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- Female contenders rule out 'archaic' post of Poet Laureate - The Independent
Three of the leading contenders to be Britain's first female Poet Laureate have ruled themselves out of contention for the post. The ancient role, currently held by Andrew Motion and remunerated by 630 bottles of Spanish sherry, is due to be ...
- Trying to piece together our past - Kilkenny People
Trying to piece together our pastKilkenny People, Ireland - 10 hours ago... poetry, music and song are not lost and will be accessible to everybody who would like to know more about a way of life, which was steeped in heritage ...
- 19th-century baseball presentation to celebrate America's birthday - Times Herald-Record
19th-century baseball presentation to celebrate America's birthdayTimes Herald-Record, NY - 2 hours ago"My show stresses the lure of our national pastime during the 19th century through the use of my collected baseball music, poetry, humorous storytelling, ...
- Youth 4 Unity This Weekend - Blunt Magazine
Blunt MagazineYouth 4 Unity This WeekendBlunt Magazine, South Africa - 2 hours agoActivities will include dance, music, circus, drumming, comedy and poetry. Film and documentary screenings: Local young film- and documentary makers show ...
- Shaky narrator in 'tabloid hell' - Myrtle Beach Sun News
Shaky narrator in 'tabloid hell'Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - 40 minutes agoThe way to handle broken narrators, perhaps, is to try to find poetry in their plain speech. But Oates has already done that - her "Zombie" is a brilliant ...
- Corrections and Clarifications (Birmingham News)
The third-place poem in our kids' poetry contest, which was published on Page 6E of Tuesday's LifeStyle section, was taken in large part from Edgar A. Guest's "You Mustn't Quit!" Only a few words were changed from Guest's original poem.
- Pudgy-Man Action Flick Falls Short Of Own Aspirations - The Bulletin
Stoner flicks make up the rare genre that is consistently rewarded for being stupid. My gripe, though, isn't with the subject matter of these films. It's with how much we lower the bar for them. No one questions the harmless banality of "Half Baked ...
- Pilvax Garden Party - Caboodle.hu
Pilvax Garden PartyCaboodle.hu, Hungary - 2 hours agoThe evening will begin with readings of poetry and prose by three up-and-coming writers of American and Hungarian origin: Gábor Gyukics, Péter Péli, ...
- Jalota launches music company to promote amateur singers - Thaindian.com
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Well-known bhajan singer Anup Jalota and Kavi Narayan Agarwal have launched a music company called Shabd ‘n Sur to promote amateur singers. “There are many talented singers who aspire to make a career in singing, but can’t ...
- Yacht club to mark 50th with regatta, gala (Foster's Daily Democrat)
John Huff/Staff photographer The Great Bay Yacht Club, located at Dover Point, is preparing for a Regatta celebrating its 50th anniversary. DOVER — It was more than 50 years ago that a group of friends decided over dinner and drinks to start up a sailing club.
- Feats on film: Get real for high drama (Independent)
It can be said with reasonable certainty that Philippe Petit is the only tightrope walker to have appeared on Desert Island Discs. In 2005, while recounting an extraordinary life spent with his head in the clouds, the French high-wire artist also became the first "islander" to cue up works by Morricone and Dvorak alongside obscure Jewish chants. His luxury: "An object found by my father that ...
- Contest: Group seeks poetry (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
A $1,000 grand prize is being offered in a special poetry contest sponsored by Christian Fine Arts Society. There are 50 prizes in all, totaling $4,000.
- Sacramento coffeehouse hosts In The Flow (California Aggie)
This weekend, the True Love Coffeehouse in Sacramento will host the first In The Flow music festival, a weekend of modern and improvisational jazz, rock, blues and more.
- The Insomniac's Guide to Late-Night TV Movies July 28-Aug. 2 - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), 11 p.m. TCM. Starring Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien and Mary Astor. One of the finest musicals ever made. In addition to the title song, Garland sings "The Trolley Song" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ...
- Thompson: School's out, but don't forget teachers - Northwest Herald
I’m not what you’d call an instructor. I don’t even like to show people how to work their computer, let alone summon the supernatural patience I’ve seen in the teachers I know. I am the daughter of a teacher, the niece of several teachers and ...
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