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- Madison finishes third in second bout at National Poetry Slam 2008 (Isthmus)
Poets on the Oakland team triumphed at the Brink Lounge Thursday night in a qualifying bout of the 2008 National Poetry Slam. Throughout a raucous evening that saw the Brink's back room crowded with boisterous spectators, Oakland fought off competition from San Francisco's City Slam, which placed second, followed by hometown favorites Madison Spoken Word Collective and Amarillo, Texas' ...
- Curtains up (The Wichita Eagle)
H ard economic times took their toll on Wichita's usually vibrant live stage venues in the past year, causing at least two to ring down the curtain permanently. Stage One, which launched original shows toward Broadway ("Jane Eyre," "Jungle Man") and offered revivals of vintage, rarely seen classics, called it quits last winter after 11 years. And Big Mike's Little Theatre, which showcased ...
- Buddha has 'philosophy you can dance to' - Edmonton Journal
Buddha has 'philosophy you can dance to'Edmonton Journal, Canada - 2 hours agoA champion poetry slammer (Larkin is half of The Bold and Spikey Show, of Fringe fame), he's in a position to know that "performance" and "poetry" are ...
- Shanahan call resonates at CU (Rocky Mountain News)
An afternoon practice prevented Dan Hawkins from watching Sunday's NFL drama unfold at Invesco Field at Mile High.
- BOOK REVIEW | The Wave-Maker - Charleston City Paper
Charleston City PaperBOOK REVIEW | The Wave-MakerCharleston City Paper, SC - 2 hours agoSpires' poetry isn't influenced by Western metaphysics as much as it is by Eastern spirituality, especially Zen Buddhism and the proclivity in Japanese ...
- British mysteries, Greek drama - Boston Globe
If Jane Eyre is one of literature's most enduring heroines, then the unnamed narrator of Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca" is surely Eyre's modern successor, another innocent who enters the great house of the brooding master-husband. Yet the two novels ...
- Entertainment Calendar Updated 8-07-08 - Petoskey News-Review
Entertainment Calendar Updated 8-07-08Petoskey News-Review, MI - 1 hour agoPoetry course — The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, announces its annual summer course on the master poets of the world. Led by poet and island summer ...
- Auburn A&E Calendar | Sept. 3 - PNW Local News
Auburn A&E Calendar | Sept. 3PNW Local News, WA - 52 minutes agoFree poetry reading with Elizabeth Austen and Timothy Kelly. • Study Zone: 4 pm Sept. 18 and 25. Students in grades K-12 can drop in for free homework help ...
- Obituaries in the news (Boston Globe)
Hayden Carruth, an award-winning poet who wrote about the people and places of northern Vermont, died Monday. He was 87.
- Burning down the house with Brock Clarke (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Brock Clarke, a professor of creative writing and literature at the University of Cincinnati, will read from his hilarious and acclaimed novel, "An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England," on Thursday at the University of Louisville.
- TV Guide's Top 10 Most Annoying Television Couples - myfoxny.com
TV Guide's Top 10 Most Annoying Television Couplesmyfoxny.com, NY - 1 hour agoTrista & Ryan, The Bachelorette: Between her squeaky-toy voice and his poetry, it's easy to hate on the only couple to survive the franchise's rose parade. ...
- Insular? Us? No peace prizes in prospect on the literary scene - Slate
We love it when the post titles tell the story. The Swedish Academy speaks on why Americans don't win Nobel literature prizes, Adam Kirsh puts the case for home-grown fiction, and readers get to comment on all of it. A quick scan of the " Culturebox ...
- Could Michael Jackson do justice to Robert Burns' poetry? - Daily Telegraph Blogs
I was pleased to hear that Radiohead did their cover of Neil Young's After The Gold Rush at the Hollywood Bowl this week (and equally pleased to see Thom Yorke wearing those excellent tight red jeans he wore at Victoria Park earlier this 'summer ...
- Muslim takes part in 'jihad of the pen' - Arizona Daily Star
Muslim takes part in 'jihad of the pen'Arizona Daily Star, AZ - 2 hours agoWhere is the poetry? Where are the books to counteract some of this (violent) ideology?" A decade ago, Ahmed, a pulmonologist and sleep specialist, ...
- COURT CLEARS WAY FOR TWO PROJECTS - redbankgreen
COURT CLEARS WAY FOR TWO PROJECTSredbankgreen, NJ - 3 hours agoshow that's been called 'a rowdy, gutsy, free-for-all party' and a 'fusion of sport, poetry, and living-newspaper.' Guaranteeing '30 plays in 60 minutes,' ...
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