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Apr 18 2024
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‘The sound of the earth’: new directions for an ancient instrument
But there’s more to the instrument than its status as a symbol of Japanese music and Japan itself, and modern players like Umezaki — who performs this Sunday, April 21, at All Saints Church in Dorchester with Boston-based contemporary ensemble Hub New Music — are exploring the additional creative possibilities the instrument offers. Maybe you’ve heard the vertical bamboo flute in movies when
The Boston GlobeApr 18 2024
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'Vampire' bacteria thirst for human blood — and cause deadly infections as they feed
Vampires don't only haunt the pages of classic novels and spook us in horror movies — they're also lurking inside the human body. In new research, scientists have found that several bacteria responsible for life-threatening bloodstream infections enter our blood because they are attracted to the liquid, or serum, within it. This is most likely because human blood contains a molecule — the
Live ScienceApr 18 2024
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Zendaya Wows Over Snap of Venus Williams at 'Challengers' Premiere in Los Angeles: ‘This Is So Special’
Zendaya is in awe of Venus Williams . On April 17, the actress, 27, shared a snap on her Instagram Stories of the tennis legend, 43, attending the Los Angeles premiere of her tennis-focused movie . “Wow wow wow...this is so special,” Zendaya wrote as she reposted Williams’ photo from the red carpet. In the shot , Williams smiled at the camera while bending one leg forward as she posed in a
PeopleApr 18 2024
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Milwaukee Symphony's Speakeasy shows put audience onstage a few feet from great musicians
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra spent $90 million for a new concert hall so I could sit onstage about 10 feet away from one of the world's leading pianists. Of course, the MSO didn't renovate a '30s movie palace with an Art Deco lobby into a concert hall just so I could get a closeup view of Vijay Iyer's left hand at work. Opening the Bradley Symphony Center was key to the orchestra's long-
Milwaukee Journal SentinelApr 18 2024
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Rite Aid stores, a mall, banks, theaters, more: These 47 business sites in Pa. are closing
Several businesses in Pennsylvania have announced closings recently. The list below includes 47 locations in 33 municipalities in 17 counties that have closed or will close soon. Locations include Rite Aid stores, Family Dollar stores, an airline, plants, banks, restaurants, clothing stores, a mall and three movie theaters. This list is published on PennLive several times a year. PennLive’s
The Patriot-NewsApr 19 2024
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Wife baffled at husband's birthday gift, until she pieces it all together
Everyone take note—one man is doing birthday gifts right. A viral TikTok video posted by @idontjudgeijustjurie revealed the months-long birthday surprise put together by a husband for his wife: A fully realized outfit from the Barbie movie she had mentioned loving last year. The clip takes viewers through a series of reveals adding up to the outfit replica. Since it was posted four days ago,
NewsweekApr 19 2024
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Denver Center’s offbeat “Emma” will delight fans of rom-coms, Austen’s novel
The rhythms of Jane Austen’s novels are so persuasive, their challenges and resolutions so familiar, that playwright Kate Hamill can merrily tease our knowledge again and again in her winking adaptation of “Emma,” now at the Denver Center, through May 5. Those beats are after all, the stuff of many a movie rom-com. Still, who would have guessed the seeming influence of one Yorgos Lanthimos?
The Denver PostApr 18 2024
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New attorney joins prosecution team against Alec Baldwin in fatal 'Rust' shooting
FILE - This aerial photo shows the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Oct. 23, 2021, used for the film "Rust." A New Mexico judge Monday, April 15, 2024, sentenced “Rust” movie armorer to 18 months in prison for fatal on-set shooting by Alec Baldwin. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An attorney has been added to the special prosecution team that is pursuing an
Yahoo NewsApr 17 2024
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Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot goes electric
Atlas lies motionless in a prone position atop interlocking gym mats. The only soundtrack is the whirring of an electric motor. It’s not quiet, exactly, but it’s nothing compared to the hydraulic jerks of its ancestors. As the camera pans around the robot’s back, its legs bend at the knees. It’s a natural movement, at first, before crossing into an uncanny realm, like something out of a Sam
TechCrunchJul 21 2012
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Movie-Theater Shootings Put Presidential Politics On Hold
The shootings of dozens at a Colorado movie theater led the presidential campaigns to tear up their scripts for Friday and beyond. President Obama cut short a campaign trip to Florida as his campaign and that of Republican Mitt Romney halted ads in Colorado and canceled some appearances.
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