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- Poem of the week: Dover Beach - Guardian Unlimited
Dover Beach is a 'honeymoon' poem. Written in 1851, shortly after Matthew Arnold's marriage to Frances Lucy Wightman, it evokes quite literally the " sweetness and light " which Arnold famously found in the classical world, in whose image he formed ...
- Limerick poet Barney goes out on a limb for arts centre - Limerick Leader
Limerick poet Barney goes out on a limb for arts centreLimerick Leader, Ireland - 10 hours agoPoetry recitals were held at Red Cross Hall last week as part of the Cuisle International Poetry Festival and people travelled from all over the world to ...
- 8 romantic spots to get engaged in Texas (Dallas Morning News)
The holidays are a prime season for popping the question. Asking, "Will you?" For those looking for a memorable place to propose, we've found settings in Texas you'll never forget.
- Sentenced to a lifetime of stress - guardian.co.uk
Sentenced to a lifetime of stressguardian.co.uk, UK - 5 minutes agoportraying an institution as a microcosm of British life, replete with its howling hypocrisies and air of post-imperial doom. Derek Jarman predicted the ...
- Spare our children poetry with a moral - The Independent Blogs
With two days to go until National Poetry Day, do you know what sort of poetry your kids are reading? Are they being led as 'lonely clouds' and 'little lambs' through the classics of English poesy, Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est, Blake's Little Boy Lost ...
- New projects are the Pussycats' meow (USA Today)
The Pussycat Dolls may want to rule the world, but relax, ladies: They have no interest in stealing your men. The group that rocketed to fame in 2005 by posing the musical question "Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?" is hardly a haven for homewreckers. Sitting in their record company offices, all glammed up for a photo shoot, the women pass around Mentos and describe themselves as ...
- Calendar: Sunday, Sept. 2008 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
SPECIAL EVENTS Gospel Music Festival The Sisters of the Holy Family Motherhouse, 6901 Chef Menteur Hwy. Fifteen choirs will perform at festival. 3-6. BENEFITS Charity Poker Tournament Harrah's Theatre, Canal and the River. Event supports The Pro Bono Project, which...
- Town vs Gown: Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire - Daily Telegraph
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day with Bishop’s Stortford College, whose old boys include not just two recent heads of MI5, but Peter Wright of Spycatcher fame. Are future spooks recruited behind the bicycle shed? The college has its ...
- The Art of Translation - NPR
The Art of TranslationNPR - 1 hour agoSound also plays an integral part in transmitting meaning, especially when it comes to translating poetry. And regional linguistic differences can factor ...
- Greenwich Village - Newsday
Soon, fragrant fields of basil will be only a memory until next summer. More than once, I have tried to carry the fresh basil experience forward into winter. I've grown basil in a south-facing Greenwich Village window. Once, at Newsday's office, I ...
- 20 questions for … singer-songwriter Nellie McKay - Miami Herald
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 ...
- Stealing from the Arts (Monterey County Weekly)
Burglars broke into First Night Monterey's Archer Park Community Center headquarters Tuesday night, robbing the small nonprofit that stages the city's ambitious and art-heavy New Year's Eve celebration of their Mac computer and external hard drives, according to organization chair Ellen Martin.
- Ensemble Theatre's production is likely the finest of the season - Houston Chronicle
Roosevelt Hicks (played by Broderick Jones), left, and Harmond Wilks (played by Benjamin Cain Jr.) star in Ensemble Theatre's Houston premiere of August Wilson's Radio Golf. ''I just want these kids to know what it feels like to hit a golf ball ...
- Review by Tony O'Brien - Metapsychology
Review by Tony O'BrienMetapsychology, NY - 2 hours agoEditor Tom Palmer credits Harrison's poetry with sparking his (Palmer's) interest in writing about Leeds, something he didn't believe possible until he ...
- Do the hustle - Globe and Mail
Do the hustleGlobe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours agoHis growing collection of found detritus (old syringes, ho panties, booze bottles, shell casings, poetry, socks) is the first of many challenges to Derek's ...
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