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- Wit sharp as a razor from a literate Frazier (Miami Herald)
LAMENTATIONS OF THE FATHER. Ian Frazier. Farrar Straus & Giroux. 208 pages. $22. Although our era is awash in comedy, literary humor has dwindled in recent years. Comedy Central updates our taste for political satire with every turn of the 24-hour news cycle. The current generation of stand-up artists has satiated our appetite for the transgressive by taking -- unwittingly, of course -- their ...
- East meets West in paint - PNW Local News
PNW Local NewsEast meets West in paintPNW Local News, WA - 6 hours agoThis enabled “Doorgan” to be used collaboratively with artists in other disciplines, such as music, poetry and dance. The installation was exhibited seven ...
- In Praise of Political Insults - Wall Street Journal
The great American political insult is older than the nation itself. Ben Franklin, writing in 1771 before the States were even United, lamented "Libeling and Personal Abuse, which is of late Years become so disgraceful to our Country." Not even ...
- Gettysburg Festival visitors celebrate America - Evening Sun
Ben Messinger leads the Adams County Community Brass Band during a performance at the Gettysburg Festival's main stage at Gettysburg College. The band is made up of members of the Littlestown Municipal Band, the Conewago Community Band and the Apple ...
- Young poet wins prestigious prize - Oxford Mail
Young poet wins prestigious prizeOxford Mail, UK - 38 minutes agoBy Fran Bardsley A poem inscribed on a tiny scrap of paper has won the regional round of a prestigious human rights poetry competition. ...
- 'What's your sign?" - Globe and Mail
'What's your sign?"Globe and Mail, Canada - 9 hours ago"I always thought of astrology as an art, like music or poetry, in which a set of stories describe the way we experience different people and the way others ...
- School district may cut seven jobs at high school to balance budget - Taos News
It was a high-anxiety night at Taos Middle School Monday (May 12) night as the Taos Municipal Board of Education heard public outcry against the knowledge of possible position cuts at Taos High School next fall. “I am not going to introduce myself ...
- July Calendar (Portland Tribune)
EVENTS • Division/Clinton Street Fair Come celebrate one of Portland’s most sustainable neighborhoods. Attractions include a parade, Lego exhibit, street dancing, food, music, a pizza-eating contest, a dough-throwing contest, and a jungle bouncer (we don’t know, either ...
- Michael Dee's 'Negative Stars' exhibit contemplates the vacant beauty ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Los Angeles artist Michael Dee puts a new spin on the idea of the pretty emptiness of Hollywood celebrities in his new solo exhibition "The Negative Stars" at Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art in downtown Cleveland. When: Through Friday, June 20 ...
- Community Calendar (Sweetwater Reporter)
Here is the community calendar that ran in the Sunday, May 4, edition of the Sweetwater Reporter. Sunday, May 4 LSBC Revival Lamar Street Baptist Church will have a blue jeans and boots revival May 4-7. The service will begin at 10:30 a.m. May 4, which is also high attendance day in Sunday school.
- Child-sex fugitive on FBI's most-wanted list captured - KHOU
BRENTWOOD, N.H.— An FBI most-wanted fugitive charged with molesting the 5-year-old son of a couple who befriended him is being held without bail after his years on the lam abruptly ended with his arrest in Mexico. A judge on Friday entered not ...
- An Extraordinary Cultural Happening - Cuba Headlines
An Extraordinary Cultural HappeningCuba Headlines, Cuba - 10 hours agoSamuel Feijoo’s immense creative work —in poetic and narrative prose and among the best verses of Cuban poetry— is turned into visual, pictorial images. ...
- 2008 Artists to Watch (Jackson Free Press)
Music is constantly evolving ,and so is the southern landscape that produces so many young new artists. Every year, the summer brings with it not only sweltering heat, but also the opportunity to get out and enjoy some good music.
- Artists say they're being squeezed out of their space - Salt Lake Tribune
Artists say they're being squeezed out of their spaceSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 4 hours agoShe hopes to keep open her coffee joint and poetry venue, which she bought in December 2006. "This isn't really just hurting me. It's hurting the community ...
- Jeanette (Yox) Helmbrecht - Jamestown Post Journal
Jeanette (Yox) HelmbrechtJamestown Post Journal, NY - 10 hours agoShe was a distinguished poet and member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and the Illinois State Poetry Society. She considered herself a social activist ...
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