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- Library to host “Poetry Open Mic†- Hannibal Courier-Post
The Hannibal Free Public Library will host its monthly “Poetry Open Mic†at 6 p.m. on June 26. Intended to encourage young poets to share their works, the program also provides an audience for more experienced poets. It is a no-cost, family ...
- Aussie director hopes to inspire young filmmakers - Scoop
Australian director Baz Luhrmann has made his name with films like Romeo+Juliet and Moulin Rouge. For the past few years he has been in the Australian outback shooting a new film called Australia, featuring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. 'No Safety ...
- CD review: "Wild & Free," The Radiators - Stamford Advocate
Trying to the synthesize the 30 years of New Orleans road dogs The Radiators into a two-disc set is nearly impossible. The group has a catalog of more than 1,000 songs, has allowed its concerts to be taped from the beginning and hasn't played the ...
- Book Review: The Last Of The Angels by Fadhil al-Azzawi (Blogcritics.org)
A beautiful book that does the seemingly impossible of holding humans up to ridicule while exalting their potential simultaneously. Satire is a delicate matter, or at least it should be. Far too often satire seems to be confused with farce for some reason, which is sort of like confusing a chain saw with the delicate touch of a surgeon's scalpel. It's true that both will cut close to the bone, ...
- Family ties to New Zealand for poet (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Expatriate poet Fleur Adcock is grateful to New Zealand for the affection it has shown her, despite her having lived in England since 1963.
- A word to the wise - Times of Smithtown
A word to the wiseTimes of Smithtown, NY - 1 hour agoIn the 1968 Broadway musical Hair, a character admonishes teenagers in an off-pitch singsong, "Kids, be free, be whatever you are, do whatever you want to ...
- Exene Cervenka and X back under the Florida sun - Tallahassee.com
Exene Cervenka and X back under the Florida sunTallahassee.com, FL - 26 minutes agoCervenka met Doe in a poetry workshop and bookstore where Jim Morrison of The Doors used to hang out. The Morrison connection would follow Cervenka and Doe ...
- Film industry shrank with Dhaka fall — Himayat Ali Shair - DAWN Group
A popular Lahore-based columnist recently attended a literary gathering in Karachi and, recording his observations of the event in a column, said he was dismayed to see Himayat Ali Shair ‘acting as an old man’. The comment conjured up the image ...
- Father's Day has special meaning for Astros' Brocail - Houston Chronicle
Of all the men in the Astros' locker room, reliever Doug Brocail might make the best use of his cell phone. He carries it with him everywhere but the pitcher's mound, and he uses it to referee fights, offer unsolicited dating advice and whisper good ...
- A Barely Audible Conversation - The Ledger
A Barely Audible ConversationThe Ledger, FL - 11 minutes agoSo often, reading a poem can in itself feel like a thing overheard. Here, Mary-Sherman Willis of Virginia describes the feeling of being stilled by ...
- Writing camp taps into student creativity - Daily Eastern News
Writing camp taps into student creativityDaily Eastern News, IL - 14 minutes agoMany people write poetry, short stories, and novels in hopes of expressing thoughts, feelings, and ideas. Developing someone's ability to write could lead ...
- Creators of cool (Boston Globe)
REYKJAVÃK - The Thursday before last, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, president of Iceland, welcomed artists, organizers, and others to his tidy residence on a narrow peninsula to shake hands and sip wine. Outdoors, terns darted above a calm bay and the tilting headstones of a cemetery. Inside, the white-haired head of state stood in a salon beneath a large canvas in ...
- Country Fried Theatre | Even with its pop-country and comedic gimmicks, Honky Tonk Angels falls flat (Urban Tulsa)
Honky Tonk Angels: Bubba's Revenge, a musical comedy presented by the American Theatre Company and produced by Kitty Roberts, is not for me. If you dislike self-indulgence, fluff, and poorly sung popular music, then neither is it for you. Bubba's Revenge is the third in a series of shows, but fami... By Paul Sheckarski.
- Just a loveable devil we know (Sydney Morning Herald)
It is a big birthday milestone for Kylie Minogue and thousands will wish her well. Barry Divola explains why.
- The Monterey County Herald - Monterey County Herald
The Monterey County HeraldMonterey County Herald, CA - 1 hour agoMusic, poetry, with guest Dave Stamey, the Western Music Association's, Male Performer of the Year, inductee Michael Martin Murphey, poets Clem Albertoni ...
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