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- Johnny Weir Has Prevailed - Falls Church News Press
Johnny Weir Has PrevailedFalls Church News PressAmong the world's best male skaters, Weir exhibits the most fluid poetry of motion, consciously elevating the sport's artistic elements over its purely ...and more »
- Events celebrate African-American culture, contributions - Daily Sentinel
Are you looking for something free, fun, local and informative to do this month as you celebrate Black History Month? If so, the Nacogdoches African American Heritage Project and Progressive Leadership Group may have just the right events in store ...
- Griot Collective to hear from professor - Jackson Sun
The Griot Collective of West Tennessee will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with professor Tim J. Wise at 2 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Jackson-Madison County Library, downtown. Wise, described in a news release as "an authority on race, culture and ...
- Chase Von Sharing Story by Poetic Friend, Glynis M. Boyd on the now ... - Student Operated Press
My colleagues (as the facilitator had asked us to refer to one another) were literally tearing poetry apart. It was the 21st ... special because we had the opportunity to choose books, donated by a publishing house. I reached my hand into an endless ...
- David Brooks: Geezers must lead a crusade - Journal-News
We like to think that in days gone by, the young venerated the elderly. But that wasn’t always so. In “As You Like It,†Shakespeare’s morose character, Jaques, calls old age “second childishness and mere oblivion.†Walt Whitman hoped that ...
- Rose's Teens 'N' Theater Program Presents PRIDE PLAYERS: PROJECT 11 at the ... - Broadway World
Rose's Teens 'N' Theater Program Presents PRIDE PLAYERS: PROJECT 11 at the ...Broadway WorldPride Players is a show for teens, by teens, which uses improvisation, poetry and monologues to explore what it means to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, ...
- Real Books More Durable Than Device - The Ledger
Real Books More Durable Than DeviceThe LedgerWarm up your pens, it's time for the annual Teen Poetry Contest! Teens enter your original poems now, we'll vote later to celebrate National Poetry Month in ...
- “Tome of the Unknown Poet†- StarNewsOnline.com (blog)
“Tome of the Unknown Poetâ€StarNewsOnline.com (blog)You could say Mitchell has a wealth of experience to draw upon: A 1943 graduate of Williston Industrial High School, he was the first African-American ...
- Op-Ed | With elusive author's death comes hope of manuscripts - Courier-Journal
At the end, with J.D. Salinger dead at 91, we have no memories of him. That is to say, we have no cranky anecdotes about thrown drinks, no second cousins who once stood next to him at a roulette table, no paparazzi pictures of him with his long face ...
- BlackBerry portrait earns a raspberry - Times Colonist
We learn that Lazaridis was watching a TV report about football players learning ballet to improve their balance and co-ordination. Poetry in Motion, the report was called, and from that, Research in Motion was christened. We also learn that ...
- Fisher: Writing from the inside - San Jose Mercury News
Fisher: Writing from the insideSan Jose Mercury NewsIn 1995, he teamed up with Pacific News Service, a nonprofit agency in San Francisco, to publish the poetry, essays and artwork produced in the workshops. ...and more »
- Entertainment briefs - Enterprise News
Entertainment briefsEnterprise NewsHe's one of the musicians who can lead you through a fascinating night of Persian classical music and ancient Sufi and contemporary poetry, as “Masters of ...and more »
- Hawke sinks his teeth into 'Daybreakers' - Grand Forks Herald
No actor wants to look foolish, especially if there are a couple of Oscar nominations and a Tony nomination on his resume. And the time you worry about that, says Ethan Hawke, is “When you’re sitting there, covered in fake blood, or somebody’s ...
- Eighteen Challenges in Contemporary Literature (Wired News)
Fancy yourself an novelist for these times? Read this first.
- Dessa: Woman of many talents - Toronto Star
Dessa: Woman of many talentsToronto StarOne of two children of a pilot dad and publicist mom, Dessa started off writing poetry before turning to performance eight years ago. ...
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