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- Local Playwright Wins NYC Competition (WCAV Charlottesville)
A Charlottesville resident takes first place at a Slam Theatre Festival in New York, and his words will now be brought to life.
- As Nelson Mandela Turns 90, a Look Back on His Leadership (The Online NewsHour)
On Friday, South Africa marks the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela, a symbol of reconciliation in a nation nostalgic about his leadership. In this 1994 NewsHour interview, Mandela reflected on South Africa's past and future.
- Music of Remembrance: Remembering creators of beauty in times of terror (Seattle Times)
Music of Remembrance, presenting classical-music works that commemorate the Holocaust, premiered a commission by Paul Schoenfield, "Ghetto Songs," which reworks the poetry of Mordecai Gebirtig.
- Event held to remember poet Akbar (The Peninsula)
DOHA • Anjuman Muhibban-e-Urdu Hind Qatar (AMUHQ), which is affiliated to the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), held a poetry session dedicated to Akbar Allahabadi, the pioneer in the field of humour and sarcasm in Urdu poetry.
- Freedom from Ickiness with David Berman - Utne Reader Online
Freedom from Ickiness with David BermanUtne Reader Online - 2 hours agoHis lyrics are poetry in a cracked, catchy, alt-country frame. And yet the songs seem a little more straightforward this time around, less cryptic and more ...
- Who killed the literary critic? (Salon.com)
In the age of blogging, great critics appear to be on life support. Salon's book reviewers discuss snobbery, how to make criticism fun and the need for cultural gatekeepers.
- Aletheian - Dying Vine Review - 411mania.com
Aletheian - Dying Vine Review411mania.com, TX - 1 hour ago... buried deep in the mix, but the sound is straight death metal, with Thorpe barking and growling deep poetry that has to do with the creation of man. ...
- The Government of Canada Supports Festival des ecrits de l'ombre - Market Wire
SAINT-ANTOINE-DE-TILLY, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - May 16, 2008) - Residents of the Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly region will have an opportunity to discover literary and cultural works during an event to promote local and Quebec-based authors, thanks to an ...
- Reading something into it - Sedalia Democrat
Jonathan Biggs, 9, wanted to stay home with his sister and watch TV this summer. He did not want to read. When his mother told him he would attend a special reading camp at Heber Hunt Elementary School, he was unhappy. “She literally had to drag me ...
- Art house - Telegraph-Journal
Art houseTelegraph-Journal, Canada - 31 minutes ago"I said, 'Now I sense that I'm kind of onto something' - what people in literature and poetry speak of as a poet finding their voice," Colville said in a ...
- Emperor Hadrian's legions of admirers - Telegraph.co.uk
Emperor Hadrian's legions of admirersTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoHe read massively, studied philosophy, and wrote poetry in both Latin and Greek. His autobiography is sadly lost, although fragments of it survive in the ...
- Capital garden becomes focus for a celebration of poetry (The Scotsman)
ST ANDREW Square is to become a focus for poetry in the Capital as part of new initiatives put forward by the city council.
- Oswego’s Festival of the Arts to premiere in August (The Palladium-Times)
The city of Oswego will be celebrating its first Festival of the Arts Aug. 9 and 10. The festival is to be held at Fort Ontario Park in Oswego. The event, which is part of the statewide “Canal Splash†celebration, will offer visual arts, poetry, theater, music and dance. Â
- Robert Frost imagined - Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Robert Frost imaginedBarre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - 3 hours agoHall commingles Frost's poetry, the places he lived, the things he did, his difficult family life, his emotions and ties them all together to present a ...
- FCC: Forging Corporate Control (Brick)
A painted sign on the side of the old Style Craft Uniform Co. at 734 West Broad Street lists some of what the new coffee shop inside has to offer. Free WiFi is a big draw. Local art, local music and local foods hit a soft spot with the hometown proud.
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