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- Summer is for reading (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Summer's almost here, and kids are counting the days until they can put their textbooks to rest for a while. But that doesn't mean all books have to be tossed aside. Area libraries and literacy programs are hoping to encourage kids to keep reading for fun all summer long with an array of activities and special events. .Catch the Reading Bug. is the summer reading program theme at many ...
- Poetry in motion - Express TravelWorld
Express TravelWorldPoetry in motionExpress TravelWorld, India - 2 hours ago... spa area called the Aurea Spa to her modern gym and exercise zone, she has both style and substance. This is perhaps why they call her poetry in motion.
- Study: Social networks may subvert 'digital divide' (CNET)
New research suggests that social-networking sites build valuable technological and communication skills, and that low-income students are picking up those skills too.
- Gratuitous curlicues - Telegraph.co.uk
Gratuitous curlicuesTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 39 minutes agoEvery book classed as "Poetry and the Drama" comes, like the one illustrated above, with the endorsement of Shelley - although I'm not sure that Ben ...
- Presidential Watch – Daily – Monday, May 5 - Family Security Matters
The list is long this week of supporters who let Barack Obama hang out to dry. More than a few were last seen running out on Hillary Clinton. Perhaps the solution here is for the two soloists to meet, flip a coin, and spend the next six months as a ...
- Around Town - St. Petersburg Times
Nursing mothers class: St. Joseph's Women's Hospital presents a seminar on nursing mothers and breast-feeding. The session covers the basics of feeding, including how the body produces milk, proper positioning and latch-on techniques. 6 to 9 p.m ...
- Slam some poetry (The Star)
EVER felt the urge to write an ode to chocolate cake? Or a sonnet about coffins? Perhaps you prefer limericks in which old ladies choke on apple crumble? At this month’s KL Poetry Slam, you get the chance to wax lyrical about life’s two certainties (forget taxes!): Death and Dessert.
- Young and expressionable: Youth Speak poetry slam's give a voice to teens (Seattle Times)
A spotlight shines down onto a crumpled piece of notebook paper, as a faltering voice utters words that couple into phrases and run into...
- CNN - Poet Gives Voice To Black America (WSMV Nashville)
Born Of The Smoke-Infused Speakeasies Of 1950s And '60s Underground San Francisco, California, The Art Of Spoken Word Was Popularized By Beatnik Novelists Such As Jack Kerouac. Today, Hip Hop Has Inspired New Spoken Word Poet Jon Goode And Others To Give Voice To Serious Topics Ranging From AIDS And Prostitution To Gas Prices And Love. Â
- Big City - New York Times
Some enterprising Brooklynite was clearly inspired on Friday afternoon to host a really good Memorial Day weekend barbecue — the best kind of barbecue, in fact, the kind someone else pays for. “Need grill, charcoal, top-quality hamburgers, hot ...
- College Grad Wins Literary Prize With Blog Entries - WJZ
College Grad Wins Literary Prize With Blog EntriesWJZ, MD - 14 hours agoIt's her poems that helped her capture the prestigious Sophie Kerr Literary Prize "In my glacier poem, I tried to capture not so much exactly what I did but ...
- Op-ed column: A Wild West mentality - Schenectady Gazette
Op-ed column: A Wild West mentalitySchenectady Gazette, NY - 3 hours agoMake them read poetry, I say! Make them wear pink frilly lace, sing campfire songs and then put them on TV.) Consider alternative, lawful ways to affirm ...
- Mother's memory fuels music producer - Augusta Chronicle (subscription)
Mother's memory fuels music producerAugusta Chronicle (subscription), GA - 8 hours agoThe shy teen lacked the outgoing nature of his mother, who taught history at Hephzibah High School for more than 20 years. At one point, he refused to share ...
- Folk legend, 89, hits the road for a few concerts in Canada - The Kingston Whig-Standard
Folk legend, 89, hits the road for a few concerts in CanadaThe Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada - 2 hours ago"Our family had been living in Nicaragua and I came back and told him, 'You've got to stop singing those songs in Spanish, you're making a mockery of them,' ...
- Expanding Film Ties in The Middle East - Payvand
PayvandExpanding Film Ties in The Middle EastPayvand, Iran - 3 hours agoNothing destined the former lawyer to enter movies except a strong urge to pay tribute to his late father, a lover of Persian Poetry and Arts and in the ...
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