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- National HIV Testing Day held (Mid-Hudson News)
NEWBURGH – To mark National HIV Testing Day, the Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center Thursday conducted a free testing clinic, distributed literature and held an annual day of entertainment, music, food, and poetry readings.
- Iran: Reading Tehran With Lolita (Time to Publish Iranian Writers) - Huffingtonpost.com
Whether or not the George W. Bush administration's surprising act this week of initiating people-to-people diplomacy with Iran is sincere, it presents a critical opportunity for cultural and human rights organizations in the United States to take the ...
- When the Facts Don't Add Up - ChristianityToday.com
ChristianityToday.comWhen the Facts Don't Add UpChristianityToday.com, IL - 5 hours agoGod does have some words of correction for Job, and the message expressed in splendid poetry boils down to this: Until you know a little more about running ...
- Poem Prescription (Hopkinton Crier)
For 30 years Helene Royce Tolland (also known as Mrs. R. T.) has been a mover and a shaker...not in the traditional sense ... but rather as a second grade teacher who literally has succeeded in getting students to move, shake and feel, and whatever else needed to truly learn in her classroom.
- Making a Statement (The New York Sun)
PARIS — Viktor & Rolf sent out a big but charming bag of "no" for their fall 2008 collection. Models had the word "no" painted over their eyes. Shirts were emblazoned with the words "no" and "Dream On." And on a positive note, a fur coat had the word "wow" across the top. Despite the negative verbiage, the show was very much a "yes." Fitted jackets with what looked like rows of gold staples had ...
- Newspaper and Magazine - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
The written record cannot be trusted in Salman Rushdie's newest novel, The Enchantress of Florence, a story that roams from the red sandstone palace of the great Mughal emperor Akbar to the towered Palazzo in Machiavelli's Florence. One character is ...
- Iranian students to host culture night - The UCLA Daily Bruin
Iranian students to host culture nightThe UCLA Daily Bruin, CA - 7 hours ago“Because this is what we know and love, and that’s what we’d love to represent Iran.” She added that the diversity of Iranian culture and society is also ...
- Elizabeth Edwards - Chicago Tribune
Give props to Gil Scott-Heron for the cutting-edge topicality of his best street poetry and jazz-inflected R&B over the last four decades, and the activist performer will accept the compliment graciously, albeit with reservations.
- Eve, Vanessa A Williams, Mashonda in star-studded CFW line-up - Jamaica Observer
Eve, Vanessa A Williams, Mashonda in star-studded CFW line-upJamaica Observer, Jamaica - 3 hours agoA talented writer as well as singer and actress, Vanessa has written a collection of poetry and prose titled Shine. Her poems and essays have also appeared ...
- From poetry to song: "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" - St. George Daily Spectrum
From poetry to song: "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"St. George Daily Spectrum, UT - 31 minutes agoIn addition she created plays, essays, short stories, and she diligently translated poems by German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. After reading her poetry and ...
- D.C. Cousins, Swimming in Film's Big Pool - Washington Post
CANNES, France, May 20 -- There are big films and little films here; documentary films and animated films; films with movie stars and films from Belgium. But by far the most numerous are the many, many films that no one will ever see. This is the ...
- Why writers can't go it alone - Guardian Blogs
Flying the flag of independence is a mark of respect in most areas of popular culture ... apart, it seems, from literature. Can you imagine any serious film reviewer refusing to watch anything other than the major Hollywood blockbusters? Can you ...
- Entertainment Calendar Updated 5-30-08 - Petoskey News-Review
Entertainment Calendar Updated 5-30-08Petoskey News-Review, MI - 1 hour agoParticipants are welcome to perform original works, an interpretation of a classic song, poetry, short scripted pieces, dance, etc. at the open mic. ...
- Austin literary events for April 2008 (Austin American-Statesman)
For the past 16 years, the Austin International Poetry Festival has been held every April. During an extended weekend, poets from across the country and around the world — but mostly from around Texas — get up and share their work with the public at bookstores, coffeehouses and other venues. One of the largest nonjuried festivals in the world, it's a poetry free-for-all celebrating those who ...
- Local Playwright Wins NYC Competition - WCAV
Local Playwright Wins NYC CompetitionWCAV, VA - 42 minutes ago“I actually started writing when I was a kid,” playwright, Robert Wray said. Wray began writing poetry in grade school, and as the years passed his passion ...
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