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Arts and entertainment calendar for Nov. 3
Lincolnshire Review 4, noon: Winter holiday music celebrating Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa and the winter solstice. Anne Loucks Gallery, 309 Park Ave., Glencoe. (847) 835-8500. www.loucksgallery.com. Gallery hours are 11 am-5 pm Tuesday-Saturday and by appointment. Nov. … |
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Oct 2011
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Kids center to celebrate Day of the Dead
Topeka Capital Journal However, instead of destroying the Day of the Dead, the Spaniards simply co-opted the holiday much the same way Christmas was put on the liturgical calendar to Christianize the winter solstice traditions. Dia de los Muertos celebrations were made to … |
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Oct 2011
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The Solstice Ride
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) The Seattle International Randonneurs have cultivated a tradition for doing a winter solstice ride–their way of celebrating the longest night of the year. Looks like this could be a new entry to the Druid Network's list of winter rituals. … |
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Oct 2011
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Anthony LaPaglia Joins Django Unchained
Empire Online The actor, who largely put his film career on hold to star in US TV drama Without A Trace (aside from the odd passion project such as Winter Solstice), is now looking to kick it back into gear. And according to Deadline's report, it appears that Joseph … Anthony Lapaglia to Join Film Cast of Django Unchained |
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Oct 2011
 TheaterMania.com |
Anthony Lapaglia to Join Film Cast of Django Unchained
TheaterMania.com Among his many film credits are Balibo, Winter Solstice, Lantana, and The Client. He may be best known for his Golden Globe Award-winning portrayal of Jack Malone on Without a Trace. Anthony LaPaglia < br > ( ~© Tristan Fuge ) |
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Oct 2011
 EcoSalon |
Music Monday: Those Cold Autumn Nights of Blankets and Books
EcoSalon Therefore, despite winter solstice still being a ways off, I need cold weather music. And although it's a bit different from our usual, crank-up-the-volume-brew-a-second-French-Press madness, sometimes you just need something a little calmer. |
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Oct 2011
 Taranaki Daily News |
Thought for Candy
RIA Novosti Thus, Yuletide (or Roman Saturnalia), around the time of the winter solstice, became Christmas, and the pagan holiday Ostern, the rites of spring upon the vernal equinox, became Easter, while the February Lupercal Feast (traditional time of marriages) … Halloween traditions steeped in ancient lore It isn't – and never was – a holy evening | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-10-31 |
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Oct 2011
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Neon Indian – Era Extraña
DOA Encamped in the capital city of Helsinki for a month-long stint during last year's winter solstice, Palomo embraced the nation's storied remoteness and icy landscapes as part of the gestation for Era Extraña, a record whose circular atmospheres and … |
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Oct 2011
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It isn't – and never was – a holy evening | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-10-31
Philadelphia Inquirer Long before the Gospels reached the Celtic lands of my forebears, a festival called Samhain (pronounced SOW-in) was observed at the cross-quarter day, or halfway point, between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice. Samhain celebrated the harvest … |
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Oct 2011
 Baltimore Sun (blog) |
All Hallows' Eve meant the start of winter
Baltimore Sun (blog) It's Hallowe'en, the eve of another “cross-quarter day” – halfway between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. For many of our ancestors, this evening marked the beginning of winter, the loss of daylight and the sun's warmth, and the “death” … Thought for Candy Halloween traditions steeped in ancient lore It isn't – and never was – a holy evening | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-10-31 |
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