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- Messiaen's haunting 'Quartet' soars (Detroit Free Press)
Messiaen's masterpiece, one of the great chamber works, formed the centerpiece of Saturday's Chamber Music Society of Detroit concert by the well-matched ensemble of clarinetist John Bruce Yeh, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, cellist Gary Hoffman and pianist Christopher Taylor. It is hard to adequately describe the impact that the "Quartet" makes in performance.
- Wit and Wisdom of Alfred Brendel - Minnesota Public Radio
Pianist Alfred Brendel doesn't just play piano--he's a painter, too, and an excellent writer. As one critic wrote of his books, "He writes so well that it seems almost unfair in someone who plays as he does." Besides books on music, he's also fond of ...
- Writing Seminar Helps Aspiring Authors - 13 WMAZ
People had 16 workshops to choose from. They studied non-fiction storytelling, TV and film writing, and poetry. Folks had a chance to unwind with their colleagues at a book exhibit and social hour at the end of the day, followed by keynote speaker ...
- IWP participant Pick to perform today - Iowa City Press Citizen
IWP participant Pick to perform todayIowa City Press Citizen, IA - 18 hours agoInternational Writing Program participant Anat Pick, sound-text performance artist from Israel, will perform selections from her Dada sound poetry ...
- SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF TAJIKISTAN EMOMALI RAHMON AT THE 63RD ... - Ховар
SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF TAJIKISTAN EMOMALI RAHMON AT THE 63RD ...Ховар, Tajikistan - 6 hours agoEven after several centuries Rudaki's poetry keeps on calling on humans to strengthen friendship among peoples and broaden inter-civilization dialogue. ...
- Fall's full of fun - The Salinas Californian
Fall's full of funThe Salinas Californian, CA - 1 hour agoShe's best known for her 1970s hit "Poetry Man." For tickets, go to or call (831) 427-2227. TOM LEYDE is a copy editor at The Salinas Californian. ...
- Annual celebration of African-American art starts this weekend - Charleston Post & Courier
Even without money in your pocket, it's easy to enjoy MOJA. The annual African-American and Caribbean arts festival, which kicked off Wednesday and stretches through Oct. 5, will be serving up plenty of free entertainment. "This year, we have more ...
- McCain's Magic Formula? - Slate
Semi- amnesty in St. Paul: I asked Sen. Graham how soon, in his first term, President McCain would declare the borders secure (and move on to revive "comprehensive immigration reform"). Graham said "We'll know it when we see it," but emphasized that ...
- Even better than he ever was - Toronto Star
Even better than he ever wasToronto Star, Canada - 1 hour ago... "Life Is Long" and "One Fine Day") when Byrne's plainspoken poetry, with its corner-of-the-eye images of ordinary lives in dramatic flux and crisis, ...
- Calendar (Northbrook Star)
Deadline for calendar items is 10 days in advance of the desired publication date. Send information on clubs, lectures, community events, religious events, reunions, support groups and singles to: Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; fax to (847) 486-7451 or e-mail to glenview@pioneerlocal.com.
- Beverly loses native son to roadside bomb in Afghanistan - Taunton Daily Gazette
Beverly loses native son to roadside bomb in AfghanistanTaunton Daily Gazette, USA - 1 hour agoFortunato wrote poetry and was a talented artist and was planning to enroll in college to become a graphic artist once his enlistment was over. ...
- Academic studies Osama bin Laden the skilled poet (CBC)
The poems of Osama bin Laden are to be published next week in the Language and Communications Journal, an academic publication.
- Jockstrip: The world as we know it. - United Press International
Jockstrip: The world as we know it.United Press International - 10 hours agoSuch tapes recovered in 2001 from bin Laden's Afghanistan compound form the basis of a new academic work on Arabic poetry from Flagg Miller, who teaches at ...
- Bible is sacred, important, but do you know what it says? - Beckley Register-Herald (subscription)
Bible is sacred, important, but do you know what it says?Beckley Register-Herald (subscription), WV - 1 hour agoThe King James Version, nevertheless, contains some of the most beautiful poetry ever compiled by mankind. But the book’s elaborate sentence structure ...
- Washington teams in sad state (USA Today)
Something is rotten in the state of Washington, and it's not the apples. It's the football.
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