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- Writing contest open to students this year - Sun Journal
The New Bern Literary Symposium is accepting entries for its 2009 writing contest, which is open to students this year. "We are inviting students in grades six to 12 to sharpen their wits and pencils and join in the competition," said Phyllis Hoffman ...
- DiCaprio, Berry among celebs getting out the vote - Grand Rapids Press
Warning: The following video contains bad language. But if you're old enough to vote, you can probably handle it: NEW YORK — How do you get kids to vote? Just say no. Leonardo DiCaprio, Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston, Tobey Maguire, Eva Longoria ...
- Still a smash - Daily Progress
Maybe “1979†made you feel nostalgic for teenage boredom. Perhaps the video for “Tonight, Tonight,’’ with its silent-film homage to Georges Melies’ fanciful “A Trip to the Moon,’’ kept you switching back to MTV. Whichever songs from ...
- Local rider takes aim at national title - Florida Today
Local rider takes aim at national titleFlorida Today, FL - 1 hour agoRoberts rides "Poetry in Motion," a 6-year-old warm-blood mare that weighs nearly 1400 pounds. It will be her first big competition, although she qualified ...
- Poets slam down their rhymes in Brink Lounge bout (The Capital Times)
Their words didn't float down out of the rafters and land on our shoulders. Instead, they slapped listeners across the face and begged for an explanation. This wasn't a flowery, Shakespearean sonnet exhibition with pentameters and rhymes and professions of romantic love. Instead, Wednesday night was the second night of first bouts -- or rounds -- of the National Poetry Slam for four teams of ...
- Richard Silverstein: The death of Mahmoud Darwish is a severe blow (Guardian Unlimited)
Richard Silverstein: Mahmoud Darwish, who died last week, should have been honoured as a national poet of both Palestinians and Israelis
- Press Conference With the Pope - Zenit
PARIS, SEPT. 13, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Here is a translation of a 10-minute press conference Benedict XVI gave while en route to France on Friday. Q: In 1980, during his first trip, John Paul II asked "France, are you faithful to your baptismal ...
- Beth Jackson to help select nation's best children's book - Daily Post Athenian
Daily Post AthenianBeth Jackson to help select nation's best children's bookDaily Post Athenian, TN - 11 hours agoIt can be any form of writing, including fiction and non-fiction as well as poetry. The ages for the book's audience are to be up to and including age 14. ...
- Dutch Christian Democrats welcome Muslim texts - EuropeNews
Dutch Christian Democrats welcome Muslim textsEuropeNews, Denmark - 2 hours agoFor his contribution, Tonca has drawn on poetry of the 14th century Turkish poet Yunus Emre: "Allah praising and extolling, for his qualities so unique, ...
- A marriage of two artistic mediums - Excalibur Online
A marriage of two artistic mediumsExcalibur Online, Canada - 20 minutes agoThe frankensteining of jazz, classical music and poetry brought the performance to life and established a broad and wide soundscape, skipping from ...
- Paint names shade toward poetry (Burlington Times-News)
I bought a gallon of paint recently. If this current trend in naming paints continues, hardware stores will need to bring in upholstered chairs and designer coffee bars. You can't be sure if you're reading paint chips or free verse.
- Controversial Stitching Ends NYC Run Aug. 9 - Playbill.com
Playbill.comControversial Stitching Ends NYC Run Aug. 9Playbill.com, NY - 5 hours agoThe visceral poetry and physicality between the lovers creates a surprisingly tender, often humorous, brutal romance. Stitching challenges the notions of ...
- Five things to know - Naperville Sun
Five things to knowNaperville Sun, IL - 15 hours ago1 to 2 fest at Butterfield and Batavia roads has a car show, live entertainment, crafts, bingo, poetry slam, kids area and more. ...
- Cornell Cinema: My Winnipeg - Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
Cornell Cinema: My WinnipegCornell University The Cornell Daily Sun, NY - 17 hours agoRenting out his old home, he recruits his mother and a few actors to recreate and film key memories from his family life. We see the day his sister hit a ...
- Taking time to honor the written word - Petaluma Argus-Courier
Taking time to honor the written wordPetaluma Argus-Courier, CA - 3 hours agoAdmission to the Poetry Walk is free. The full program and schedule is available at http://geri-digiorno.petaluma 360.com.
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