Unleashes New One-Man PlayPRLog.Org (press release), Romania - 14 hours agoIn attempt to give meaning and life to his artistry, Hardlife creates and rehearses some poetry and rats about owning "a table full of creations and ideas," ...
- At Our Best (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
P.E.O. Oregon Scholarship winners Two Corvallis women were recently honored as recipients of P.E.O. Oregon Marguerite Scholarships. Rebecca Otto and Jennifer Yarrow were selected after their nomination by Chapter CL of P.E.O. in Corvallis. Otto graduated from Crescent Valley High School in 2008 and is a freshman at the University of Portland with an interest in languages, archeology and ...
- Curtis to sing songs from 'Sweet Life' - MLive.com
Boston's Catie Curtis has been called "a folk-rock goddess" by no less of an authority than The New Yorker, so it looks like she's come a long way since the days when she lived in Ann Arbor and played second base on The Ark's co-rec softball team ...
- Books: A poet's portrait of Keats - Post-Bulletin
Books: A poet's portrait of KeatsPost-Bulletin, MN - 1 hour agoKeats had a brief period of months in 1819, among the most miraculous in the history of English poetry, when he wrote his greatest work. He died in 1821, ...
- Venn That Tune: Song titles in graphs - Daily Telegraph
Venn That Tune features more than 100 famous tracks interpreted through witty Venn diagrams, bar charts and other mathematical drawings. Comedy writer Andrew Viner says he was inspired to put pen to graph paper by the confusing ZZ Top lyrics “Gimme ...
- Vibrant verse | By Amber Baker For the Reporter-Herald (Loveland Reporter-Herald)
Some poets will be the first to admit that theirs is a funny art form. Take M.D. Friedman, for example. The retired science teacher who taught at Loveland High School for 25 years openly acknowledges this. “It’s communication through a vacuum,” he says. That’s why he prefers to engage a live audience in his poetry.
- The banality of Mamet - Open Democracy
The banality of MametOpen Democracy, UK - 1 hour agoBlues is poetry ... political correctness is un-American ... democracy is bloodless change of power ... the genius of America is Liberty ... small ...
- Esteemed poet speaks at UNLV - UNLV The Rebel Yell
Esteemed poet speaks at UNLVUNLV The Rebel Yell, NV - 53 minutes agoSimic's family moved to the US in the 1950s, where he started writing poetry. He read about 15 of his poems, describing the condition of his life at the ...
- Nigeria: How Abuja Stood Still for Poet, Okigbo's Daughter (AllAfrica.com)
Obiageli Ibrahimat Okigbo, daughter of famous poet, the late Christopher Okigbo (1932-67) was a special guest at the critique reading of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Abuja Branch.
- Buckham Alley play, 'Big Criminals, opens Thursday at Woodside Church ... - MLive.com
The play tells the story of three inept crossing guards who plan to kidnap an unsuspecting rich child. They end up proving the adage that "the best-laid plans of mice and men often go astray.
- Zimbabwe: Top Poets Speak Out On Power-Sharing Agreement (AllAfrica.com)
ZIMBABWEAN poets last Tuesday challenged the current political situation in a poetry session.
- Boris Godunov, ENO - the Sunday Times review - Times Online
Times OnlineBoris Godunov, ENO - the Sunday Times reviewTimes Online, UK - 6 hours agoTobias Hoheisel, creator of the set for Tim Albery’s dark, austere staging, simply ignores the various locations specified in Musorgsky’s own libretto. ...
- Then Meditation For Sarah Vowell, the Past and Present Are Always in ... - Washington Post
NEW YORK Ask Sarah Vowell a simple question -- like, say, "What turned you into the kind of person who would immerse yourself in the writings of 17th-century New England Puritans and write a book about them?" -- and within five minutes she's telling ...
- Sun City senior recognized for her poetry by Mensa - Riverside Press Enterprise
Versatility is a word that describes Edie Schmoll. She is an accomplished musician who plays piano, organ and accordion and writes music and lyrics for her Music Songs custom song company. Her writing takes other creative forms: children's fiction ...
- Birthday-themed OKC StorySlam today at Istvan Gallery - Norman Transcript
Birthday-themed OKC StorySlam today at Istvan GalleryNorman Transcript, OK - 2 hours agoThe theme for the OKC StorySlam poetry event today at Istvan Gallery, 1218 N. Western Ave. in Oklahoma City, is "You Say It's Your Birthday. ...
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