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Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)Anthony Sumrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661790882883435287noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957632522425509404.post-6471228226440233732020-06-10T13:22:00.002-04:002020-06-10T13:22:19.130-04:00Thank you to the supporters of independent artists! We appreciate your business!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anthony Sumrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661790882883435287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957632522425509404.post-76523787243115106022020-04-17T18:25:00.003-04:002020-04-17T18:29:46.180-04:00Wondering what Steampunk is? <div style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Steampunk</b> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrofuturism" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Retrofuturism">retrofuturistic</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subgenre" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Subgenre">subgenre</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fantasy" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Science fantasy">science fantasy</a> that incorporates technology and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_arts" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Applied arts">aesthetic designs</a> inspired by 19th-century <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Industrial Revolution">industrial</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Steam engine">steam-powered</a> machinery.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="font-size: 80%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk#cite_note-1" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Latham_2-0" style="font-size: 80%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk#cite_note-Latham-2" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="font-size: 80%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk#cite_note-3" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;">[3]</a></sup> Although its literary origins are sometimes associated with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Cyberpunk">cyberpunk</a> genre,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Seed_4-0" style="font-size: 80%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk#cite_note-Seed-4" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;">[4]</a></sup> steampunk works are often set in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_history" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Alternate history">alternative history</a> of the 19th century British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a> or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_frontier" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="American frontier">American "Wild West"</a>, in a future during which steam power has maintained mainstream usage, or in a fantasy world that similarly employs steam power. However, steampunk and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Victorian" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Neo-Victorian">neo-Victorian</a> are different in that the neo-Victorian movement does not extrapolate on technology while technology is a key aspect of steampunk.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="font-size: 80%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk#cite_note-5" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;">[5]</a></sup>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">Steampunk most recognizably features <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anachronism" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Anachronism">anachronistic</a> technologies or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrofuturism" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Retrofuturism">retrofuturistic</a> inventions as people in the 19th century might have envisioned them, and is likewise rooted in the era's perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, and art.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="font-size: 80%; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Such technologies may include fictional machines like those found in the works of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="H. G. Wells">H. G. Wells</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Jules Verne">Jules Verne</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="font-size: 80%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk#cite_note-6" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;">[6]</a></sup> or of the modern authors <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Philip Pullman">Philip Pullman</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Westerfeld" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Scott Westerfeld">Scott Westerfeld</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hunt_(author)" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Stephen Hunt (author)">Stephen Hunt</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="China Miéville">China Miéville</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="font-size: 80%; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="The material near this tag possibly contains original research. (April 2019)">original research?</span></a></i>]</sup> Other examples of steampunk contain alternative-history-style presentations of such technology as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_cannon" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Steam cannon">steam cannons</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighter-than-air" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Lighter-than-air">lighter-than-air</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Airship">airships</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Analog computer">analog computers</a>, or such digital <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_computer" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Mechanical computer">mechanical computers</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Charles Babbage">Charles Babbage</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Analytical Engine">Analytical Engine</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="font-size: 80%; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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<span style="color: #e06666;">Steampunk may also incorporate additional elements from the genres of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Fantasy">fantasy</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_(genre)" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Horror (genre)">horror</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_fiction" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Historical fiction">historical fiction</a>, alternate history, or other branches of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_fiction" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Speculative fiction">speculative fiction</a>, making it often a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_genre" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Hybrid genre">hybrid genre</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="font-size: 80%; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The first known appearance of the term <i>steampunk</i> was in 1987, though it now retroactively refers to many works of fiction created as far back as the 1950s or earlier.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="font-size: 80%; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Steampunk also refers to any of the artistic styles, clothing fashions, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Subculture">subcultures</a> that have developed from the aesthetics of steampunk fiction, Victorian-era fiction, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Art Nouveau">art nouveau</a> design, and films from the mid-20th century.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Duluth1_7-0" style="font-size: 80%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk#cite_note-Duluth1-7" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;">[7]</a></sup> Various modern utilitarian objects have been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modding" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Modding">modded</a> by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="font-size: 80%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk#cite_note-8" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; text-decoration: none;">[8]</a></sup></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I adore gramophones...and look what he made me, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I adore gramophones...and look what he made me, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">his very appreciative wife, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but a fantastic gramophone lamp, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">La Boutique Vapeur style.</span></div>
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Combining the alchemy of food and drink, Rx Boiler Room is Celebrity Chef Rick Moonen’s spin on classic comfort food. Offering guests a variety of playful creations in small and large plate portions, the menu is ideal for a shared dining experience. Elevating and complementing the overall experience, the drink menu features an emporium of the finest spirits and innovative libations.</div>
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The restaurant’s interior celebrates the sub-genre often associated with science-fiction and inspired by industrialized Western civilization during the 19th century affectionately known as steampunk. From industrial hardware to swooping velveteen fabrics, the steampunk inspired elements surrounding the dining experience evokes Chef Moonen’s creative process of playful pairing, inventive illustration, and culinary mixing.</div>
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<br />Anthony Sumrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661790882883435287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957632522425509404.post-11371700176496716142013-09-20T07:39:00.002-04:002013-09-20T07:39:22.731-04:00Cape Town, South Africa is doing Steampunk & coffee right...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The most amazing Steampunk coffee shop in Cape Town, South Africa. While stumbling around on Facebook, the most beautiful pounded tin caught my eye in a picture. Who knew it would be attached to a place I wish I could visit every single morning to start my day...</h3>
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<strong>OUR MANIFESTO:</strong> Not all coffees are created equal. The streets are overflowing with watery brew; and this taste-bud nightmare continues to exist because good people remain silent. No longer! This travesty of coffee justice ends right here with this institution. At Truth. the bitter horror of the over-roasted bean is avoided, the coarse grind is banished and poor preparation is shunned. Say no to mediocrity! </div>
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Experience coffee as a religion. <strong>TRUTH. coffeecult</strong></div>
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We passionately believe in quality above all else.</div>
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<br />Anthony Sumrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661790882883435287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957632522425509404.post-28283358307007854942013-09-07T09:15:00.000-04:002013-09-07T09:15:12.794-04:00FOR OUR RALEIGH, NC POETRY AND BURLESQUE LOVERS...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Saturday, September 14, 2013</strong> be sure to be in Gainsville. <span style="color: #e69138;">Austin Sirkin</span> will be speaking at the Alachua county library headquarters in Gainsville, Fl. <br />
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Austin is the creator of <strong><span style="color: #e69138;">The Steampunk Empire</span></strong>, and you can link to this site above. It's a great interactive site, so be sure to check it out!Anthony Sumrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661790882883435287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957632522425509404.post-63641777151621190732013-09-05T15:30:00.001-04:002013-09-05T15:30:10.027-04:00LAUREN CURTIS ART<a href="https://www.facebook.com/LaurenCurtisArtTalonArt">Click here to LIKE Lauren on Facebook </a><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">which makes her art very compelling. </span></em></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you live anywhere near Willits, California, you're a lucky dog. This festival looks like it would be fantastic!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Handcar Races, Vendor Fairs, A Grand Ball, The Carnivale...and MORE!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.kineticcarnivale.com/index.html">Click here to learn all about The Willits Kinetic Carnivale</a><br />
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Stephen enjoys many different mediums, as he believes that becoming fluent in as many as possible gives a greater scope and depth to ones artistic expression. He believes an idea isn't always reducible to sculpture, sometimes being more aptly expressed in a song, painting, or in a photograph. <br />
Click here to visit Stephen Fitz-Gerald's website and see his fantastic work<br />
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He proclaims that he had the very best of teachers...his parents. The art of expression being made available to him by his parents allowed Stephen to develop a deep appreciation for the arts.<br />
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If you sample some of Stephen music, you may be surprised to find out that he creates everything on a little 4 track recorder, while playing his own instruments. He enjoys playing his acoustic guitar & synthesizer (as he put it...sympathizer..lol) and creates his music in the late night hours, in the peace of his home. He has no desire to play in public, as he uses his music to listen to in the studio while working on metal sculpture, or for reverie before and after sleep, where most of his sculptural ideas get formed.<br />
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It's a fabulous, GORGEOUS, .50cal black powder percussion rifle. Stay tuned to our Etsy & eBay stores, or right here on the blog, and be sure to snag this beautiful gun when it's done!</div>
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<em>I am always incredibly thankful to our </em><em>fellow enthusiasts that appreciate my work.</em> <em>Thank you so much for your continued support</em>. </div>
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<br />Anthony Sumrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661790882883435287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957632522425509404.post-88384726059593482392013-08-06T10:15:00.000-04:002013-08-06T10:16:28.873-04:00ConCarolinas 2014 <a href="http://concarolinas.org/index.php/cc/cc_newsview/192/16/n">Click here to see the website for ConCarolinas</a><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>When: May 30-June 1, 2014</u></span></h3>
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ConCarolinas is a general multi-genre multi-media convention. They call themselves a sci-fi convention but in truth they cover all speculative fiction - science fiction, fantasy and horror. <br />
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It hosts a variety of fandom related events and guests, including gaming, discussion panels, costume events, music events like Klingon Karaoke, charity auction, SCA events, fan groups like the 501st Legion, Starfleet, and Klingon Assault Group, and something different every year.<br />
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In 2003 they held their first full-blown 3-day Science Fiction con - a longer Con than the 2-day 2002 "Prequel" the previous year. It was larger than the mini-con, using more space, having more panels, writing seminars, a bigger dealer room and more guests, including Guest of Honor David Weber. Since then, ConCarolinas has grown to be one of the more respected and talked about cons in the region.<br />
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ConCarolinas was a fan-based group that was originally sponsored by South Eastern Convention Fandom, Inc (SECFi), and as of 2008, incorporated into their own <strong>ConCarolinas, Inc.</strong>, a nonprofit organization. They are a regional committee, pulling the majority of its members of our ConCom from North and South Carolina.<br />
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The ConCom has years of convention and fandom experience, with its members having been involved in running Stellarcon, MACE, IC99, ROC-of-AGES, Bab-Trek, FanFaire, Chattacon, Philcon, the UNCC Science Fiction & Fantasy Guild and others.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #783f04;">Carolyn Mabry, better known as “Caroleeena” to her constituents, is what you might call North Carolina’s “Queen of the Hoop.”</span></strong> </div>
Just follow the drumming sounds every Wednesday night in Pullen Park and you’ll find dozens of people by the historic carousel, spinning in circles with a simple children’s toy that first gained popularity in the ’50s.<br />
At the nucleus of this weekly gathering is Mabry, a 10-year hula-hooping veteran from Raleigh who is quite a big deal in hooping circles.<br />
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Mabry, 50, founded a yearly international hooper conference in Efland called “ <a href="http://www.hoopconvergence.org/" target="_blank">HoopCon</a>,” in addition to the free weekly play dates at Pullen Park. <br />
Her biggest hooping focus is on encouraging adults to get out there and “play,” she said.<br />
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“My goal was to figure out how to do the things I love to do anyway as a service to others,” Mabry said. “Each week I bring a truckload of hoops in a variety of sizes, all of which I made, and help people get started hooping. A lot of people think they can’t, even if they could as kids, when really, all they need is a hoop that fits and the tiniest bit of instruction.”<br />
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Mabry frequently offers classes around Raleigh, and you can find her spinning hoops – some of which she sets on fire – at many city events. She has also taught hooping sessions at the Governor Morehead School for the Blind and has created dozens of hooping projects for Boys and Girls Clubs and for children and caregivers in the pediatric units at Duke Hospital.<br />
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Mabry’s hoop dreams began six years ago when she first started the Raleigh Hoop Jam in Pullen Park, the biggest such jam in the state. Since collaborating with local drummers to include a drum circle on the same night, Mabry regularly attracts a group of children and adults that ranges in size from 30 to 100 people every week.<br />
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Mabry isn’t just an expert twirler, she’s also well-versed on the timeline of hooping.<br />
“Hooping has existed in some form or other since the beginning of recorded history,” she said. “I have a photo of a petroglyph in Dry Fork Canyon, Utah, of a Native American with a hoop around his waist that is estimated to be 1,200 years old.”<br />
The hula hoop we know and love from childhood appears to be a rip-off of the original.<br />
“The guy from Wham-O who is credited with inventing the hoop actually saw it during his travels in Australia,” she said. “He just made a plastic version.”<br />
But the most recent resurgence of hooping is way more rock ’n’ roll.<br />
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“A jam band – String Cheese Incident – would buy tubing at the hardware store and make hoops on their bus between gigs in the early ’90s,” Mabry said. “They would throw out these hoops as gifts from the stage and people started hula hooping. Because there was music, people started dancing with these hoops and a whole new form of hoop dance was born.”<br />
Since then, hooping has become a quirky subculture that is especially vibrant in North Carolina. This year, Asheville won the <a href="http://hooping.org/" target="_blank">Hooping.org</a> Community of the Year Hoopie Award. Several local hoopers are mentioned on the website, which is a news hub and bulletin board for the hoopers trying to stay in the know. <br />
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Natalie Shaw, 45, of Chapel Hill has been hooping for seven years. As a working mother of two, she says it gives her a meditative break from her hectic everyday life.<br />
“It fills different needs at different times,” she said. “It’s something that is solely self-feeding and self-serving; it lets me leave the role of mother and wife and lets me just be Natalie again.”<br />
The health benefits aren’t bad, either.<br />
“With hooping you can burn up to 400 calories an hour, and it’s great core exercise,” Shaw said. “Off-body hooping (twirling a hoop on your arms) can work triceps, biceps, and be a sustained cardio workout.”<br />
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For Mabry, being Raleigh royalty is no joke. Her schedule is an endless maze of performances, classes and play dates that would have anyone else spinning in circles. Even attempting to schedule an interview with her can have a reporter jumping through hoops. <br />
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“I am teaching tonight at Cirque de Vol, Raleigh’s first circus school, but it’s going to be pretty hectic all night,” she wrote in a recent message. “I have a short performance before, then I teach two classes, and then I’m going to hoop at Oak City 7 until 10:30. I’m not sure I could squeeze in a talk tonight unless it was kinda late.” <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Go to Pullen Park every Wednesday </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">to enjoy </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Hoop Jam for free!</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">PULLEN PARK</span></strong><br />
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Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/29/3067711/north-carolinas-hoop-queen-reigns.html#storylink=cpy</div>
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A main attraction of Pullen Park is the Amusement Center. Adored by generations of Raleigh's citizens, Pullen Park is the fifth oldest operating amusement park in the United States and the sixteenth oldest in the world.<br />
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<strong>Center Features</strong><br />
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<li>Gustave A. Dentzel Carousel (1911), which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.</li>
<li>C.P. Huntington miniature train, a one-third size, near-replica of the famous locomotive of the same name.</li>
<li>Kiddie boats</li>
<li>Lake Howell, offering pedal boat rentals</li>
<li>TVLand "Andy & Opie" statue</li>
<li>Playground</li>
<li>Children's amphitheater</li>
<li>Picnic shelters available for rent</li>
<li>Welcome Center where you may purchase ride tickets, make shelter reservations, or purchase souvenirs</li>
<li>Pullen Place Cafe serving fresh, locally produced foods and concessions</li>
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<a href="http://www.raleighnc.gov/arts/content/PRecParks/Articles/PlaygroundPullenPark.html" target="_self" title="playground">View Pullen Park Playground</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.raleighnc.gov/arts/content/PRecRecreation/Articles/PullenParkCarousel.html" target="_self" title="carousel">View Pullen Park Carousel</a><br />
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<a href="http://pullenplace.com/" target="_blank" title="cafe">View Pullen Place Cafe</a><br />
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<strong>Ride Tickets</strong><br />
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Tickets are $1 for all riders 13 months and older. Riders 12 months and younger are free with a paying adult. Riders must be at least 42 inches tall to ride unaccompanied on most rides. One ticket is required per rider for the carousel, train, and kiddie boats.<strong><br /></strong></div>
<strong>Picnic Shelter Reservations</strong><br />
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Reservations are now being accepted for 2013. All picnic shelter reservations require a two hour minimum and range in price from $24 to $30 per hour. There are several locations in Pullen Park available for rent, including:</div>
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<li>1 covered shelter in the lower area</li>
<li>the carousel house (after-hours only)</li>
<li>Lake Howell gazebo</li>
<li>the event lawn</li>
<li>cafe patio area (after hours only)</li>
<li>the children's amphitheater</li>
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After hours shelter reservations are available within select areas. For more information or to check availability, please call 919-996-6468.</div>
<strong>Pullen</strong><strong> Park</strong><strong> Overflow Parking</strong><br />
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The City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department announces the following changes for parking during your visit at Pullen Park. <br />
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<strong>During the Week:</strong> Overflow parking is available until 5 pm at the Hunt Drive Soccer Fields on the Dorthea Dix campus. Patrons are asked not to park along Western Boulevard per RCC 11-2171(b)(1).<br />
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<strong>During the Weekend:</strong> Overflow parking is available at the Governor Morehead parking lot located directly across from Pullen Park on Ashe Avenue and the NCSU Cates Avenue parking deck which is less than a 10 minute walk to the park. This additional parking area will now be available on weekends through December 2, 2013.<br />
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As a safety reminder, patrons are asked not to park along Western Boulevard per RCC 11-2171(b)(1).</div>
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<tr><td>Open</td><td>10:00am</td><td>10:00am</td><td>10:00am</td><td>10:00am</td><td>10:00am</td><td>10:00am</td><td>10:00am</td></tr>
<tr><td>Close</td><td>9:00pm</td><td>9:00pm</td><td>9:00pm</td><td>9:00pm</td><td>9:00pm</td><td>9:00pm</td><td>9:00pm</td></tr>
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The above listed hours of operation are for the months of July thru September. Pullen Park Amusement hours will vary depending on the season. Some rides may close early due to darkness or inclement weather.<br />
Ticket Sales close at 8:45pm with rides closing at 9:00pm. <br />
Restrooms within the park will remain open until 9:30pm.<br />
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We have a passion to take ordinary concepts to another level. Specializing in creative portraits, we like to capture moments for the not so ordinary. Whether it's a family zombie portrait, a Gothic theme with ornate props, or a whimsical tea party, our goal is for you to enjoy the experience and take with you memories that will last a lifetime.<br /><br />Creative, artistic photography is what we truly love and we put everything we can into each session to create a unique and special experience for every client! The process of planning concepts and ideas with our clients is as fun as the actual shoot. We get so excited as a team when we start to unveil the themes, styles, and locations for your session. Whether you are looking for a happy, funny, candid or serious session, we still wrap it up in a creative concept.</h2>
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<a href="http://www.drcowlicksphotography.com/">Click here to check out Dr. Cowlicks's website!</a>Anthony Sumrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661790882883435287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957632522425509404.post-83266151647274066172013-07-17T10:37:00.001-04:002013-07-17T10:39:04.089-04:00<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kris-Kuksi-Art/361630510281?ref=ts">Kris Kuksi Facebook fan page</a><br />
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<a href="http://kuksi.com/">Kris Kuksi Website</a><br />
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<em>“A post-industrial Rococo master, Kris Kuksi obsessively arranges characters and architecture in asymmetric compositions with an exquisite sense of drama. Instead of stones and shells he uses screaming plastic soldiers, miniature engine blocks, towering spires and assorted debris to form his landscapes.</em></div>
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<em>The political, spiritual and material conflict within these shrines is enacted under the calm gaze of remote deities and august statuary. Kuksi manages to evoke, at once, a sanctum and a mausoleum for our suffocated spirit.”</em></div>
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~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro">Guillermo del Toro</a></div>
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Born March 2, 1973, in Springfield Missouri and growing up in neighboring Kansas, Kris spent his youth in rural seclusion and isolation along with a blue-collar, working mother, two significantly older brothers, and an absent father. Open country, sparse trees, and alcoholic stepfather, all paving the way for an individual saturated in imagination and introversion. His propensity for the unusual has been a constant since childhood, a lifelong fascination that lent itself to his macabre art later in life. The grotesque to him, as it seemed, was beautiful.<br />
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<strong>Be sure to check out his website, as his work is fascinating, even if it's not up your alley!</strong> </div>
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