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- Preview: Edinburgh International Festival (The Herald)
History happens next Wednesday when the Edinburgh International Film Festival makes its June debut.
- Polished writing gives drama glint of greatness - Tacoma News Tribune
Conor McPherson’s “Shining City” is the latest poetic, Beckett-like modern drama from the playwright to be produced by Harlequin Productions. Harlequin has also brought us McPherson’s “The Weir” and “St. Nicholas.” The play takes ...
- Author on tour adds a page, but not to this book - Boston Globe
Author on tour adds a page, but not to this bookBoston Globe, United States - 26 minutes agoShe shows me her grandchildren's poetry, which I agree is quite impressive. Driving back to Newton, I realize that I still expect there to be a Tower ...
- 'Beauty' leaves one spellbound (The Washington Times)
"Beauty in Trouble" ("Kraska v nesnazich") was inspired by a song that was inspired by a poem. This moving and surprising Czech film, however, is very much down to earth, its concerns informed as much by modern, complicated Czech life as by an age-old, universal narrative.
- Author, playwright shares her Scarborough Stories - insideTORONTO.com
insideTORONTO.comAuthor, playwright shares her Scarborough StoriesinsideTORONTO.com, Canada - 1 hour agoThe event is hosted by Diaspora Dialogues, which supports the creation and presentation of new fiction, poetry and drama that reflect the complexity of the ...
- Israel’s 60th Anniversary: Why are some people partying like it’s ... - American Muslim
Israel’s 60th Anniversary: Why are some people partying like it’s ...American Muslim, MO - 3 hours agoIf you’re a poetry or film buff, drop by an Israel@60 reading or film festival. If you’re a bookworm, join a 60th birthday book club. If you’re a cyclist, ...
- The Boat man's call - Brisbane Times
IF YOU'VE ever found yourself wondering what literary success looks like, you could do a lot worse than to consider the case study of Nam Le, aged just 29. The buzz surrounding his first book, The Boat , could not be at a higher pitch. It has sold ...
- Your weekly DVD guide: 'Be Kind Rewind,' 'Californication,' 'Fool's ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jack Black and Mos Def star in this 2008 comedy about video store clerks who are forced to remake their library of film classics after a mechanical mishap. Written and directed by Michel Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"). Co-starring ...
- Reconsiderations: 'Life Studies' by Robert Lowell (The New York Sun)
Even before Robert Lowell published "Life Studies," his masterpiece, in 1959, he was widely regarded as the best American poet of his generation. But for most of the 1950s he was also completely blocked, managing to write, as he later recalled, just "five messy poems in five years." The problem was not that Lowell had failed to master his chosen style — the symbol-studded, ambiguity-laden, ...
- The Whole World (Wide Web) is Watching - RedOrbit
The Whole World (Wide Web) is WatchingRedOrbit, TX - 4 hours agoA COLORADO ENGLISH teacherlost her job after composing and posting sexually explicit poetry on her MySpace site. Police were even called in to investigate. ...
- A Poet of the Piano, in the Company of His Forebears - New York Times
A Poet of the Piano, in the Company of His ForebearsNew York Times, United States - 5 hours agoMr. Goode brought the poetry of his Chopin and the clarity of his Bach to Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata, playing the opening Adagio with mystical ...
- Impact Group Wows at Oscars, Uplifts at Home - ABC News
Earlier this year, at the Academy Awards, a group of singers took the stage at the Hollywood Kodak Theater and gave a performance that blew the audience away. Members of Impact practice their skills. (Heidi Gutman/ABC News) The song was called "Raise ...
- Suttons Bay Sunset wins award (Leelanau Enterprise)
A poem by a summer visitor entitled Suttons Bay Sunset took fourth place in a national poetry contest. The piece was written by Brad Bedacht, a student at Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati and grandson of Jerry and Sandy Bedacht, Stony Point summer residents for the past 17 years.
- Call to Readers: To express poetry in motion, try a haiku - Sacramento Bee
Call to Readers: To express poetry in motion, try a haikuSacramento Bee, USA - 6 hours agoThat's why we've created "tri-ku," a triathlon poem in the form of a haiku. Here's one by Bee staff writer Carlos Alcalá. Submit one (or a couple) of your ...
- Sound & Vision Just Can't Get Enough - Velocity
Sound & Vision Just Can't Get EnoughVelocity, KY - 3 hours agoCraig Finn's true-to-life Budweiser poetry mixed with gutbucket rock is a perfect summer soundtrack. With our souring economy and never-ending war, ...
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