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- Cyphering through spoken word - Newark Star-Ledger
T here is no secret code to crack when performing spoken word poetry; just a rhythm, a purpose and an original flow. Spoken word performer Dujuana Sharese has been performing spoken word for the past seven years. Performing original poetry in slam ...
- Stillwater teen headed to poetry contest
Daily Oklahoman - Tulsa Technology Center's Board of Education voted to enter contract negotiations with Kara Gae Neal to become the district's new superintendent and chief executive, the board announced Monday. Neal is to replace the retiring Gene Callahan. The board ...
- Truck Driver Killed in Leicester Crash (R News)
Livingston County authorities continue to investigate a deadly head-on crash involving a tractor-trailer and a truck. The crash on Route 20 A, near Brian Road in Leicester left the driver of the truck dead. The person's name has not been released by police, pending notification of family.
- Poet Shares Humor And Wit (University of Connecticut Daily Campus)
Marked by comedy and infused with poetic insight, Aetna poet-in-residence Andrew Hudgins shared selections of his work to UConn students and faculty Tuesday night at the Konover Auditorium at the Dodd Center. Hudgins' poetry collection shifts between brash humor like Shel Silverstein and contemplative verse on serious issues like civil rights and the plight of American Indians.
- Allstate gives money to Edwardsville school - Belleville News Democrat
Allstate gives money to Edwardsville schoolBelleville News Democrat, USA - 4 hours agoWinners of the Illinois state finals for Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest included Tia Jenkins of Edwardsville High School, who will go on to ...
- Outskirts Press Announces Crush, the Latest Highly-Anticipated Poetry ...
PR.com - Countless pre-teen and teen girls can benefit from this wholesome, uplifting book of love poetry; the first of its kind directed specifically to them.
- Hip cast gives 'Iron Man' comic book appeal (The Buffalo News)
Tony Stark, genius munitions designer, is in Afghanistan, showing off his latest blowtop handiwork. He's riding through a war zone, which in his case means having cocktail hour and drinking up the world's adulation along with a very good scotch.
- Joffrey dares to dance 'Giselle'
Detroit News - ... the enduring power of a ballet such as "Giselle," with its tragic story of ill-fated lovers who are separated by death but ... Music Hall reaches out to bring the arts from all corners of the globe - 03/12/2008 Slam unites women in poetry and expression ...
- Kick start for crime writing festival - Harrogate Today
Kick start for crime writing festivalHarrogate Today, UK - 8 hours agoAs well as crime, Sophie has written short stories, poetry collections, children's books and has even written rhyming verse for the translation of two ...
- Stories of the in-between (Al-Ahram Weekly)
Elias Farkouh's novel Ard al-Yambous (Land of Limbo), which is on the shortlist for the 2008 Arabic Booker Prize, is a work that "combines the structure of the autobiography of a specific man with the biography of exiled man in general," according to the citation by the jury for the award.
- Set to lasers, Subtle's hip-hop is a revolutionary experience (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
In independent hip-hop, Subtle is about the closest thing there is to psychedelic music. Band members perform with eerie mannequins, they write songs about getting brainwashed, they paint their faces black and white -- now they've entered into the great tradition of laser dome bands.
- April 12 to be celebrated as National Street Theatre day (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A string of events, including exhibitions, processions and plays, will commemorate 20 years of the death anniversary of theatre artist Safdar Hashmi April 12. It will be observed as the National Street Theatre Day.
- Lee Wiley at All About Jazz (All About Jazz)
Biography Sensual and dignified, sophisticated and warm, Lee Wiley has inspired outbursts of sheer poetry from many a captivated listener. Her sound induces a “marvelous,†“ticklish†sensation, akin to “running your hand over a piece of fine Harris tweed,†marveled producer Dave Garroway.
- Talk the talk? It's better when Janet just sings
Orlando Sentinel - As to wispy, that song is introduced by one of those breathy personal reflections that that sound like bad poetry or middle-school romantic philosophy:
- No cant, please, we're British. But we do need a better sense of ...
Guardian Unlimited - As for national identity: my emotional and cultural loyalties, the things that make my heart beat quicker, whether in poetry ... One approach that won't work in Britain is American-style, hand-on-heart, saluting-the-flag nationalism, complete with a new ...
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