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- University of Michigan student leader promotes energy conservation - MLive.com
Eliyahu Gurfinkel, The Ann Arbor News Leslie Zaikis, student government president of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan, volunteers with the Climate Savers Computing Initiative at the university. Leaning ...
- Poet Tran Dan receives Life Award (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Writers’ Association has announced it will present the Life Award 2008 to senior poet Tran Dan for his Collected Poems to recognise his special contribution to the country’s contemporary poetry. The poet is called “the number-one reformer of Vietnamese poetry”.
- Change of direction for artist - Cooma Monaro Express
Change of direction for artistCooma Monaro Express, Australia - 3 hours agoRAGLAN Gallery artistic director Petra Murphy has stepped down from her position on the board to dedicate more time to her creative work and her family. ...
- FEVA fever comes to town - Knaresborough Today
FEVA fever comes to townKnaresborough Today, UK - 10 hours agoThe thought -provoking poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson has been one of the many highlights of the Spoken Word section of the festival, whilst local saxman ...
- Montclair's George Segal Gallery mounts a new exhibition of the master's work (The Star-Ledger)
George Segal: Modernist Humanist . Where: The George Segal Gallery at Montclair State University, 4th Floor, Red Hawk Parking Deck, Normal Avenue, Montclair. When: Tuesday-Dec. 11. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays; 12:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays.
- The Hills Season Four Premiere - Radar Online
Radar OnlineThe Hills Season Four PremiereRadar Online, NY - 6 hours agorack, Lo's practiced, passive-aggressive bile, balanced out only by the sweet poetry of her extremely side-swiped bangs, and Lauren prancing around the pool ...
- Joshua Beckman and Matthew Zapruder - Publishers Weekly
Joshua Beckman and Matthew ZapruderPublishers Weekly, NY - 2 hours agoThe book was a huge hit by poetry standards, selling around 6500 copies to date. Verse Press developed something of a cult following among young poets and ...
- Movies’ characters reflect real personalities claims Amber Tamblyn (TCPalm.com)
Amber Tamblyn says that art imitates life in “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.” “They literally lifted our personal characters into the film, so what you’re seeing are real friendships, real bickering, real moments, real laughter, real inside jokes — that’s all us,” Tamblyn says of herself and her co-stars.
- Unusual View From the Top for Colgate Running Back (New York Times)
Colgate?s Jordan Scott may be the leading rusher in the Football Championship Subdivision, but even his coach says he?s not that great. Still, he?s more than good enough.
- Margaret Jarek column: From pain comes works of art - The Reporter
Margaret Jarek column: From pain comes works of artThe Reporter, WI - 3 hours agoThere would be no art, no music, no poetry or philosophy or science. All of this and more has arisen as a counterpoint to our own pain. ...
- Why Kylie is the ultimate pop survivor - Guardian Unlimited
People will always debate Kylie. They'll discuss the botox, point out how she will never sing like Beyoncé ( she coos like Jane Birkin ) and stress how she could never dance like Britney or Madonna (she barely moves). But as a pop superstar, Kylie ...
- Poetry: A poet's quest of spiritual intimacy - Evening Sun
The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, held in even-numbered years since 1986, is the largest poetry event in North America. Nearly 60 internationally acclaimed poets read and discuss their own poetry and lead conversations focusing on various ...
- Schools Open, and First Test Is Iraqi Safety - The Ledger
Schools Open, and First Test Is Iraqi SafetyThe Ledger, FL - 1 hour agoStanding in its crumbling courtyard, he fantasized about reviving the theater, stocking a library and holding poetry readings.
- Telling stories of war - Stars and Stripes
Telling stories of warStars and Stripes, DC - 3 hours agoAnd not just the "Marines, who after a couple of beers admit they write poetry. "We have this quote I love, from [Ralph Waldo] Emerson: ‘When a man does not ...
- The Laureate's lament: Being poet to the Queen is thankless and ... - Mail on Sunday
The Laureate's lament: Being poet to the Queen is thankless and ...Mail on Sunday, UK - Sep 9, 2008I came up with a poem and had to go along to Westminster Abbey. It was read beautifully by Dame Judi Dench. 'Afterwards the Queen stopped me and said, ...
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