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- Noted black poets to be featured at Greensburg readings (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
The readings, planned in conjunction with the annual Cave Canem Foundation writing retreat at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, are scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday in Village Hall at UPG and 6:30 p.m. June 26 at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg.
- Padma Lakshmi: The anti-Martha Stewart - Newsday
AS Padma Lakshmi enters Craft, the Century City outpost of Tom Colicchio's Manhattan -based restaurant, the waitstaff momentarily stop prepping for dinner service to stare. Her long black hair is in a ponytail and she's wearing an oversized navy blue ...
- Casting Couch: Poehler Eyes Office Spinoff; Hanks, Nicholson, Willis ... - Entertainment Online
Another Saturday Night Live star is ready for prime time. Amy Poehler is in talks to topline NBC's hugely anticipated spinoff of The Office , per the Hollywood Reporter . The untitled show, whose plot is a big secret, is the brainchild of The Office ...
- Interview with Magdalena Ball of The Compulsive Reader and Blogcritics Magazine (Blogcritics.org)
"I think that the term 'legitimate' is full of emotion and fraught with danger!" states Ball. Magdalena Ball is the founder of The Compulsive Reader, a book review site focusing on literary fiction and long, in-depth reviews. She's also the author of Sleep Before Evening, a poetry chap book titled Quark Soup, and the nonfiction work, The Art of Assessment. A winner of both local and ...
- Thunder and Lightning on the Keys, With Some Intermittent Sunshine (New York Times)
The International Keyboard Institute & Festival opened with a recital by Jerome Rose, a pianist who never met a triple forte he didn?t like.
- Between teaching and playing music, Brookline teacher picks both (The Brookline Tab)
Two years ago, Kenny Kozol, 34, moved back to Brookline from New York City. Since returning, he has been able to marry his two passions, teaching and music. His blue eyes light up when he talks about bringing Latin music into the classroom. They also shine when he talks about his band, Ten Tumbao, which is playing at the Brookline Arts Center “Enchanted Spring” Gala on May 3.
- Saying goodbye to two long-time production companies (Contra Costa Times)
IT WAS A sad weekend for Bay Area theater as two Contra Costa icons closed their doors — the Antioch Rivertown Players and Walnut Creek's Playhouse West.
- IN THE LAND OF KINGS (Express India)
In Orchha, legends of a forgotten era come alive in folklore
- Racial Bias In NBA Refereeing? - New York Times Blogs
Racial Bias In NBA Refereeing?New York Times Blogs, NY - 6 hours ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Laureate attacks reading policies (BBC News)
Children's Laureate Michael Rosen says a macho tests culture is stopping children from enjoying reading.
- Pointe Claire hosts Summer Evenings in the Park - The Suburban
Pointe Claire hosts Summer Evenings in the ParkThe Suburban, Canada - 3 hours agoThe following week is the first family show of the festival. Starting at 7 pm, Mr. Mute, a character inspired by silent movies, will have centre stage. ...
- A Mom-umental Failure - Washington Post
Daisy Calhoun, shown in 1923, spearheaded the ill-fated drive for a monument "to proclaim the debt each mortal owes to the woman who risked her own life to give life." (Library of Congress) A circa 1928 drawing by architect Joseph Geddes of a Gothic ...
- Christina Patterson: The challenge of poetry – and football (Independent)
It's so weird. Grown men dressed like two-year-olds, throwing themselves on the ground and shouting. One minute they're weeping and the next they're practically snogging. All those funny lines on the field. All those logos on their backs. I just don't get it.
- Wisdom comes from strange places in Hoffman’s poetry - Somerville News
Wisdom comes from strange places in Hoffman’s poetrySomerville News, MA - 35 minutes agoI’m no scholar and I respond to poetry on a very gut and emotional level. So a poem like “Summer Job” speaks to me. It brings out my sense of longing: for ...
- Saying goodbye - Sri Lanka Sunday Times
Saying good bye is not one of my favourite things. It's one of those things that brings a lump to my throat and make me want to cry and this after having had to endure so many goodbyes to family members and friends, over the years. Given the nomadic ...
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