Mary Margaret Hughes, who got her start in classrooms and on stages in Springfield, writes about how creativity and ...

The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical is a “gonzo” terrific new musical currently running at Signature Theatre ...

Lines of a lovely “poem” went in, lousy mulch came out. Lastly, the towering tall barren trunk came down, made not into long lumber for a home or boat, but into short logs to be burned in ...

In 2017, a biopic about Silverstein, based on Lisa Rogak’s book “A Boy Named Shel,” was reportedly in the works with James Franco attached, but it never materialized.

For practice and performance, Lani selected a poem each week from a folder I filled with poems by Shel Silverstein, Karla Kuskin, David Harrison, Eve Merriam, and David McCord.

Shel Silverstein’s iconic books like “Where the Sidewalk Ends” and “A Light in the Attic” are many children’s introduction to poetry. “Put Something In” is one of my personal favorites, as the silly ...

Shihan Van Clief and Dante Basco co-founded Da Poetry Lounge — a long-running poetry reading in Los Angeles that takes place every Tuesday. Van Clief says be honest about your tastes and what you're ...

Join dancers from Ballet Quad Cities for an hour of movement and music as we bring the poetry of Shel Silverstein to life. Meet us at Fairmount (3000 Fairmount Street) on Thursday, March 29 at 6 ...

The greatest poetry books ever written. I remember the first time I picked up Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends in my elementary school library. It was filled with delightfully clever ...

During the early part of the ’70s, Silverstein also started writing songs for Loretta Lynn, including “No Place Else to Go,” from her 1973 album “Home” and “No Love Left Inside Me ...

You sing too long,” the girl says, waving him off, a sentiment echoed in many a meeting when a long talker holds forth. Not on my time, Thing. You choose what to let in.

As an adult, I’ve come back to poetry time again when I found my own feelings too big to name or explain without help, writes Kate Neale Cooper. If the novel is an emotional marathon, the poem ...