From writer/director Andrew Robinson comes a tremendously personal look inside one of our nation’s great tragedies, as seen through his eyes as a survivor. Based on actual events, “April Showers” is about picking up the pieces in the direct aftermath of one of America’s growing epidemics: school violence.
ABC introduced a new game show called Duel on December 17. As the writers strike drags on and slowly strangles the regular television schedule, networks are looking for easily produced yet fresh programming to fill the void. Will Duel fit the bill for the long term? Or will it be…[more]
MORE POETRY FROM THE END OF THE VOLUME IN SECTION; “THE AUTHOR’S MUSINGS....
THE SEA
Deep below the sea there is evidence of Mankind’s folly. The primeval ocean currents have altered their paths. Pollution has been caused by the trials and tribulations of thousands of warships…[more]
Many poets use images. What makes a poet an Imagist?
April, 2008
Michael Heffernan, professor of English in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, replies:
All poets use images. An Imagist would be someone writing according to the method known as…[more]
In poetic literature you will often find a poem that seems to be inviting the reader to participate in an adventure or a love story. The use of ‘you’ is evident in the poetry, but in most cases the reader understands that the poem is written to a third party…[more]
Terry Borman, a world-renowned violin maker now based in Fayetteville, will present a lecture, “Innovation in a Timeless Art - Science of the Stradivarius” at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 7, in Room 132 of the Chemistry Building.
Borman has spent more than 30 years providing a “voice” to…[more]
WHEN: All photos exhibited April 19, 2008
WHAT & WHO: Black & white photographs - all ages; color photographs - adults (age 16 and over); and color photographs - youth (age 15 and under); altered images – all ages
PRIZES: Best of Show: $150 Bedford Camera…[more]
During the mid-90’s the Ozark Heritage Center and Museum in Leslie created a series of videotaped oral histories of the Ozarks, based on interviews with nearly two dozen area residents. “Live, From the Ozarks” presents the stories of Ozark life in the past.Screenings of those original, unedited oral histories will…[more]
Springfield, Mo.—More than 250 people – and 600 alpacas – are expected in Springfield March 29-30 for the 5th Annual MOPACA Invitational Alpaca Show.
The show is at the Missouri Meeting & Event Center E*Plex and is open to the public.
Suri and Huacaya alpacas in…[more]
What child has not looked up into the night sky and marveled at the sight? Those tiny specks of light painted against the infinite background of space have inspired poets to rhyme, composers to pen classics, scientists and philosophers to ponder our very origins.
Astronomy continues to be…[more]
