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- JVC Jazz Festival in Review - New York Times
New York TimesJVC Jazz Festival in ReviewNew York Times, United States - 5 hours agoMr. Harrison played the most mannered and authentic ’70s solos, fitting the tone of the music (and Mr. Ranelin’s poetry) with honks and flurries and shouts. ...
- Dayton Public Schools Announcements - RedOrbit
Dayton Public Schools AnnouncementsRedOrbit, TX - 28 minutes agoAbout 25 students in grades two through eight will present a short speech or poem of their choosing during the 50th annual Lucia May Wiant Speech Contest ...
- Tod Papageorge - ARTINFO
Tod PapageorgeARTINFO, NY - 1 hour agoI was still writing poetry at that point, and I recognized in Cartier-Bresson a species of poetry. I actually won the university’s poetry prize — which was ...
- Oedipus Complex - Nashville Scene
Nashville SceneOedipus ComplexNashville Scene, USA - 9 minutes agoBrooks aims to find the nexus where the boldly passionate declamatory speech of the Greeks meets the modern-day intensities of poetry slams and Bloods-Crips ...
- Eloquence matters - Philadelphia Inquirer
Eloquence mattersPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 16 hours agoBut there is a place for poetry. In fact, when Cuomo was himself considering a presidential run, it seemed to me that his eloquence was one of the stronger ...
- Pakistani cultural center to hold fundraiser Friday - Inside Bay Area
The Silicon Valley Pakistani community is hosting a musical fundraiser in Newark on Friday to drum up money to pay for a cultural center in Milpitas — the first of its kind in California. An idea that's been percolating for about two decades, the ...
- The Prime time calendar the week of April 30, 2008 (Independent Press)
Auditions, are at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21 and Thursday, May 22, for the KT Production of Roger & Hammerstein's Cinderella. KT is a theater in residence at the Academy of St. Elizabeth in Convent Station.
- 'Poetry Out Loud' Winner Reads 'Frederick Douglass' (NPR)
All Things Considered , April 30, 2008 · The nationwide contest Poetry Out Loud draws 200,000 high school students who recite — by heart — classic and contemporary poems. This year's winner was Shawntay Henry from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- A sad tryst with destiny (The Telegraph)
On a searing, arid Friday afternoon of April, the traffic stands still as the burnt air in Bowbazar Street, officially known as BB Ganguly Street, a name not too popular.
- In the frame - Financial Times
Even we who have experienced these techniques for years – in my case 35 – cannot quite get used to them. Each May, we are flown to a remote French fishing port and subjected to ruthless disorientation methods. Night becomes day; day night. We are ...
- Patti Smith and Kevin Shields, 'The Coral Sea' (PASK) (Spin)
When she's singing, pioneering mystic punk Patti Smith can be extraordinarily mortal. But in recitation, she approaches the godly, delivering her poetry's surreal grace with sheer force. Here, she's captured twice in concert feverishly reading her phantasmagoric memorial to friend and artist Robert Mapplethorpe with the accompaniment of fellow savant Kevin Shields, the reclusive My Bloody ...
- School notes - News Sun
$1,700 for ADA: Antioch Upper Grade School P.E. classes and Solution Seekers raised $1,700 for the American Diabetes Association this spring. Fourth-hour and sixth-hour sixth-grade P.E. classes tied for collecting the most money and won pizza parties ...
- Nigeria: Sefi Atta's Swallow Takes Another Pudding (AllAfrica.com)
Sefi Atta, the London-based Nigerian writer who has twice won the BBC's African Performance Competition for plays, has come up with a new novel Swallow, and the paperback edition of the book which has been enjoying scintillating reviews globally can be obtained in Nigeria, courtesy of Kachifo Limited, the publishers of Farafina Magazine and Farafina books.
- This guy enters more contests than anyone in Hampton Roads - The Virginian-Pilot
The Virginian-PilotThis guy enters more contests than anyone in Hampton RoadsThe Virginian-Pilot, VA - 1 hour agoThe contest is aimed at highlighting a skill set from our agricultural history, and Croland, dressed in a pair of oversized overalls loaned by a friend, ...
- Another Look at the Sport of Kings on Kentucky Derby Weekend - The Epoch Times Ireland
Another Look at the Sport of Kings on Kentucky Derby WeekendThe Epoch Times Ireland, Ireland - 14 hours agoThe beauty of a horse in motion can (and has) been likened to poetry. Sir Winston Churchill said: "There is something about the outside of a horse that is ...
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