Happy Islamic New Year! It’s also the 3rd day of the Chinese New Year (year of the dog). Let the world revamp; they say change is painful but I’d like to see some “out and out” changes take place for starts. I want a little vamping.
Today I have been thinking about stories […]
Q: What does Eva Cassidy, Nellie Lutcher, Diana Ross, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta Jones, Deborah Coleman, Erskine Hawkins, Gene Ammons, Terence Blanchard, Carmen McRae, Topsy Chapman, Patty Waters, Mary Stallings, Ranee Lee, Carrie Smith, Lezlie Anders, Sonji Kimmons, Clark Terry, Ruth Brown, Tom Skinner, Roy Rubenstein, The Brooklyn Repertory Ensemble, Clarence Lofton, Miss Henry, […]
What are you listening to as you read this? Music? Screaming? The silence of an empty apartment? My friend Katya wrote to me asking if I could find a jazz cover of Dream a Little Dream (of me) for her. I was only familiar with Mama Cass’ version from The […]
Poetry Workshop, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2:40-3:40 PM, Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road in East Lansing — in conjunction with the Mid-Winter Singing Festival. Their flyer reads:
Want to make words jump off the page, stand up and shout? This workshop will show you how to infuse a poem, story or speech with vital energy, […]
If today’s chalk talk/ homework assignment is to find one secret website on your favorite poet and share it with your friends, then I must thank Laura, who helped me by sending me this link to Red Poppy, a Pablo Neruda on-line project. A Pablo blog!
So Laura, thank you and let me share […]