Slam daddy Marc Smith celebrates a quarter-century of slam poetry

Jul. 28, 2011
Long before the aspiring poets at Louder Than a Bomb were even born, Marc Smith was already performing. Smith was a blue-collar creator, a construction worker who performed his free-wheeling style in front of an open micn the process slam poetry was born.

Youth poetry is 'Louder Than a Bomb'

Jul. 28, 2011
Every year, the Louder Than a Bomb poetry competition gathers some of the best young poets from around the city.Eight Forty-Eight heard Melana Bass' entry from the 2011 competition.

Alhurra and the challenges of public diplomacy

Jul. 27, 2011
Eager to promote their distinct worldviews, powerful nations like the United States, China and Russia spend billions on international radio, TV and the internet. However, much of this public diplomacy falls on deaf ears.That’s largely the case for the U.S.

Global Notes: Comp captures rawness of rarely heard Mauritanian guitar virtuosos

Jul. 27, 2011
Mauritania, a large but sparsely populated country in northwestern Africa, has a rich musical tradition but virtually no formal music industry. That means no commercial radio stations. No record labels. No music clubs.

The best one-word medical journals

Jul. 26, 2011
BloodSleepMicronAlcoholAquacultureEndeavourMorphologieOptikVacuumOxymagGenePainHOMO

What Anthony Bourdain didn't tell you about Cuban food

Jul. 22, 2011
Inevitably, when I say I’m going to Cuba, somebody says, “Mmm, yummy!

An iPhone theft averted

Jul. 22, 2011
Pleasant "L" ride last night.Until someone tried to rob me. Then it became less pleasant, but the AC was going, so I can't complain too much.I was listening to my iPhone, it clearly visible to anyone. I know, I know, a mistake. The guy next to me was talking on his phone.

Global Activism: 'Malawi Matters' uses creativity to educate on HIV and AIDS

Jul. 21, 2011
Every Thursday on Global Activism we hear about an individual who's trying to make the world a better place.Today we talk to Phyllis Wezeman, an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame and executive director of Malawi Matters, whose mission is to develop culturally-inspired HIV an

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