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- Iconic Czech epic turned into new film (Radio Prague)
Last week saw the premiere of ‘Máj’ (or ‘May’), a film version of an iconic romantic poem written by one of the greatest Czech poets, Karel Hynek Mácha. The film director, FrantiÅ¡ek A. Brabec, already has experience of adapting poetry to screen: his previous film ‘Kytice’ was an adaptation of another 19th century literary classic, an anthology of ballads by Karel JaromÃr Erben. So, how did the ...
- Manifesto - Washington City Paper
Washington City PaperManifestoWashington City Paper, DC - 3 hours agoOh, and did I mention that MANIFESTO! is funny? Sure, Judd Apatow flicks are funny, reruns of Seinfeld are funny, this Onion video is funny, but MANIFESTO! ...
- Member's Forum - Cinema Online
There's a beautiful high-angle shot, early in The Dark Knight, that looks down on Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) in full Batman regalia as he perches atop a Gotham skyscraper, surveying the city he lives to protect, then leaping off and spreading his ...
- Poet's well-versed in humor - Charlotte Observer
Poet's well-versed in humorCharlotte Observer, NC - 6 hours agoKnowing her talent for rhyme and expression, friends often asked her to write poems for special occasions. She submitted some for publication. ...
- Free poetry reading tonight (Detroit Free Press)
Pat Barnes, Lori Valente, Joy G. Friedler and Mary Tischler will read poetry tonight at the Detroit Opera House.
- Noted black poets to be featured at Greensburg readings (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
The readings, planned in conjunction with the annual Cave Canem Foundation writing retreat at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, are scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday in Village Hall at UPG and 6:30 p.m. June 26 at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg.
- Connecting through words - Peace Arch News
Connecting through wordsPeace Arch News, Canada - 1 hour agoHudson is an expressive person, and has been writing poetry since she was a teen. When she read Johnson’s thank-you, she decided to write another poem, ...
- 5th Annual Negro Spirituals Heritage Day - PR-CANADA.net (press release)
5th Annual Negro Spirituals Heritage DayPR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - Jun 18, 2008Although the creators of folk Spirituals are unknown, scholars suspect they were folk poets, Black preachers, and slave communities. ...
- Music as pure movement - and then some - Globe and Mail
'I'm not a missionary'  Identity fusion  Fournier's swan song 'a dance of experience'  Close to poetry in its love of language  Reviewing without revealing: a TV writer's lament  Music as pure movement - and then some  Go to the Arts ...
- Scripted Through Sin 7.22.08: All Apologies - 411mania.com
Scripted Through Sin 7.22.08: All Apologies411mania.com, TX - 2 hours agoIt's like Lewis Black's infamous statement, "if it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college." Like what the fuck does that even mean ...
- Indian poet felicitated by Romanian Writers Union (New Kerala)
Bucharest, July 6: Indian poet, writer and journalist Surender Bhutani was felicitated by the Romanian Writers Union Saturday when a collection of his poems was released in Romanian language.
- Buddhist Community Crosses Barriers - Daily Californian
Buddhist Community Crosses BarriersDaily Californian, CA - 22 minutes ago... which featured poetry by young, non-Japanese American Buddhists, said Reverend David Matsumoto of the temple. Snyder's friendship with Beat Generation ...
- Thunder and Lightning on the Keys, With Some Intermittent Sunshine - New York Times
New York TimesThunder and Lightning on the Keys, With Some Intermittent SunshineNew York Times, United States - 50 minutes agoBut these moments seemed not to engage Mr. Rose nearly as much as the feistier, flashier ones, and in retrospect, most seemed less like poetry than like ...
- A Case of Poetic Justice. Literally. - Washington Post
A Case of Poetic Justice. Literally.Washington Post, United States - 48 minutes agoThis is life itself, which Frost puts at stake in his poem. The students were unprepared for the sudden death of the boy, the shocking finality of it, ...
- Recent UBC Media Releases - University of British Columbia
Recent UBC Media ReleasesUniversity of British Columbia, Canada - 20 minutes agoKunqu – a synthesis of drama, opera, ballet, poetry and music – is one of the oldest literary styles of traditional Chinese theatre performed today. ...
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