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- Rappers and poets and artists -- oh my! (Miami Herald)
It's no secret that some of us, ahem, love little, off-the-beaten-path places, especially in this town, where paths may be off and may be beaten but rarely does the twain meet. One of those places is Circa 28 in Wynwood. On Friday, a bigger than usual fusion of art, poetry and music will occur, beginning with a live performance by monthly resident band Elastic Bond at 11 p.m. and continuing with ...
- Outsider looking beyond borders - The Age
The AgeOutsider looking beyond bordersThe Age, Australia - Aug 7, 2008Theatre might derive from Arabic poetry (Jidariyya) or the Bosnian East West Theatre company reinterpreting the British 1970s play, Class Enemy in modern ...
- I Am My Own Dragon by Linda Thompson - WTNH.com
(WTNH) - We all have a dragon deep inside. Because we all have the power to make anything we want happen. That's one of the messages of a new book called "I Am My Own Dragon." The idea behind the book written by motivational speaker and author, Linda ...
- New poets on show - Exmouth Journal
New poets on showExmouth Journal, UK - 6 hours agoIt's an opportunity for writers to read out their poems to an audience and also a chance for library visitors to go along and see new poetry writing talent. ...
- Arab ex-Knesset member highlights diminishing US role in world affairs (The Daily Star Lebannon)
The world's changing power dynamics during the Bush administration era were the focus of a lecture by former Arab-Israeli MP Azmi Bishara before a full audience at Hamra's Al-Madina Theater on Monday evening. In his lecture - entitled "What's the role for America after Bush?" - Bishara noted that the United States remains.
- ‘Tolerance is essential, Mr Laden,’ pupil (Việt Nam News)
"Tolerance is essential to all relationships set up by human beings. The important thing is not what each person receives but what they can offer." This is an excerpt from a letter by tenth-grade student Ho Thi Que Chi to Muslim terrorist Osama Bin Laden.
- Abandoned tapes record evolution of bin Laden - Nashville Tennessean
DAVIS, Calif. — Heaped haphazardly into twin cardboard boxes, the hundreds of audiocassette tapes looked more like a Baby Boomer's teenage detritus than a historical link to Osama bin Laden. Flagg Miller knew their value. The tapes were the Arabic ...
- Palestinian poet lives on in show (BBC News)
The appearance of the Palestinian National Theatre in Edinburgh is overshadowed by the death of their finest poet.
- Wham bam, thank you Slam - News.com.au
IT'S a novel idea ¿ applying the format of mainstream television contests such as Australian Idol to an underground artform like spoken-word poetry. Hosted in Perth by WritingWA, Australian Poetry Slam ’08 is a battle of the words in which ...
- Russian Immigrants Feast on 'Food and Love' - NPR News
NPR.org , July 29, 2008 · Kitchen-table fiction, wherein a cozy author tells the story of a culture through its food, is as easy to find as a packet of Splenda. But Lara Vapnyar's second short-story collection, the follow-up to her debut, There Are ...
- Teacher inspired to write about unsung heroes - Anderson Independent Mail
Teacher inspired to write about unsung heroesAnderson Independent Mail, SC - 31 minutes agoAnother familiar name is Phyllis Wheatley, a slave woman who wrote poetry. She became well-known and well-traveled. In 1776 George Washington liked the poem ...
- Avalanche of Arts ; 2008 FirstWorks Festival - RedOrbit
Avalanche of Arts ; 2008 FirstWorks FestivalRedOrbit, TX - 4 hours agoUniverses, a theater troupe from the Bronx, presents "Live from the Edge," a blend of blues, jazz, poetry and hip-hop. This is a group that Oskar Eustis, ...
- Authors grieve over David Foster Wallace's apparent suicide - Baltimore Sun
NEW YORK - The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, an author of seemingly unstoppable curiosity, imagination and ambition who apparently killed himself last week. Readers are seeking out his work, including his 1,000-page novel ...
- Linda Jo Scott: The story of a life-long friendship (Battle Creek Enquirer)
Agnes Spoerer Langner and my mother grew up next door to each other on the north side of Chicago and went all through school together — all through life together. Both loved to read and write, and for their whole lives they corresponded weekly. Their loyalty to each other was complete and unending.
- Albion District Library celebrates Library Card Month - Battle Creek Enquirer
Albion District Library celebrates Library Card MonthBattle Creek Enquirer, MI - 23 minutes agoThe Dolly Parton Imagination Project, which provides free books to children in the service area from birth to their fifth birthday, relies on the generosity ...
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