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- Youth flock to bust rhymes at poetry slams across the country - News1130.com
TORONTO - Once a month, in cities across the country, the atmosphere is electric as crowds of smooth-talking kids converge for a battle of words and ideas and beat. Modern-day bards, these wordsmiths emerge from dens, bedrooms and back seats of buses ...
- On the Rocks • Fringe fest delves into the darkness (Portland Tribune)
I have some disturbing news: Somewhere in Portland, the Ragnarok Engine is under construction. My informants, Klint Finley and Vincent al Keen, are the organizers of Esozone, a fringe festival that took place in Sellwood over the Oct. 10-12 weekend. Along with lectures such as “2012: ...
- Movie listings - Vancouver Sun
Movie listingsVancouver Sun, Canada - 26 minutes agoSEE THE VOICE: VISIBLE VERSE 2008: Video poetry hosted and curated by Vancouver poet, and singer Heather Haley. With a live spoken-word performance by ...
- Milford's finest honored on 9/11 anniversary - Milford Daily News
Milford's finest honored on 9/11 anniversaryMilford Daily News, USA - 7 hours agoBy Danielle Ameden/Daily News staff Milford's finest and bravest were honored yesterday on the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, ...
- Rawi Hage makes short list for Quebec Writers' Federation - Canada East
MONTREAL - Literary star Rawi Hage is among the authors shortlisted for prizes by the Quebec Writers' Federation. The Montreal-based writer is up for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for fiction, for his novel "Cockroach" (House of Anansi Press ...
- Vegas club co-owner alleges discrimination - Times of the Internet
Vegas club co-owner alleges discriminationTimes of the Internet, Ohio - 5 hours agoPoetry nightclub managing partner Mike Goodwin alleges officials with Caesars Palace casino and the Forum Shops purposefully designed an inconvenient entry ...
- Hayden Carruth Dies - The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
Hayden Carruth DiesThe Post-Standard - Syracuse.com, NY - 3 minutes agoOn Tuesday, former colleagues and students hailed Carruth as a linguistic virtuoso who used language - in poetry, as well as criticism and fiction - to ...
- Playing Role Reversal With My Therapist - New York Times
Playing Role Reversal With My TherapistNew York Times, United States - 3 hours ago... and poetry collection when Dave was his patient, and right from the start he was able to make groundbreaking connections between my writing and my life. ...
- Tunbridge World's Fair: Racing pigs to sausage stands, a fall delight - Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Tunbridge World's Fair: Racing pigs to sausage stands, a fall delightBarre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - 1 hour ago"They're poetry in motion." In the first two heats the Hampshire and Yorkshire pigs – which maxed out at about 75 pounds – zipped around the track. ...
- Poetry slam leaves class well-versed in teamwork - Indianapolis Star
Poetry slam leaves class well-versed in teamworkIndianapolis Star, United States - 2 hours agoLouis, a sophomore, will read "Black Nation," his poem inspired partly by Barack Obama's election as president Nov. 4. Students in teacher Terri Gibson's ...
- 'Like history in the first person' - guardian.co.uk
'Like history in the first person'guardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours agoHe writes books, plays and poetry, and has a jazz band. "Life can't be planned. It has to be appreciated. It's strange to be yanked back to try to explain ...
- An Open Mic Poetry Event At The Newark Public Library - San Francisco Examiner
On Tuesday, November 18th from 7:00 - 8:30 PM, teen poets will belt their artistic thoughts to a public audience, some for the first time. The open mic is hosted by the Newark Public Library and moderated by Cathlin Goulding, a Newark Memorial High ...
- Carson Students Celebrate Barack Obama Day - NBC Los Angeles
Carson Students Celebrate Barack Obama DayNBC Los Angeles, CA - 22 hours agoThe predominantly African American student body watched the election with an interest that surprised the school staff. On the day after the election, ...
- For students, 9/11 is a lesson in and out of the classroom (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Most Americans don't need a history lesson on Sept. 11. After watching the spectacle play out on TV for days and weeks afterward, Americans came to have a general understanding of who was responsible and why they did it.
- Celebrating the wonder of words (Wiltshire Times)
A MINI festival dedicated to the way people use words will be held at the Pound Arts Centre in Corsham.
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