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Why Do You Love (Or Hate) Holiday Music?
The season is upon us and there is no escaping it. “The Christmas Song” greets us at warmly lit restaurants. “White Christmas” follows us down the supermarket bread aisle. “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” stupefies us everywhere Pay Per Touch. What makes holiday music so unavoidably popular year after year? Why do so many people love it—and so many others detest it? It has to do with nostalgia, say Northeastern faculty experts. “There’s this wonderful classic finding called the reminiscence bump that is especially true in music,” says Psyche Loui, a Northeastern associate professor of creativity and creative practice as well as director of the Music, Imaging, and…
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Holiday Marketplace fills Hannibal Arts Council with holiday cheer | Local News
HANNIBAL — The Hannibal Arts Council is brimming with holiday spirit during the annual Holiday Marketplace, featuring a wide variety of gifts created by 18 area artists. Michael Gaines, HAC executive director, said HAC members purchased several items as gifts during a preview event Nov. 12, and regular visitors return each year to purchase their favorite gifts. A majority of the Holiday Marketplace items are $99 or less, with several very affordable items. Gaines enjoys moments like when a guest asks what their spouse enjoyed the most during a previous visit, so they can purchase the item as a surprise gift. Black Friday and Small Business Saturday were successful, and…
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Entertainment News Roundup: Aml Ameen makes director debut with UK’s first Black Christmas rom-com; Alec Baldwin denies responsibility for fatal shooting on movie set and more
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Money, money, money: ABBA sues over Abba Mania cover band The Swedish pop supergroup ABBA on Friday filed a lawsuit to stop a British cover band known as Abba Mania from using that name. In a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, lawyers for ABBA accused Abba Mania’s managers of “parasitic and bad-faith conduct” by trading off ABBA’s goodwill and cachet in promoting Abba Mania. Aml Ameen makes director debut with UK’s first Black Christmas rom-com Partly inspired by his own life, actor Aml Ameen says his directorial debut “Boxing Day” is different…
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The first man to hunt wildlife with a camera, not a rifle | Photography
In 1909 two wildlife safari expeditions arrived by ship in Mombasa, Kenya, within days of each other. One party was enormous and led by the adventure-loving US president Teddy Roosevelt; the other consisted of just two men and was headed by Cherry Kearton, a young British bird photographer from Yorkshire. Over several months on safari the trigger-happy president and his son Kermit killed 17 lions, 11 elephants, 20 rhino, nine giraffes, 19 zebra, more than 400 hippos, hyena and other large animals, as well as many thousands of birds and smaller animals. By contrast Kearton, the first man in the world to hunt with a camera and not a rifle,…
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An ‘eye’ for trash? This Latino artist is a hit during Art Basel
Cycling around the streets of Miami gave David Anasagasti, an artist known as Ahol Sniffs Glue, the inspiration to place his signature “eye” symbol on pieces of urban trash he finds and give his followers a chance to find them and keep them. His newest concept is now drawing international attention through an exhibition during Miami Art Week that runs parallel to Art Basel. Art Basel, the country’s contemporary art fair that runs through this week in Miami Beach attracts high net-worth individuals from around the world and includes works of artists such as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. It’s not Anasagasti’s first time exhibiting during Miami Art Week, but…
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Alec Baldwin says not responsible for fatal movie set shooting | News
Actor says he did not pull the trigger when gun fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Rust film set. Hollywood star Alec Baldwin has said he is not responsible for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie set of the film, Rust, in October. In his first interview since the incident, the United States actor said that while he was holding the gun that shot Hutchins, he did not pull the trigger. The 63 year old said he “would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them”, and reiterated that he was told the gun was “safe” by crew members in charge of…
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