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- Person of the Week: Simon Doonan (Columbia Daily Spectator)
This week we offer our sincere congratulations to Mr. Simon Doonan, creative director of fashion Mecca Barneys New York. On Thursday, Sept. 18, Mr. Doonan finally sealed his 14-year-long relationship with designer Jonathan Adler in San Francisco.
- Archives > Communities > Whitestone (Queens Courier)
Whitestone is a largely upper-middle-class neighborhood in the northernmost part of the New York City borough of Queens, located between the East River to the north and 25th Avenue to the south.
- Special: Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 32nd death anniversary today - The New Nation
Special: Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 32nd death anniversary todayThe New Nation, Bangladesh - 3 hours agoHis poetry and nationalist activism earned him the popular title of 'Bidrohi Kobi' (Rebel Poet). Accomplishing a large body of acclaimed works through his ...
- Crossing barrios to promote peace - San Diego Union Tribune
Crossing barrios to promote peaceSan Diego Union Tribune, United States - Sep 18, 2008He protested the violence through poetry and tried to catch the attention of others through his artwork. At 16, he joined the End Barrio Warfare movement, ...
- Poetry Slam allows young and old to use the power of words - UT The Daily Texan
Poetry Slam allows young and old to use the power of wordsUT The Daily Texan, TX - 2 hours agoAustin Slam member DaShade Moonbeam defended his status as a "Black nerd" but mocked himself by adding that he cried during "Transformers. ...
- Who's Blogging (Washington Post)
Trip Planning If you only have 72 hours in Washington, like this article's family, planning is essential. Download the interactive guide from http://DestinationDC.com and browse the "sample itineraries." For a purely arts and culture focus, check out the calendar at http://CultureCapital.com. To ...
- Portrait Gallery exhibit gives hip-hop a good rap (Baltimore Sun)
The National Portrait Gallery in downtown Washington has definitely changed since its reopening in 2006.
- Aspen Musicians Peace Project - Aspen Daily News
This summer we have begun an exciting new program at the Aspen Music Festival and School: The Aspen Musicians Peace Project. It is a program that advocates using the unifying power of music to help bring peace and compassion to this world. Among the ...
- Prime Time Calendar the week of Aug. 20, 2008 - Independent Press
Prime Time Calendar the week of Aug. 20, 2008Independent Press, NJ - 13 hours agoVisit www.rootsweb. com/~njmags. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month for poetry workshops, in the second floor Williamsburg Room of the ...
- Spike in sales for next poet laureate - Times Daily
Kay Ryan is no longer an unknown poet. Demand for her work jumped sharply Thursday upon the Library of Congress' announcement that she had been named the new U.S. poet laureate, a one-year term beginning in the fall. Her collections "The Niagara ...
- Mashpee Loses Two To War In Week - Boston Channel
Conlon is the second combat death from the Upper Cape town this week. Marine Pfc. Daniel McGuire, 19, was killed Thursday in Fallujah, Iraq. Conlon is a 2005 graduate of Mashpee High School who loved poetry.
- Yuri Rost Photo Album Turns Book of the Year – 2008 - Russia-InfoCenter
Russia-InfoCenterYuri Rost Photo Album Turns Book of the Year – 2008Russia-InfoCenter, Russia - 3 minutes ago... is also: Vladimir Sharov’s “Be Like Children” (Prose of the Year), collected poems “All Yevtushenko: Verses and Poems 1937-2007” (Poetry of the Year), ...
- Tom Loewy: Sometimes, all you can do is keep painting - Galesburg Register-Mail
Galesburg Register-MailTom Loewy: Sometimes, all you can do is keep paintingGalesburg Register-Mail, IL - 6 minutes agoBut he wrote poetry all his life. He was Irish. He couldn’t help himself. He called himself ‘Shortfellow’ and he made us feel like we could do anything. ...
- Arts & Leisure: Murder mystery bags Palanca English novel prize (BusinessWorld Online)
"When the author's life of literature and exile reached its unscheduled terminus that anonymous February morning, he had been completing a controversial book. His was an apt end, considering the circumstances, for he'd long been drowning in renewed obscurity." -- Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
- Festival of Books features several special events - Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Festival of Books features several special eventsSioux Falls Argus Leader, SD - 30 minutes agoAuthors of fiction, history, nonfiction, poetry and children's literature, as well as representatives from the publishing industry, will be at the event. ...
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