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- The one that got away - Financial Times
The one that got awayFinancial Times, UK - 2 hours agoThis latest offering is both a celebration of the sea and seafaring, and a lament, not only for lost ways of life, but for the fate of the planet. ...
- Good Day Baltimore: Ten fun things to do today (Baltimore Examiner)
"The Thriftstore Mystery Paintings" by "Blaster" Al Ackerman - a series in acrylic that decorate the verso of Ackerman's first spoken-word album, "I am Drunk," for Stewart Mostofsky's EHSE label - are now on display for ArtScape. The backstory is that Mostofsky, a longtime Ackerman fan, commissioned the artist to decorate album covers with original acrylic paintings. Oh, and Ackerman has been ...
- What's my age again? - Guardian Blogs
Lying about her age? ... Duffy's youth works in contrast to her vintage 60s sound. Photo: John Rahim/Rex Features Does pop music need to be made by young people? I'm asking because there's been an unpleasant undercurrent of ageism around two current ...
- Jazz Legend Joe Beck, Columbia Blowfish - Free Times
Free TimesJazz Legend Joe Beck, Columbia BlowfishFree Times, SC - 6 hours ago... popular poetry night will rise again. Readings begin at 8 pm; call 463-8297 for more information. What’s that? You haven’t gotten around to seeing dark ...
- Albee's at it again - Houston Chronicle
If, as playwright Edward Albee says, he can talk to his cat — "and she talks to me" — how much of a stretch is it really to chat with Louise Nevelson, the Ukrainian-born American sculptor who died in 1988? That's the trick he pulls off in Edward ...
- CONCERTS, FESTIVALS AND MORE - The Wichita Eagle
CONCERTS, FESTIVALS AND MOREThe Wichita Eagle, KS - 2 hours agoPoetry Aloud, read your own poetry or that of a poet you admire, 7 pm Tue., Zoomdweebie's Tea Bar, 3010 E. Central. Free. Information, 316-440-4202. WED. ...
- Book Review: All About The Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America by John McWhorter (Blogcritics.org)
The author argues that hip-hop is metaphysical at best, mystical at the least, but a political tour de force? Not yet, and maybe never. On one side I hear John McWhorter, and on the other side I hear Michael Eric Dyson. In this book their voices come together because McWhorter has put forth his hip-hop apolitical argument in sharp contrast to the many political ones. In fact, Dyson provided the ...
- I, Eternal: Poetry And Essay From The Struggle Of Existence - PR NewsChannel (press release)
PR NewsChannel (press release)I, Eternal: Poetry And Essay From The Struggle Of ExistencePR NewsChannel (press release), FL - 28 minutes agoSherman has written a new book, I, Eternal: Poetry and Essay from the Struggle of Existence (Pleasant Word, 2008). In the book, he uses poems and essays to ...
- THE race is on to find the best poet in the area. - St. Albans Observer
THE race is on to find the best poet in the area.St. Albans Observer, UK - 1 hour agoOne poet from St Albans and Harpenden will be selected to represent the region in an annual best of UK poetry book. As well as having their work published ...
- A word about poetry - Auckland stuff.co.nz
A word about poetryAuckland stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 1 hour agoOne of her poem’s Young Adultery was published in an anthology of New Zealand teenage writing titled Tennis with Raw Eggs. She has also been interviewed ...
- From Coors to Corona to Yuengling -- everything you wanted to know ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Used to be, choosing a beer was a matter of taste, availability, price and advertising. Now beer -- like cars and jeans -- sends a message and never so clearly as when it's a cult beer, a fickle and ever-changing roster of brews that acquire the ...
- Poet-Treat to feature Owen Neill - SooToday.com
SooToday.comPoet-Treat to feature Owen NeillSooToday.com - 1 hour agoTuesday, May 13, the Arts Council will host their very first “Poet-Treat” event, a compliment to the very successful Poetry Contest they coordinated in ...
- Slavery is gone, but not mentality (Tucson Citizen)
The symbolism behind Juneteenth - which occurred 133 years ago today - is all too easy for today's African-Americans to forget. Tucson's annual celebration, eating fresh fried-catfish dinners and homemade peach cobbler and entertaining into the night, is fine. But in a much larger sense, Juneteenth is an outward show of American blacks' self-improvement
- Amiri Baraka to kick off spoken word education institute - UW Madison
Amiri Baraka, the award-winning incendiary poet, playwright and founder of the Black Arts Movement, will give a special reading at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday, July 7, to open the third annual Spoken Word & Hip-Hop Educator's ...
- New poetry book by Midwest City author available (The Norman Transcript)
Transcript StaffA new book of poetry, "Shots On" by Midwest City author Carol Hamilton, has been released b...
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