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- E Jane Dickson: A generation that must control its expectations (Independent)
"The only antidote to mental suffering," said Karl Marx, " is physical pain." It wasn't true when he said it, and it's not true now, but it has a kind of catchy authority, catchy enough, at any rate for Marx to be included with Princess Diana and Richey Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers in a pantheon of self-harmers on a website devoted to the cult of self-injury.
- Don Becker: 'clever,' 'funny,' 'likable' (Rocky Mountain News)
Playwright, stand-up comic and creator of his own mythology, Don Becker left a mark on most who met him, whether a result of his caustic sense of comedy, his own struggles or his encouragement of those around him.
- Album review: Glass/Cohen - Scotsman
Album review: Glass/CohenScotsman, United Kingdom - 50 minutes ago... ballads and prose, was published in 2006 and set to music by the composer Philip Glass at the end of last year. Straightforward it isn't: the poetry is ...
- Poetry in the pub - NW Evening Mail
Poetry in the pubNW Evening Mail, UK - 22 minutes agoThe event is happening at the Malt Kiln on Saturday, from 7.30pm, and organisers say it promises to be an excellent evening. The young Cumbrian poet Jacob ...
- { a vagabond's verses } - Concord Monitor
{ a vagabond's verses }Concord Monitor, NH - 42 minutes agoKinsey, who lives in Vermont and has written five other books of poetry, drew inspiration for the book from an elderly man he knew many years ago. ...
- your weekend - Post-Star
"Small Town Gay Bar" 7:30 p.m., Rock Hill Bakehouse, 19 Exchange St., Glens Falls. Portrait of the establishments and the patrons who inhabit them. Adirondack Progressive Film Forum. 615-0777. "Copying Beethoven" 7:30 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday ...
- IT’S CHIC TO BE A GEEK - LX News
IT’S CHIC TO BE A GEEKLX News, UK - 12 hours ago... love, do you come here often?’ Either that or being treated to the recital of some poetry – don’t even pretend that it wouldn’t get your pulse racing. ...
- COMING OF AGE - Inside Bay Area
COMING OF AGEInside Bay Area, CA - 3 hours agoAfter I got hooked on Lebanese music, I began to pay more attention to the Lebanese language, really taking time to listen to the poetry in the guttural, ...
- Small Change, Donmar Warehouse, London - Independent
Small Change, Donmar Warehouse, LondonIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoThough the Welsh accents wobble, the cast do the piece proud in bringing out its haunting flashes of poetry ("Whose face did my grin start on? ...
- North Smithfield High salutes top grads (The Woonsocket Call)
NORTH SMITHFIELD — Corey Brier is the valedictorian and Jennifer Brodeur is the salutatorian for the North Smithfield High School Class of 2008, Principal David S. Silva has announced.
- YWCA program for kids who've seen domestic violence - HeraldNet
YWCA program for kids who've seen domestic violenceHeraldNet, WA - 2 hours agoChildren will be encouraged to express their feelings through art, poetry or music about witnessing domestic violence. Puppets may be used with the youngest ...
- Northern People: Seeing the big picture (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Being in nature requires the same acute observational powers as does the medical profession, Ken Gum said. Those abilities also help Gum form his philosophical views on life, friendship, marriage and family and were the inspiration for turning his reflections into the poetry and essays he recently collected into a book he titled "Excess Baggage."
- Festival flavours - Journal Live
Festival flavoursJournal Live, UK - 7 hours agoThe festival dovetails neatly with the Cumberland spirit of traditional music, cutting-edge poetry, energetic and foot-stamping dancing, plus everything ...
- Vaughn sizzles in 'Cyrano' - Spectrum
It seems almost disloyal to say that some of the best plays produced in the past few seasons of the Utah Shakespearean Festival were not written by the Bard himself. But it's true. I've been attending the festival since 1990, when I was only 11 years ...
- SMU frat housemother loves job at age 76 - KVUE
The bass of a neighbor's stereo thumped against the thin walls of Lila McCurtain's apartment. Deep voices shouted profanities outside her window. A car alarm went off. Oblivious to the chaos, McCurtain calmly crossed her legs and leaned forward in ...
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