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- Madison team takes second in its opening bout at National Poetry Slam 2008 (Isthmus)
Setting: the lecture at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Status: packed. Time: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008. Context: National Poetry Slam, preliminary bout. Teams: H-Town Slam from Houston; the hometown heroes in the Madison Spoken Word Collective; Open Mic Poetry from Manchester, New Hampshire; and, Puro Slam from San Antonio. At stake: advancement to the semi-finals. Anticipation ...
- Fans, poets gather for poetry slam (Wisconsin State Journal)
"Poetry slams began in Chicago in 1984," reads Bill MacMillan, the evening's "bout manager" and de facto emcee, as he goads a standing-room-only crowd in Madison's Bartell Theatre. On cue, the audience hollers back: "SO WHAT!" And that's just the warm-up. When MacMillan, a longtime spoken-word fan from Worcester, Mass., finishes his introduction, what follows is a rollicking night of ...
- Teachers, please, be good to them - Philadelphia Inquirer
They're coming back to you this week. Presumably, they're ready. While I have no kids to send to you these days, one never forgets. Not their shiny, scrubbed, summer-drenched look. Not those feet that have run bare for nearly three months, now shod ...
- Iranian institutions to honor Hafez expert Salim Neysari - Tehran Times
TEHRAN -- Scholar Salim Neysari, who has corrected the Divan of Hafez, will be honored during ceremonies on October 10 and 11 commemorating Hafez at the Hafezieh (the tomb of Hafez) in Shiraz. Cosponsored by Iran’s Center for Hafez Studies and Fars ...
- Acts big and small to fill area halls - Columbus Dispatch
Columbus DispatchActs big and small to fill area hallsColumbus Dispatch, OH - 1 hour agoShows by My Morning Jacket (Oct. 6), Death Cab for Cutie (Oct. 8) and the Black Keys (Oct. 9) ought to please live-rock fans. ...
- A man of the animals - Surrey Leader
A man of the animalsSurrey Leader, Canada - 3 hours agoThe experience has affected Al so profoundly that he even writes poetry about his volunteering. “This place is like therapy for me. ...
- Camp Bestival 2009 early bird tickets on sale - Virtual Festivals
Camp Bestival 2009 early bird tickets on saleVirtual Festivals, UK - 2 hours agoSo for those who want more Bestival tomfoolery, theatre, poetry and comedy, organisers have released early bird tickets for a limited time only. ...
- Angelou speaks to freshmen on service, virtues - Duke Chronicle
Angelou speaks to freshmen on service, virtuesDuke Chronicle, NC - Aug 25, 2008In her address, which she embellished with spiritual songs, poetry and personal anecdotes, Angelou told students that courage was the most important virtue. ...
- Burmese Writers Play Cat-and-Mouse Game with State Censors - NewsBlaze
Burmese Writers Play Cat-and-Mouse Game with State CensorsNewsBlaze, CA - 2 hours agoBy Stephen Kaufman It was a love poem, cleared by Burmese censors, in which a brokenhearted man rejected by a fashion model thanked her for teaching him the ...
- Indexed: Shocking Moments - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsIndexed: Shocking MomentsNew York Times Blogs, NY - 7 hours agoForgive me for bringing up the TV show Mad Men again but  well, I do love it. I blogged recently about a book of Frank O’Hara’s poetry that appeared on the ...
- Weekend Calendar - Examiner.com
Examiner.comWeekend CalendarExaminer.com - 2 hours agoThe Mercury hosts an open-mic poetry reading for all forms of poetry every Friday night starting at 10 pm, signup at 9:30 pm The café is at 2199 California ...
- Transglobal Underground - All About Jazz
All About JazzTransglobal UndergroundAll About Jazz, PA - 3 hours agoFrom the rhythmic backbone of “Drums of Navarone†to the hip-hop funk poetry of “Yellow and Black Taxi Cab,†the sounds of roots reggae, Arabic vocals, ...
- Seeing history-laden Hyderabad through many eyes (Calcutta News)
Edited by former 'ad-woman' Syeda Imam, 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad' is an anthology on a city that was once ruled by the world's richest man - the Nizam. And its essays sure shine like the twinkling jewels in his treasury.
- Dee Brown's European Hip Hop Career - Washington Post
Dee Brown's European Hip Hop CareerWashington Post, United States - 2 hours agoHe always wanted to try poetry, but even though he goes to readings, he "really couldn't put my talent out there" until he starting recording hip-hop tracks ...
- Don't forget to invite the artists to you next protest! - MWC News
Don't forget to invite the artists to you next protest!MWC News, Canada - 4 hours agoI have noticed that in most great movements in the USA, the ones that saw success were often buoyed up by art.....billboards and posters, poetry, songs, ...
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