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- Six scholars join the National Council on the Humanities - Indianapolis Star
Six scholars join the National Council on the HumanitiesIndianapolis Star, United States - 46 minutes agoShe has written five books, including Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress, which won the Woodrow Wilson prize ...
- Gayle Heney named town Poet Laureate - North Andover Citizen
Gayle Heney named town Poet LaureateNorth Andover Citizen, MA - 21 minutes ago... whose book is available through Pear Tree Publishing. In 2006 Heney had her own large poetry project in North Andover, the Poet Wall, consisting of 284 ...
- Sesquicentennial recognition (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Winona, Minn. Visit Winona on Friday for a Capital City for a Day celebration as part of the state's sesquicentennial.
- Young South Florida poets compete for national spoken word title - Sun-Sentinel.com
Young South Florida poets compete for national spoken word titleSun-Sentinel.com, FL - 1 hour agoBy Greg Lewis | South Florida Sun-Sentinel April 26, 2008 Through their poetry, the 10 teens standing in the auditorium of the African-American Research ...
- Foregoing black tie for white formal fetches plenty (Vancouver Sun)
BLANC CHEQUES: Chairing the Heart & Stroke Foundation's Heart of Gold gala recently, Jackie Bevis and Janice Ketcham urged 400 attendees to deep-six their ubiquitous black ensembles and "dress formal white." So-coloured couture can challenge some figures, but the bottom line that counted was pure green. The do took in a reported $410,000, bringing Bevis and Ketcham's three-year delivery to H&SF ...
- Junoon to perform in Srinagar - GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
Junoon to perform in SrinagarGreaterKashmir.com (press release), India - 2 hours agoHeavily influenced by rock bands like Led Zeppelin, Junoon aimed at combining loud guitar riffs with the tranquility of Sufi poetry by the likes of Maulana ...Junoon performance worries authorities Howrah News Serviceall 2 news articles
- Suspension of belief (Guardian Unlimited)
In the months following the attack on the World Trade Centre, New Yorkers are fascinated and appalled by a performance artist dressed in a business suit and suspended by the ankle from a variety of Manhattan landmarks. So who is the Falling Man? A craven exhibitionist?
- Enjoy the fruits of the vine at six-day Pittsburgh festival - Morning Call
East Coast Easy is a weekly listing of timely travel destinations along the East Coast. Dozens of restaurants in the Pittsburgh region will celebrate Pittsburgh Wine Festival Week, Saturday through May 8, with wine offerings, luncheons, dinners, wine ...
- USF's Muslim hip-hop duo rocks the mic - St. Petersburg Times
Jawad Fayiz, left, and Akbar Qayum of D-Clique. [Dalia Colon/tbt*] Being a Muslim college student at USF requires some adjustments. It means finding a quiet corner of the library for daily prayer, penciling in mosque every Friday at Marshall Student ...
- POETRY READINGS SCHEDULED AT DICKSON MOUNDS MUSEUM (The Canton Daily Ledger)
LEWISTOWN -- Peoria Poetry Club, in cooperation with Fulton County Arts Council and Dickson Mounds Museum, will host Poetry Reading at the Mounds from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, in the auditorium of Dickson Mounds Museum.
- Fourth of July: Annual festival celebrates heritage - Sterling Journal-Advocate
The annual Heritage Festival Auction always draws a crowd of people, who bid on the Western-themed items donated by businesses and individuals in the community. An attendee over the antique cars on display at the 2007 Heritage Festival. Each year ...
- Kipling, Cummings--And Kennedy - Newsweek
Kipling, Cummings--And KennedyNewsweek - 4 hours agoBut aside from memorial services and weddings, poetry has been mostly sidelined in our national life, she says. That wasn't true in her parents' generation. ...
- The Love Guru - Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nzThe Love GuruStuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 4 hours agoAxe Murderer's beat-poetry spouting geek was a likeable guy, Wayne had a heart of gold, and the original Austin Powers - with his rubbish teeth and ...
- Kurdish poet owes his life to his verses - Kurdish Aspect
Kurdish poet owes his life to his versesKurdish Aspect, CO - 1 hour agoOne of the bullets struck a poem I was writing a few minutes earlier and another one grazed my head.” Bekas said he lived in “hell” during Saddam's reign. ...
- Jack White's ode to Detroit - Guardian Blogs
He may prefer to dress like a pearly king now, but it's Motor City all the way for the White Stripes man Jack White, he of the White Stripes fame, has penned a poem for his beloved hometown of Detroit. Rumours that the city's premier rock star wanted ...
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