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August Wilson's words came straight from his soul
Stage and film legend James Earl Jones once said, "It's hard for an actor to go wrong if he's true to the words that August has written." As an actor and writer, I have found that statement to be true of only a few playwrights. There is usually at least...
Tags: Muddy Waters, Slavery, Theater, Music, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
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Lyric Opera offers sterling cast in 'Rigoletto'
Lyric Opera Baltimore is wrapping up its comfort-food season with Verdi’s stirring drama of love, nastiness and misplaced loyalties, “Rigoletto.” The staging looked a little square and economical Friday night at the Modell Performing...
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Norman Galaxy of Writers score at Oklahoma contest
The Norman Transcript, Okla.Six Norman Galaxy of Writers members took home 14 awards May 3 and 4 at the annual Oklahoma Writers' Federation Inc. conference at the Norman Embassy Suites Hotel. In addition, Robert Ferrier served as judge for a poetry category and Linda Basinger...Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Rentals
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For 2013 Daily Press poet laureate, love sparked the desire to write
Allen M. Weber says he hadn't thought about becoming a poet until he fell in love with one. The winner of the 2013 Daily Press poetry contest, Weber lives in Hampton and works at Newport News Shipbuilding where he teaches radiation safety. His...
Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), LifeOne Incorporated, Shipbuilding, Edgar Allan Poe, Ghent
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BRIEF: Artists honored by area society
Daily Gazette, Sterling, Ill.Writers from across the Sauk Valley were recognized April 28 during the Phidian Art Club's annual literary competition. Prizes for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction were awarded at the Dixon Public Library. Winners were: -- Poetry: First place,...Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, DeKalb
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Maryland's poet laureate brings inspiration and enlightenment to audience
holly.shok@herald-mail.comSome closed their eyes, as though depicting on a canvas in their own minds the words that escaped a deep, gentle voice. Others bowed their heads, as if to let the words wash over them, saturating their skin. Such was the scene at the Washington County...Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Arts, Education
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Wake Forest Baptist IT director stepping down
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.The chief information officer for Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is stepping down, effective May 31, the center confirmed Friday. Sheila Sanders has served in that role, as well as vice president of information technology, since being hired in...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Campbell (Osceola, Florida), Wake Forest University, Medical Research, Science and Technology
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Osprey Lodge assisted-living facility produces video 'The Faces of Parkinson's'
TAVARES — A sobering poem written by a man reflecting on his Parkinson's diagnosis is at the heart of a new music video entered in a world-wide competition about the progressive disease. "The Faces of Parkinson's," shot at Osprey Lodge, an...Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Stetson University, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Specialization, Music
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'The Prophet': Gibran Khalil Gibran refracted around the world
The Lebanon Daily StarIt is a commonplace of this broad land that it resides overseas as much as it does within the borders the French drew for it. Naturally, the expatriate condition is shared by Lebanon's artists. The prototype for the expatriate Levantine artist was...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), The Lion King (movie), Israel, Lebanon, Literature
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Orlando Fringe review: 'Shut UP, Emily Dickinson'
For every free-spirit like Rimbaud or Bukowski who ever inspired bad hipster poetry, there is at least one Emily Dickinson: A late 1800s shut-in whose closest friends in later life were her flowers. Or, as Tanya O'Debra's script puts it, "Emily Dickinson:...
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Lehigh Valley's Thatcher and Nyke celebrate new CD
Take equal parts of Clapton-esque turnaround licks and slides, mix gently with soulful lyrics and slick fingerpicking, add a healthy dash of Celtic bow slurs, throw in some cool tremolo guitar vibes, and you've got the latest release by bluesman Craig...Tags: Music, Bob Dylan, Entertainment
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Michael Robbins on reviewing
No one dreams of being a book reviewer when he grows up. You might dream of writing poems or novels or essays or even, if you are perennially picked last for teams in gym class, literary criticism (“We don't want Robbins, you can have an extra...Tags: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (movie), The Washington Post, Rex Reed, The Boston Globe, Reviews
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