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- Profile: Leonard Cohen - Times Online
Leonard Cohen’s habit of going into every concert with a prayer on his lips is hardly surprising. He believes that someone took a shot at him long ago at a concert in France that was attended by rowdy Maoists. As he reflected later: “They’re ...
- Sean Connery's memoirs no "kiss and tell" (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
By Ian MacKenzie
- Athens Boys Choir -- no boys, no choir, just offbeat hip-hop (The Capital Times)
Athens Boys Choir isn't a choir. It's just one guy from Athens, Ga., his microphone and some beats. It's part hip-hop, part spoken word, and part goofball aerobics dance music. Harvey Katz, the guy behind the mic, calls it "the poetry your mama warned you about." He raps about politics, living in the South, being Jewish and a being a transsexual. He writes more serious pieces as well as silly ...
- VIDEO: Fall play looks at life through poetry (Hinsdale Suburban Life)
Students at Hinsdale Central High School are transforming snapshots of original poetry into Central’s first September production, “Stuck in a Portrait.â€
- Jesus died for somebody's sins ... - Salon
Almost at the beginning of Steven Sebring's documentary "Patti Smith: Dream of Life," a film and art installation and photography book that's been 12 years in the making, we hear a narration from the eponymous rock goddess-poet, declaiming a short ...
- The Laureate's lament: Being poet to the Queen is thankless and ... - Daily Mail
Telegraph.co.ukThe Laureate's lament: Being poet to the Queen is thankless and ...Daily Mail, UK - 2 hours agoAfter his appointment, Motion helped launch the national Poetry Archive. Last night he told the Daily Mail that the Laureate post, which is believed to come ...Woe is me! Poet Laureate is suffering from writer's block and is ... Daily Mailall 6 news articles
- Art that pokes politics in the eye - Ottawa Citizen
Art that pokes politics in the eyeOttawa Citizen, Canada - 41 minutes ago"I think if you talk to the average person you meet on the street, you'll find that the notion of beauty, of poetry, even of entertainment, is present in ...
- Croissant Neuf Summer Party: a little flaky, very green and very fun - Metro
MetroCroissant Neuf Summer Party: a little flaky, very green and very funMetro, UK - 3 hours agoOver on the Café Seren stage, acoustica, poetry slams and open-mic slots create an intimate atmosphere. Lush-voiced songstress Rachael Dadd is definitely ...
- Shapeways lets Internet users manufacture goods (AFP via Yahoo! News)
In a step toward the type of future pictured in the hit film "Iron Man," a firm in the Netherlands is letting people fabricate items designed in three-dimensions on the Internet.
- Interpreter/artist Kate Swift says ‘hello’ in Estes Park Library exhibit through September (Estes Park Trail Gazette)
Cate Swift, library artist for September, immigrated to Estes Park eight years ago, after living and working in Japan for 16 years. Here, she can “stretch and not bump into walls.â€
- Library readers win bikes in Stratford: Stratford Firefighters ... - Lemoore Advance
Library readers win bikes in Stratford: Stratford Firefighters ...Lemoore Advance, CA - 7 hours agoMia said she plans to keep on reading even though the program is now officially over and Jeremy advised all kids to read daily. With a big handshake to Capt ...
- No Escape: Marketing to Kids in the Digital Age - Multinational Monitor
No Escape: Marketing to Kids in the Digital AgeMultinational Monitor - Jul 26, 2008Habbo Hotel — “a teen community where you can meet people, play games and create your own online space†— aggressively promotes itself as a marketing venue, ...
- Pulse contributors for July 22: - Hagerstown Morning Herald
Pulse contributors for July 22:Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD - 4 hours agoLisa McManus is 18 and attends adult education classes at the Washington County Family Center. She has been writing poetry since she was 13. ...
- Rochester author is a finalist for Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Pioneer Press
Rochester author is a finalist for Dayton Literary Peace PrizePioneer Press, MN - 2 hours agoI was the family storyteller, and my stories were always a tragedy, something dramatic. That's how I started writing." Taniguchi's debut poetry collection, ...
- Keeping kids' dreams alive - San Bernardino Sun
Keeping kids' dreams aliveSan Bernardino Sun, CA - 4 hours agoOn a recent morning, English teacher David Burrus listened while nervous students gave poetry readings at a podium in the front of the class. ...
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