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- Smears, Scribbles, and Scratches: Twombly at the Tate Modern (The New York Sun)
The magnificent retrospective of veteran American artist Cy Twombly at London's Tate Modern is a reminder that, above all else, painting is smearing and drawing is scribble. In his handling, with its extremes of slightness and scatter, informality can border on the infantile. This show, which is curated by the Tate's director, Sir Nicholas Serota, travels to the Bilbao Guggenheim in the fall, ...
- University Press books 'part of the mission' at NU (Daily Northwestern)
Walking into Northwestern University Press is almost like walking into a far corner of the campus library. The muffled tapping of fingers on a keyboard and the abrasive creaking of the front door break the silence. A simple table of books stands in for a front desk, and cubicle walls hide employees from sight.
- Arts Center president says city funding could help revitalize downtown (The Lufkin Daily News)
Linda Poland, president of the First Street Arts Center board of directors, said the $18,000 the group is seeking from the Lufkin City Council is for operating costs and other plans.
- Lapses reveals untapped local talent - Orillia Packet & Times
Lapses reveals untapped local talentOrillia Packet & Times, Canada - 1 hour agoThe quality of writing in this first chapter gives me enough reason to anticipate the finished product. There was also a poetry contest. ...
- Finding poetry in animal migrations - Toledo Blade
Finding poetry in animal migrationsToledo Blade, OH - 22 minutes agoHis writing has the heart and passion the book needs; it is well beyond the dryness of a scientific journal but without emotional, flowery rhetoric, ...
- McCain Moves Right On Affirmative Action - The Bulletin
Democrats claim the McCain camp has engaged in what they are calling another flip-flop in an attempt to placate the right flank of the Republican Party. But the presumptive Republican nominee's people claim it derives from their candidate's lifelong ...
- Wiliam Parker Triple: Corn Meal Dance; The Inside Songs of Curtis ... - All About Jazz
Wiliam Parker Triple: Corn Meal Dance; The Inside Songs of Curtis ...All About Jazz, PA - 20 minutes agoWhile Parker has always had a wealth of talent to call upon for large and small bands and projects with visuals, dance or poetry, working with Conquest ...
- Owen a big poetry fan, reveals co-star - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
Owen Wilson apparently has a touch of the poet in him. His Marley & Me co-star, Alan Arkin, told People.com at the Los Angeles premiere of Get Smart: "He's a big poetry fan, and I am too, so we email poems to each other." The Oscar-winning 74-year ...
- Unique poems win award for Cathedral graduate - Natchez Democrat
Natchez DemocratUnique poems win award for Cathedral graduateNatchez Democrat, MS - 3 hours ago“He’sa bright intuitive kid,” she said. “And for his age he’s actually a fairly accomplished writer of poetry.” And while Parker is not quite so verbose ...
- The Foley Poets: An Encomium - America Magazine (subscription)
America Magazine (subscription)The Foley Poets: An EncomiumAmerica Magazine (subscription), NY - 7 hours agoBy James S. Torrens | JUNE 9, 2008 O nce more the Foley poetry contest has run its course. Entries came streaming in, not just from faraway places—Austria, ...
- Poems used to ease grief - Auckland stuff.co.nz
Auckland stuff.co.nzPoems used to ease griefAuckland stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 7 hours agoA new book of homegrown poetry is bringing hope to families who have lost a loved one. The best New Zealand poems about death and dying have been collected ...
- Remembering Mahmoud Darwish: An Appreciation - The Media Line
Remembering Mahmoud Darwish: An AppreciationThe Media Line, NY - Aug 13, 2008Through his poetry at that time, Darwish rewrote Palestinian-ness and gave a voice to a people under military rule. For us, as adolescents, it was hard to ...
- Venue hosts poetry contest (The Daily Texan)
"Ideas are money," Akeem Lawrence said Wednesday night as he waited for his turn to compete for $1,000 at the American-Idol-style spoken word and vocal competition at the Parish Room. Sponsored by BTG Records, "Expressions of the Mind" and "The Showcase" have local talents competing for a $1,000 spoken word prize and a $5,000 vocal performance prize.
- Heal the World and Look Up to God -- New Book Reflects Deeply With Inspiring Essays, Short Stories and Poems (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill., June 17, 2008 -- When any person reaches the twilight of his or her life, reflections and flashbacks begin to move around in the mind. Each person has his own view of the world, and experiences are truly the most treasured lessons anyone can learn.
- Retirement is Perfect Time to Write and Reinvent Oneself - Emediawire (press release)
Retirement is Perfect Time to Write and Reinvent OneselfEmediawire (press release), WA - 45 minutes agoShe recently published a small book of poetry, "Elder Expectations: My Life in Rictameters" (Lulu 2008). Styne also writes two blogs, "Never too Late! ...
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