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- On Balance, 'Man on Wire' Reflects a Gentler Time (Washington Post)
The documentary "Man on Wire" opens with a grainy black-and-white reenactment of events that transpired in August 1974, when French high-wire artist Philippe Petit and a group of friends infiltrated the newly built World Trade Center, armed with hundreds of pounds of equipment, a harebrained sche...
- Urban Planner: August 24, 2008 - Torontoist
TorontoistUrban Planner: August 24, 2008Torontoist, Canada - 58 minutes agoThere are also panel discussions, a poetry slam, and an open mic stage. Church Street (between Alexander Street and Gloucester Street), 11 am–7 pm, FREE. ...
- Terence Davies: interview - Time Out
Terence Davies: interviewTime Out, UK - 3 hours agoI was told to find someone else but I wanted to narrate my own poetry and TS Eliot because I love them so much. We got another actor in but it didn’t work, ...
- Capitalism has proven Karl Marx right again - The Herald
Capitalism has proven Karl Marx right againThe Herald, UK - 5 hours agoNevertheless, amid the unconscious, accidental poetry of dismal economics you will find the phrase "moral hazard". It means that you have to be stupid or ...
- Lords of the trance - The Herald
Lords of the tranceThe Herald, UK - 2 minutes agoRumi's poetry has reached out across the cultural divide, with new translations of his work. "His words will continue speaking to us until we learn ...
- Futurism to stir up Paris - Ansa news in English
Ansa news in EnglishFuturism to stir up ParisAnsa news in English, Italy - Sep 24, 2008Encompassing painting, sculpture, poetry, theatre, music and architecture, Futurism's rampant colours and violent energy envisioned a new, ...
- David Blaine: Genius or Joke? (New York Post)
It's dusk in Central Park, and magician David Blaine is hanging upside down, contemplating a career change: "Maybe I will become a schoolteacher after this." Ten hours into his latest endurance stunt, Dive of Death-for which he committed himself to staying in this inverted position, dangling from cables, for three days-he is already hurting. "You know the feeling when you sit on your leg ...
- Raising awareness about animals - Malta Independent Online
Raising awareness about animalsMalta Independent Online, Malta - 14 hours agoChildren put up a programme of dance, drama and poetry at St Paul’s Bay Primary School to promote respect for animals. In her message, TV presenter Moira ...
- Apples, pumpkins, music, poetry, trolleys ... they're all part of the Fall festival fun (The Herald-Mail)
Take craft booths, food vendors, live music, children's activities, some fresh air and a crowd of happy people. Mix well, and you have a festival.
- Areal Republican platform (WorldNetDaily)
We recall the words of the old popular song, "What a Difference a Day Makes; 24 Little Hours." In this political year, it was actually 38 hours, but the poetry is the same.
- Book Signings and events this week - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Book Signings and events this weekLong Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 8 hours agoBook club meets the second Tuesday of the month. 11 am, Artesia Library, 18722 S. Clarkdale Ave. (562) 865-6614. Open-Mike Poetry with Murray Thomas invites ...
- Charm and cleverness - New Statesman
New StatesmanCharm and clevernessNew Statesman, UK - 2 hours agoSadly, but not fatally, Alison Anderson's English translation mislays much of the poetry of the original. Literal rather than instinctive, it is uneven, ...
- The Cost of NATO's Good Intentions - TIME
The Cost of NATO's Good IntentionsTIME - 4 hours agoIn their new book America Between the Wars,, Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier, two former Clinton Administration officials, recount a conversation about ...
- 'Piercingly insightful' 21-year-old in running for Dylan Thomas prize (Guardian Unlimited)
A 21-year-old poet is among six authors shortlisted for the lucrative Dylan Thomas prize
- New Arts Festival Linking Weimar and Shiraz Planned For 2009 - Deutsche Welle
New Arts Festival Linking Weimar and Shiraz Planned For 2009Deutsche Welle, Germany - 11 minutes agoThe word "divan" has passed into several western languages meaning a collection of poetry. This was inspired by the Divan of Hafez. ...
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