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- Review: Chaim Potok's play The Chosen at Stageworks (Creative Loafing Tampa)
By Dorothy Smiljanich The stage for The Chosen is small, almost claustrophobic, and yet it contains two worlds, four years and two generations, as well as traditions, expectations, developments, pains and joys thousands of years old. Presented in two acts, each an hour or so long, the drama is based on the Chaim Potok novel The Chosen (adapted by Aaron Posner), and it is that rarest of theater ...
- Earned letters (The Times of Acadiana)
Lana Maht Wiggins is a woman of words. A member of UL’s English department faculty, Wiggins published her first collection of poems, Notes from Refuge , in April. And as part of this year’s Festival of Words, Wiggins will conduct a poetry workshop focused on designing rhythm and sound.
- Balloons mark birthday of late Krista-Rae Pike - Madera Tribune
A birthday party for the late Krista-Rae Pike was held at the home of her fiance Thomas Hollier. Krista would have been 19 years old Friday. Hollier's aunt Gwen Purdue holds a painting of Krista while other family members --Anthony Torres, center ...
- My 3 Stanleys - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
My 3 StanleysChronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 7 hours ago... my friend and next-door neighbor, likes to remind students who express admiration for Milton's poetry that Milton does not want their admiration, ...
- Ontario scholarly press joins fight to save Purdy house - Quill & Quire
Ontario scholarly press joins fight to save Purdy houseQuill & Quire, Canada - 25 minutes ago“People sat on the deck and drank wild grape wine and screamed and fought about poetry and writing,†recalls Baird. “What Eurithe would like, ...
- Our Lady Peace frontman delivers poetic solo album (Asbury Park Press)
Raine Maida is a poet at heart. Where that poetry fits into his music has finally come into focus. Maida, frontman of Canadian alt-rockers Our Lady Peace, has ventured out on an introspective solo disc, "The Hunter's Lullaby," engaging his love of progressive poetry.
- Shanley's Foolish Musical; Ibsen's Superman Builder: John Simon - Bloomberg
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- John Patrick Shanley, author of the spellbinding ``Doubt,'' and Henry Krieger, composer of the captivating ``Dreamgirls,'' have banded together to concoct one of the most incongruous, foolish and pretentious musicals ever ...
- Drama, poetry edge Des Moines homeless woman closer to diploma (The Des Moines Register)
Terri Mace is part of a new DMACC program for homeless adults and others who can’t afford the $85 fee to take the GED test.
- Booker winner Adiga is 'almost' ready with second book - Indian Express
London, October 15: Enjoying the spotlight after winning the 2008 Man Booker prize for his debut novel, young Indian novelist Arvind Adiga says his second novel is "almost done" but declined to give details about the upcoming book. The 33-year-old ...
- Poems for little pardners - Durango Herald
Jack Schuba, 6, a first-grader at Animas Valley Elementary School, peers from under his cowboy hat Thursday while listening to cowboy singers and poets Jim Dunham and Jerry Bell perform for the students at the school. The two singers kicked off the ...
- Williams finally lightens up - Cincinnati.com
From the false start on the opening rocker "Real Love" to the fade-out of AC/DC cover "It's a Long Way to the Top," anyone familiar with Lucinda Williams may notice something unusual while listening to her new disc. You'll catch yourself smiling a ...
- 'Friendly society' coddles taste buds (Toronto Star)
It has been a rotten day for the world outside. Rain hammers the windows as the economy drops to its knees. But then along comes the little bowl-of-stew-that-could.
- Novel featuring Falls a riveting read - Niagara Falls Review
Novel featuring Falls a riveting readNiagara Falls Review, Canada - 2 hours agoSimpson's book "Loop" was the winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize and a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Poetry. "On a late summer day along the ...
- Big October calendar: Fall moves into full swing with events galore - Idaho Statesman
Saturday: More than 1,000 dogs and their people show up for See Spot Walk, an annual community dog walk and fundraiser for the Idaho Humane Society. SHOPtoberfest, Oct. 2-5, Boise: Use your membership at any Boise museum or attraction to receive a 10 ...
- Now locals can paddle their own canoe - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldNow locals can paddle their own canoeSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 18 hours agoThe executive director of the National Film and Sound Archive, Paolo Cherchi Usai, called the site "a work of pure visual poetry" that would be of interest ...
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