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- Two jazz operas premier in Oakland - Oakland Tribune
Two new jazz operas are coming to town beginning Thursday. The first piece, "The Sisyphus Syndrome," by Black Power poet-playwright Amiri Baraka and sax man David Murray, opens Thursday. The Baraka-Murray duo combines poetry, live music and mixed ...
- Margaret Atwood pens libretto for Vancouver opera on poet Pauline ... - Canada East
Margaret Atwood pens libretto for Vancouver opera on poet Pauline ...Canada East, Canada - Mar 11, 2008... you can hold an audience of five-year-olds, you can do anything," said Atwood, also joking that it prepared her for a later career in poetry readings. ...
- NO HEADLINE (The News & Observer)
"The Savage Detectives," by Roberto Bolano. Translated by Natasha Wimmer (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). This novel was originally published in Spain in 1998, five years before Bolano died of liver failure at 50. Written in long, musical sentences that pile image upon image, the novel concerns two poets, one a lightly disguised version of the author, who search for a precursor from the 1920s who has ...
- Poetry is essential to politics, and to us (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
While observance of April's National Poetry Month might prompt a shrug from the throngs of Americans who no longer read poetry, John Adams never seemed to doubt that poetry mattered. And as the nation prepares to elect another president, Adams's views on the subject couldn't be more timely.
- Police ID Walter Park Shooting Victim (R News)
Rochester Ppolice released the identity of the man shot to death on the city's west side Thursday evening. Police say Dwayne Simmons, 24, of Rochester was shot once in the head and died at the scene. The shooting happened on Walter Park near Flint Street.
- Community calendar - April 5 (Akron Beacon Journal)
To have an event listed, send a fax to 330-376-9235 or an e-mail to newsroomemail@thebeaconjournal.com at least a week in advance. TODAY 2nd Annual Garden Affair: Fun for All — 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Akron-Summit County Public Library, Main branch, 60 S. High St., Akron. Complete schedule: http://www.akronlibrary.org.
- New Website Generates Renewed Interest in Romance (PR.com)
Say It With Poetry, Inc. launches new website, www.sendherpoetry.com, offering custom romance poetry for all special occasions. [PR.com - April 27, 2008]
- Reporting: Florida - American Reporter
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- For a little while, the men will just have to toss and turn in their fear-free-women beds. For a small space of time Hillary Clinton will just have to trudge on toward the White House without my faint applause in the background ...
- Monica Yant Kinney: Student poetry 'channels' a slain graduate (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Spirit of Kyle Quinn poetry contest at William Tennent High School in Warminster was, in keeping with the spirit of Kyle Quinn, fairly freewheeling.
- Origami exhibit opens at Norman art studio - NewsOK.com (subscription)
NewsOK.com (subscription)Origami exhibit opens at Norman art studioNewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 12 hours ago"They contributed over 400 individual origami pieces, which incorporate original poetry and recycled materials,” she said. "It's really neat. ...
- Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk (book review) Searing short stories. - BostonNOW
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk (book review) Searing short stories.BostonNOW, MA - 1 hour agoMeanwhile to entertain each other they tell stories up on a stage, usually preceded by a bit of freeform poetry. These 23 stories make up the bulk of the ...
- Community Calendar - HeraldNet
Community CalendarHeraldNet, WA - 1 hour agoOpen microphone music and poetry, 7 to 9 tonight, Zippy's Java Lounge, 1804 Hewitt Ave., Everett. Call 425-258-4940. Mukilteo Arts Guild Writers Group, ...
- The Crative Arts to celebrate National Small Press Month
Leaf Chronicle - Poets published in “Zone 3,” APSU’s literary journal, will read from their poetry collections beginning at 2 p.m. ... Once a person is dead, there’s no more real communication, even though it may be the death that brings up all the ...
- Budding performers sample their little taste of heaven; Veteran ... - Peterborough Examiner
Budding performers sample their little taste of heaven; Veteran ...Peterborough Examiner, Canada - 13 hours agoAs the adjudicator for the Speech Arts competitors, Kash will critique solo and choral spoken performances, poetry readings, mime and Shakespeare. ...
- Itisaluna inaugurates state-of-the-art call centre - Business Intelligence Middle East (press release)
Itisaluna inaugurates state-of-the-art call centreBusiness Intelligence Middle East (press release), United Arab Emirates - 5 hours ago... as well as the most distinctive feature, FunBox, which offers verses of romantic, classic poetry, horoscopes, jokes and other services. ...
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