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- Gil Scott-Heron: Back to the streets (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
Hip-hop's godfather returns to the scene of the rhyme... By Grant Britt.Reality is not a TV show. It's live and in your face. That message was brought to bear by Gil Scott-Heron nearly four decades ago when he set street poetry to music with "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Poet, activist, pianist, composer and singer Scott-Heron stirred up the citizenry with lyrics like, "Black people ...
- Pablo Neruda: The Hands of Day - Malibu Arts Journal
Pablo Neruda: The Hands of DayMalibu Arts Journal, CA - 34 minutes ago... his poetry under the pseudonym Pablo Neruda so that his father, a rather stern ballast train engineer, wouldn't know that he was publishing poems. ...
- New work from two poetry pros satisfies both ear and mind - KUAR
New work from two poetry pros satisfies both ear and mindKUAR, AR - 2 hours agoOliver's humanity shines through when she writes about love – for the ocean, people she has lost, and her dog Percy, who says of books, "I ate one once. ...
- Fournier's swan song 'a dance of experience' - Globe and Mail
IN PERFORMANCE The National Ballet/Alberta Ballet mixed program runs at Toronto's Four Seasons Centre from tomorrow through June 22 (416-345-9595). National Ballet of Canada principal dancer Jennifer Fournier is retiring in a trail of rose petals, in ...
- Lesbos ladies launch lesbian lawsuit - CNN
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between gay women and the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos. Inhabitants on the Greek island of Lesbos, pictured, have launched a lawsuit against a gay rights group. Three ...
- In print (Science News)
How does her garden grow? From fertile dirt with rusty nails, beer, and bacteria. At least according to the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
- Local Polish history advocate honored (The Republican)
SOUTH HADLEY - Making people more aware of Polish history has motivated Carolyn C. Topor to a lifetime of good works that recently culminated in her receiving the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
- 10 a.m.: Jasper native named IN poet laureate - Herald-Bulletin
JASPER, Ind. — An author who writes about his youth in the southern Indiana city of Jasper and his German heritage has been named the state’s second poet laureate. Sixty-four-year-old Norbert Krapf was selected from among 19 nominees to the post ...
- Prestigious Griffin Poetry Prizes to be handed out at dinner in ... - Brandon Sun
Prestigious Griffin Poetry Prizes to be handed out at dinner in ...Brandon Sun, Canada - Jun 4, 2008The Griffin Poetry Prize Awards give $50000 to the best book of Canadian poetry and $50000 to the best book of international poetry published in English the ...
- 'Emergency' at the Geffen Playhouse - Los Angeles Times
'Emergency' at the Geffen PlayhouseLos Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoOne well-off black corporate type bemoans the ship's anachronistic appearance: "It's appalling! It's a setback. In 2008 there are black people succeeding in ...An 'Emergency' worth experiencing at the Geffen Playhouse OCRegisterall 3 news articles
- NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith (Art Daily)
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (Go-Go Dancing Platform), 1991. Wood, lightbulbs, acrylic paint, and Go-Go dancer in silver-lamé bathing suit, sneakers, and Walkman, Overall dimensions variable Platform: 21 ½ x 72 x 72 inches (54.6 x 182.9 x 182.9 cm) Installation view, “Lifestyle – From Subculture to High Fashion,” Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, 2006. Courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, and ...
- Brian McKim and Traci Skene are married, but can laugh about it. It's ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the host of Laugh Track, a man who is going on "staycation" . . . Mike McIntyre. Thank you, Cleveland. "Staycation" is the new buzz word for vacationing at home, which folks are doing because of the price of fuel ...
- Potent mix of elegance, energy (Jam! Showbiz)
TORONTO - In a way it's the same old story -- Alberta energy used to heat up a space in chilly old Toronto.
- Pastor regretted 'cult' links - Waikato Times
Waikato TimesPastor regretted 'cult' linksWaikato Times, New Zealand - 59 minutes ago... had been working in Perth as a painter for several years, writing poetry and "taking care of his family" before his death, said Mrs Watson. ...
- Satisfy Your Internal Culture Vuture - Egypt Today
DID MINISTER of Justice Farouk Seif El-Nasr really give judicial power to Al-Azhar officials last month? The press seems to think so, running a number of pieces in June detailing how officials from the seat of Sunni knowledge roamed the nations ...
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