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- Musical canvas: Artists create 'Painted Violins' for Missoula Symphony (Missoulian)
Stripped to its components, the violin is nothing but thin slices of wood, a few pegs, some wire and glue and varnish. Yet few creations of man or woman have inspired such adoration, beauty and revelation as this four-stringed, bowed instrument.
- A new leaf: Revising the way we think about books and reading - MiamiHerald.com
A new leaf: Revising the way we think about books and readingMiamiHerald.com, FL - 5 hours agoIts artists' books pay tribute to lesser-known African-American inventors and trailblazers. ''I've seen kids with trouble in math or reading, and these kids ...
- Top 5 Ways to Train Your Brain - NewsBlaze
Top 5 Ways to Train Your BrainNewsBlaze, CA - 3 hours agoSome people find that poetry and philosophical words are the best. Unfortunately most people never stop to consider what positive thoughts will work for ...
- Teaching and Learning - Baltimore Sun
Members of the summer government class at Annapolis High School succumbed to public speaking jitters when they testified against a proposed curfew in Annapolis in front of several members of the city council. Many testified in quiet voices, stared ...
- Billy Collins kicks off Decatur Book Festival - AccessAtlanta
Bill Starr, head of the Georgia Center for the Book, stood outside Agnes Scott College’s Presser Hall Friday night and looked out on a long line of people waiting to get inside, as if behind a velvert rope at a trendy nightclub. “Isn’t it ...
- Poet, novelists among winners of $25,000 US prize for women writers - CBC News
A poet from New Mexico and a nurse from Washington are among the six winners of this year's $25,000 US Rona Jaffe Foundation awards, given annually to emerging women writers in the United States. The awards, created by the author who wrote the 1958 ...
- Tom Perrotta to headline first Portsmouth Literary Festival (Portsmouth Herald)
PORTSMOUTH — This October, the New Hampshire Writers’ Project kicks off its 20th anniversary celebrations by bringing a three-day literary festival to Portsmouth as part of the New Hampshire Writers’ Trail.
- ?Punk Half Panther? (New York Times)
For Juan Felipe Herrera, poetry is all about breaking down barriers.
- Natty dread - hotpress.com (subscription)
Natty dreadhotpress.com (subscription), Ireland - 3 hours agoHis forthcoming debut album Man Like I, self-produced and recorded live, mixes acoustic soul, pop, hip-hop, Afrobeat and – yes – reggae with urban poetry ...
- World's a stage at Hilton Festival - Tonight South Africa
When a play produces such emotion that it metaphorically kicks you in the gut, it's a pretty obvious sign the writer and performers have perfectly pinned the subject matter to the wall. With this in mind, one of the obvious picks of this year's ...
- Bands, beer .. burlesque. Paul Dalgarno previews the Hydro Connect ... - Sunday Herald
Bands, beer .. burlesque. Paul Dalgarno previews the Hydro Connect ...Sunday Herald, UK - 3 hours ago"I've got a six-year-old kid trying to sleep in here," she screamed. What came next was a hollow but well-heeded threat to all within earshot - which was ...
- Exhibition to celebrate National Nutrition Week inaugurated (Calcutta News)
A two-day long exhibition on nutrition awareness for women and children was inaugurated at the India Gate lawns Friday. It is organized by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Food and Nutrition Board.
- Also on stage: ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ Wylliams-Henry and more - Kansas City Star
Also on stage: ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ Wylliams-Henry and moreKansas City Star, MO - 12 hours agoThe movie is far more famous than the play now, but the story about the friendship between a Southern lady and her driver is the same. ...
- Robbie Burns Expert 'Incredulous' At Michael Jackson Covers Album - Sound-Check Music
An expert in Robbie Burns' poetry says he felt “incredulous†upon hearing that Michael Jackson has recorded a modern take on the poet's work. Jackson has apparently recorded the album with friend David Gest, who revealed that Burns, who died in ...
- Maryville's got talent - Maryville Daily Forum
Maryville's got talentMaryville Daily Forum, MO - 8 hours agoBy Megan Crawford Whether it's releasing their talents through acting, singing, comedy or poetry, one group in the Nodaway County community is putting it ...
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