Marathon Center for the Performing Arts will host the Northwest Ohio Poetry Out Loud Regional Semifinal, beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 3. Students from the following schools will be ...

Rendering tragic the death of a fly and poignantly reciting "O Captain! My Captain!" helped two Urbana High school students advance in the school's Poetry Out Loud competition Friday. Out of Urbana's ...

The secret to a good poetry recitation is subtly conveying the right emotions, at least according to Marshall School senior David Kamper. “That’s what you’re doing when you’re reciting poetry, you’re ...

Vincent D’Onofrio stood before me with his eyes closed. His black baseball cap partially shaded his face in the dark room, lit only by the art that he and fellow actor/artist Laurence Fuller—as the ...

Rahele Megosha, a high school senior from South Dakota, has been named the 2021 Poetry Out Loud national champion. The competition invites high school students to memorize and recite great poetry, ...

BLUE HILL, Maine (WABI) - The Maine Arts Commission has named a George Stevens senior Sofya Lantratova its “Poetry Out Loud” State Champion, the first such honor for a student from the school. She’s ...

Willa Perry-Spears stands with their honorable mention medal at the 2023 Minnesota Poetry Out Loud state competition Friday at Mankato State University. DULUTH — Willa Perry-Spears hadn't thought much ...

Armie Hammer braved the outdoors to recite some poetry. The “Call Me by Your Name” actor, 33, went to Central Park “weeks ago,” we’re told, to recite poet Wendy Cope’s “Valentine.” The result, which ...

Amanda Gorman, the country’s first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, made history again Sunday by becoming the first person to recite a poem during a Super Bowl pregame ceremony. Gorman, a ...

Her prize comes with a $20,000 award. This fall, Megosha is beginning college at Columbia University in New York City, where she has a full-ride scholarship. She plans to major in biochemistry, with a ...