Poetry in slow motion
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A Betjeman fan challenges the current laureate Stob Thanks to the Beeb's correctly extensive celebrations of Sir John Betjeman's centenary, Betjmania is once more abroad and has conquered everywhere. (Everywhere? Well, as they say in the Asterix books, everywhere except one tiny village...)â¦
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By Chris Bailey  As the last tiny drop of water slides from the resting oars, a profound silence seeps into the soul, a silence so rare to the modern ear that it carries more disquiet than peace.
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âFalling Slowly,â a song from âOnce,â is ruled eligible for this yearâs Oscar for best song.
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On a set in Union Square, LiÃ¡n Amaris Sifuentes, a performance artist, is getting ready for a date by moving very, very slowly.
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Slam poetry got a fresh twist when three Victorian-era re-enactors read from such poets as William Wordsworth and Emily Dickinson in a setting that was fitting for the event &#151; a 19th-century stone mansion.
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âTerminus,â Mark OâRoweâs drama of interlocking monologues, adds an unusual twist to the playwrightâs already distinctive style: rhyme.
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The works featured at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center interact in interesting ways, most obviously in how they alternate between macrocosmic and microcosmic and between noise and silence.
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With the firesâ advance slowed, another phase of firefighting has begun.
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At the start of his recital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday evening, the pianist Lars Vogt produced a quiet, controlled sound that at first seemed the picture of refinement but eventually grew unnerving.
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In a wise new novel, life happens, haphazardly
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To engage with an artwork, especially contemporary works, can be a daunting task.
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Mike Readâs Oscar Wilde - at the refurbished Shaw Theatre on London&#39;s Euston Road â-as become the shortest-running musical in West End history.
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Time slows to a crawl for a child's birthday party.
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Ready for takeoff More modern, more art
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At a Seamus Heaney reading, the listeners hear poetry that's not confined to the rhyme and meter of a specific poem.
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Bob Glaudiniâs modest, quietly moving drama offers a needed corrective to flashier, more widely disseminated depictions of the meaner streets of Manhattan.
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Poetry Tulip has vanished. So have Between and Climax. Cloudland and Roosterville are gone, too.