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- Scroobius Pip's Southend date - This is Total Essex
Scroobius Pip's Southend dateThis is Total Essex, UK - 42 minutes agoHe'll be at the Poetry Link New Writing Live date at the Royal Hotel Ballroom from 6.30pm along with other top names from the spoken word scene for a night ...
- Ron Sexsmith: Exit Strategy of the Soul - Toronto Star
Ron Sexsmith: Exit Strategy of the SoulToronto Star, Canada - 6 hours agoAt its best, Sexsmith's poetry owes a lot to Donne and Marvell. "Impossible World" dares both God and Death to give him reasons to believe, and "This Is How ...
- Gaia Online Gives Teens the Chance to Take Home "Olympic Gold" (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN JOSE, Calif.----For those of us who have dreamt of Olympic glory, but prefer thumb wrestling and hot dog eating to swimming and hurdles, Gaia Online, the leading online hangout of more than 5 million teens, today announced it will host the Olympics Games for the rest of us…the Rejected Olympics.
- Toms River Library Events - TomRiver Times
Toms River Library EventsTomRiver Times, NJ - Jun 17, 2008Contact the teen librarian for more details. June 12, 2 to 4: 0 pm - Poetry Circle. Does poetry speak to you? Bring your favorite poem, and let's talk about ...
- Selma mayoral election brings change - Montgomery Advertiser
Selma mayoral election brings changeMontgomery Advertiser, AL - Aug 28, 2008His slogan was "Still We Rise," but voters were more interested in progress than poetry. Evans' theme was "New Bridges to Build"-- recalling not only the ...
- David Hammond - Liverpool Daily Post
David HammondLiverpool Daily Post, UK - 5 hours agoIn 1964, he joined the education department of the Northern Ireland BBC, introducing the culture of his land to pupils and teachers, through poetry, ...
- Robarchek again at the forefront (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
By Matt Brunson.• The scribblings of longtime (and now retired) Charlotte Observer columnist -- and frequent Best of Charlotte CL award winner -- Doug Robarchek can be found in The Best of the World's Worst Poetry: 20 Very Odd Years of Outfrontery. The paperback, published by the local outfit Main Street Rag, is available for $14. For a sample poem from the book, see Quote This, below right....
- Jazz Students Lend Helping Hands in New Orleans (All About Jazz)
We begin with a heartwarming story courtesy of the July 27-August 2, 2008 issue of American Profile magazine headlined “Hometown Heroes: Jazzing Up the Big Easy.” It's a moving account of how students at New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL, led by music director Jim Warrick, spent their spring break not on the beaches in Florida but in the heart of storm-ravaged New Orleans spreading music, ...
- Diversions for July 13, 2008 (The Gleaner)
BADGETT PLAYHOUSE, Grand Rivers, Ky., "Always ... Patsy Cline," 2 p.m. today and July 20 and 27, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and July 23, 24, 30 and 31; "Variety!
- LAist Interview: Filmmaker John Palmer - Laist.com
Starting Saturday and running until July 28, The Black Maria Gallery will feature an exhibit examining landscapes both natural and manmade. Titled “Modern Soil,” the show will include new drawings from Brooks Salzwedel and a series of short films ...
- Arboretum honors founder - Albany Times Union
Arboretum honors founderAlbany Times Union, NY - 6 hours agoThe music jam begins at 3 pm and is open to anyone who wants to express creativity through music, poetry and artwork. A campfire sing-along with Amsterdam ...
- Poet laureate 'outsider' followed traditional path - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Pittsburgh Post GazettePoet laureate 'outsider' followed traditional pathPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 4 hours agoShe has positioned herself an "outsider" in America's poetry scene, and the image has stuck. Reports of her appointment last week described her as out of ...
- Olivier Dintinger–exemplar of the culturati (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines - When Alliance Française director Olivier Dintinger was posted in Manila directly from Reykjavik, he experienced what he calls “thermic shock”—what frozen food must have gone through when plunged straight into the frying pan without the respite of thawing.
- Frank Gehry: pavilion of delight - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukFrank Gehry: pavilion of delightTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoThis is perhaps a product of the economics of the programme, but the poetry of ephemerality that has informed the best of them is in increasingly short ...
- Pulitzer poet to read at USM - Hattiesburg American
Pulitzer poet to read at USMHattiesburg American, MS - 3 hours agoA Gulfport native and creative writing professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Trethewey has penned three poetry collections: "Domestic Work"(Graywolf ...
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