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- Finding challenge in verse - Diamond Valley Leader
Diamond Valley LeaderFinding challenge in verseDiamond Valley Leader, Australia - 55 minutes agoJordie Albiston thinks of poetry as a living and breathing art form. Picture: MARK FRECKER N03DV306 While most poets start with a subject they want to write ...
- David Mamet explores the wages of honor in ‘Redbelt,’ a martial-arts homage to noir boxing films (Philadelphia Daily News)
Not so many years ago, "Redbelt" would have been a boxing movie. Certainly, boxing buffs will recognize this story - bruised fighters hewing to some kind of warrior code in a sleazy business where the dirtiest fighting is done by men in suits - the only guys who always get paid. But boxing, as someone says in "Redbelt," is as "dead as Woodrow Wilson."
- New Eastside poetry venue - indy.com
New Eastside poetry venueindy.com, IN - 5 hours agoby John Hawn Local poet and instructor Lylanne Musselman has announced a new monthly poetry event called Writers Speak Volumes! This open forum reading will ...
- Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'casaloma' (Torontoist)
The Star says that an immigration crackdown has halved the number of exotic dancers in Toronto over the last decade, fueling lap dance inflation and forcing strip club customers to make hard choices between Froot Loops for the kids and throwing twenties at naked strangers.
- Boston Children's Museum Presents Children of Hangzhou: Connecting with China (Centre Daily Times)
Opening to the public on May 14, 2008, Children of Hangzhou: Connecting with China is an exhibition designed to engage children and families in learning about one of the oldest civilizations - and now among the most modern - in the world through some of its young people. Created by Boston Children's Museum (BCM) and sponsored by State Street and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), ...
- Budget problems may stall school art - Myrtle Beach Online
A bill to secure $750,000 for an in-school arts program next school year may have to wait another year, the bill's sponsor said. Couple that with what local and state officials deem insufficient funds for fuel costs and no money for teacher ...
- Parting gifts for Martin's mate - BBC News
What's the power of poetry? As a parting gift, Martin McGuinness presented Ian Paisley with a couple of hand-written poems. Mr McGuinness wrote one of the poems himself One was a passage from Seamus Heaney's The Cure At Troy in the laureate's own ...
- The traveling circus of diversification - Marketwatch
ABU DHABI (MarketWatch) -- At some point, I'll write about how I ended up in the United Arab Emirates. For now, this is how my wife ended up in Montreal: My stepdaughter ran away with the circus, and my wife followed. It is a conversation starter ...
- Somerville philosopher examines what's behind the 'Veil' - Somerville News
Somerville philosopher examines what's behind the 'Veil'Somerville News, MA - 41 minutes agoWingo is convinced the arts, particularly poetry, is a very potent force to instill ideology in the populace. He said: “Just read the Koran, ...
- 'Becoming' a film: Locals team up for CMI's first big movie - Las Cruces Sun-News
Adrian Gloria, a student at Alma d'arte, gives a reading Tuesday during a casting call for the movie "Becoming Eduardo." LAS CRUCES — A best-selling author, a renowned independent filmmaker, local high school students and New Mexico State ...
- Verses Come From Her Mind, Heart - Tampa Tribune
Verses Come From Her Mind, HeartTampa Tribune, FL - 33 minutes ago"I love to write," Riane says. "When an idea comes into my head, the words just seem to flow out." In 2005, one of her poems, "Winter Is Coming," was ...
- Naipaul?s Compass (New York Times)
The author meditates on his literary life, in London and far beyond.
- Pair of Singles - Edmonton Journal
I really hope no one takes my dating advice seriously, because that would be ill advised. But if you do, then please file this week's column under "do as I say, not as I do." This week, we're talking about pedestals. Do I put my dates on a pedestal ...
- Stop the speculation: Bulls must take Rose with top pick — period - Chicago Sun-Times
Stop the speculation: Bulls must take Rose with top pick — periodChicago Sun-Times, United States - 1 hour agoIsn’t he a bit scared about returning home, as a teen, and being expected to revive a franchise in a building where Michael Jordan’s statue is outside? ...
- Graphic Novels We'd Like To See As Films - Starpulse.com
Starpulse.comGraphic Novels We'd Like To See As FilmsStarpulse.com, CT - 33 minutes agoSet in modern day and featuring unique poetry scattered throughout each issue, the story focuses on Francine Peters and Katina "Katchoo" Choovanski, ...
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