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Holidays
Badger Badger Badger Mushroom Day
Bison-Ten-Yell Day
Calendar Adjustment Day
Democracy Day (Tibet)
Dia de Ceuta (Spain)
Gaura Parba (Nepal)
Good Society Day
International Vulture Awareness Day
Mariamoba (Republic of Georgia)
Mindfulness Day
National Beheading Day
National Indoor Air Quality Day
National Live Fearless Day
National No Patrick Day (SpongeBob)
Old Timer’s Day
Onliners Day
Pierce Your Ears Day
Sedantag (Germany)
Spalding Baseball Day
Victory Over Japan Day (US)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Beer & Can Day
National Beer and Wings Day
National Blueberry Popsicle Day
World Coconut Day
1st Friday in September
Belgian Beer Weekend begins (Belgisch Bierweekend) [1st Friday thru Sunday]
Bring Your Manners To Work Day [1st Friday]
Casual Day (South Africa) [1st Friday]
Dri-jerbal (Labor Day; Marshall Islands) [1st Friday]
Freddie Mercury’s Montreux Memorial Day begins [Weekend of 1st Friday]
Labor Day Weekend (U.S. & Canada) [Begins Friday before 1st Monday in September]
Benton Neighbor Day (Benton, Missouri)
Britt Draft Horse Show (Britt, Iowa)
Bumbershoot (Seattle, Washington)
Central City Rock 'n' Roll Cruise-in & Concert (Central City, Kentucky)
Cleveland National Air Show (Cleveland, Ohio)
Clothesline Fair (Prairie Grove, Arkansas)
Colombia River Cross Channel Swim (Hood River, Oregon)
Colorado Balloon Classic (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Commonwheel Labor Day Weekend Arts and Crafts Festival (Manitou Springs, Colorado)
Daniel Boone Pioneer Days (Winchester, Kentucky)
Fort Bridger Rendezvous (Fort Bridger, Wyoming)
Great Bathtub Race (Nome, Alaska)
Great Grove Bed Race (Coconut Grove, Florida)
Harvest Wine Celebration (Livermore, California)
Hog Capital of the World Festival (Kewanee, Illinois)
Hopkinton State Fair (Contoocook, New Hampshire)
Iroquois Arts Festival (Howes Cave, New York)
Johnson City Field Days (Johnson City, New York)
Jubilee Days Festival (Zion, Illinois)
Lifelight Outdoor Music Festival (Worthing, South Dakota)
Mackinac Bridge Walk (St. Ignace, Michigan)
National Championship Chuckwagon Races (Clinton, Arkansas)
National Hard Crab Derby and Fair (Crisfield, Maryland)
National Sweetcorn Festival (Hoopeston, Illinois)
Oatmeal Festival (Bertram/Oatmeal, Texas)
Odyssey Greek Festival (Orange, Connecticut)
On the Waterfront (Rockford, Illinois)
Old Threshers Reunion (Mount Pleasant, Iowa)
Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Nebraska)
Payson Golden Onion Days (Payson, Utah)
Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Colonial Festival (Greensburg, Pennsylvania)
Popeye Picnic (Chester, Illinois)
Santa-Cali-Gon Days Festival (Independence, Missouri)
Scandinavian Fest (Budd Lake, New Jersey)
Sta-Bil Nationals Championship Lawn Mower Race (Delaware, Ohio)
Snake River Duck Race (Nome, Alaska)
Taste of Colorado (Denver, Colorado)
Taste of Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)
Totah Festival (Farmington, New Mexico)
Waikiki Roughwater Swim (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Westfest Czech Heritage Festival (West, Texas)
West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival (Clarksburg, West Virginia)
Wisconsin State Cow-Chip Throw (Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin)
Woodstock Fair (Woodstock, Connecticut)
World Championship Barbecue Goat Cook-Off (Brady, Texas)
National Chianti Day [1st Friday]
National Food Bank Day [1st Friday]
National Lazy Mom’s Day [1st Friday]
Wear Teal Day [1st Friday]
Independence Days
Artsakh (from USSR, 1991) [unrecognized]
Nagorno-Karabakh (from Azerbaijan, 1991) [unrecognized]
Transnistria (from Moldova, 1990) [unrecognized]
Vietnam (from France & Japan, 1945)
Feast Days
Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Agricola of Avignon (Christian; Saint)
Antoninus of Pamiers (Christian; Saint)
Benny Hill Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Brocard (Christian; Saint)
Castor of Apt (Christian; Saint)
Diomedes (Christian; Saint)
Eleazar (Christian; Saint)
Feast of All (Nussairis, Asia Minor)
Feast of Bishamonten (Japan)
Feast of Osiris (Egyptian God of Agriculture)
Hieu (Christian; Saint)
Ingrid of Sweden (Christian; Saint)
Justus of Lyon (Christian; Saint)
Margaret of Louvain (Christian; Saint)
Maxima of Rome (Christian; Saint)
Nipple Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)
Nonnosus (Christian; Saint)
Princess Tizz (Muppetism)
Stephen, King of Hungary (Christian; Saint)
Watt (Positivist; Saint)
William of Roskilde (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Historically Unlucky Day [8 of 11]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Premieres
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, by The Dead Kennedys (Album; 1980)
The Iceman Cometh (Play; 1946)
I Shall Wear Midnight, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2010) [Discworld #38]
Return to Forever, by Chick Corea (Album; 1972)
The Third Man (Film; 1949)
Today’s Name Days
Ingrid, René (Austria)
Mladen, Ostoja, Oton, Višnja (Croatia)
Patricie (Czech Republic)
Maria (Denmark)
Milve, Milvi (Estonia)
Kukka-Maaria, Maaria, Maija, Maiju, Maikki, Mari, Maria, Marika, Meeri, Riia (Finland)
Martinien (France)
Franz, Ingrid, René, Salomon (Germany)
Mamas (Greece)
Ottó (Hungary)
Bernardino, Maria (Italy)
Dauma, Ilvars, Lauma, Vineta (Latvia)
Gantautė, Jotvingas, Marijonas (Lithuania)
Kjartan, Kjellfrid (Norway)
Juda, Maria, Martynian, Otto, Piotr, Urban (Poland)
Berta (Slovakia)
Bernardino, Marcia, Urbano, Vidal (Spain)
Rosa, Rosita (Sweden)
Brock, Brook, Brooke, Brooklyn, Brooklynn, Brooks, Cassidy, Cassie, Castor, Kassidy, Kassie (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 245 of 2022; 120 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 35 of 2022
Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Guìyuè), Day 7 (Wu-Wu)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
Hebrew: 6 ʼĔlūl 5782
Islamic: 5 Ṣafar 1444
J Cal: 5 Aki; Fourday [5 of 30]
Julian: 20 August 2022
Moon: 38% Waning Crescent
Positivist: 21 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Watt]
Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 8 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 73 of 90)
Zodiac: Virgo (Day 10 of 31)
Calendar Changes
Muin (Vine) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 9 of 13]
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Holidays 9.2
Holidays
Badger Badger Badger Mushroom Day
Bison-Ten-Yell Day
Calendar Adjustment Day
Democracy Day (Tibet)
Dia de Ceuta (Spain)
Gaura Parba (Nepal)
Good Society Day
International Vulture Awareness Day
Mariamoba (Republic of Georgia)
Mindfulness Day
National Beheading Day
National Indoor Air Quality Day
National Live Fearless Day
National No Patrick Day (SpongeBob)
Old Timer’s Day
Onliners Day
Pierce Your Ears Day
Sedantag (Germany)
Spalding Baseball Day
Victory Over Japan Day (US)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Beer & Can Day
National Beer and Wings Day
National Blueberry Popsicle Day
World Coconut Day
1st Friday in September
Belgian Beer Weekend begins (Belgisch Bierweekend) [1st Friday thru Sunday]
Bring Your Manners To Work Day [1st Friday]
Casual Day (South Africa) [1st Friday]
Dri-jerbal (Labor Day; Marshall Islands) [1st Friday]
Freddie Mercury’s Montreux Memorial Day begins [Weekend of 1st Friday]
Labor Day Weekend (U.S. & Canada) [Begins Friday before 1st Monday in September]
Benton Neighbor Day (Benton, Missouri)
Britt Draft Horse Show (Britt, Iowa)
Bumbershoot (Seattle, Washington)
Central City Rock 'n' Roll Cruise-in & Concert (Central City, Kentucky)
Cleveland National Air Show (Cleveland, Ohio)
Clothesline Fair (Prairie Grove, Arkansas)
Colombia River Cross Channel Swim (Hood River, Oregon)
Colorado Balloon Classic (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Commonwheel Labor Day Weekend Arts and Crafts Festival (Manitou Springs, Colorado)
Daniel Boone Pioneer Days (Winchester, Kentucky)
Fort Bridger Rendezvous (Fort Bridger, Wyoming)
Great Bathtub Race (Nome, Alaska)
Great Grove Bed Race (Coconut Grove, Florida)
Harvest Wine Celebration (Livermore, California)
Hog Capital of the World Festival (Kewanee, Illinois)
Hopkinton State Fair (Contoocook, New Hampshire)
Iroquois Arts Festival (Howes Cave, New York)
Johnson City Field Days (Johnson City, New York)
Jubilee Days Festival (Zion, Illinois)
Lifelight Outdoor Music Festival (Worthing, South Dakota)
Mackinac Bridge Walk (St. Ignace, Michigan)
National Championship Chuckwagon Races (Clinton, Arkansas)
National Hard Crab Derby and Fair (Crisfield, Maryland)
National Sweetcorn Festival (Hoopeston, Illinois)
Oatmeal Festival (Bertram/Oatmeal, Texas)
Odyssey Greek Festival (Orange, Connecticut)
On the Waterfront (Rockford, Illinois)
Old Threshers Reunion (Mount Pleasant, Iowa)
Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Nebraska)
Payson Golden Onion Days (Payson, Utah)
Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Colonial Festival (Greensburg, Pennsylvania)
Popeye Picnic (Chester, Illinois)
Santa-Cali-Gon Days Festival (Independence, Missouri)
Scandinavian Fest (Budd Lake, New Jersey)
Sta-Bil Nationals Championship Lawn Mower Race (Delaware, Ohio)
Snake River Duck Race (Nome, Alaska)
Taste of Colorado (Denver, Colorado)
Taste of Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)
Totah Festival (Farmington, New Mexico)
Waikiki Roughwater Swim (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Westfest Czech Heritage Festival (West, Texas)
West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival (Clarksburg, West Virginia)
Wisconsin State Cow-Chip Throw (Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin)
Woodstock Fair (Woodstock, Connecticut)
World Championship Barbecue Goat Cook-Off (Brady, Texas)
National Chianti Day [1st Friday]
National Food Bank Day [1st Friday]
National Lazy Mom’s Day [1st Friday]
Wear Teal Day [1st Friday]
Independence Days
Artsakh (from USSR, 1991) [unrecognized]
Nagorno-Karabakh (from Azerbaijan, 1991) [unrecognized]
Transnistria (from Moldova, 1990) [unrecognized]
Vietnam (from France & Japan, 1945)
Feast Days
Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Agricola of Avignon (Christian; Saint)
Antoninus of Pamiers (Christian; Saint)
Benny Hill Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Brocard (Christian; Saint)
Castor of Apt (Christian; Saint)
Diomedes (Christian; Saint)
Eleazar (Christian; Saint)
Feast of All (Nussairis, Asia Minor)
Feast of Bishamonten (Japan)
Feast of Osiris (Egyptian God of Agriculture)
Hieu (Christian; Saint)
Ingrid of Sweden (Christian; Saint)
Justus of Lyon (Christian; Saint)
Margaret of Louvain (Christian; Saint)
Maxima of Rome (Christian; Saint)
Nipple Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)
Nonnosus (Christian; Saint)
Princess Tizz (Muppetism)
Stephen, King of Hungary (Christian; Saint)
Watt (Positivist; Saint)
William of Roskilde (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Historically Unlucky Day [8 of 11]
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Premieres
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, by The Dead Kennedys (Album; 1980)
The Iceman Cometh (Play; 1946)
I Shall Wear Midnight, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2010) [Discworld #38]
Return to Forever, by Chick Corea (Album; 1972)
The Third Man (Film; 1949)
Today’s Name Days
Ingrid, René (Austria)
Mladen, Ostoja, Oton, Višnja (Croatia)
Patricie (Czech Republic)
Maria (Denmark)
Milve, Milvi (Estonia)
Kukka-Maaria, Maaria, Maija, Maiju, Maikki, Mari, Maria, Marika, Meeri, Riia (Finland)
Martinien (France)
Franz, Ingrid, René, Salomon (Germany)
Mamas (Greece)
Ottó (Hungary)
Bernardino, Maria (Italy)
Dauma, Ilvars, Lauma, Vineta (Latvia)
Gantautė, Jotvingas, Marijonas (Lithuania)
Kjartan, Kjellfrid (Norway)
Juda, Maria, Martynian, Otto, Piotr, Urban (Poland)
Berta (Slovakia)
Bernardino, Marcia, Urbano, Vidal (Spain)
Rosa, Rosita (Sweden)
Brock, Brook, Brooke, Brooklyn, Brooklynn, Brooks, Cassidy, Cassie, Castor, Kassidy, Kassie (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 245 of 2022; 120 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 35 of 2022
Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Guìyuè), Day 7 (Wu-Wu)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
Hebrew: 6 ʼĔlūl 5782
Islamic: 5 Ṣafar 1444
J Cal: 5 Aki; Fourday [5 of 30]
Julian: 20 August 2022
Moon: 38% Waning Crescent
Positivist: 21 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Watt]
Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 8 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 73 of 90)
Zodiac: Virgo (Day 10 of 31)
Calendar Changes
Muin (Vine) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 9 of 13]
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YarrishArts is open for Business today at the CtColab's Earthday Fair at the town hall in Enfield, CT. Come see us!
#yarrisharts#artist in the wild#art in the wild#connecticut spring craft fairs#CtColab's Earth Day Craft Fair
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Springtime in Brooklyn
by Nancy Rosoff, Andrew W. Mellon Senior Curator, Arts of the Americas
As I look out my window at the falling rain, I know that these April showers will soon be followed by May’s flowers. The vibrant colors of budding trees and blossoming flowers give us hope that we will overcome the current crisis, and the world will be rejuvenated, stronger, and more unified. The following works from the Brooklyn Museum’s diverse collection celebrate the arrival of Spring and our hope for a healthy and more peaceful world.
Brightly colored plants and flowers made of faience once decorated the walls of the Great Palace of king Akhenaten at Amarna. Sun light and the disk of the sun itself became the focus of religious worship in the Amarna period (1353-13336 B.C.E.). The floral motifs of these tiles were meant to evoke rebirth of life brought about by the sun. See the artwork in our open collection.
While the Nile was revered as a life-giving place, the desert was also teeming with nature. Here one can see animals breeding in their desert environs. To the right, a feline is showing interest in another feline. At the lower left, a male antelope, mounting his mate, rears his head into the row above. At the lower right, the hindquarters of an antelope giving birth and the emerging head of her calf are partly preserved. The bovine calf at center left completes this depiction of the cycle of life. See the artwork in our open collection.
This detail from a Nasca mantle not only illustrates some of the plants and animals native to Peru’s South Coast, but it also conveys how the society’s spiritual beliefs are connected to agricultural seasons. The blossoming huarango tree seen here represents life and is shown growing out of a human trophy head on the back of a pampas cat. The trophy head symbolizes death but it is also a germinating seed from which life sprouts in a never-ending cycle of life, death, and rebirth. See the artwork in our open collection.
This late-seventeenth-century painting from viceregal Peru shows Saint Joseph standing hand-in-hand with the Christ Child in a field of blooming flora and enclosed within a border of bright carnations and lilies. Saint Joseph’s popularity flourished at this moment in the Spanish Americas as he embodied ideals of fatherhood, marriage, divinity, and masculinity. Here, he holds a stem of white lilies, which symbolize his holiness and purity. See the artwork in our open collection.
This sculpture would have served as a means for people to contact spiritual intermediaries for aid. Its raised arms are said to refer to prayers for rain, crucial to survive and thrive in arid the Mopti Region of Mali. See the artwork in our open collection.
The use of naturalistic floral motifs, such as carnations, tulips, and hyacinths, was a trademark of the design workshop of the Ottoman court in Istanbul in the mid-sixteenth century. This design principle was adopted in central and distant areas of the empire and applied to different media, such as manuscript illuminations made in Istanbul, textiles made in Bursa, and tiles made in Iznik and Damascus. This octagonal tile from Syria brings the beauty of spring indoors permanently. See the artwork in our open collection.
Vibrant greens and blues bring a spring woodland scene inside the Museum, creating an eternal verdant landscape. The effects of changing sunlight or a passing cloud can animate the glass used to depict the stream, tree trunks and leaves. Originally installed in the Universalist Church of Our Father at Classon and Atlantic Avenues in Brooklyn, the windows were purchased by the All Souls Universalist Church on Ocean Avenue and installed in 1945, before coming to the Brooklyn Museum a few years ago. Tiffany Studio was extremely skilled at creating panoramas that open onto lush, brilliantly colored vistas. See the artwork in our open collection.
This elaborately decorated cabinet brought ever-blooming flowers into the owner’s bedroom. Inspired by Japanese precedents, New York’s most important late-19th-century furniture manufacturing firm Herter Brothers employed different colored woods to create the densely packed, abstracted flowers and leaves on this luxurious, yet functional chest-of-drawers. See the artwork in our open collection.
In the Japanese tradition, cherry blossom season is a time for celebration: the world wakes up after a long winter and people head outside to gather under the pink-and-white canopies created by trees that seemed barren only a week or two earlier. This year the picnics were cancelled, but in nature the show goes on whether there’s an audience or not. See the artwork in our open collection.
In this painting, Gustave Caillebotte offers a glimpse of his private garden in Petit Gennevilliers, a small village on the Seine opposite Argenteuil. The apple blossoms are rendered in thick touches of paint, which contrast with the sketchy treatment of the path that leads toward the denser foliage beyond the tree. See the artwork in our open collection.
Nothing celebrates Spring more than this dazzling child’s cap with its delicate beadwork on vibrant rose-colored velvet. It was lovingly made by the mother or female relative of a little girl who would have worn it with pride during special occasions. See the artwork in our open collection.
A table set with bread and coffee in a blooming garden along a sun-dappled path conjures the pleasures of the warmer months to come. Robert Delaunay would become known later in his career for more abstract work, but in this early painting the 19 year old artist was still working under the influence of Impressionism. See the artwork in our open collection.
Redolent with the sweet scent of peonies, American Impressionist Ernest Lawson paints his flowerbeds in a dazzling display of jewel like tones in the Cos Cob art-colony located along the Connecticut shore. See the artwork in our open collection.
This Balinese cover features bright brocade rosettes in purple, blue, red, yellow, and green. The gilded gold overpaint features patra cina designs borrowed from Chinese floral patterns. Together, they create a glittering textile that is awash with color and floral motifs. See the artwork in our open collection.
One of the Brooklyn Museum’s most important Japanese paintings is a folding screen showing a group of urbanites walking together, followed by a musician and a servant with a big box. The only clue that they are heading to a cherry-blossom-viewing picnic comes from a woman who extends a branch of flowering cherry back toward a group of men. Attached to the branch is a long strip of paper of the type used traditionally in Japan for writing poems. What does the poem strip say? We don’t know, but it seems fair to guess that it serves as an invitation to romance. The screen reminds us that the spring tradition of partying beneath the cherry trees wasn’t solely about communing with nature. See the artwork in our open collection.
Inspired by Japanese folding screens or byōbu, Elizabeth Boott Duveneck’s five panels bring the natural world into the interior of the house depicting all four seasons from Autumn Foliage to Apple blossoms throughout the year. See the artwork in our open collection.
Beginning in the early 1930s, Consuelo Kanaga became one of few white photographers to make artistic portraits of Black Americans. This closely cropped and sharply focused image of a girl’s face with a flower was likely included in Group f.64’s inaugural exhibition in 1932, which announced a new realist direction in photography. Considered radical in its time, Frances with a Flower explores powerful ideas about beauty, gender, and race. See the artwork in our open collection.
Mary Wollstonecraft was a renowned women’s rights activist who authored "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," (1792), a classic of rationalist feminism that is considered the earliest and most important treatise, advocating for equality and education for women. Akin to the nature of Spring, Wollstonecraft's life symbolized the fruition of a legacy—from which infinite linages of women continue to reap the fruits of her labor. See the artwork in our open collection.
With rose-patterned leggings and an elaborate floral armature/headdress, Nick Cave’s Soundsuit transforms the human body into a lush garden. Since the early 1990s, Cave has been fabricating inventive sculptures out of scavenged materials, which he often overlays with beadwork, stitching, and other embellishments. One of the first, crafted from twigs, was made to be worn and created a rustling sound, which led to the eventual name of such works: Soundsuits. Cave’s costumes draw from a variety of sources, including both African and Caribbean traditions of masquerade. See the artwork in our open collection.
Posted by Nancy Rosoff with contributions from the Curators and Curatorial Assistants of African, American, Ancient Egyptian, Arts of the Americas, Asian, Contemporary, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, and Islamic Art
Photos: Gary Alan Bukovnik (American, born 1947). Rhododendrum, 1980. Lithograph on paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 81.15.2. © Gary Alan Bukovnik(Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Tile with Floral Inlays, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Faience. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.2001. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Relief with Desert Scene, ca. 2472-2455 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 64.147. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Nazca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber. Brooklyn Museum, John Thomas Underwood Memorial Fund, 38.12; Cuzco School. Saint Joseph and the Christ Child, late 17th-18th century. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 41.1275.191 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Dogon. Nommo Figure with Raised Arms, 11th-15th century (possibly). Wood, organic sacrificial material. Brooklyn Museum, The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection, 1989.51.39. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Octagonal Tile Depicting Peacock in Prunus Tree, 16th century. Ceramic; fritware, painted in black, cobalt blue, green, and manganese purple under a transparent glaze. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack A. Josephson, 1990.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Tiffany Studios (1902-1932). Dawn in the Woods in Springtime, 1905. Stained glass window. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of All Souls Bethlehem Church, 2014.17.1. Creative Commons-BY; Herter Brothers (American, 1865-1905). Chest-of-Drawers, ca. 1880. Ebonized cherry, other woods, modern marble top, brass. Brooklyn Museum, Modernism Benefit Fund, 1989.69. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Suijin no Mori Massaki), No. 35 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 8th month of 1856. Woodblock print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.35 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848-1894). Apple Tree in Bloom (Pommier en fleurs), ca. 1885. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of William K. Jacobs, Jr., 1992.107.2 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Woodlands. Child's Cap, ca. 1890s. Velvet, cloth, beads. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Josephine M. Guarino, 2016.11.2. Creative Commons-BY; Robert Delaunay (French, 1885-1941). In the Garden (Dans le jardin), 1904. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor, 86.28 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Ernest Lawson (American, 1873-1939). Garden Landscape, ca. 1915. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Laura L. Barnes, 67.24.10 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Cover, 19th or early 20th century. Silk, pigment. Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 45.183.110. Creative Commons-BY; Cherry Blossom Viewing Picnic, ca. 1624-1644. Ink, color and gold leaf on paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 39.87. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Elizabeth Boott Duveneck (American, 1846-1888). Apple Blossoms, 1882. Oil on wood panel. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Joan Harmen Brown, Mr. and Mrs. William Slocum Davenport, Mrs. Lewis Francis, Samuel E. Haslett, William H. Herriman, Joseph Jefferson IV, Clifford L. Middleton, the New York City Police Department, Mrs. Charles D. Ruwe, Charles A. Schieren, the University Club, Mrs. Henry Wolf, Austin M. Wolf, and Hamilton A. Wolf, by exchange, Frank Sherman Benson Fund, Museum Collection Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, Carll H. de Silver Fund, John B. Woodward Memorial Fund, and Designated Purchase Fund , 2005.54.3 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Consuelo Kanaga (American, 1894-1978). Frances with a Flower, early 1930s. Gelatin silver photograph. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Wallace B. Putnam from the Estate of Consuelo Kanaga, 82.65.10 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939). The Dinner Party (Mary Wollstonecraft place setting), 1974–79. Mixed media: ceramic, porcelain, textile. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, 2002.10. © Judy Chicago. Photograph by Jook Leung Photography; Nick Cave (American, born 1959). Soundsuit, 2008. Mixed media. Brooklyn Museum, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, 2009.44a-b. © Nick Cave (Photo: Image courtesy of Robilant Voena)
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World’s Best Places To Visit In The Fall
Some people wish to escape within the fall, to seek out more summer, or to avoid even a touch of winter. Often this suggests getting to the other hemisphere (where it'll be spring instead). But many of us love autumn with a passion and everything about it. From Halloween to Oktoberfest, fall may be a celebration. Here are the simplest places you'll travel around the world this fall.
World's Best Places to go to within the Fall:
Best Places to go to in September:
1)Geneva, Switzerland:
Everyone knows that Switzerland is popular in winter for skiing, but it’s so beautiful within the fall that it can’t be missed. The Alpine air is obvious and crisp and therefore the colors roll across the landscape in waves.
If you’re into hiking, there are numerous great trails to explore, but if you only want to enjoy the atmosphere from an area of comfort, take a railway excursion. you'll go anywhere in Switzerland, really, but Geneva has all the comforts of the large city also like all the gorgeous sights of autumn.
2)Ontario, Canada:
Nothing beats the changing colors in Upper Canada. Ontario may be a beautiful territory to go to because its colors start turning toward the top of September. It’s one among the foremost beautiful sights consistent with professional leaf peepers, having the deepest reds and most brilliant oranges you’ll ever see.
There’s a reason there’s a maple leaf on Canada’s flag and that’s why people come from everywhere the planet to ascertain them on the trees. Niagara Falls may be a perfect spot to experience everything directly.
3)Novosibirsk, Russia:
As bad because it gets in winter, Siberia’s capital is gorgeous in early fall. The sun is low within the sky and therefore the colors are rapidly changing, so this is often something you ought to neutralize early September, if not the top of August.
Taking the Trans-Siberian train to the present region would be a superb thanks to experiencing this fantastic place. If you’re uninterested in summer and can’t await the colder months to urge here, attend Novosibirsk and obtain your fall on before anyone else.
Best Places to go to in October:
1)Belfast, Northern Ireland:
The biggest city in Northern Ireland may be an excellent spot to travel for a fall getaway. It’s off the height season so it’s much less crowded than within the summer, and therefore the colors are spectacular. There are traditional fall harvest festivals to experience.
You can either tour landscaped gardens and estates for a more curated experience or see the colors within the wild countryside. Not only that, but it’s also an excellent place to ascertain the aurora borealis without having to travel to the Arctic Circle.
2)New England, us:
The entire region is understood for its fantastic color changes in fall. It peaks in early October and there’s plenty to try to whether you visit Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, or Connecticut. Fall festivals in New England are great places to go to with kids. There are pumpkin and apple festivals, traditional fairs, and normal corn mazes.
Also, there are all things Halloween to be found. Be warned though, that this is often the tourist high season for this region, so you've got to plan early if you would like to seek out an honest travel deal. But it's worthwhile.
3)Nova Scotia, Canada:
This island province is filled with historical significance. Whaling and shipping were the most industries for many years. Now, though, it’s more of a tourist destination. Enjoy historic towns and farms, but don’t forget the seaside.
You can see the Atlantic altogether its fury from the security of the shore. Rent a car and drive through the colors, then take the time to partake in any of the various Oktoberfest celebrations, featuring their world-famous craft beers.
Best Places to go to in November:
1)Mount Fuji, Japan:
Located 25 miles outside of Tokyo, Fuji is Japan’s most iconic natural feature. Summers in Japan are hot and humid, but once September ends, fall temperatures and colors accompany it. While the colors start to begin in October, the peak in November.
There is annual autumn leaves festival that celebrates the gorgeous colors. The festival is held at Kawaguchi Lake nearby and maybe a wonderful experience for a romantic getaway.
2)Lisbon, Portugal:
November is ideal timing for a visit to Portugal because it’s still warm but it’s within the offseason for tourism. you'll find wonderful travel deals at this point. the colors change there later than the remainder of Europe and therefore the landscape remains gorgeous.
Taking tours outside the town you'll see a number of the foremost beautiful vistas within the world. From here you'll also visit Spain or maybe Gibraltar. this is often an honest choice if you wish the colors but not such a lot the cold.
Best Places to go to with Kids:
Traveling with kids is often challenging, and falls may be a difficult time to travel out. In most places, the varsity year has just started. Taking kids out of faculty has its issues.
But if you’re traveling within the fall together with your kids, you ought to choose an area that will engage them. One option goes to Scotland; the landscape looks magical and there are many beautiful places to explore.
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Best Places To Visit In The Fall
Some people wish to escape within the fall, to seek out more summer or to avoid even a touch of winter. Often this suggests getting to the other hemisphere (where it'll be spring instead). But many of us love autumn with a passion and everything about it. From Halloween to Oktoberfest, fall may be a celebration. Here are the simplest places you'll travel around the world this fall.
World's Best Places to go to within the Fall | Life360 Tips
Best Places to go to in September
Geneva, Switzerland
Everyone knows that Switzerland is popular in winter for skiing, but it’s so beautiful within the fall that it can’t be missed. The Alpine air is obvious and crisp and therefore the colors roll across the landscape in waves.
If you’re into hiking, there are numerous great trails to explore, but if you only want to enjoy the atmosphere from an area of comfort, take a railway excursion. you'll go anywhere in Switzerland, really, but Geneva has all the comforts of the large city also like all the gorgeous sights of autumn.
Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Canada | World's Best Places to go to within the Fall | Life360 Tips
Nothing beats the changing colors in Upper Canada. Ontario may be a beautiful territory to go to because its colors start turning toward the top of September. It’s one among the foremost beautiful sights consistent with professional leaf peepers, having the deepest reds and most brilliant oranges you’ll ever see.
There’s a reason there’s a maple leaf on Canada’s flag and that’s why people come from everywhere the planet to ascertain them on the trees. Niagara Falls may be a perfect spot to experience everything directly.
Novosibirsk, Russia
As bad because it gets in winter, Siberia’s capital is gorgeous in early fall. The sun is low within the sky and therefore the colors are rapidly changing, so this is often something you ought to neutralize early September, if not the top of August.
Taking the Trans-Siberian train to the present region would be a superb thanks to experiencing this fantastic place. If you’re uninterested in summer and can’t await the colder months to urge here, attend Novosibirsk and obtain your fall on before anyone else.
Best Places to go to in October
Belfast, Northern Ireland | World's Best Places to go to within the Fall | Life360 Tips
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The biggest city in Northern Ireland may be an excellent spot to travel for a fall getaway. It’s off the height season so it’s much less crowded than within the summer, and therefore the colors are spectacular. There are traditional fall harvest festivals to experience.
You can either tour landscaped gardens and estates for a more curated experience or see the colors within the wild countryside. Not only that, but it’s also an excellent place to ascertain the aurora borealis without having to travel to the Arctic Circle.
New England, us
The entire region is understood for its fantastic color changes in fall. It peaks in early October and there’s plenty to try to whether you visit Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, or Connecticut. Fall festivals in New England are great places to go to with kids. There are pumpkin and apple festivals, traditional fairs and in fact the normal corn mazes.
Also, there are all things Halloween to be found. Be warned though, that this is often the tourist high season for this region, so you've got to plan early if you would like to seek out an honest travel deal. But it's worthwhile.
Nova Scotia, Canada
This island province is filled with historical significance. Whaling and shipping were the most industries for many years. Now, though, it’s more of a tourist destination. Enjoy historical towns and farms, but don’t forget the seaside.
You can see the Atlantic altogether its fury from the security of the shore. Rent a car and drive through the colors, then take the time to partake in any of the various Oktoberfest celebrations, featuring their world-famous craft beers.
Best Places to go to in November
Best Places to go to in November | World’s Best Places to go to within the Fall | Life360 Tips
Mount Fuji, Japan
Located 25 miles outside of Tokyo, Fuji is Japan’s most iconic natural feature. Summers in Japan are hot and humid, but once September ends, fall temperatures and colors accompany it. While the colors start to begin in October, the peak in November.
There is annual autumn leaves festival that celebrates the gorgeous colors. The festival is held at Kawaguchi Lake nearby and maybe a wonderful experience for a romantic getaway.
Lisbon, Portugal
November is ideal timing for a visit to Portugal because it’s still warm but it’s within the offseason for tourism. you'll find wonderful travel deals at this point. the colors change there later than the remainder of Europe and therefore the landscape remains gorgeous.
Taking tours outside the town you'll see a number of the foremost beautiful vistas within the world. From here you'll also visit Spain or maybe Gibraltar. this is often an honest choice if you wish the colors but not such a lot the cold.
Best Places to go to with Kids
Best Places to go to with Kids | World's Best Places to go to within the Fall | Life360 Tips
Traveling with kids is often challenging, and falls may be a difficult time to travel out. In most places, the varsity year has just started. Taking kids out of faculty has its issues.
But if you’re traveling within the fall together with your kids, you ought to choose an area that will engage them. One option goes to Scotland; the landscape looks magical and there are many beautiful places to explore.
A more temperate option is Italy, where the leaves change later than in northern Europe and therefore the weather may be a little more friendly.
Another great option is Split, Croatia. There are many historic places and parks to go to and it’s right the Mediterranean.
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World’s Best Places To Visit!
Some people wish to escape within the fall, to seek out more summer or to avoid even a touch of winter. Often this suggests getting to the other hemisphere (where it'll be spring instead).
But many of us love autumn with a passion and everything about it. From Halloween to Oktoberfest, fall may be a celebration. Here are the simplest places you'll travel around the world this fall
Best Places to go to in September
Geneva, Switzerland
Everyone knows that Switzerland is popular in winter for skiing, but it’s so beautiful within the fall that it can’t be missed. The Alpine air is obvious and crisp and therefore the colors roll across the landscape in waves.
If you’re into hiking, there are numerous great trails to explore, but if you only want to enjoy the atmosphere from an area of comfort, take a railway excursion. you'll go anywhere in Switzerland, really, but Geneva has all the comforts of the large city also like all the gorgeous sights of autumn.
Ontario, Canada
Nothing beats the changing colors in Upper Canada. Ontario may be a beautiful territory to go to because its colors start turning toward the top of September. It’s one among the foremost beautiful sights consistent with professional leaf peepers, having the deepest reds and most brilliant oranges you’ll ever see.
There’s a reason there’s a maple leaf on Canada’s flag and that’s why people come from everywhere the planet to ascertain them on the trees. Niagara Falls may be a perfect spot to experience everything directly.
Novosibirsk, Russia
As bad because it gets in winter, Siberia’s capital is gorgeous in early fall. The sun is low within the sky and therefore the colors are rapidly changing, so this is often something you ought to neutralize early September, if not the top of August.
Taking the Trans-Siberian train to the present region would be a superb thanks to experiencing this fantastic place. If you’re uninterested in summer and can’t await the colder months to urge here, attend Novosibirsk and obtain your fall on before anyone else.
Best Places to go to in October
Tips
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The biggest city in Northern Ireland may be an excellent spot to travel for a fall getaway. It’s off the height season so it’s much less crowded than within the summer, and therefore the colors are spectacular. There are traditional fall harvest festivals to experience.
You can either tour landscaped gardens and estates for a more curated experience or see the colors within the wild countryside. Not only that, it’s an excellent place to ascertain the aurora borealis without having to travel to the Arctic Circle.
New England, us
The entire region is understood for its fantastic color changes in fall. It peaks in early October and there’s plenty to try to whether you visit Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, or Connecticut. Fall festivals in New England are great places to go to with kids. There are pumpkin and apple festivals, traditional fairs and the normal corn mazes.
Also, there are all things Halloween to be found. Be warned though, that this is often the tourist high season for this region, so you've got to plan early if you would like to seek out an honest travel deal. But it's worthwhile.
Nova Scotia, Canada
This island province is filled with historical significance. Whaling and shipping were the most industries for many years. Now, though, it’s more of a tourist destination. Enjoy historical towns and farms, but don’t forget the seaside.
You can see the Atlantic altogether its fury from the security of the shore. Rent a car and drive through the colors, then take the time to partake in any of the various Oktoberfest celebrations, featuring their world-famous craft beers.
Best Places to go to in November
Best Places to go to in November | World’s Best Places to go to within the Fall | Life360 Tips
Mount Fuji, Japan
Located 25 miles outside of Tokyo, Fuji is Japan’s most iconic natural feature. Summers in Japan are hot and humid, but once September ends, fall temperatures and colors accompany it. While the colors start to begin in October, the peak in November.
There is annual autumn leaves festival that celebrates the gorgeous colors. The festival is held at Kawaguchi Lake nearby and maybe a wonderful experience for a romantic getaway.
Lisbon, Portugal
November is ideal timing for a visit to Portugal because it’s still warm but it’s within the offseason for tourism. you'll find wonderful travel deals at this point. the colors change there later than the remainder of Europe and therefore the landscape remains gorgeous.
Taking tours outside the town you'll see a number of the foremost beautiful vistas within the world. From here you'll also visit Spain or maybe Gibraltar. this is often an honest choice if you wish the colors but not such a lot the cold.
Best Places to go to with Kids
Traveling with kids is often challenging, and falls may be a difficult time to travel out. In most places, the varsity year has just started. Taking kids out of faculty has its issues.
But if you’re traveling within the fall together with your kids, you ought to choose an area that will engage them. One option goes to Scotland; the landscape looks magical and there are many beautiful places to explore.
A more temperate option is Italy, where the leaves change later than in northern Europe and therefore the weather may be a little more friendly.
Another great option is Split, Croatia. There are many historic places and parks to go to and it’s right the Mediterranean.
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World’s Best Places To Visit In The Fall
Some people wish to escape within the fall, to seek out more summer or to avoid even a touch of winter. Often this suggests getting to the other hemisphere (where it'll be spring instead). But many of us love autumn with a passion and everything about it. From Halloween to Oktoberfest, fall may be a celebration. Here are the simplest places you'll travel around the world this fall.
World's Best Places to go to within the Fall Best Places to go to in September Geneva, Switzerland Everyone knows that Switzerland is popular in winter for skiing, but it’s so beautiful within the fall that it can’t be missed. The Alpine air is obvious and crisp and therefore the colors roll across the landscape in waves. If you’re into hiking, there are numerous great trails to explore, but if you only want to enjoy the atmosphere from an area of comfort, take a railway excursion. you'll go anywhere in Switzerland, really, but Geneva has all the comforts of the large city also like all the gorgeous sights of autumn. Ontario, Canada Ontario, Canada Nothing beats the changing colors in Upper Canada. Ontario may be a beautiful territory to go to because its colors start turning toward the top of September. It’s one among the foremost beautiful sights consistent with professional leaf peepers, having the deepest reds and most brilliant oranges you’ll ever see. There’s a reason there’s a maple leaf on Canada’s flag and that’s why people come from everywhere the planet to ascertain them on the trees. Niagara Falls may be a perfect spot to experience everything directly. Novosibirsk, Russia As bad because it gets in winter, Siberia’s capital is gorgeous in early fall. The sun is low within the sky and therefore the colors are rapidly changing, so this is often something you ought to neutralize early September, if not the top of August. Taking the Trans-Siberian train to the present region would be a superb thanks to experiencing this fantastic place. If you’re uninterested in summer and can’t await the colder months to urge here, attend Novosibirsk and obtain your fall on before anyone else. Best Places to go to in October Belfast, Northern Ireland The biggest city in Northern Ireland may be an excellent spot to travel for a fall getaway. It’s off the height season so it’s much less crowded than within the summer, and therefore the colors are spectacular. There are traditional fall harvest festivals to experience. You can either tour landscaped gardens and estates for a more curated experience or see the colors within the wild countryside. Not only that, it’s an excellent place to ascertain the aurora borealis without having to travel to the Arctic Circle. New England, The entire region is understood for its fantastic color changes in fall. It peaks in early October and there’s plenty to try to whether you visit Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, or Connecticut. Fall festivals in New England are great places to go to with kids. There are pumpkin and apple festivals, traditional fairs and the normal corn mazes. Also, there are all things Halloween to be found. Be warned though, that this is often the tourist high season for this region, so you've got to plan early if you would like to seek out an honest travel deal. But it's worthwhile. Nova Scotia, Canada This island province is filled with historical significance. Whaling and shipping were the most industries for many years. Now, though, it’s more of a tourist destination. Enjoy historical towns and farms, but don’t forget the seaside. You can see the Atlantic altogether its fury from the security of the shore. Rent a car and drive through the colors, then take the time to partake in any of the various Oktoberfest celebrations, featuring their world-famous craft beers. Best Places to go to in November Fuji, Japan Located 25 miles outside of Tokyo, Fuji is Japan’s most iconic natural feature. Summers in Japan are hot and humid, but once September ends, fall temperatures and colors accompany it. While the colors start to begin in October, the height in November. There is annual autumn leaves festival that celebrates the gorgeous colors. The festival is held at Kawaguchi Lake nearby and maybe a wonderful experience for a romantic getaway. Lisbon, Portugal November is ideal timing for a visit to Portugal because it’s still warm but it’s within the offseason for tourism. you'll find wonderful travel deals at this point. the colors change there later than the remainder of Europe and therefore the landscape remains gorgeous. Taking tours outside the town you'll see a number of the foremost beautiful vistas within the world. From here you'll also visit Spain or maybe Gibraltar. this is often an honest choice if you wish the colors but not such a lot
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Homeschool Days and Discounts to Use in Field Trip Planning
This is an ever growing list of homeschool discount programs and educational days offered throughout the country.
Adventure Aquarium
Amazon fufillment center tours - Free
Barnes and Nobles Educator Program – Homeschool parents received 20% discount in store and online.
Biltmore Estate - George Vanderbilt's quest for knowledge was a lifelong passion, and his legacy of learning continues today at Biltmore. We offer dozens of programs for students, including experiential educational, customized Biltmore House tours, and a homeschool festival. Download our full Education Program for details.
Kathleen Bartlett
Education Sales Manager
K-12 and Higher Education
Field Trips, Special Focus Tours, Alumni Events
828-225-1409
[email protected]
Boston Children’s Museum - $1.00 Friday Nights
Boston Symphony Orchestra - Free Tour
Boston Public Library Art Tour - Free
Cabin Creekwood - 30% discount to homeschool families to stay at Cabin Creekwood during our off-season. Not only will you get prices that are already well below in-season rates, you can save an additional 30%! That translates into BIG SAVINGS!
Carolina Raptor Center Homeschool Day - Welcome homeschoolers for a day of fun and science at Carolina Raptor Center. Join us for a Meet the Raptors Presentation, where our staff present one of our resident birds on the glove. Walk the Raptor Trail and enjoy our 37 species of raptors and other birds. You can try the scavenger hunt and search for Raptor trivia along the way. Create a Raptor craft. Write down your Raptor observations and add it to the Owl Forest Nature Notebook exhibit. Carolina Raptor Center's curriculum based programming informs everything we do. You'll find that a visit to CRC will meet many of the science-based goals included in your homeschool curriculum. And as an added bonus, families will enjoy $2 off regular admission and special programming at Carolina Raptor Center.
Celestial Seasonings Tea Tour - Free
Chimney Rock Park Homeschool Day - Both spring and fall Homeschool Days offer exciting programs for your students to experience a day of “fun learning” they won’t soon forget! As always, you and your students are welcome to explore the Park on your own, before or after the programs.
Colonial Williamsburg
Homeschool Day and Discounts – 2019 HOMESCHOOL DAYS DATES:
September 7 - 22, 2019
February 22 - March 1, 2020
September 5 - 20, 2020
During these special times, homeschoolers and their families can enjoy hands-on activities and revolutionary experiences designed to make history come alive in a way that is educational and interactive.
Make the most of your experience by participating in one or more of the available programs designed specifically for homeschool families.
Colonial Williamsburg also offers exclusive pricing year round for homeschool groups of all sizes in addition to a wide variety of books, DVDs, and teaching resources. Look for more information on GROUP TOURS HERE, or for Customized Guided Tours, homeschool planning, or to make reservations call 1-800-228-8878 or email [email protected].
Connecticut Science Center
Conner Prairie
Crotched Mountain
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden Homeschool Day and Discount –
$8 first student/$5 each additional student/$12 adult from same household
Dollywood Homeschool Days – Be on the lookout for their annual homeschool days.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Free
Fernbank Museum - Fernbank Museum recognizes the unique nature of homeschool groups and is pleased to be able to offer the following options based on group size. All groups, regardless of size, are encouraged to take advantage of special free downloadable resources. Available resources include scavenger hunts, curriculum correlations for exhibitions and films, coloring sheets and more.
Field museum - Free Admission Day
Great Wolf Lodge – each individual location will offer discounted pricing for homeschool groups and even individual homeschool family rates for really cheap. Just call and ask.
Greenville Zoo
Harvard University - Historical walking tour
Hershey Homeschool Days
Hershey’s Chocolate Tour
High Museum of Art Homeschool Day
Historic New England Homeschool Days
Kids Night on Broadway
Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp - Resort - Are you a homeschool family? Enjoy 20% off your stay!
Not valid with Saturday arrivals or departures. Must call and mention Homeschool Discount to take advantage of this deal. Must include at least 1 weekday stay.
Legoland Discovery Center Arizona
Legoland Florida Homeschool Day - LEGOLAND Florida Resort offers several dates to book at a discounted rate for homeschool groups that do not meet the 15 student minimum to qualify for School Group pricing.
The Jefferson Monticello
Mad River Mountain Homeschool Days
Madame Tussauds - Homeschool Families are welcome to join us every Tuesday throughout the year to explore our Aquarium with family and friends. There is NO minimum number required to visit our attractions on Tuesdays. Groups of 10 or more can schedule a visit Monday through Friday and receive the same discounted rate. In addition, homeschool families can add a Discovery Program for no additional cost. Each of our Discovery Programs is aligned with Florida State Standards.
Medieval Times - Any homeschooled student is welcome at any of our Educational Matinees with no group minimum! Contact us to learn more about attending Medieval Times with your homeschoolers.
Minnesota Zoo
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Mount Vernon
National D-Day Memorial Homeschool Day - During this special event, homeschool families and co-ops get to experience the National D-Day Memorial’s field trip program. Students will be given the opportunity to meet WWII veterans and interact with living historians. Hands-on activities will illustrate various aspects of WWII history. A complimentary guided tour is included during your visit.
Registration and pre-payment is required by Friday, September 21, 2018. Admission is $5.00 per person and children 5 and under are free. Contact the Memorial’s Education Department at (540) 586-3329 ext. 111 or [email protected] for more information.
New England Aquarium Homeschool Day
All Homeschool tickets must be purchased in advance and a ticket is required for each individual participating.
Homeschool tickets are not available at the front gate and walk-up guests will be charged the General Admission rate. Annual passholders do not need to purchase general admission tickets.
National Park Service - Free 4th Grade Student Pass
Nashville Zoo Homeschool Day - These engaging programs encourage home school students to learn about the importance of conservation by exploring the world of animals. These are both enjoyable and educational programs that feature live animal presentations, hands-on activities, animal artifacts and an activity out on the Zoo trail (weather permitting) that will help students make connections between the lesson content and Nashville Zoo animals.
NASCAR - Kids Free and discount tickets.
National Aquarium Homeschool Day -
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Newport Aquarium Homeschool Day - Enhance your science curriculum and expand your child's knowledge of marine life and conservation while creating lasting memories together. Visit Newport Aquarium for Homeschool Days when admission is only $13.99 per person and no minimum is required.
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher - home schools are offered free general admission for a self-guided tour once per year.
North Carolina Zoo - Homeschoolers receive free admission to the zoo when registering 15 days prior to visiting.
Old Sturbridge Village Homeschool Days
Orioles Kids Cheer Free Program
Orlando Science Center Homeschool Days
Pizza Hut Book it Program -
Motivating children to read by rewarding their accomplishments with pizza.
Plimoth Plantation - Spend the day in the 17th century! Homeschool Students and their Families are invited to visit our Living History Exhibits including the 17th-Century English Village, Wampanoag Homesite, and Plimoth Grist Mill for a discounted admission rate.
Pocono Raceway - Kids Free offer: Children, ages 12 and under, will receive FREE Admission to 100 and 200 levels of the Grandstand, as well as Fan Fair, for all Friday, Saturday and Sunday events during NASCAR and INDYCAR event weekends in 2019.
Kids ages six and under are FREE in the 100 and 200 Level of the Grandstand, as well as Fan Fair, for The Great Pocono Raceway Air Show in 2019. Kids ages seven-12, are half priced in the 100 and 200 Levels for the Air Show. All kids, ages 12 and under, are half priced in the 300 Level of the Grandstand for the Air Show. All attendees, regardless of age, will be required to have a reserved ticket for Grandstand, Fan Fair and Gate admission for the Air Show.
Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokey’s
San Diego Zoo - Kids Free in October
Sea Life Homeschool Day - Homeschool Families are welcome to join us every Tuesday throughout the year to explore our Aquarium with family and friends. There is NO minimum number required to visit our attractions on Tuesdays. Groups of 10 or more can schedule a visit Monday through Friday and receive the same discounted rate. In addition, homeschool families can add a Discovery Program for no additional cost. Each of our Discovery Programs is aligned with Florida State Standards.
Six Flags Over Georgia - White Water Homeschool Day
Spelman College - Family Tours: Individual & Family Campus Tours
Family tours consists of five (5) or less guests. Tours are offered Monday through Friday at 11AM and 2PM. Saturday tours are offered once per month. Please select a date from the calendar located below to begin scheduling your visit to campus.
Spelman College Historical and Elementary Tour
Sunday River - Kids Ski Free Week’s
Tennessee Aquarium Homeschool Day - Homeschool families and groups can receive discounted admission to the aquarium during this event. Your ticket includes access to all of the Aquarium's daily animal programs and additional 15-minute auditorium programs between 10 am and 2 pm. Homeschoolers will also receive 10% off in the gift shops on this day as well as an opportunity to sign up for a membership at a 10% discount.
· Children (ages 3-18) - $8 Aquarium/$13 Aquarium + IMAX
· Adults - $24.50 Aquarium/$32.50 Aquarium + IMAX
Titanic Museum
UC Berkeley Campus Tour
US Capitol Tour - Advanced Reservations requires
Wilderness at the Lodge
Wonderworks
Zoo Atlanta Homeschool Day - Bring your homeschool students to explore Zoo Atlanta on your own at a discounted rate! Add to the educational experience by using our standards-based curriculum guides and grade-specific activities before, during and after your visit. Homeschool groups of 10 or more must register at least 7 days prior to the date of your visit to receive the discounted school admission rate of $9.99.Groups of 9 or less are welcome on the first Tuesday of every month. No advanced reservation required. Register as a walk-up at any admission window upon arrival for Homeschool Field Trip Day for $10.99 + tax.
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Eskew+Dumez+Ripple Architects New Orleans
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple Architects USA, Design Studio New Orleans, Louisiana Buildings Images
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple Architects
Contemporary American Architectural Practice – design studio based in Louisiana, United States
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple News
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple Architects News, chronological:
Oct 31, 2020
We announce an upcoming virtual event RISING: Symposium for Climate & Equity which draws a dynamic, national group of architects, consultants, engineers, and community leaders together to connect Climate and Equity throughout the series.
Local mentors share their experience with peer groups, elevating the local baselines: “The AIA New Orleans and its newly formed 2030 Committee invite you to a dynamic event in which we will explore how architects can be active participants of building sustainable cities that are inclusive by taking action from the point of view of the professional, the practice, the community and the globe.”
Here is a list of speakers and mentors with their bios included: https://2030.aianeworleans.org/speakers-mentors
RISING is a four-part, webinar only series offered on zoom throughout the month of November on 4, 11, 18, and 24, 2020.
Each day, the series will be live from 3-5 PM CST. Open to both AIA members and non-members, visit the event website for more info on tickets here: www.aianeworleans.org/event/2030symposium/
EskewDumezRipple are involved in the event.
Sep 11, 2019
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Design: EskewDumezRipple
image courtesy of architecture office
Bruce Museum Building
Construction has started on the first phase of the Bruce Museum in Greenwich. The Museum, a community based, world-class institution highlighting art, science and natural history, is now underway with a multi-phase renovation and expansion of the existing museum’s exhibit galleries and support spaces.
Dec 15, 2018
Miller Park Chattanooga Innovation District, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Design: Spackman Mossop Michaels, landscape architecture firm & Eskew Dumez Ripple
image Courtesy Spackman Mossop Michaels
Miller Park Chattanooga Innovation District
Jul 28, 2018
Ace Hotel, Warehouse District, New Orleans, LA, USA
photography: Timothy Hursley; Fran Parente; Simon Watson
Ace Hotel in New Orleans
The Ace Hotel New Orleans is located on a corner lot in the historic within walking distance of a gourmet grocery, upscale retail establishments, and a variety of fine dining options. This 184,000-sqft mixed-use development centered around the renovation of an existing 9-story circa 1928 building.
Jul 12, 2018
Crescent Park, Mississippi River, New Orleans, LA, USA
photo : Timothy Hursley
Crescent Park New Orleans
Part of a larger master plan that envisions a new, greener future for the City of New Orleans and its riverfront, Crescent Park was designed to reconnect people with the river and transform the remnants of the city’s industrial and maritime past into a verdant, accessible, community asset.
Jun 27, 2018
The Shop at the CAC, Louisiana, USA
photo courtesy of The Chicago Athenaeum
The Shop at the CAC New Orleans
The Shop is a comprehensive co-working development at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (CAC). Targeting technology, arts, and cultural-based businesses; The Shop serves as a hub of entrepreneurship in the developing Downtown innovation corridor.
Dec 12, 2013
Statement Honoring Allen Eskew, FAIA
R. Allen Eskew, FAIA, visionary leader of the New Orleans’ architectural community passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2013. He was 65 years old.
Many will remember him for his built works and endless contributions to the civic and social fabric of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Region. Projects such as the Audubon Institute’s Aquarium of the Americas, the Shaw Center for the Arts, Downtown New Orleans’ Champions Square, the award-winning Reinventing the Crescent Master Plan and its first phase, Crescent Park, to name a few. All bear the signature of a modern-day urban philosopher, designer extraordinaire, environmental and cultural steward, and community champion.
“Allen Eskew represented the best of architects and architecture,” offered Robert Ivy, FAIA, Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Architects. “His life was marked by a passion and drive toward excellence that touched all who knew him or visited the places and spaces he created throughout his lifetime. Working in collaboration with other talented architects and planners, he created a body of enviable work, from master planning the New Orleans World’s Fair to individual buildings ranging from civic enrichment to university research. Allen’s infectious joy and his serious efforts made the world a better place.”
One can argue that buildings are the lasting legacy of any architect worth remembering. However, in Allen’s case, it can be argued that his greatest contributions and achievements are not framed by steel, glass, or mortar, but rather in the context of how they came to be. In an era of ever-increasing polarity, Allen had an uncanny knack for building consensus and progress through thoughtful discussion, creative thinking, the insertion of levity, and meaningful dialogue. Poised and confident, he led with humility, charm and an intellectual generosity that evokes a contemporary mash-up of Atticus Finch and “the Dude.”
Allen’s work represents one man’s commitment to design as craft, but, more importantly, it speaks volumes to the character of a larger, deeply personal vision and the modus operandi of a humble civic leader and engaged citizen-architect. Allen always spoke passionately of his work and leadership in managing the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition.
Seen as a seminal moment in his career, the massive undertaking prompted Allen to establish his own firm, Eskew, Vogt, Salvato & Filson, in the spring of 1986. The practice would continue to evolve and became Eskew+Dumez+Ripple in 2000. Over the course of this period, Eskew would cultivate and nurture a design studio of national prominence and distinction.
Aside from his consistent investment into the physical development of the city, he went well beyond design to invest in the people who made it possible. Whether through his constant mentorship of young professionals across the region or his oft-unseen support of the entrepreneurial spinoffs from his own studio, Allen consistently placed people as his top priority. He never shied away from difficult conversations and almost rhythmically pursued change as a catalyst for positive opportunity.
“Allen went to extensive lengths to gather people around a table, be it for a design charette or a leisurely meal, and more often than not, the former morphed into the latter,” recalls Steve Dumez, his Partner and longtime colleague at the firm. “People mattered, communities mattered, culture, music and the arts mattered. Allen felt a tremendous responsibility to all of these and freely devoted his personal and professional time and resources to support them however he could.”
Allen loved New Orleans with an abiding passion that was contagious. One only need examine the critical role Allen played in the rebuilding efforts of the city and the long road to recovery following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina.
Regarding these efforts Alex Krieger, FAIA, wrote: “Ask most anyone to identify an architect consistently engaged in the voluminous, arduous, acrimonious, emotion-sapping yet crucial public discussions about the rebuilding of New Orleans following Katrina and Allen Eskew’s name will surface. He has been there: at all of the public ruminations and remains at the center of ongoing discussions. Not with the intention to seize advantage, spread theories, cajole or reprimand, but to help. Eskew believes that it is an obligation of citizenship to stay engaged, and to assist others about how to remain engaged as productively as possible.“ Without the intention to do so, Allen became one of New Orleans’ greatest champions and a deeply personal hero to so many.
Immediate funeral arrangements will be private and a memorial tribute is being planned to honor Allen’s life and legacy shortly after the New Year.
In addition, a memorial fund is being established to honor Allen’s civic and mentorship legacy. Details will be made available in the coming weeks through the Eskew+Dumez+Ripple website.
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple – Key Projects
Featured Buildings by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, alphabetical:
L.B. Landry High School, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date built: 2010
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L.B. Landry High School
The 210,000 sqft building will serve a student population of over 900 students and contains a 1000-seat gymnasium, a 250-seat auxiliary gym and a 650-seat auditorium. Eskew+Dumez+Ripple is providing architectural services for this post-Katrina replacement high school for the Louisiana Department of Education Recovery School District. L.B. Landry High School retains an important place in the city’s history. The school was founded in 1938 as the first high school in Algiers that African-American residents could attend and the second black high school established in Orleans Parish, after McDonogh 35.
Poydras Residential Tower, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date built: 2010-
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Poydras Residential Tower
This 462,000 sqft mixed-use residential tower located on New Orleans’ primary business thoroughfare is currently under construction. The building provides 250 apartments along with a 500 car residential and commercial parking garage. The ground floor contains retail spaces while the 9th floor houses a residential sky lobby and a resident amenity complex. Units are one or two bedroom rentals with a small number of two-story townhouses accessed off of the pool/amenity deck.
Prospect.1 Welcome Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date built: 2010-
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Prospect.1 New Orleans
Prospect.1 New Orleans [P.1], the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, exhibited 81 artists in museums, historic buildings, and found sites throughout New Orleans from November of 2008 through January of 2009. The Welcome Center for P.1 was housed in one of these found spaces – the historic Hefler Warehouse – and serves to orient visitors to the city and this first New Orleans biennial.
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Location: 365 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
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Eskew+Dumez+Ripple is a design-driven studio which produces diverse projects in architecture and planning by blending a signature collaborative process with professional talent, creative thinking and emerging technologies. The commitment to enhance and protect both the cultural and natural environments of the communities Eskew+Dumez+Ripple serve is evident in the beauty and technical craftsmanship of our designs and in the long-term sustainability of our projects.
Our firm views the creation of ecologically responsive design as a core value in our studio. Eskew+Dumez+Ripple promote a design approach which acknowledges the impact of finite resources as a positive contributor in the creation of an ethical architecture. The tremendous impact that buildings have on the natural environment and future generations compels us to design in a manner that conserves resources and mitigates man’s impact on the environment.
Our approach to sustainable design goes beyond mere logistics and mechanical elements. Eskew+Dumez+Ripple believe that the design itself should be uplifting to its users and inspire delight in the outside observer.
Based in New Orleans, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple use the cultural and architectural heritage of our city as a platform for a practice of national range and recognition.
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Holidays
Afternoon Tea Time Day
Armed Forces Day (Taiwan)
Bring Your Manners To Work Day [1st Friday]
Broadcast Day (South Korea)
Casual Day (South Africa) [1st Friday]
Cromwell’s Day
Day of Universal Alarm
Day to Mourn All Manifestations of Sexism
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 17 of 24)
Dri-jerbal (Labor Day; Marshall Islands) [1st Friday]
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [17 of 24]
Fatal Day (Pagan) [17 of 24]
Feast of Atqksak (Baffin Land)
Feast of San Marino
Flag Day (Australia)
Freddie Mercury’s Montreux Memorial Day begins [Weekend of 1st Friday]
Independence Day (Qatar; from UK, 1971)
Independence Day (San Marino founded, 301 C.E.)
International Rosé Day
Labor Day Weekend (U.S. & Canada) [Begins Friday before 1st Monday in September]
Benton Neighbor Day (Benton, Missouri)
Britt Draft Horse Show (Britt, Iowa)
Bumbershoot (Seattle, Washington)
Central City Rock 'n' Roll Cruise-in & Concert (Central City, Kentucky)
Cleveland National Air Show (Cleveland, Ohio)
Clothesline Fair (Prairie Grove, Arkansas)
Colombia River Cross Channel Swim (Hood River, Oregon)
Colorado Balloon Classic (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Commonwheel Labor Day Weekend Arts and Crafts Festival (Manitou Springs, Colorado)
Daniel Boone Pioneer Days (Winchester, Kentucky)
Fort Bridger Rendezvous (Fort Bridger, Wyoming)
Great Bathtub Race (Nome, Alaska)
Great Grove Bed Race (Coconut Grove, Florida)
Harvest Wine Celebration (Livermore, California)
Hog Capital of the World Festival (Kewanee, Illinois)
Hopkinton State Fair (Contoocook, New Hampshire)
Iroquois Arts Festival (Howes Cave, New York)
Johnson City Field Days (Johnson City, New York)
Jubilee Days Festival (Zion, Illinois)
Lifelight Outdoor Music Festival (Worthing, South Dakota)
Mackinac Bridge Walk (St. Ignace, Michigan)
National Championship Chuckwagon Races (Clinton, Arkansas)
National Hard Crab Derby and Fair (Crisfield, Maryland)
National Sweetcorn Festival (Hoopeston, Illinois)
Oatmeal Festival (Bertram/Oatmeal, Texas)
Odyssey Greek Festival (Orange, Connecticut)
On the Waterfront (Rockford, Illinois)
Old Threshers Reunion (Mount Pleasant, Iowa)
Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Nebraska)
Payson Golden Onion Days (Payson, Utah)
Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Colonial Festival (Greensburg, Pennsylvania)
Popeye Picnic (Chester, Illinois)
Santa-Cali-Gon Days Festival (Independence, Missouri)
Scandinavian Fest (Budd Lake, New Jersey)
Sta-Bil Nationals Championship Lawn Mower Race (Delaware, Ohio)
Snake River Duck Race (Nome, Alaska)
Taste of Colorado (Denver, Colorado)
Taste of Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)
Totah Festival (Farmington, New Mexico)
Waikiki Roughwater Swim (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Westfest Czech Heritage Festival (West, Texas)
West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival (Clarksburg, West Virginia)
Wisconsin State Cow-Chip Throw (Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin)
Woodstock Fair (Woodstock, Connecticut)
World Championship Barbecue Goat Cook-Off (Brady, Texas)
Levy Mwanawasa Day (Zambia)
Lost Day
Memorial Day (Tunisia)
Merchant Navy Day (UK)
Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)
National Chianti Day [1st Friday]
National Food Bank Day [1st Friday]
National Lazy Mom’s Day [1st Friday]
National Welsh Rarebit Day
National Wilderness Day
Penny Press Day
Skyscraper Day
Tales and Tallows Day (Elder Scrolls)
Tokehega Day (Tokalau, New Zealand)
US Bowling League Day
V-J Day (China)
Wear Teal Day [1st Friday]
Christian Feast Days
Gregory the Great
Macnisius of Ireland
Mansuetus of Toul
Marinus
Pope Gregory I
Remaclus
Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))
Simeon Stylites the Younger
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Holidays
Afternoon Tea Time Day
Armed Forces Day (Taiwan)
Bring Your Manners To Work Day [1st Friday]
Broadcast Day (South Korea)
Casual Day (South Africa) [1st Friday]
Cromwell’s Day
Day of Universal Alarm
Day to Mourn All Manifestations of Sexism
Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 17 of 24)
Dri-jerbal (Labor Day; Marshall Islands) [1st Friday]
Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [17 of 24]
Fatal Day (Pagan) [17 of 24]
Feast of Atqksak (Baffin Land)
Feast of San Marino
Flag Day (Australia)
Freddie Mercury’s Montreux Memorial Day begins [Weekend of 1st Friday]
Independence Day (Qatar; from UK, 1971)
Independence Day (San Marino founded, 301 C.E.)
International Rosé Day
Labor Day Weekend (U.S. & Canada) [Begins Friday before 1st Monday in September]
Benton Neighbor Day (Benton, Missouri)
Britt Draft Horse Show (Britt, Iowa)
Bumbershoot (Seattle, Washington)
Central City Rock 'n' Roll Cruise-in & Concert (Central City, Kentucky)
Cleveland National Air Show (Cleveland, Ohio)
Clothesline Fair (Prairie Grove, Arkansas)
Colombia River Cross Channel Swim (Hood River, Oregon)
Colorado Balloon Classic (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Commonwheel Labor Day Weekend Arts and Crafts Festival (Manitou Springs, Colorado)
Daniel Boone Pioneer Days (Winchester, Kentucky)
Fort Bridger Rendezvous (Fort Bridger, Wyoming)
Great Bathtub Race (Nome, Alaska)
Great Grove Bed Race (Coconut Grove, Florida)
Harvest Wine Celebration (Livermore, California)
Hog Capital of the World Festival (Kewanee, Illinois)
Hopkinton State Fair (Contoocook, New Hampshire)
Iroquois Arts Festival (Howes Cave, New York)
Johnson City Field Days (Johnson City, New York)
Jubilee Days Festival (Zion, Illinois)
Lifelight Outdoor Music Festival (Worthing, South Dakota)
Mackinac Bridge Walk (St. Ignace, Michigan)
National Championship Chuckwagon Races (Clinton, Arkansas)
National Hard Crab Derby and Fair (Crisfield, Maryland)
National Sweetcorn Festival (Hoopeston, Illinois)
Oatmeal Festival (Bertram/Oatmeal, Texas)
Odyssey Greek Festival (Orange, Connecticut)
On the Waterfront (Rockford, Illinois)
Old Threshers Reunion (Mount Pleasant, Iowa)
Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Nebraska)
Payson Golden Onion Days (Payson, Utah)
Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Colonial Festival (Greensburg, Pennsylvania)
Popeye Picnic (Chester, Illinois)
Santa-Cali-Gon Days Festival (Independence, Missouri)
Scandinavian Fest (Budd Lake, New Jersey)
Sta-Bil Nationals Championship Lawn Mower Race (Delaware, Ohio)
Snake River Duck Race (Nome, Alaska)
Taste of Colorado (Denver, Colorado)
Taste of Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)
Totah Festival (Farmington, New Mexico)
Waikiki Roughwater Swim (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Westfest Czech Heritage Festival (West, Texas)
West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival (Clarksburg, West Virginia)
Wisconsin State Cow-Chip Throw (Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin)
Woodstock Fair (Woodstock, Connecticut)
World Championship Barbecue Goat Cook-Off (Brady, Texas)
Levy Mwanawasa Day (Zambia)
Lost Day
Memorial Day (Tunisia)
Merchant Navy Day (UK)
Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)
National Chianti Day [1st Friday]
National Food Bank Day [1st Friday]
National Lazy Mom’s Day [1st Friday]
National Welsh Rarebit Day
National Wilderness Day
Penny Press Day
Skyscraper Day
Tales and Tallows Day (Elder Scrolls)
Tokehega Day (Tokalau, New Zealand)
US Bowling League Day
V-J Day (China)
Wear Teal Day [1st Friday]
Christian Feast Days
Gregory the Great
Macnisius of Ireland
Mansuetus of Toul
Marinus
Pope Gregory I
Remaclus
Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))
Simeon Stylites the Younger
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A quick video of our booth at the 3rd Annual CtColab's Earth Day Fair - we've been going since the first event and Love this talent packed show in Enfield, CT
#YarrishArts#art in the wild#artist in the wild#connecticut spring craft fairs#CtColab's Earthday Fair
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World’s Best Places To Visit In The Fall
Some people wish to escape within the fall, to seek out more summer or to avoid even a touch of winter. Often this suggests getting to the other hemisphere (where it'll be spring instead). But many of us love autumn with a passion and everything about it. From Halloween to Oktoberfest, fall may be a celebration. Here are the simplest places you'll travel around the world this fall.
World's Best Places to go to within the Fall | Life360 Tips
Best Places to go to in September
Geneva, Switzerland
Everyone knows that Switzerland is popular in winter for skiing, but it’s so beautiful within the fall that it can’t be missed. The Alpine air is obvious and crisp and therefore the colors roll across the landscape in waves.
If you’re into hiking, there are numerous great trails to explore, but if you only want to enjoy the atmosphere from an area of comfort, take a railway excursion. you'll go anywhere in Switzerland, really, but Geneva has all the comforts of the large city also like all the gorgeous sights of autumn.
Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Canada | World's Best Places to go to within the Fall | Life360 Tips
Nothing beats the changing colors in Upper Canada. Ontario may be a beautiful territory to go to because its colors start turning toward the top of September. It’s one among the foremost beautiful sights consistent with professional leaf peepers, having the deepest reds and most brilliant oranges you’ll ever see.
There’s a reason there’s a maple leaf on Canada’s flag and that’s why people come from everywhere the planet to ascertain them on the trees. Niagara Falls may be a perfect spot to experience everything directly.
Novosibirsk, Russia
As bad because it gets in winter, Siberia’s capital is gorgeous in early fall. The sun is low within the sky and therefore the colors are rapidly changing, so this is often something you ought to neutralize early September, if not the top of August.
Taking the Trans-Siberian train to the present region would be a superb thanks to experiencing this fantastic place. If you’re uninterested in summer and can’t await the colder months to urge here, attend Novosibirsk and obtain your fall on before anyone else.
Best Places to go to in October
Belfast, Northern Ireland | World's Best Places to go to within the Fall | Life360 Tips
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The biggest city in Northern Ireland may be an excellent spot to travel for a fall getaway. It’s off the height season so it’s much less crowded than within the summer, and therefore the colors are spectacular. There are traditional fall harvest festivals to experience.
You can either tour landscaped gardens and estates for a more curated experience or see the colors within the wild countryside. Not only that, it’s an excellent place to ascertain the aurora borealis without having to travel to the Arctic Circle.
New England, us
The entire region is understood for its fantastic color changes in fall. It peaks in early October and there’s plenty to try to whether you visit Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, or Connecticut. Fall festivals in New England are great places to go to with kids. There are pumpkin and apple festivals, traditional fairs and the normal corn mazes.
Also, there are all things Halloween to be found. Be warned though, that this is often the tourist high season for this region, so you've got to plan early if you would like to seek out an honest travel deal. But it's worthwhile.
Nova Scotia, Canada
This island province is filled with historical significance. Whaling and shipping were the most industries for many years. Now, though, it’s more of a tourist destination. Enjoy historical towns and farms, but don’t forget the seaside.
You can see the Atlantic altogether its fury from the security of the shore. Rent a car and drive through the colors, then take the time to partake in any of the various Oktoberfest celebrations, featuring their world-famous craft beers.
Best Places to go to in November
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Mount Fuji, Japan
Located 25 miles outside of Tokyo, Fuji is Japan’s most iconic natural feature. Summers in Japan are hot and humid, but once September ends, fall temperatures and colors accompany it. While the colors start to begin in October, the peak in November.
There is annual autumn leaves festival that celebrates the gorgeous colors. The festival is held at Kawaguchi Lake nearby and maybe a wonderful experience for a romantic getaway.
Lisbon, Portugal
November is ideal timing for a visit to Portugal because it’s still warm but it’s within the offseason for tourism. you'll find wonderful travel deals at this point. the colors change there later than the remainder of Europe and therefore the landscape remains gorgeous.
Taking tours outside the town you'll see a number of the foremost beautiful vistas within the world. From here you'll also visit Spain or maybe Gibraltar. this is often an honest choice if you wish the colors but not such a lot the cold.
Best Places to go to with Kids
Best Places to go to with Kids | World's Best Places to go to within the Fall | Life360 Tips
Traveling with kids is often challenging, and falls may be a difficult time to travel out. In most places, the varsity year has just started. Taking kids out of faculty has its issues.
But if you’re traveling within the fall together with your kids, you ought to choose an area that will engage them. One option goes to Scotland; the landscape looks magical and there are many beautiful places to explore.
A more temperate option is Italy, where the leaves change later than in northern Europe and therefore the weather may be a little more friendly.
Another great option is Split, Croatia. There are many historic places and parks to go to and it’s right the Mediterranean.
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Hop Take: Big Beer’s Latest Target Is Health-Conscious, Self-Conscious Women
Big Beer has a problem: We’re not drinking enough of it. To combat this, conglomerates like Anheuser-Busch InBev and Molson Coors are throwing everything at us to see what sticks. Unfortunately, to me, the newest options feel pretty stale.
MillerCoors is making wine spritzers, Natural Light launched boozy strawberry lemonade, and, apparently, Michelob Ultra is keto.
“Michelob Ultra is making dreams come true for keto dieters,” Marissa Gainsburg writes on WomensHealthMag.com. Michelob Ultra Infusions, a line of fruit-infused light beers, touts “real exotic fruit and natural flavors.”
“Say hello to your new favorite spring drink,” Maya McDowell writes in Delish.
And, from Brittany Bennet in Bustle, “Spritzer style beverages with a hint of fruit are all the rage.” She describes Michelob Ultra Infusions Lime & Prickly Pear Cactus as “perfectly in tune with the taste of summer.”
Personally, my summer has never tasted like prickly pear cactus. (I’m actually allergic to pears.) But here’s the bigger problem: The promotion and press coverage for these drinks are alienating to anyone who isn’t a health-conscious, self-conscious woman on a diet.
Keeping things keto is great (I guess?) for those who know what that entails. And I’ll psychoanalyze myself enough to admit that maybe I’m envious of Brittany, Marissa, and Maya for having that low-carb, low-cal willpower while I reach for a calorie-rich IPA. But I don’t see many men’s publications covering this “fairly guilt-free” fruity infusion.
And then there’s this horrific bit, from Michelob Ultra itself: “Now you can have a delicious flavored beer and eat your cake, too (after your spin class).”
Like the myriad chocolate commercials that endlessly depict women as either sexual objects or deviants, or ads where beautiful women eat “light and fit” yogurt while men eat cookies and donuts, Michelob Ultra Infusions is telling me girls who wanna have fun probably feel bad about it.
Marketing like this has a fruit-infused, trickle-down effect. It reinforces negative stereotypes about women, what we drink, and why we drink it. It’s bad for us, and it’s bad for business.
In June 2018, at the Beer Institute’s annual meeting, Bridget Brennan, CEO of the Female Factor, told beer industry members that women make up to 80 percent of spending decisions in male-female households. And guess what? A lot of us buy beer.
That same month, Brewers Association economist Bart Watson crunched some numbers and posited that women are getting into craft beer at nearly the same rate as men. From 2015 to 2018, craft beer consumption among women was up 2 percent, and overall craft consumption was up around 5 percent nationwide. “From 2015 to 2018, craft has added ~14.7 million drinkers, of which a bit below half (~6.6M) were women,” Watson writes. It’s not quite 50-50, but it’s certainly significant.
Why, then, is the world’s leading beer corporation resorting to such reductive marketing?
(Oh, and regarding Michelob Ultra’s claim that its Infusions are made with “real exotic fruit,” anyone from the Caribbean, parts of South America, or other equatorial destinations worldwide might argue that these fruits are not “exotic.” They are just fruits.)
Brewery Healthcare Bill Advances in Connecticut
A bill that would allow employees of small and mid-sized breweries in Connecticut access to healthcare benefits advanced to the House last Thursday, Brewbound reports.
If passed, House Bill 7260 would allow the Connecticut Brewers Guild to offer healthcare benefits to small and mid-sized craft breweries.
Last Wednesday, March 13, 2019, craft beer pioneer Anchor Brewing of San Francisco became one of the first U.S. breweries to unionize.
These efforts are meaningful beyond their individual states or breweries. Both show that businesses and legislators are taking steps toward ensuring fair treatment of brewery workers. This is essential to any growing industry, and I’m here for it.
Beer Company Boards – Now With Women!
On March 18, 2019, Boston Beer announced the appointment of Meghan Joyce to its board of directors. As Brewbound reports, this marks the third time a woman has been appointed to the brewery’s board of directors since the board was established in 1995. The second was Jim Koch’s wife, Cynthia Fisher, and the first was Rhonda Kallman, who co-founded the company.
On Tuesday, Anheuser-Busch InBev announced plans to add three more women to its board as well.
I am always happy to congratulate someone who gets a job they want. But, as Heather Greene, whiskey expert and author of “Whiskey Distilled: A Populist Guide to the Water of Life” recently posited in VinePair, “Are women supposed to be inspired just because another woman is in the job?”
Meghan Joyce is 34 years old. She’s a regional general manager at Uber, previously served as a senior policy advisor for the United States Department of the Treasury, and graduated from Harvard. It’s great to see women getting gigs they earned, but their claims to fame should be their accomplishments.
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Twelve classic products that were perfect from the start
Perfection often requires iteration. Even after releasing a product, designers, programmers, and engineers will continue to reinvent subsequent generations. But sometimes they get it right the first time. These items were so good from the get-go, they endured for decades.
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Sliced bread
Born 1927
Otto Rohwedder reinvented bread when he created the first machine to slice it. His local paper called the innovation “a refinement that will receive a hearty and permanent welcome.” Only a few cities enjoyed the convenience until Taggart Baking Co. made Wonder Bread one of the first pre-portioned loaves sold nationwide, turning the super-soft carb into a glutenous rock star. The US government banned the culinary creation in 1943, in part to conserve paraffin (used in the waxed-paper packaging) for the war. But widespread public outcry forced Uncle Sam to quickly change course, making the return of sliced bread the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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Concrete Masonry Unit
Born 1890
Your name for the venerable CMU probably depends upon where you live, but cinder block, breeze block, and hollow block all refer to an 8-by-8-by-16-inch brick with two or three internal voids. This mainstay of construction emerged when Harmon S. Palmer developed a process for using coal cinders—hence the name—to create something lighter, more insulating, and easier to work with than the solid hunks of his day. The industry standardized the dimensions in the 1930s, and coal waste eventually gave way to concrete and other materials, making the items heavier and stronger.
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Piper J-3 Cub
Born 1938
The Piper J-3 Cub was a cheap, simple, and quick machine with two seats placed one behind the other inside a tubular steel frame wrapped in cotton fabric. Beloved by everyone from weekend aviators to the US military, nearly 20,000 of them rolled out of Piper’s factory before the company upgraded the plane in 1947. Many still fly. Bush pilots in particular adore the J-3’s brawnier descendant, the Super Cub, because it is durable, easily repaired, and can take off or land on even the smallest sliver of ground. The design remains so popular that the Washington state outfit CubCrafters builds several models based on the original, including a kit you can assemble yourself.
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Paper clips
Born 1880s
Before this ubiquitous office staple (sorry) came along, people used pins, ribbons, string, and other workarounds to secure sheaves of paper. Although inventors had experimented with wire wound in loops, Britain’s Gem Ltd. clinched the design with two narrow concentric ovals. That provided just enough torsion in the fastener and friction between the pages to keep everything together. Connecticut entrepreneur William Middlebrook patented a clip-winding machine in 1899, and American Clip Co. started cranking out the indispensable office supply stateside four years later. Today, its factory in Mississippi spits out 1,600 of them every minute.
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Zildjian cymbals
Born 1618
Legend has it that metallurgist Avedis Zildjian hoped to make gold when he mixed copper and tin with a substance held secret to this day. He ended up creating an alloy that, unlike regular bronze, could resonate without cracking or shattering—just the thing for crafting cymbals that were less likely to break during exuberant performances. His descendants spent the next 300 years or so in Turkey before moving to the US, introducing their wares to jazz musicians, who appreciated both the sound and durability. Today, you’ll find drummers in every genre playing Zildjians, each of them forged from a material that proved almost as valuable as gold.
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Berkel Flywheel Meat Slicer
Born 1898
Cutting a few hunks off a salami or ham is not too strenuous. Shaving thousands of paper-thin slices for eight hours a day is a recipe for injury. That explains why Dutch butcher and amateur engineer W.A. Van Berkel invented the first mechanical meat slicer. Cranking the cast-iron flywheel turns a pair of gears: One spins a cutting blade that is concave to minimize friction against the delicate flesh; the other drives a carriage that moves the meat back and forth through the whirling blade. Berkel’s electric models operate on the same principle, but discerning chefs prefer doing the job manually; heat generated by the motor can melt the fat and compromise the taste and texture of prosciutto and other delicacies.
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Adjustable wrench
Born 1842
Simple as it might seem, the adjustable wrench is an engineering marvel. Rotate its screw mechanism with your thumb, and a series of teeth—called a rack and worm—open or close the jaw to fit most any nut or bolt. Credit for this ingenious idea goes to British engineer Richard Clyburn, whose cast-iron “screw spanner” looks a lot like the do-it-all wonder in your toolbox right now. Chrome-plated steel now helps prevent corrosion, and modern models incorporate one knuckle-saving improvement: a small tension spring to prevent slippage as you crank on particularly recalcitrant fasteners.
Kitchenaid Tilt-Head Stand Mixer (Gregory Reid/)
Kitchenaid Tilt-Head Stand Mixer
Born 1937
When industrial designer Egmont Arens sought to make a countertop version of the 80-quart behemoths ordinarily found mixing dough in commercial bakeries, he had to do more than just miniaturize. He coated his new Model K with easy-to-clean enamel and created the now-iconic tilting head, which let home bakers quickly add ingredients to their mixes. The 3-quart bowl locks into place with a twist, and the head’s planetary action (think of Earth spinning on its axis as it revolves around the sun) ensures that nothing within the stainless-steel vessel goes unstirred. KitchenAid later trademarked the design, which, aside from the addition of bright colors in 1955, remains largely the same today.
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Honda Super Cub
Born 1958
Back in the 1950s, many people considered motorcycles to be loud, finicky, disreputable machines. Honda changed that with the quiet, reliable, and easy-to-ride Super Cub. Its step-through frame, which placed the fuel tank under the seat, made saddling up a snap. Large 17-inch wheels could tackle the worst roads without sacrificing comfort or stability. The engine made impressive power for its size, a semiautomatic gearbox ditched the clutch lever, and the plastic fairing gave riders some protection from the wind. It was an immediate hit. The motorbike has received a few updates over the years, and today’s models sport anti-lock brakes and LED headlamps. Honda has moved more than 100 million of them, making the Cub the best-selling motor vehicle in history.
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Leica M-Series
Born 1954
The M3 found immediate success with photojournalists because of its speedy shooting. Instead of using two viewfinders—one for focusing and another for composing—the M3 featured a large, bright eyepiece to handle both. The “bayonet” lens mount let photographers save still more time by swapping glass with a twist and click rather than screwing it on and off. Leica employs the same system today, and modern M bodies work with almost any lens from the line’s history. The M3 also ditched the finicky film-advance knob of the era in favor of the simple thumb lever you now find on almost every camera that uses that wonderful medium. Leica still offers a 35mm film version that’s entirely mechanical and capable of enduring conditions that would brick most digital devices. It sells replacement parts too, because most people who shoot with one see no need to “upgrade.”
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Porsche 911
Born 1963
The engine in a Porsche 911 sits at the very back, a design that eschews the conventional wisdom that most of a vehicle’s mass should sit between its axles. And yet Porsche not only made the unconventional design work, it created one of the best sports cars of all time. Oh, sure, the 911 had a nasty habit of punishing inept drivers by spinning like a Matchbox car thrown across the kitchen floor. But in the hands of a skilled pilot, the layout provides excellent traction and improved braking. That’s helped make this iconic automobile one of the most successful racing machines ever, even as it has grown larger and more luxurious. As always, that unusual drivetrain architecture is still wrapped in a sleek fastback body that’s impossible to mistake for anything else.
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Swiss Army Knife
Born 1891
The first Swiss Army knife featured a blade, a screwdriver, a can opener, and an awl—everything a soldier could need to maintain a rifle, prepare a meal, or repair a saddle. (A later model for officers added a corkscrew, because officers were fancy.) When Karl Elsener started producing them for the Swiss military, he sandwiched the carbon-steel components in a hardwood handle. Its dark color made the original multitool difficult to spot if dropped, so he began painting the grip bright red in 1908. Another upgrade came in 1927 with the switch to rust-resistant stainless steel. Just two companies—Victorinox and Wenger—have manufactured the official tool, adding implements and colors over the years but never straying from the original goal of packing the greatest utility into the smallest space.
This story appears in the Spring 2020, Origins issue of Popular Science.
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