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- Ernakulam colleges steal the show on day 3 - Express Buzz
Ernakulam colleges steal the show on day 3Express BuzzAnajli Devi, who came first in the bharatanatyam contest, came second in the classical dance contest. The results of various events with the first three ...
- Black History speakers, arts set - Modesto Bee
Black History speakers, arts setModesto Bee"There will be displays of African-American memorabilia and art, representing various historical periods, not only locally, but nationally, like the civil ...and more »
- Poet laureate book signing - Argus Leader
David Allan Evans, South Dakota's poet laureate, will do a poetry reading from his latest book, "This Water. These Rocks," from 2 to 3 p.m. today at University Center North's Avera Hall. The free event is part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute ...
- Wagon Train begins journey over Sierra (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
Sixty years ago this month a group of South Lake Tahoe and Stateline businessmen got together to dream up marketing ideas to drum up business for the South Shore.
- Griot Collective to hear from professor - Jackson Sun
The Griot Collective of West Tennessee will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with professor Tim J. Wise at 2 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Jackson-Madison County Library, downtown. Wise, described in a news release as "an authority on race, culture and ...
- John Rety - Daily Telegraph
The most important of these were the Sunday evening poetry readings which began with aspiring versifiers spouting their own work, often at considerable length. But Rety, who had a quick temper and a ready laugh, was a strict master of ceremonies ...
- Cambridge Student Wins MA Poetry Competition for Second Year - Broadway World
Cambridge Student Wins MA Poetry Competition for Second YearBroadway WorldPoetry Out Loud has given me a deeper understanding of poets and their personalities. You never truly understand a poem or where the poet is coming from ...and more »
- Book sale a success - Elmira Star-Gazette
Book sale a successElmira Star-GazetteMoney raised will help support the Friends Poetry Festival Contest this spring, as well as the Film Festival, Kinderbooks Program and the Books Sandwiched ...
- NYC Tip: Slam Poetry at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe - NYU Local
NYU LocalNYC Tip: Slam Poetry at the Nuyorican Poets CafeNYU Local... you'll be visibly aroused by all the love poems. The bar is also an opportune place to mingle with the poets and practice your own poetry (only kidding? ...
- Marina Bunzl interviews Francis Dunnery - xmediaonline - Exeposé
Marina Bunzl interviews Francis Dunneryxmediaonline - ExeposéMy show is half talking and half singing so I chose venues where the ambience was sympathetic to acoustic music and poetry. I am tired of playing cold, ...
- Portrait shows morbid Poe in more flattering terms - Pioneer Press
A rare copy of Poe's first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems," sold in December for $662,500, a record for ... That means we don't threaten or defame each other, and we keep conversations free of personal attacks. Witty is great. Abusive is not.
- Book extract: Hitch 22 - A Memoir by Christopher Hitchens - Times Online
Times OnlineBook extract: Hitch 22 - A Memoir by Christopher HitchensTimes OnlineAt 13, I moved to the Leys School in Cambridge, where we were taught the poetry of Owen and Auden and allowed to ruminate on the obsession of Owen with ...
- Local rapper rhymes for Haiti relief - WTOP Radio
To make his music, he said he taught himself all about the beats and rhythm of poetry. He has laid out a rapping manual in his book "The Official How to Rap Manual." The effect that "Like Dat" had on his career has made it one of his favorites. "
- Mary Youngblood “First Lady of the Flute†to Perform Feb. 6 in Angels Camp - Pine Tree
Pine TreeMary Youngblood “First Lady of the Flute†to Perform Feb. 6 in Angels CampPine Tree... Native American flute and its historical courtship and wooing attributes. Her haunting music is much more than a song... it's liquid poetry, a prayer. ...
- 8 o'clock Hip-Hop - North Country Public Radio
Urban Verbs' Hip Hop Conservatory and Theater at 7:30 tonight in Eben Holden. It's free. (click image to enlarge) Poetry, music and hip-hop will merge tonight in a performance at St. Lawrence University. Urban Verbs co-creators Hakim Bellamy, Carlos ...
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