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- Silencing the drums of war (Aljazeera)
Shortly before his death in 1997, the Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti declared that "music is the weapon of the future". Since then, however, more than $3 trillion has been spent on far deadlier weapons of war which are fought in the name of peace and stability.
- Event will include music, art exhibits, movies and presentations (Albany Democrat-Herald)
A three-week Festival of American Popular Culture will be held at Linn-Benton Community College April 4-25. The festival is free and open to the public and includes live musical performances by Oregon artists, art exhibits, cultural presentations and a movie series.
- Goals: What you really want from your money (Money via Yahoo! Finance)
Yes, the stock market is down. But you can handle it, can't you? Certainly you could do without the sick feeling you get each time the Dow takes another triple-digit dive.
- Poetry Reading Slated - Voices
Poetry Reading SlatedVoices, CT - 1 hour agoHis book, "Slag," was published by Texas Tech University Press as the best first book of poetry in 2005. His poetry and criticism have appeared in Indiana ...
- Teen turns poetry champ
Sun-Journal - TURNER - Kate McKeown first heard about Poetry Out Loud in January, when a mid-term grade hinged on standing in front of the class and reciting a poem from memory. She picked Sylvia Plath's "Fever 103°" and the English class voted - she did the best ...
- Jason Blume New Zealand Songwriting Workshops (Scoop.co.nz)
International hit songwriter Jason Blume will be visiting New Zealand for the first time in May/June 2008. While here he will teach two weekend workshops – one in Christchurch and one in Auckland.
- Comics Essentials: Once Scorned, Comics Find Following Using Variety - The Student Life
Comics Essentials: Once Scorned, Comics Find Following Using VarietyThe Student Life, CA - 51 minutes agoIt has everything: mythology, world history, altered states of consciousness, existentialism, satire, sci-fi, poetry, and Tantra. To summarize the story as ...
- The great 1857 fiasco - Times of India
The great 1857 fiascoTimes of India, India - 19 minutes agoIt seemed like a political event rather than a poetry session in honour of the martyrs of the mutiny,'' recalls Fazli. The commemoration panel also formed a ...
- Badge of Honour: author Joel Yanofsky blogs about Montreal's Blue ... - CBC.ca
CBC.caBadge of Honour: author Joel Yanofsky blogs about Montreal's Blue ...CBC.ca, Canada - May 9, 2008I never expected I would be keen to attend poetry slams and panel discussions on writers in peril (one of the themes of this year’s festival). ...
- Duke Graduates Honored At Commencement Ceremony - NBC 17.com
Duke Graduates Honored At Commencement CeremonyNBC 17.com, NC - 31 minutes agoHer short fiction and poetry began to be published during the mid-1980s, and her first novel, “The Bean Trees,” was published in 1987. ...
- 'Squishy Man' Blue Springs comic pulls material from his unique background (The Examiner)
On stage he's at home.
- Imagine a city embroiled in turmoil — like Buffalo
Buffalo News - ... Hawthornians, Shakespeareans, young Hegelians — all of whom understand the mysteries and metaphors of finality, the poetry ... He earned his doctorate in English at the University at Buffalo, writing his doctoral thesis in part on the work of Nathanael ...
- Arts council to host Black History event (The Pottsville Republican & Herald)
The Martin Luther King Family Enrichment Center will host a trio of poets tonight in honor of Black History Month. The event, starting at 7 p.m., will be held at the Schuylkill County Council for the Arts, 1440 Mahantongo St., Pottsville.
- Serj Tankian shrugs - Edmonton Sun
Serj Tankian shrugsEdmonton Sun, Canada - 6 hours agoTankian has also spread his political influence by lobbying US congress to recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide and with a book of poetry called Cool ...
- Bloggers mount ‘EDSA revolution’ online (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
LEGAZPI CITY -- No time to go to street protests? Do it online.
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