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- Blast from the past (Arab News)
In a city where modern trends are the in thing, it is truly unique that people are still being swayed by voices from the past, something that bears mute testimony to the strong bond that people have with culture and tradition.
- Humber River Shakespeare: A new tradition of outdoor theatre in King - King Township Sentinel
Humber River Shakespeare: A new tradition of outdoor theatre in KingKing Township Sentinel, Canada - 5 hours agoThe idea evolved from a love for the poetry and timeless relevance of the Bard's works. "We feel very strongly that classical theatre should be accessible, ...
- A long flowering - Baltimore Sun
The poet Josephine Jacobsen, in an essay she wrote for The Sun almost 30 years ago, decried how hard it was to get inside things that should be easy to open (milk cartons, aspirin bottles), yet how quickly Americans seemed to expect personal intimacy ...
- Column: Future of U.S. literacy endangered - U-Wire.com
Reading is fundamental. Reading not only informs and entertains, it stimulates the imagination. Unfortunately, Americans are becoming increasingly uninterested in reading - and this may lead us into catastrophe. Reading is an activity that requires ...
- VMI receives grant to enhance Arabic program - WSLS
Selected cadets at Virginia Military Institute will benefit from a more robust Arabic language program, and the college will become a model for how other schools can teach the language, thanks to a grant award announced last week. The Virginia ...
- The week in music (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Music lovers know that Matisyahu is a Hasidic Jew, so he won't perform after sundown on Fridays. But sunset isn't until 9 p.m., so the highly entertaining, thought-provoking, reggae-loving rapper will start his show early tonight. (7:15 p.m. today Weesner Family Amphitheater, Minnesota Zoo, $34.)
- Leonard Cohen tours after 15-year break (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Singer Leonard Cohen, who serenaded the world with songs like Hallelujah, is kicking off his first world tour in 15 years.
- Time after time she's still a hit - Vancouver Sun
Vancouver SunTime after time she's still a hitVancouver Sun, Canada - 7 hours agoHer concept was that beat poetry could go hand in hand with dance music. So when she was in Sweden working with producers Peer Astrom and Johan Bobeck at ...
- After much anticipation, critic's 'Waits' is finally over - Charleston Post Courier
After much anticipation, critic's 'Waits' is finally overCharleston Post Courier, SC - 4 hours agoOK, there was the awesome version of "Black Market Baby," followed by a single light bulb being lowered to the stage beside Waits, where it flickered while ...
- Catlett celebrates century of aging artfully (San Francisco Chronicle)
On a recent Friday at Albany Bowl, painter and poet Frances Dunham Catlett bowled 143 in a league game, good for three prizes. The score was an improvement over her current average of 109, even if it did not quite reach the lofty heights of the 200s she has...
- Author Francis Mayes Kicks Off the 11th Season of North Carolina ... - Carolina Newswire
Each year, North Carolina authors publish hundreds of books of all types and for the past ten seasons UNC-TV’s local literary series North Carolina Bookwatch has brought the best and brightest of these southern scribes to the small screen ...
- Confluence, Pittsburgh's 20th Annual Science Fiction Convention - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Confluence, Pittsburgh's 20th Annual Science Fiction ConventionPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 3 hours agoPoetry readings, filk concerts, a video room and other entertaining fare. A taste-testing consuite, a boffo art show, and a book-crammed dealers room. ...
- Deadline nears for U.P. youth writing contest (Ironwood Daily Globe)
Poetry, essays, personal narratives to be postmarked by June 1 to writers' association
- My Glasto Experience - The South African
My Glasto ExperienceThe South African, UK - 2 hours agoThere’s comedy, poetry, theatre, political speeches, and a whole host of mini communities offering all kinds of weird and wonderful experiences. ...
- Shallal Brings 'Poets' Vision to EMU - EMU News
EMU NewsShallal Brings 'Poets' Vision to EMUEMU News, VA - 1 hour agoHis cafe is also named for that famous African-American poet, who worked as a Washington busboy during the 1920s, Shallal explained to an audience of 160 ...
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