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- Inside this section: - Polk County Democrat
There were three kinds of people in the world, Otis R. Anthony, senior director of diversity management for Polk County Schools, said — those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, “What happened? What happened ...
- This muddled terror law limits free speech and wrecks innocent lives - Guardian Unlimited
A student downloads an al-Qaida document from a US government website and is held in custody for six days. A shop assistant writes poems about cutting people's heads off and is tried for being a terrorist. An opera composer is accused of promoting ...
- Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra - JamBase
Bill Dixon with Exploding Star OrchestraJamBase, CA - 40 minutes agoBut, like great poetry, blue cheese and Flemish sour ales, free jazz is an acquired taste with potentially vast rewards. Before listening to this album, ...
- Local slam teams vie at nationals - Pioneer Press
Local slam teams vie at nationalsPioneer Press, MN - 15 hours agoTwo Twin Cities slam teams made strong showings at this year's National Poetry Slam in Madison, Wis., but neither made it to the final round. ...
- They said what? The politics of magnets - Minneapolis Star Tribune
They said what? The politics of magnetsMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 3 hours agoThe Mixed Up Politician Kit is one of a dozen or more variations of the original Magnetic Poetry Kit. Just in time for election season the folks at Magnetic ...
- Arts Calendar: Your Weekly Arts Picks (Cleveland Scene)
By Michael Gill TALK THE LINE Bi-Lingual at SPACES, Friday, September 5 Artists who aren't tagged with a racial identity have the freedom to pursue expression without the burden or guidance of tradition. Those for whom a specific culture is a defining factor, though, walk a line between tradition and the freedom of expression without bounds. Ceramic artist Angelica Pozo, born in New York to ...
- Best bets in the local arts - St. Charles Journal
Best bets in the local artsSt. Charles Journal, MO - 18 hours agoNational Poetry Slam champion and Broadway veteran Marc Bamuthi Joseph follows on Sept. 21. Jazz pianist Jason Moran appears on Oct. 5; author Benjamin ...
- Eloquent showman explores Shakespeare's sonnets - Ottawa Citizen
Eloquent showman explores Shakespeare's sonnetsOttawa Citizen, Canada - 59 minutes agoThere Reigns Love is the name of his offering, and it's the product of a lifelong fascination with a set of poems that glow and sometimes burn with ...
- The Fergus Falls Daily Journal (Fergus Falls Daily Journal)
My head is swimming and, so it goes, just when you think you know the answers to the questions you’re trying to solve someone new comes along and wants you to say it in different words.
- Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' (AP via Yahoo! News)
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates: Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest.
- Both parties inject drama into the race (Miami Herald)
No Drama Obama? The Democratic convention was anything but. Laced with enough tears of anguish and joy to keep a team of crisis counselors billing overtime, the giant group therapy session belied the nominee's reputation as a cool customer.
- Saturday's BBC iPlayer choices - Daily Telegraph
An evening devoted to this comedy gem about the Home Guard, consisting of the 1971 feature film, favourite episodes from writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the behind-the-scenes history in Don’t Panic: the Dad’s Army Story and a profile of star ...
- OPINION SHAPER: Memorizing poetry brings satisfaction, connection - Collinsville Herald
OPINION SHAPER: Memorizing poetry brings satisfaction, connectionCollinsville Herald, IL - 57 minutes agoWhat she did not do, however, was introduce them to the true path to satisfaction: memorizing poetry.As children we all started out learning rhymes ...
- Arts Minded: Get ready for Art on the Kinni - River Falls Journal (subscription)
Arts Minded: Get ready for Art on the KinniRiver Falls Journal (subscription), WI - 3 hours agoKeynote speaker will be David Lee, first Poet Laureate of Utah and author of 15 books of poetry including “So Quietly the Earth,” “The Porcine Canticles” ...
- Poet laureate celebrates birthday with stories (Boston Globe)
Former New Hampshire and U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall celebrated his 80th birthday with, what else, poetry and stories.
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