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- PBS documentary features Shands Arts in Medicine program (Independent Florida Alligator)
Documentary airs on WUFT–TV/DT at 1:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. While poetry, dance and performance serve as recreation for some, the activities can also serve as creative steps toward recovery for patients involved in the Shands Arts in Medicine program.
- After nearly decade incarcerated, Abraham showed promise (The Oakland Press)
In January 2007, just as Nathaniel Abraham became a free man, his sister said Abraham wanted to show the world he had been worth the trouble.
- Dog-Eared Days - Wall Street Journal
Richard Ford's summer reading list includes Richard Price's "Lush Life," Tobias Wolff's "Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories" and Gustave Flaubert's "A Sentimental Education." Here's what's on the lists of some more authors -- along with some ...
- Fundraiser makes kids 'stars for the day' - Courier News
ELGIN -- When the Chicagoland Ride for Kids started in 1984, organizers didn't offer college scholarships; they did not need to. Children with pediatric brain tumors almost never lived long enough to use them. All that has changed thanks to research ...
- The One True Political Party – But You Still Believe, Don't You? - OpEdNews.com
We are not seeing politics, we are seeing theatrics. These are not candidates, these are the “plasticine porters with looking glass ties” about which Lennon once penned. The mirrors, no doubt, are invaluable tools by which the thespians can be ...
- CBJ: 20 Under 40 - Should faith play a role at work? - The State
CBJ: 20 Under 40 - Should faith play a role at work?The State, SC - 36 minutes agoI notice Bible verses or poetry hung on their office wall, fish symbols on their cars, conversation peppered with references to church or faith meetings. ...
- Maryland Student Wins Largest Literary Prize - ABC2 News
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A 22-year-old English major at Washington College who has used new media to reflect on her experiences with old-fashioned printing won one of the nation's largest undergraduate literary awards on Sunday. Emma Sovich, of Towson, won ...
- Things to do Thursday June 19 - Tampabay.com
Things to do Thursday June 19Tampabay.com, FL - 14 hours ago... coffee shop Cafe Bohemia lives up to its name tonight with a poetry night sponsored by Loud Speakers. It starts at 8 pm at 937 Central Ave. Free. ...
- 'Friendly Persuasions' at Pacific Serenades - Los Angeles Times
With 22 seasons under its belt, Pacific Serenades still makes a major point of trying to freshen the chamber music repertoire with newly commissioned works. Sunday afternoon in Pasadena's Neighborhood Church, the series presented its 90th commission ...
- Local author writes book of 50 poems - Red Bluff Daily News
Red Bluff author Randel S. Kuykendall has published a book of 50 poems called "Words for Rapunzel," according to a press release from PublishAmerica. Inspired by the likes of Bukowski and Kerouac the poems invoke images of fast-living, false love and ...
- Kay Ryan is the new poet laureate (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced today that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry has been compared to Emily Dickinson's, will succeed Charles Simic as the 16th U.S. poet laureate in the fall. The appointment is for one year and
- Guiding Hands Help Immigrant Artists Connect (New York Times)
A mentoring program run by the New York Foundation for the Arts helps artists from abroad gain a toehold in the city’s diverse arts community.
- War criminals can be tried even after a hundred years - New Nation
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday said the trial of war criminals could take place even after a hundred years. But correct information and data were essential for holding the trial they said speaking at a roundtable, "Trial of war criminals of 1971 ...
- Call of the wild: Britain's nature writers - The Independent
British nature writers have rambled out of the shadows and into the limelight. Boyd Tonkin explores the revival of their art A couple of weeks ago, I descended on a blazing Italian afternoon into a steep wooded ravine. Gnarled old trees hid overgrown ...
- Indian River County community connection: May 26 - Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)
Indian River County community connection: May 26Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription), FL - 5 minutes agoCreative Writing, Poetry: Discussion, critiques, encourages budding writers. Indian River County Main Library, 1600 21st St., Vero Beach, 6 pm Adults. ...
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