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- Pencil This In (Gothamist)
MOVIE: River Flicks for Kids screens the classic E.T. tonight (a movie that terrified yours truly as a kid), and we're guessing that adults will outnumber the tots. Bring your bike and hoodie (and some tissues, because it's also a tearjerker)! Bonus: free popcorn. Friday // Sundown // Pier 54 [14th St and Hudson River] // Free MUSIC: Deerhunter frontman, Bradford Cox , brings his ...
- Fairfax woman's wild ride as national poet laureate - Marin Independent Journal
What a difference a year has made for Kay Ryan of Fairfax. A year ago, she was recuperating after being run over by a car. Today, she's aglow following her selection by the Library of Congress as the 16th poet laureate of the United States. Back in ...
- A revolutionary poet - The Post
A revolutionary poetThe Post, Pakistan - Aug 26, 2008With his demise, Urdu poetry is deprived of a passionate and popular voice for progress and change. Faraz will be remembered not only for the richness of ...
- Eppie's tri-ku: Poetry in motion (The Sacramento Bee)
Athletes at Eppie's Great Race on July 19 racked up the miles, while our tri-ku writers racked up the poetic meter. Betsy Rogalla leaves her canoe to run for the finish line. Dennis Lloyd hands off his bike to a volunteer as he finishes the race's cycling portion. A pack of runners leads the way along the American River bike trail.
- community calendar - Farragutpress
community calendarFarragutpress, TN - 5 minutes agoChristian Poets guild will sponsor an open, free poetry contest through Oct. 18. Grand prize is $1000. To enter send one poem of 21 lines or less to: Free ...
- Poet laureate celebrates birthday with stories (Boston Globe)
Former New Hampshire and U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall celebrated his 80th birthday with, what else, poetry and stories.
- Star of Spike Lee's 'When the Levees Broke,' puts heart into raw ... - New Orleans Times-Picayune Blogs
Ted Jackson / The Times-Picayune Phyllis Montana LeBlanc pens her hurricane tale in "Not Just the Levees Broke: My Life Before and After Katrina." See Phyllis talk about her book » "I truly believe that home is where the heart is and when you say ...
- Donations needed for Central PTO fundraiser - Davison Index
Donations needed for Central PTO fundraiserDavison Index, MI - 20 minutes agoMD DAVISON — Sacramento Rainbow Poets seeks Davison poets for its upcoming poetry contest. Poems can be written in about any subject and be in any style. ...
- Stress Less! Here’s How - Reform Judaism
Reform JudaismStress Less! Here’s HowReform Judaism, NY - 28 minutes agoGreat choices are praying, practicing yoga or meditation, keeping a journal or writing poetry, drawing or painting, and playing a musical instrument. ...
- Mutating Warhol, Attack Dogs Bring Dante's Inferno to Avignon - Bloomberg
Mutating Warhol, Attack Dogs Bring Dante's Inferno to AvignonBloomberg - Jul 16, 2008Spectators, in groups of six, are admitted to a dark space in one of Avignon's many churches. Through a round window, they glimpse the interior reflected in ...
- From Military Artifact to Art - Wall Street Journal
The Great Wall of China was ignored for centuries in China, "discovered" by Westerners and has now emerged as one of those useful national symbols, like Mount Rushmore or the Eiffel Tower or the Tower of London, that is instantly recognizable and ...
- POSTCARD USA: One for Ahmed Faraz — Khalid Hasan - Daily Times
This is Ahmad Faraz’s week as he lies in a Chicago hospital, fighting back, refusing to go gently into the night. Sometimes prayers do get answered and this may well be one of those moments, because for the first time since July 7 when he entered ...
- Senior citizens pursuing education from home - San Francisco Gate
Kathy Leeds grows animated as she describes the courses she is taking this fall, including classes in current events, art and literature. But Leeds will never step foot on a campus or in a classroom. The 79-year-old widow has multiple sclerosis, uses ...
- Forgiving Mothers' Organization Promotes Solace and Solidarity - Washington Post
Forgiving Mothers' Organization Promotes Solace and SolidarityWashington Post, United States - 1 hour ago"I'm a Christian girl," said Barbara Harris, who came to support Forgiving Mothers, "but I don't know if I could be as forgiving."
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference: A job where tips aren't monetary (Seattle Times)
It's billed as the oldest writers conference in the nation, a gathering at a picturesque mountaintop retreat where literary giants, book...
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