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- End-of-year school obligations drive parents batty (The Charlotte Observer)
My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the middle of a work day. Yup, that was the only problem - the middle-of-the-work-day part. Just like my daughter's ballet recital the day before that, and her upcoming ...
- The big gigs - Minneapolis Star Tribune
The big gigsMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 59 minutes ago... "In Town & Field," is full of sweetly sung, softly played ballads and story songs that are light on the ears, but heavy with imagery and poetry. ...
- CD Reviews: Portishead, Robyn - Northwest Herald
Portishead’s new album starts at a gallop. Never thought I’d write that sentence. New album from Portishead? The band that made two simmering, loungey masterpieces in the ’90s, then promptly disappeared? And gallop? Really? That means that you ...
- Summer Choir concert spotlights American poets - University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications
Summer Choir concert spotlights American poetsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications, WI - 5 hours agoFor its depth and meaning to be truly experienced, poetry should also be heard, and not just read. As evidence, the blossoming of spoken word, open mics and ...
- Atlanta poet edged out of 'Out Loud' contest (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A young Georgia poet sounded his last stanza before judges Tuesday night. After making it to the final dozen competitors, Elijah P. Orengo was defeated in the third annual Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest held on the campus of George Washington University. The finalists each recited two poems. Orengo, a 16-year-old sophomore at Fulton County's Westlake High School, appeared first and ...
- Southern California - vision magazine
Southern Californiavision magazine, CA - 4 hours agoLautner knew about the poetry of a building and its relationship to the land but he had little care or understanding for the energy consumed by his ...
- Derek Walcott: 'The Chatterbox' - Jamaica Observer
AN hour was all Derek Walcott needed to remind the large and very diverse gathering of book lovers at the just-concluded Calabash International Literary Festival in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, why he is one of the world's most celebrated poets and ...
- Get ready to recite: It's 'Poem in Your Pocket' day (AM New York)
In honor of National Poetry month, the city is celebrating "Poem in Your Pocket Day" with free readings for fans of rhyme and romance at Bryant Park.
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (SF Weekly)
Andrew Foster Altschul's Lady Lazarus is a novel about a rock star who committed suicide, his crazy wife, and a world that went into spasms of mourning that will continue forevermore, which is absolutely a veiled account of exactly what you think. But Lazarus also tells the story about the couple's ...
- Farmer-poet publishes her third book - Park Rapids Enterprise
Farmer-poet publishes her third bookPark Rapids Enterprise, MN - 8 minutes agoWhen Gail Rixen’s tractor is dusty enough, she can compose a word or two of poetry on the dirty hood. Otherwise, she makes mental notes to jot down later ...
- Live alone and prosper (Louisville Courier-Journal)
"The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence," wrote Vogue scribe Marjorie Hillis in the 1936 book "Live Alone and Like It."
- ‘University Avenue: Past, Present and Future’ exhibit - Huntsville Item
‘University Avenue: Past, Present and Future’ exhibitHuntsville Item, TX - 1 hour agoIf you can sing, dance, rap, do comedy, play an instrument, recite poetry, or any other talent, we hope to see you there. If you have any questions please ...
- Obituary: Jon Vickers (Guardian Unlimited)
Obituary: Bringing gentle but radical leadership to the civil service union
- The Devil You Know: Mystic resident writes a book of suspense - TheDay
The Devil You Know: Mystic resident writes a book of suspenseTheDay, CT - 2 hours ago“I won this poetry contest in third grade and I won five bucks…I’ve kind of enjoyed writing and reading ever since.†It was when he was in the Navy for ...
- Appreciation: Oakley Hall, writers' champion - San Francisco Gate
With the death of Oakley Hall on Monday, the Bay Area - and, by extension, the United States - lost one of its greatest champions of literature. Novelist, librettist, instructor and administrator, Hall, who lived a robust 87 years, maintained an ...
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