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- It's Element-ary My Dear OSers! Update! Prizes! - Salon
My father worked in a steel plant. On a field trip I watched with 8-year-old wonder as they poured molten metal into an I-Beam mold. A beam that would form a structure, somewhere. Material dredged from miles beneath the earth to tower above it. As ...
- Jean Ferrat – The poet of French music is gone - News Trends (blog)
Jean Ferrat – The poet of French music is goneNews Trends (blog)It comes into poetry by adapting some 30 poems by Aragon and is a defender of the song text, or what he calls è song lyrics “. In the Ardèche, over a few ...and more »
- Local and national dance companies celebrate movement - Wisconsin State Journal
Local and national dance companies celebrate movementWisconsin State JournalIn a recent article in The Boston Globe, dance writer Valerie Gladstone compared Alonzo King's choreography to “poetry in motion. ...
- Shaffer: Educating for the good life - Yale Daily News
If you are a senior, you have only days to switch to a major in the humanities. If you’re not a senior, you have more time, but you should do so immediately anyway. There is much superficial factionalism between the humanities and sciences. The ...
- Valentine's Day: don't write off love letters yet - Daily Telegraph
“I sort through the letters, when the postman brings them up the steps at about 10 o’clock in the morning, with shaking hands.†These are the words of Elizabeth Bowen, the distinguished novelist, writing to Charles Ritchie, the Canadian ...
- Gabriela Lena Frank's new song cycle draws on Andean myths, cross ... - San Jose Mercury News
WHEN the renowned King's Singers take the stage at Herbst Theatre next week, the music that flows will be an eclectic mix of madrigals, Monteverdi and the mythic tales of a painter, a rover and a silver-tongued lover, high in the Andean mountains. It ...
- Brandon's Sundance Review: Rob Epstein & Jeff Friedman's Howl - First Showing (blog)
Brandon's Sundance Review: Rob Epstein & Jeff Friedman's HowlFirst Showing (blog)In the film, a witness for the defense states that "you can't translate poetry into prose, that's why it's poetry." Well, this film has ably translate one ...and more »
- Eva Longoria Parker to make appearance at FESTIBA - Monitor
Eva Longoria Parker to make appearance at FESTIBAMonitorThe six-day event is also about celebrating the arts and humanities within South Texas by engaging the community through poetry, drama, lectures, ...and more »
- Orchestral music 'owes him an immense debt' - Irish Times
Orchestral music 'owes him an immense debt'Irish TimesHis father, an organiser for Conradh na Gaeilge, wrote poetry and edited the Southern Star . After the family moved to Dublin he won a scholarship to ...
- Serfing U.S.A. - American Conservative Magazine
Take a simple proposition: anything government messes with gets messed up worse. This was the basic insight of Philadelphia, briefly revived by Ronald Reagan. Pollster Scott Rasmussen finds that by a 2-1 margin, American voters agree that no matter ...
- Culture 101 - Egypt Today
The 73-year-old poet had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in recent years. Ammar was one of the pioneers of the realistic school of poetry, which sprang up in the 1950s. He has three published works, which reveal a bitter kind of humor.
- Calendar 1/21 to 1/31/10 - The Sag Harbor Express
The Sag Harbor ExpressCalendar 1/21 to 1/31/10The Sag Harbor Express“Prose With Spirits†poet/performance artist Andrina Smith leads a sake tasting and poetry workshop. 6 to 7:30 p.. Phao Thai Kitchen, 29 Main Street, ...
- 'Love Poems': A Valentine's Day Story - NPR
'Love Poems': A Valentine's Day StoryNPRAudio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 pm ET.
- Black Pearl Poetry Slam - Phoenix New Times
We all know at least one person that constantly laments having left some other city behind. Whether they weep over their favorite regional food or miss the hustle and bustle of bigger metropolises, they should really meet Ed Mabrey. Before Mabrey ...
- The Smart Guide to Good Health - for Life by Christine Maiorano is ... - PRLog (free press release)
PR Log (Press Release) – Jan 14, 2010 – The Smart Guide to Good Health...for Life! (Including “The Smart Guide to Choosing and Using Whole Food Supplementsâ€) . Health information can be confusing! In this simple 63 page good health eBook ...
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