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READER SUBMITTED: New Date For Tolland Poetry Slam
TollandThe Tolland Public Library Foundation's second poetry slam, which was scheduled for Friday, April 26, has been postponed to Friday, May 17 due to scheduling conflicts. The event is a chance for teen poets to perform their original works and compete for...Tags: Libraries, Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut), Arts and Culture
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Bob Dylan is again delightfully freewheelin' at Stabler Arena
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGSomething is happening, and I don’t know what it is, Mr. Jones. In a career that certainly has seen great heights, Bob Dylan had seemed in long decline, even as recently as his 2009 show at Allentown’s Coca-Cola Park. But...... -
Caroline Kennedy talks 'Poems to Learn by Heart'
During Caroline Kennedy's childhood, poetry was a family affair. Her father, President John F. Kennedy, had admired Robert Frost enough to give him a prominent place at his inauguration, and her mother, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, had loved poetry since...
Tags: HIV, John F. Kennedy, Bronx (New York City), Medical Procedures and Tests, Teaching and Learning
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George Jones dies at 81; country music icon
Three decades ago, an east Texas singer named George Jones took on an impossibly melodramatic, shamelessly sentimental song about a man who desperately clutched at lost love until his dying breath. His 1980 recording of "He Stopped Loving Her Today"...Tags: The Who (music group), Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Johnny Cash, Entertainment
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Review: 'It's No Good' by Kirill Medvedev
When Keith Gessen, the co-editor of n+1, asked if he could send me his translation of a Russian author I'd never heard of, I had no idea what I was getting into. "It's No Good" — a selection of the post-Soviet writer Kirill Medvedev's poems, essays,...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Literature
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Weekend Preview: Sun, surf, sand, soccer, sangria and Saigon Kick
The future site of the Flagler Garden, destined to be a hub for all manner of earnest conviviality and creativity in downtown Fort Lauderdale, will have its first event on Sunday with Grow Downtown. The afternoon of live music from the Bonfires...
Tags: Seafood, Sports, Entertainment, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Music
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2013 Summer Book Events
The Hartford CourantHear famous writers discuss their work, listen to the poet who spoke at President Obama's inauguration and learn about the publishing industry at spring and summer books events this year. Here are a few: >>CAPA-U: The 10th annual CAPA-U Professional...Tags: The New York Times, Mark Twain, Book, Wesleyan University, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Students set words ablaze for slam poetry competition
Students at Northeast High in Oakland Park will be setting their "Words Ablaze" during the school's first-ever school-wide poetry slam on May 1. The winning poet will move on to a county-wide competition on May 23 at Nova Southeastern University....Tags: Nova Southeastern University
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Christian Wiman, editor of Poetry, changes his meter
In the first chapter of "My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer," a book Christian Wiman wrote in the wake of a bone marrow transplant to treat his incurable blood cancer, he introduces us to his longings. "What I crave at this point in my...
Tags: Periodicals, Entertainment, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Newspaper and Magazine, Music
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READER SUBMITTED: All Invited To April 29 "Fifth Grade Poetry Slam" At Clover Street School
WindsorAll Windsor residents are invited to a free "Clover Street School Fifth Grade Poetry Slam" on Monday, April 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the elementary school on 57 Clover St. in Windsor. The school's students will vie for the honor of being named most dramatic...Tags: Artists, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists, Curricula
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Duffy treads familiar ground in new collections
It's April, so poetry is in order And there is no better place to start than with Britain's poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Duffy's two most recent books are just out for the first time in the U.S., and deserve attention. Published in 2005 in...
Tags: Entertainment Events, United Kingdom, The Rapture
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Poetry Slam Scheduled at Clover Street School
The public is invited to a free poetry slam competition involving 5th grade students at Cloever Stree School Monday, from 6 to 8 p.m. at 57 Clover St. The school's participating students will be vying for the honor of being named the most dramatic...
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