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- Love, National Gallery, London (Independent)
Love seems a theme more suitable to a poetry anthology than an art exhibition, so it's fitting that the first item on show is Tracey Emin's embroidered, partly illegible love poem, sprinkled with appliqué roses: "Those Who Suffer Love (I'm OK Now)". Heartfelt, skew-whiff, hand-made to the point of being rubbishy, it's disarming and directly tackles the theme. Round the corner, things get a bit ...
- Remember When: Little congregation had a big name trumpeter - Fort Pierce Tribune
MARTIN COUNTY — My husband was a Lutheran pastor, ordained in 1950, and we were living in Gardner, Mass., his first parish. Our congregation in Gardner was mainly Finnish-American Lutherans, but he also served congregations in Fitchburg, Mass ...
- Angelou, Lear Honored as Humanitarians - Washington Post
Angelou, Lear Honored as HumanitariansWashington Post, United States - Aug 5, 2008Angelou, 80, has written more than a dozen bestsellers including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," along with poetry, plays and children's books, ...
- My Alaskan soul sister is an empty vessel - Irish Times
My Alaskan soul sister is an empty vesselIrish Times, Ireland - 13 minutes agoShe lives in Ballinderreen, Co Galway, where she writes poetry and non-fiction and teaches a memoir writing class. She prefers salmon to moose.
- Robarchek again at the forefront (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
By Matt Brunson.• The scribblings of longtime (and now retired) Charlotte Observer columnist -- and frequent Best of Charlotte CL award winner -- Doug Robarchek can be found in The Best of the World's Worst Poetry: 20 Very Odd Years of Outfrontery. The paperback, published by the local outfit Main Street Rag, is available for $14. For a sample poem from the book, see Quote This, below right....
- Signature Receives $300,000 Grant for 'Next Generation' of Musicals - Washington Post
Productivity in some manufacturing industries might be on the downswing, but the arrows are pointing up at that increasingly busy factory for new musicals, Signature Theatre. The Arlington-based company has several original musicals in the works ...
- ShowBuzz by Christina Kennedy - ArtslinkNews
ArtslinkNewsShowBuzz by Christina KennedyArtslinkNews, South Africa - Jun 6, 2008This autobiographical tale is clearly very close to De Villiers’ heart, but the poetry of her words does not translate comfortably into a play format. ...
- German Scholars Reject Claim of Goethe's Secret Romance - Deutsche Welle
German Scholars Reject Claim of Goethe's Secret RomanceDeutsche Welle, Germany - 2 hours agoAll German children are obliged to learn some Goethe poetry at school and Germans are taught that Goethe had a long platonic love affair with Charlotte von ...
- Taj Mahal harvests blues from around the world (The Toledo Blade)
Back in the late '50s, when he was a teenager, Taj Mahal was torn between a career in music and a life on the farm. With his passion and intelligence, he would have been successful at either one, but his fans can be thankful that he chose the guitar over the plow. Throughout his career, the 65-year-old Mahal has gotten his share of tail feathers shaking with his effusive Afro-Caribbean ...
- To 7/19: Cave Creek Film & Arts Fest - AZ Central.com
To 7/19: Cave Creek Film & Arts FestAZ Central.com, AZ - 4 hours agoYoung people and adults are entered for original song, poetry, short story, visual art and photography. New this year is a category on choreography. ...
- Edison student graduates, looks ahead - MiamiHerald.com
Edison student graduates, looks aheadMiamiHerald.com, FL - 53 minutes agoWriting a book of poetry or starting a rock band are also on her list. At 18, she can afford to dream big even if her work world often goes in circles. ...
- Book lovers share the joy of reading - Buffalo News
Book lovers share the joy of readingBuffalo News, United States - 2 hours ago(Dozens, sometimes hundreds, of books are mailed to The News each week by publishing houses; only a fraction are reviewed.) The Sunday book pages in the ...
- Art Walks running out of summer Fridays - VillageSoup Belfast
Art Walks running out of summer FridaysVillageSoup Belfast, USA - 1 hour agoStockton Springs summer resident Bob Brooks will read from his new poetry collection, "A Story Anyone Could Stick To," at 6:30 pm at the Parent Gallery, ...
- Wyoming Calendar for July 31, 2008 - The Casper Star Tribune
Wyoming Calendar for July 31, 2008The Casper Star Tribune, WY - 27 minutes ago3: Aiona Anderson, Thompson, painting and poetry. * At 10 & 10:30 am, last of Wiggly Things for the summer at Fulmer in the Children's Library. ...
- Flat Lake Literary & Arts Festival, Clones, Co. Monaghan, Ireland - Independent
Flat Lake Literary & Arts Festival, Clones, Co. Monaghan, IrelandIndependent, UK - 2 hours agoMuldoon, poetry editor of the New Yorker, provided a masterclass in how to engage an audience while reading verse. Others present included the writers Edna ...
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