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- 21st Century Poetry - Dartmouth
Watching the Super Bowl last weekend, I was reminded of our preoccupation with technology. Six high tech cameras were used to film the action, the game was broadcast online in 10 different languages and the halftime show stage lights were almost ...
- These days, Martin Scorsese is all about making history - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
These days, Martin Scorsese is all about making historyPittsburgh Post Gazette'Cat People' and 'I Walked with a Zombie' -- terrible titles, but beautiful works of film poetry, both made in the early 1940s. ...and more »
- Innocence, obsession and the making of Alice - Times Online
Times OnlineInnocence, obsession and the making of AliceTimes OnlineHe read the poetry of William Blake with enthusiasm, and delighted in the work of Wordsworth and Coleridge. He knew whole passages of Dickens by heart and ...and more »
- Seductive `Poetry' is something to savor - Long Beach Press-Telegram
For many people, a pizza becomes poetic if it has a crisp yet chewy crust, just the right tangy sauce, and their favorite toppings. But in "The Poetry of Pizza," which opened over the weekend at the Royal Theater on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach ...
- I am not a very good business man: Amitabh Bachchan - SantaBanta.com
I am not a very good business man: Amitabh BachchanSantaBanta.comWhen babuji (father) was alive I would always look up to him to get his advice and now I find solace in his poems. He would always say films need to be ...
- Franco plays against type - The Observer
It's the same when I direct actors and I love and respect -- I better do a good job for their sake ... The fact he gave me permission to use one of his poems was huge, so when I make my film, I don't want to let Frank down." His role as Ginsberg ...
- A Shul for All Ages - Jewish Action
Jewish ActionA Shul for All AgesJewish ActionIt set a new agenda for history, poetry, politics and more. This is understandable. This is what generations do. It is no different today, and no different ...
- Daughter's homage to Nina Simone - Stuff
'We all know our mother's voices ... it's like time stands still for me. I start looking all around, looking for the source,' Simone (Lisa Celeste Stroud) pays tribute to her mother. "I tell people I was sleepwalking," says Lisa Celeste Stroud. "It ...
- Bishop of Chester stands up for carols following Away in a Manger attack - ChesterChronicle.co.uk
Bishop of Chester stands up for carols following Away in a Manger attackChesterChronicle.co.ukBut carols are not factual reports; they're poetry, and the best of them, the ones which we all love, contain poetry which has endured. ...
- Well done in West Des Moines, Clive and Waukee (The Des Moines Register)
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- Spoken-word poetry at the Mill - Daily Iowan
In Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, the character Desdemona is murdered by her husband for an act she didn’t commit. While many see her fate as heartbreaking, Heather Ross saw it as an opportunity. She changed the spelling and claimed the name in ...
- Three-Minute Fiction Contest Kicks Off - WBUR
Three-Minute Fiction Contest Kicks OffWBURIt's very close to a lyric poetry, as far as I'm concerned. It gives you the deepest feeling about a character in the smallest space of time. ...and more »
- HS Girls Basketball: Defensive guru leads NFA - Norwich Bulletin
HS Girls Basketball: Defensive guru leads NFANorwich BulletinNo, ole Will wasn't one of Sullivan's pupils, but there is certainly poetry in the way NFA carries out the coach's lessons. Just as the English language has ...
- Review: 'Youth' lacks rebelliousness - Goshen News
The ratios of “Youth in Revolt†are out of whack. Steve Buscemi and Zach Galifianakis are barely utilized, yet we get two Michael Ceras. Cera plays Nick Twisp, a precocious Oakland, California, teenager who describes himself as “a voracious ...
- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle offers insights into parent-child tension - Delaware News
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has the answer to the behavioral problems that drive parents up the wall, whether its tattling or bickering. Phoenix Theatre for Children aims to clue parents and children in to the eccentric little lady's remedies in its ...
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