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- 'The Seafarer' floats high on tide of holiday angst (The Sacramento Bee)
If a drunken singalong to "Ave Maria" sounds like your idea of Christmas Eve, you'll be right at home with the Harkin brothers in their house in Baldoyle, on the coast north of Dublin. In Conor McPherson's play "The Seafarer," which opened over the weekend as part of the B Street Theatre's B3 Series, booze and bellicosity only enhance the holiday spirit. The flip side of "It's a Wonderful Life," ...
- Paul Newman's loves, life, and 83 jam-packed years: links to all ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Location Akron Aurora Avon Avon Lake Bainbridge Barberton Bath Bay Village Beachwood Bedford Bedford Heights Berea Bratenahl Brecksville Broadview Heights Brook Park Brooklyn Brooklyn Heights Brunswick Burton Canton Chagrin Falls Chardon Chesterland ...
- Musing poetry and music cafe offers variety, unique venue - Farmington Observer
Musing, a poetry and music cafe, offers something new each month. "It's extremely varied and eclectic," said Ann Holdreith, host of the cafe gathering of poets and musicians. "At times it offers the unexpected." In March 2009, for instance, a sitar ...
- Volunteers made library's book sale a big success - Post-Bulletin
Volunteers made library's book sale a big successPost-Bulletin, MN - 7 hours agoThe Friends of the Austin Public Library recently completed another successful fall book sale and we want to thank all who helped make this possible. ...
- 2008 a challenging year for Festival of the Arts - Huntsville Forester
2008 a challenging year for Festival of the ArtsHuntsville Forester, Canada - 10 hours agoThese included an outdoor concert at Dwight beach and Port Sydney beach with the Muskoka Concert Band, the Poetry Cafe and workshop, Tunes at Tall Trees and ...
- Scandal poet drinks champagne at his first outing this year - Herald.ie
Scandal poet drinks champagne at his first outing this yearHerald.ie, Ireland - 6 hours agoThe writer was in Donegal last week for the launch of a poetry festival sponsored by Failte Ireland. O'Searcaigh showed up unannounced at the annual Samhain ...
- Popcorn politics: 'W.' offers an intriguing, if incomplete, portrait ... - Kalamazoo Gazette
As an attempt to sort out the various pieces of George W. Bush's political career, director Oliver Stone's W. is not the hatchet job some might have expected; nor is it a particularly flattering portrait of the 43rd president. It's actually a strange ...
- Maggie's Travels - Amity Observer
For the past several days I have been staying with family in the southwest of France deep in the country about halfway between Bordeaux and Toulouse. These family members, who I had never met before being picked up at the train station, are situated ...
- Local resident Bart Yates dives into dysfunction in novel - Daily Iowan
His last two protagonists have been young, gay men, but in The Distance Between Us, the main character is female. And straight. And 71 years old. "I'm drawn to older women [as inspiration]," said Yates, who will read from The Distance Between Us at 7 ...
- Life in a picture - Al-Ahram Weekly
Life in a pictureAl-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - 29 minutes agoSufi chanters at moulids do not just chant meaningless songs, on the contrary they memorise the poetry of the most notable Sufi poets such as Ibn Arabi, ...
- Poet donates prize as reminder of award namesake's legacy - CBC.ca
CBC.caPoet donates prize as reminder of award namesake's legacyCBC.ca, Canada - 1 hour agoShane Rhodes won the 2008 Lampman-Scott Award for his poetry collection The Bindery. (Charles Earl) An Ottawa man has given a First Nations health centre ...
- A mass of passion, a hint of madness - WalesOnline
A mass of passion, a hint of madnessWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoWhether something is lost in translation, I’m not sure, but some of our working class hero’s attempts at poetry or philosophy lose their way. ...
- Finding the fresh in IC - Daily Iowan
John Nkemngong Nkengasong thinks Iowa City is "fresh." No, the Cameroonian author is not making a Will Smith reference, he's referring to a uniqueness in the structure of Iowa City itself. "I admire the University of Iowa," he said. "I've been to New ...
- Botswana: Fakier's Poems Are Emotional, Engaging - AllAfrica.com
Botswana: Fakier's Poems Are Emotional, EngagingAllAfrica.com, Washington - Nov 7, 2008But then, others will tell you it is expensive to get your poems published into a book. They argue that poetry; especially one compressed into a book, ...
- Pencil This In (Gothamist)
EVENT: Author Robert Roper will be on hand tonight to discuss Walt Whitman and his part in the Civil War. "Whitman was a nurse and wrote some of his most moving poetry about the experience, partly because he – and others – were afraid that the horrors of the war would be forgotten by future generations. In this compelling narrative, Roper weaves together the story of an archetypal American ...
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