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- Non-profit seeks baseball haikus (North Adams Transcript)
NORTH ADAMS -- Baseball isn't just for jocks and jugheads but for everyone, even the literary-minded. "America's pastime" has long inspired writers -- not only day-to-day journalists but novelists such as John R. Tunis, Jackson Scholz and the legendary Ring Lardner.
- Poetry Slam scheduled - Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON — Probably not since the Calamity Cafe was cooking up flying words in its soul kitchen has there been a regular poetry slam at a Huntington nightclub. But local poet and Christian hip hop artist Byron Holmes has cranked up the mic again ...
- Nigeria: Okosuns Loses Battle With Colon Cancer - AllAfrica.com
A dark cloud fell on the landscape of Nigerian music and popular culture at the weekend with the death of Sonny Okosuns, one of the country's icons who established himself as a credible ambassador of the arts in his lifetime. Okosuns might have been ...
- Family-friendly calendar - Asheville Citizen-Times
Family-friendly calendarAsheville Citizen-Times, NC - 2 hours agoMOUNTAIN YOUTH TALENT CONTEST: Entries of vocal, instrumental, dance, poetry, prose and storytelling open to youth up to 18 years old. No entry charge. ...
- Shirley Beers: Aircraft engineer, artist, actress and poet - Lewisville Leader
Shirley Beers: Aircraft engineer, artist, actress and poetLewisville Leader, TX - 6 hours agoIn addition to her love for painting and acting, Beers also loves inspirational poetry. Over the years, she has written several inspirational poems. ...
- Poetry gives look at prisoners' lives - OSU - The Lantern
Poetry gives look at prisoners' livesOSU - The Lantern, OH - 12 minutes ago"These are poems from real people, sharing their frustrations, grief and despair," said Mike Brickner, communications coordinator for the American Civil ...
- National Arts Centre 'Legend' dies - Globe and Mail
Hamilton Southam, the diplomat, founding visionary of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, and many other cultural and historical institutions – including the annual celebration of Canada Day on Parliament Hill – died quietly in his own bed ...
- 'Emerald Isle of Adventure': novel launched - AntiguaSun
'Emerald Isle of Adventure': novel launchedAntiguaSun, Antigua and Barbuda - 12 hours agoShe even shared a piece of poetry from her childhood with the audience for their enjoyment. This, reader, I share with you:
- What to Watch (New York Times)
Theater makes us better members of the human community, the author argues.
- Iraq war veteran salutes comrades - Recorder Community Newspapers
WASHINGTON TWP. – Capt. Matthew Hohmann spoke about his “his little trip to Iraq†to a large contingent of military veterans among a crowd of nearly 500 as he sent a message of freedom on Saturday, May 24, during the Memorial Day observances at ...
- The Antidote: Classic Poetry for Modern Life (The Epoch Times)
The Revelation of DeathThen did Siddhartha raise his eyes, and seeFast pacing towards the river brink a bandOf wailing people, foremost one who swungAn earthen bowl with lighted c...
- Ex-Roundhay girl in running for poetry prize - Yorkshire Evening Post
Ex-Roundhay girl in running for poetry prizeYorkshire Evening Post, UK - 6 hours agoAged 13, she wrote her first book of poetry, Looking Through Letterboxes, and also picked up her first prize – the Poetry Society's Simon Elvin Young Poet ...
- John Updike on American Art - US News and World Report
What is distinctively American about American art? That is the question John Updike, beak-nosed patriarch of American letters, set for himself in this year's Jefferson Lecture , the 37th in a series of annual talks sponsored by the National Endowment ...
- Monsterface, Tale of a Couple Facing Crisis, Plays NYC June 5-28 - Playbill.com
Monsterface, Tale of a Couple Facing Crisis, Plays NYC June 5-28Playbill.com, NY - 8 hours agoCurrently, he is developing a project for HBO based on his award-winning, one-act play Ost and teaching poetry at Harlem's PS 101. ...
- Miley Cyrus takes another picture; Rock stars kneel before Neil ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Miley's got some more 'splainin' to do. Note to Billy Ray Cyrus: Getting Miley that digital camera for Christmas? Bad idea. The "Hannah Montana" star will have parents clutching their pearls again after pictures of her curled up with her 22-year-old ...
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