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Groupees Digital Tribe Bundle Includes 3-5 Games
Feb 08 2013 11:05 AM | Marcus Estrada in Industry NewsGroupees bundle indie
Groupees is far from the most well known of bundle providers, but they keep trucking all the same. Last night they started up their Digital Tribe Bundle which includes a handful of games. In case you weren't aware, Digital Tribe references the developer of the same name who created games such as Velvet Assassin and Stronghold 3: Gold.
Here's the set of games you can get if you spend $1:
Here is a trailer to give you a taste of the bundled games:
Here's the set of games you can get if you spend $1:
- Monster Madness (Windows 32-bit)
- Roogoo (Windows: Steam)
- Section 8 (Windows: Steam)
- Cargo Commander (Windows, Mac, Steam)
- Hotel Giant 2 (Windows: Steam)
Here is a trailer to give you a taste of the bundled games:
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Cargo Commander worked just fine for me with no issues
I do kinda want Cargo Commander, but if they're having trouble with the keys I guess I should wait. The other games in the bundle don't really do anything for me, but as you said, Cargo Commander alone is a steal at $3, and I might enjoy Section 8 assuming the single-player portion doesn't suck too much.
Venom, I just updated my post! Initial purchasers all were receiving a "duplicate code" message through Steam. However, Groupees has since fixed things so they are actually giving everyone unique codes now. Don't know how that happened to begin with but it appears fixed now!
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Comic Superheroes Re-Envision The Future Of Islam
PSFK chats with Dr.Naif Al-Mutawa on the successful promotion of multiculturalism and tolerance via pop culture.
There is no question that America is re-working its foreign policy and perspective on the Middle East in a big way. The US government is acting swiftly to build bridges with Islamic governments not only through policy, but through culture as well.
Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa is one such bridge. His work has been recognized for the immense vision it presents when it comes to framing Islam in a de-politicized manner. His animated franchise, The 99, has been making ripples around the world and is currently in talks with broadcasters to distribute the 2nd season. He is essentially helping restart the conversation on what Islam means, for both the East and West.
We interviewed him to get a better idea of his vision and primary motivations that drove him to develop The 99.
Tell us about your role and how you came to establish The 99 and Tashkeel Media Group.
I'm the founder and CEO of the company. I got the idea during the summer of 2003; I wrote the business plan and financials and conceptualized the first few stories when I was raising money for it. We secured $7 million dollars within the first year and $37 Million after three more rounds; a million came from my business school classmates and the rest came from banks and institutions in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. I began hiring a team and setting up a strategy of trying to figure things out. Since then, we have several hundred people working on the project, so my role is now about finding where we need to go next and getting it done. We've grown the management team and I remain the thinking behind the project, but no longer the storywriter.
What are the biggest problems your organization is solving for?
As a psychologist, my work has always been about people and perception. When a client goes in to see a psychologist, you work with how the person sees himself or herself, how they think others see them, and somewhere in the middle you do your work. I wasn't happy with the way people were seeing Islam, but more importantly, I wasn't happy with how Muslims were seeing Islam itself. Not how the West sees Islam, but how we see it.
I made a bet on the next generation. I basically went back to the same place where groups that are weaponizing my religion have tied their messages, and tied my own messages of tolerance and multiculturalism there as well. They, in turn, become bad guys with bad messages and I can de-link them from religion. This was my initial hypothesis. So I took off with that, but the product itself is just a good comic and TV series without any of that in there. This is because the ways we address issues of tolerance and intolerance are not about your religion or where you're from. It's more about what power you have; and is it important to solve the problem at hand. So we deal with it in a very neutral way.
What has surprised you most about the way that people have responded to your work?
The most surprising response was when President Obama talked about The 99. That was amazing for us.
I haven't been surprised at the impassioned response we've gotten to what we're doing. Everybody understands it in the way that they want to–this is normal. The trouble is that there are those who try to pigeon-hole us based on their prejudices. That's happened to us in the Middle East and now it's happening in America. And it's the flock of people that teach us that they are better than everyone else. These people exist everywhere and what I'd like to say, half-jokingly, is that The 99's superpower is exposing bigots. It's actually very cliché for a concept promoting tolerance to get shot down by people that are prejudiced.
You launched a Facebook page for The 99 a little over a month ago and now have thousands of followers. You're also active on Twitter. Tell us about your online community and what you're looking to get out of social media.
We started promoting the Facebook Page at the end of November in 2011. In less than a month, we're at 600,000. We didn't launch it until recently because we didn't want to launch without having anything to feed it. So now that the animation series has been sold all over the world and we have 4 years worth of comic book content, we felt it was the right time to launch a Facebook Page.
From the start, a lot of the attacks we've received have been through social media. And while it might've seemed that there was this huge opposition to us, it was far from accurate, as our growing community demonstrates. Another part of why we did this is because we need a base. People had heard of us, but no one knew how to interact with us. I did not allow for that to happen because I needed to be strong enough to weather any kind of confrontation. The truth is that we got picked on, and so we're building our ranks through social media.
Thanks Dr. Al Mutawa!


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A pub serving food with Sky TV in Richmond.
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A dark complex stout
Tasting Notes: Black Cab pours a near jet-black colour with hints of coffee, chocolate and roasted malts on the nose. Dark in the glass, it's lighter on the palate - with red berry notes and mild hops meeting chocolatey, malty character on the way to a delicious dry finish.
American Amber Lager
Tasting Notes: Hallertauer Mittelfrueh, Vanguard and Cascade
Based on a traditional Belgian wit (white) beer, they've added the bergamot and lemon zest of Earl Grey tea for a well turned out beer that politely packs a punch.
Tasting Notes: Lemon, citrus, zesty
They crafted this beer to more British tastes. Made with American hops, it's still got all the punch of a pale ale. Just less shouty.
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This takes our classic lager and slams Stateside hops at it. Juicy, citrus and fresh.
Tasting Notes: Citrus, fresh
This beer is brewed in the IPA style ie strong, dry and hoppy (all features to cope with the arduous journey to India) but it certainly isn't pale.
Tasting Notes: This rich, complex & distinctive ale is one of the UK's most talked about beers for two reasons. Firstly the name generates controversy. This beer is brewed in the IPA style ie strong, dry and hoppy (all features to cope with the arduous journey to India) but it certainly isn't pale. As per records of the time this beer is 'a dark beer of the Burton style'. The blackness of this beer is produced using a blend of 5 malts including Chocolate, dark Crystal, Carafa and Smoked malt.Unlike a stout though this beer also packs a mighty punch of hop flavour derived from Summit and Cascade hops. The result is a completely different drinking experience.
Duvel is a natural beer with a subtle bitterness, a refined flavour and a distinctive hop character. The unique brewing process, which takes about 90 days, guarantees a pure character, delicate effervescence and a pleasant sweet taste of alcohol.
Tasting Notes: The beer is determined by the temperature. Duvel obtains its typical bitterness by adding various varieties of aromatic Slovenian and Czech hops. We use only exclusive hops that are renowned for their constant, outstanding quality.
This beer is a classic English Best Bitter, brewed with premium floor malted Maris Otter and traditional whole leaf hops including Fuggles and Goldings.
Tasting Notes: A lovely copper- coloured session strength ale with a tangy taste. The distinctive hop aroma is derived from use of both late hop additions and also a hop-back.
Organic Honey Dew is the UK's best selling organic beer.
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A flaxen-coloured, easy drinking Golden Ale, brewed with American Amarillo whole leaf hops giving a distinctive fresh citrus aroma reminiscent of cut grapefruit.
Tasting Notes: Originally launched in to coincide with the annual Ceremony of the Garter held at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. This beer quickly proved so popular that it is now a favourite throughout the year. A flaxen-coloured, easy drinking Golden Ale, brewed with American Amarillo whole leaf hops giving a distinctive fresh citrus aroma reminiscent of cut grapefruit.
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Take a typical southern California spring weekend in May, add tall trees, snow-streaked mountain peaks, blue sky and pine-scented air, and you have the beginnings of a recipe for Family Fun. It all happens in Pine Mountain Club, a beautiful, friendly mountain village reminiscent of California in simpler times located north of the Valley and west of Gorman.
The Lilac Festival started as little more than a bake sale and a Maypole Dance, and has grown into a full-fledged Mountain tradition. The Lilac was chosen as a centerpiece for the Festival because it thrives in the mountain climate. The powerful scent of lilacs is one of the few that outshines the always-present scent of sugar pine.
This year's Festival is Saturday and Sunday, May 17 & 18, and begins at 9 a.m. each day, and ends at 5 p.m. or so. The traditional Parade is 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Over 100 Arts and Crafts booths will be open all day, along with international food vendors, restaurants and unique shops, live music plus a kiddie amusement area.
Driving directions to Pine Mountain Club:
Take Interstate 5 to the Frazier Park exit. Drive west on Frazier Mountain Park Road to Mil Potrero Hwy. Follow the Lilac Festival signs to Pine Mountain Village Center.
If you would like to be a vendor (Art & Crafts or Food), participate in the Lilac Festival Parade, help out as a volunteer, or get more information go to pmclilacfestival.com, or call Rosetta Burgelin at (661) 242-1996.


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Controversial plans to share medical records will be delayed until later this year "to allow more time to build understanding of the benefits of using the information", health officials have said.
Pressure has been mounting on NHS England, the body behind the scheme, after doctors leaders said patients need to know how their data will be used outside the NHS.
Both the British Medical Association and the Royal College of GPs have warned patients are being kept in the dark about the plans.
Concerns about the data pool mirror privacy worries first expressed in Wirral six years ago.
Back in the summer of 2008, Wirral's Primary Care Trust was deluged with complaints about its "Wirral Keep Well" scheme – which turned out to be a privately-run telephone health advice line owned by a company based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Every household in the borough was sent a postcard by the PCT informing them of the project.
But unless people wrote to their doctor saying they wanted to "opt-out," their confidential health information would have been sent to a private call centre run by the American firm in Cambridge.
NHS England said that national roll out of the scheme, that was due to take place in April, will now happen later this year.
A spokesman said: "To ensure concerns [of various groups]are met, NHS England will begin collecting data from GP surgeries in the Autumn, instead of April, to allow more time to build understanding of the benefits of using the information, what safeguards are in place, and how people can opt out if they choose to."
Patients, doctors and other professional organisations, have raised concerns that they have not been given enough time to learn about the project.
NHS England has said it will work with patients and professional groups to promote awareness of the scheme.
"We have been told very clearly that patients need more time to learn about the benefits of sharing information and their right to object to their information being shared," said Tim Kelsey, national director for patients and information at NHS England.
"That is why we are extending the public awareness campaign by an extra six months."
Chaand Nagpaul, chairman of the British Medical Association's general practitioners committee, said: "With just weeks to go until the uploading of patient data was scheduled to begin, it was clear from GPs on the ground that patients remain inadequately informed about the implications of care.data.
"While the BMA is supportive of using anonymised data to plan and improve the quality of NHS care for patients, this must only be done with the support and consent of the public, and it is only right that they fully understand what the proposals mean to them and what their rights are if they do not wish their data to be extracted."
Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch, said: "NHS England has failed to properly communicate to patients or GPs what this new database involves, how it affects our medical records and what the risks are.
"The scheme's benefits are no justification for not properly informing people what will happen and a delay is the right thing to do to maintain public confidence and ensure people have an opportunity to opt-out.
"Our medical records contain some of our most private information and any changes to how they are used should not be rushed into.
"NHS England should now write to patients individually, including an opt-out form, explaining the scheme and allowing people to make an informed choice about what happens to their medical records."


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TEENAGE pool champion Ryan Mercer is aiming to pot a world title in a competition televised by Sky Sports and he's also hoping to pocket a sponsorship deal.
The 17-year-old, a sixth form student at St Mary's Catholic College in Wallasey, is already a European champion, will captain his team when they represent England in the Blackball International World Championships in Perth, Scotland, in October.
He is the only Under-18 A Team pool player from Merseyside to represent his country.
Ryan, who hones his skills regularly at Sharks Pool Lounge, Birkenhead, has blazed a trail through a series of international tournaments and is determined to win a major competition in honour of his grandad, Ralph Mercer, who died in 2012.
He hopes a local business might sponsor him in his quest. In return he will wear the sponsorship name while competing in the UK and Europe.
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Ryan, from New Brighton, has been captain of the Merseyside Youth team for the last two years and recently became manager.
He is regularly supported at competitions by his parents, Jim and Jayne Mercer, and his nan Valerie.
Dad Jim introduced Ryan to playing pool when he was just 14. He now practises up to five times a week as well as studying for BTEC qualifications in Public Services and Sport at St Mary's.
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Hundreds of evacuees have been allowed to return home as crews are continuing to make progress against a Northern California wildfire that has now grown to about 5 square miles.
State fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said Tuesday that the blaze in Lake County is now 30 percent contained after threatening nearly 500 homes in Spring Valley. Those homeowners were allowed to return home Monday night.
Berlant said however that firefighters battling the blaze are still facing dry conditions and triple-digit temperatures that could hamper their efforts.
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Eric Childs, Founder and CEO
A product of an international childhood Eric founded KBBK under the stairs of his (and roommates) apartment in South Williamsburg. With no local option but fueled by on shelves 'buch, Eric brought both delicious and potent non-alcoholic kombucha to market. What started as 16oz bottles has fermented in to a complete home brew supplies line and keg program. Wanting to create a high quality of life while striving to make a difference, KBBK is constantly guided by the idea of bringing the highest quality products to market in the most sustainable way. An avid longboarder, juggler, and aquarium/terrarium keeper, Eric is also known as Kombuchman or 'Buchman for short.
Jessica Childs, Co-Founder
Jessica is a published molecular biologist and die-hard foodie. Holding a Bachelor of Science from Bard College and a Chefs Training Certificate from the Natural Gourmet Institute in NYC, it's not surprising she would dedicate herself to where these two passions intersect : fermented foods! Jessica's fearless kombucha adventures have opened the doors to a whole new way of looking at kombucha. From cooking with it in the kitchen to beauty treatments in bathroom and everywhere in between, Jessica is showing the world that kombucha's not just for drinking, but for THRIVING!
William Stewart, Kegmaster & Operations Manager
Billy loves all things fermented, from 'buch to craft beer. When not working at Eataly's La Birreria, or in the Buch Lab, you can find me somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of NY.
Will Donnelly, Wholesale Manager & Web Admin
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A group of American manufacturers today released a new poll that finds voters are opposed the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by an almost 5 to 1 margin. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who has called for a "time out" on exports of American natural gas while the impacts of such policy can be better known, today said that this poll showed the American people and American industries understand the benefits of low-cost, domestic natural gas.
"We have a critical decision to make about how to use our newly found natural gas bounty," said Rep. Markey, who is the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee. "Are we going to follow the will of the American people and use our natural gas here at home to lower consumer electricity bills, bolster American manufacturing, reduce global warming pollution, and get off foreign oil? Or are we going to follow the will of the oil and gas industry and export America's competitive advantage to China and increase energy prices here at home? I stand with the American people and oppose large-scale exports of domestic natural gas."
Major findings of the poll include:
--Almost 80 percent of voters said "no" when asked whether companies should be allowed to export natural gas without restrictions.
--81 percent said that we should restrict exports of natural gas until there is a better understanding of how it affects prices here.
--On a scale of 1 to 10, when asked about the importance of manufacturing to the U.S. economy, more than half of respondents answered "10". And 86 percent said that natural gas is essential in the manufacture of thousands of everyday products like cars, appliances, paper, steel, plastic products, and farm fertilizer.
The poll was released by a recently-formed group called America's Energy Advantage, whose members include the American Public Gas Association, Alcoa Inc., Eastman Chemical, Nucor Corporation, Celanese Corporation and The Dow Chemical Company. The full polling results can be found HERE.
The Department of Energy has already received 20 applications from companies looking to build LNG export terminals capable of exporting more than 40 percent of current U.S. natural gas consumption. Rep. Markey has introduced legislation, H.R 4024, to put the brakes on these applications while a large-scale export policy is analyzed, as well as H.R. 4025 to restrict the export of natural gas produced from America's public lands. Last month, Markey sent a letter to Energy Secretary Chu calling for additional analysis of the economic consequences of large-scale natural gas exports.
Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836
Source: http://markey.house.gov/press-release/markey-stands-american-people-and-manufacturers-natural-gas-exporting


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The Pope will arrive in Cuba in little over a week. In preparation forhis visit host Amy Goodman went to Havana over the holidays to see howpeople were preparing for the visit and to get a sense of people's lives inCuba.
Today, a conversation with Jesus Alfonso Lima, a young man with HIV whoshared his own experiences dealing with AIDS in Cuba.
Related links:
- Radio Habana Cuba
- The Republic of Cuba–National Web Site
- 1/8/98 Democracy Now!–"Evoving Revolutionary"
- 1/7/98 Democracy Now!–"Cuba's Revolution and the Lives it Changed"
- 1/6/98 Democracy Now!–"Interviews from Cuba (Part II)"
- 1/5/98 Democracy Now!–"Interviews from Cuba (Part I)"
- 11/20/97 Pacifica Network News–"Bombs in Havana"
- 11/19/97 Pacifica Network News–"Pentagon Planned Crisis To Blame On Castro"
- 10/17/97 Pacifica Network News–"The Mythical Che Guevara"
- Cuba AIDS project
- Pastors For Peace
- Gay Cuba
- Washington Office on Latin America
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January 10, 2013
Destiny's Child Reunite for New Single...
Destiny's Child have reunited for a very limited engagement. Beyonce, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland have recorded a new single called "Nuclear," to be included on their new slow jam compilation Love Songs. Via Pitchfork:
The song, called "Nuclear", was produced by Pharrell and recorded by Destiny's Child's final incarnation, the trio of Beyoncé, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland. Love Songs, otherwise a collection of "romantic, passionate and sensual selections" recorded between 1997 and 2004, will be out on January 29 through Music World Entertainment/Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings.
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Best Of :: Food & Drink
Intense cartoon animals may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of an image to cover a beer receptacle, but it's exactly what makes the growler at Smog City Brewing so ingenious. While most breweries are satisfied just to print a logo and address on these refillable, take-home beer jugs, a Soviet propaganda–worthy scene of squawking chickens, screaming rabbits and a hostile gorilla casually hugs Smog City's 64-ounce glass version. "I didn't want to have a growler that looked like anyone else's," co-owner Laurie Porter said when asked why she recruited an artist friend to help with the design when the brewery's taproom opened in May. The resulting fresco of animals spouting their noises (inspired by the term "growl-er") is so out of place in the beer world that it works to Smog City's benefit, reminding everyone who sees it that beers from the new Torrance brewery have as much quirk and personality as their container. 1901 Del Amo Blvd., Ste. B, Torrance. (310) 320-7664, smogcitybrewing.com. —Sarah Bennett
The food at the Trails Cafe in Griffith Park is scrumptious enough to satisfy Los Angeles gourmets: The avocado sandwich — full of sprouts and soy "bacon bits" — is particularly yummy, and the cookies are, without fail, amazing. But the spot is best utilized by parents of young kids, particularly those whose offspring tend to cause chaos at restaurants. That's because, for one thing, the seating is outdoors — on picnic benches and hay bales — so you don't have to worry about the kids' noise or the mess, and there's plenty of room to run around. Once you're done eating, simply cross the street, where you'll find a full kids' playground on a sandy floor, as well as the trails, which weave through the woods and alongside a brook. Overall, it's an environment in which you won't encounter a single angry eyebrow from another adult, and one that ensures your rugrats will later go down for a solid nap. 2333 Fern Dell Drive, Los Feliz. (323) 871-2102, thetrailslosfeliz.com. —Ben Westhoff
Cooking classes aren't hard to come by in Los Angeles. But as long as sanitary requirements are followed, why should food education always mean endless, stainless-steel surfaces and the whirring of exhaust fans? Poketo, Angie Myung and Ted Vadakan's design firm/shop in the downtown Arts District, is about creativity of all stripes. So the husband-and-wife team puts the bright, airy square footage to work by hosting a series of hands-on food-making classes, with no demo mirrors or headset mics involved. Recent sessions have included mustard and other condiment-making with Zach Negin of SoNo Trading Company; a lesson on traditional kimchi techniques taught by Myung's mother; and summer sodas and vinegar-based shrubs with Emily Ho, an L.A. maven of food-swapping (the sharing of handmade food — Poketo has served as a venue for the swaps). Workshops aren't limited to food; eager crafters also have tried their hand at calligraphy, floral design, wreaths and holiday decor. 820 E. Third St., dwntwn. (213) 537-0751, poketo.com. —Jessica Ritz
What the Hollywood Sign is to Hollywood, Circus Liquor' 32-foot-tall, neon-clown mascot is to North Hollywood. The nightmare-inducing liquor store clown towers over Burbank Boulevard and has been seen in just about as many movies as the Hollywood Sign itself, although its connotation isn't always positive: Cher got held up in its parking lot in Clueless, and the liquor store serves as a crime scene in Snoop Dogg's video for "Murder Was the Case." On-screen reputation aside, Circus Liquor doesn't clown around with its impressive selection of hard-to-find craft beer from Europe, Asia and North and South America and its nearly two dozen American beers offered in quarter and half kegs for all your Valley rager needs. Like any reputable liquor store, Circus Liquor even stocks its own branded T-shirts, trucker hats and baby apparel, so you can always be sure to represent. 5600 Vineland Ave., N. Hlywd. (818) 769-1500, circusliquor.com. —Jennifer Swann
Got a hankering for some high-calorie, sugary, fried dough and want to make an adventure of it? Load up the car with your grooviest friends and drive to La Puente, where you will find an incomparably odd 1968 architectural landmark called the Donut Hole. Drive in through a 26-foot fiberglass doughnut, do your ordering in the center, and drive out through another matching doughnut armed with a boxful of glazed deliciousness. It's a campy example of programmatic architecture, in which a building mimics the product it sells. Come for the apple fritters, stay for the photo ops. 15300 Amar Road, La Puente, 91744. (626) 968-2912, facebook.com/pages/The-Donut-Hole/103952482982355. —Nikki Kreuzer
From the owners of Chipotle — yes, Chipotle — comes a new Southeast Asian chain. ShopHouse shares many of Chipotle's best attributes: fresh ingredients, "sustainable" meats and quick, choose-your-own-adventure, assembly-line service. But we'd argue that ShopHouse's food is actually better than Chipotle's. You choose from cold rice noodles, or brown or white rice, then one topping from each category: protein, vegetable, sauce, topping and garnish. You end up with a bowl piled high with food, a pretty substantial serving for less than $8. But the most surprising thing about ShopHouse is how bold this food is. It's possible to get a low-heat meal, but most of this food is aggressively and appropriately spiced. The curry sauces are thicker than many Thai curries, and pretty intense. The green beans are cooked with chile jam, and pack quite a kick. The eggplant is full of Thai basil and appropriately smooshed and delicious. If ShopHouse's dreams are realized and it takes over the nation, as Steve Ells' other venture did, then this is a chain restaurant we'd gladly pull off the interstate to frequent. 6333 W. Sunset Blvd., Hlywd. (323) 462-2856, shophousekitchen.com. —Besha Rodell


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Gnostic Pagan Calendar
Of Celebrated Days
Pagan Initiates ritually celebrate the observances on the short calendar. This
can take the form of a traditional ritual, or one composed by the Initiate. The longer list indicates days of meditation &
contemplation on the appropriate subject, learning more about the tradition of
the entity named. These can also be days of Silence and/or Fast.
The Tradition no longer practices the designation of a Goddess to each month in public documents. Each initial designated Goddess figure is also a link to more information about her—and other pictures link as well.
NOTE: This is very much a work-in-progress.
1—Kwanzaa Ends (African American)
2—Advent of Isis
of Inanna (Sumerian)
7—Feast of Sekhmet
12—The Lares (household gods)
30—Festival of the Goddess Pax (Peace)
31—Imbolc Eve (sunset)
Old Teutonic festival honoring Frey & Freya & newborn Balder (God of Light)
Jan. 3—Pueblo Deer Dances (Native American)
Jan. 5—Feast of Befana (Italian)
Jan 6 Original Christmas Day. In the original Church of the Way for the first 325 years of Christianity, January 6, was celebrated as Jesus / Yeshua's birthday. Then Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity, even making it the official state religion of Rome. He couldn't resist moving Yeshua's birthday to his own god, Sol Invictus' birthday, Dec. 25 on the Roman calendar (which was the Winter Solstice back then, a day which in our modern calendar usually falls on Dec. 21). Many early Christian churches continued to celebrate Jan 6 as Yeshua's birthday up into the 600's AD even though Constantine had changed the date.
More in January:
Jan. 6—Haxey Hood (English
Three King's Day (Puerto Rican)
Jan. 7—Sekhmet's Day (Egyptian)
Jan. 8—Druidic New Year
Jan. 9—Festival of Janus (Roman)
Jan. 10—Geriant's Day (Welsh)
Jan. 11—Festival of Carmentalia (Roman)
Jan. 12—Nez Perce War Dances (Native American)
Jan. 13—Midvintersblöt (norse)
Feast of Brewing (Celtic)
Jan. 14—Makar Sankrati
Jan. 15—Black Christ Festival (Guatemalan)
Jan. 16—Festival of Ganisha
Jan. 17 to Feb. 1—Sementivae
Old Roman festival of sowing, honoring Earth Goddess Terra (Greek Gaia), Grain Goddess Ceres (Greek Demeter), and Seed Goddess Proserpine (Greek Persephone)
Jan. 18—Surya (Hindu)
Jan. 19—Festival of Thor
Jan. 24—Blessing of the Happy Woman's Candle
Jan. 25 to Feb 30—Old Roman festival of sowing, honoring Earth Goddess Terra (Greek Gaia), Grain Goddess Ceres (Greek Demeter), and Seed Goddess Proserpine (Greek Persephone)
Jan. 26—Festival of Ekekeo (Bolivian)
Jan 25-30 Feast of Old Egyptian creating and destroying God-Goddess Amen-Amenet - The eternal transformer. Egyptians perceived the many Gods and Goddesses to be aspects of the one God-Goddess Neter-Neteret.
Jan 31-Feb 2 Imbolc/St. Brigid's Day - Old Celtic/Irish feast of Goddess Brigid; merged with the Christian feast of St. Brigid. Fires were lit to welcome Her as She traveled about blessing fields, animals, and people.
Jan 31-Feb 3 Old European Lunar New Year - Celebration of the Triple Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the Seasons) being transformed from the Crone into the Virgin; celebrated with ritual bathing of divine images.
Jan 31 - Feb 4 Mid-Winter/Candlemas - Festival marking the transformation from death to life, the beginning of the agricultural year, awakening of hibernating animals, and return of migrating birds and fish. Observed with a candlelight procession to bless fields and seeds, recognition of newborns, and contemplation of life.
Jan. 31—Hekate's Feast (Greek)
26—Day of Nuit
Jan 31- Feb 2 Imbolc/St.Brigid's Day - Old Celtic/Irish feast of Goddess Brigid; merged with the Christian feast of St. Brigid. Fires were lit to welcome Her as She traveled about blessing fields, animals, and people.
Feb 1-14 Old Greek festival of God Dionysos - in which vines were pruned and sprinkled with wine, accompanied by ritual singing and dancing.
Feb 7-8 Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana) - as creatrix, midwife of birthing creatures, protector of the young, and punisher of child abusers.
Feb 13 - Feb 15 Lupercalia / St. Valentine's Day / Norse Family Festival - Old Roman festival (Lupercalia - Festival of the Wolf) of God-Goddess Faunus-Fauna, celebrating Pan, fertility, and the coming Spring; merged with he Christian feast of St. Valentine, celebrating love of all kinds.
Feb 21 - 28 Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries - Old Greek festival celebrating the marriage of Goddess Kore and God Dionysos, following their return from Elysium.
Feb 22 Caristia - Old Roman festival for renewing family ties and patching up quarrels.
Feb 26 Egyptian Day of Nuit - Goddess of Healing and Fertility.
Feb 28 Saxon Cake Day - cakes offered to the God and the Goddess.
More in February
2 Groundhog Day (traditional)
3 Powamu Festival (Hopi)
4 King Frost Day (English)
5 Feast of St. Agatha (Sicilian)
6 Festival of Aphrodite (Greek)
7 Day of Selene (Greek)
8 Mass for Broken Needles (Japanese)
9 Dakini Day (Tibetan)
Feast of Apollo (Greek)
10 Li Chum (Chinese)
11 Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (French)
12 Festival of Diana (Roman)
14 Disting (Teutonic)
15 Lupercalia (Roman)
Sigfrid's Day (Odinist)
18 Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian)
19 Chinese New Year
20 Day of Tacita (Roman)
21 Ramadan Ends (Moslem)
22 St. Lucia's Day (Italian)
23 Terminalia (Roman)
25 Day of Mut (Egyptian)
Time of the Old Woman (Moroccan)
26 Hygeia's Day (North African)
Day of Mihr (Armenian)
27 Feast of Esther (Hebrew)
28 Buddha's Conception (Tibetan)
5—Naviguim Isis
6—Mars Day
15—Ides of March
14/18—Holi (Hindu)
20/21—Vernal Equinox/Ostara
March 1 - Roman
New Year
- St. David's Day
March 1-2 Mahashivaratri - Hindu fast, night vigil, and feast for God-Goddess Shiva-Shakti (union of Will and Power), who dances to create, destroy, and re-create the universe. Tantric Hindus believe Shiva is within all men and Shakti within all women; they recognize gender equality and reject caste.
March 2 - Holy Wells' Day (Norse)
March 3 - Aegir's Day (Teutonic)
March 4 - Feast
of Rhiannon (Welsh)
- Egyptian Day
- Anthesteria (Greek)
- Mothering Day (English)
March 5 Navigium Isis - Old Egyptian festival honoring Goddess Isis as Lady of the Moon and Ruler of the Sea; celebrated with the launching of a boat of offerings.
March 6 - Mars Day
March 8-9 Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana) - as protector of wild animals and vegetation
March 8 - Birthday of Mother Earth (Chinese)
March 9 -
Mother Goddess Day, Honoring all Mother Goddesses
- Feast of the 40 Martyrs (Greek)
- Celebration of Aphrodite and Adonis (Greek)
March 10 - Hypatia's Day (Greek)
March 11 -
Hercules Day
- Great Night of Shiva, Vigil and feast for Transcendence
March 12 - Feast of Marduk (Mesopotamian)
March 14 - Cathar Remembrance Day. On March 16 their last fortress fell, but March 14 is a Cathar holy day and on that last March 14, 1244, they performed a special Easter Rite (it was also Easter that year). Two days later they were burnt alive by the Roman Catholic Church, a day also remembered by modern gnostics called Montsegur Day (see below).
- Roman Equirria/Horse race dedicated to Mars.
March 14-18 Holi-Hindu Festival - celebrating the courting of God Shiva by Goddess Parvati, and the efforts on Her behalf by Kama (God of Love) and Rati (Goddess of Passion). Hindus believe all Gods and Goddesses are aspects of the one Great God-Goddess Maha Deva-Maha Devi, the limitless, attributeless, immanent, and transcendent Brahman. Shaivas are devoted to God Shiva in all His aspects.
March 15 - Ides
of March (Roman)
- Rhea's Day (Greek)
- Holiday of Cybele (Anatolian, Roman)
March 15-27 Phrygian Festival of Cybele and Attis - Goddess of Earth/Wild Animals and God of Vegetation, Death and Rebirth
March 16 -
Montsegur Day, Gnostic holy remembrance day of the slain Cathar gnostics burned
at the stake on this day in 1244 A.D.
- Dionysos' Festival (Greek)
- Bacchus' Day (Roman)
March 17 - St.
Patrick's Day - Old European festival marking rebirth of the Green Man / Green
George (God as Deciduous Vegetation); merged with the Christian feast of St.
- Festival of Astarte - Celebrating the Canaanite Holy Land Goddess of Love
- Liberalia (Roman)
March 19 -
Eyvind Kinnrifi (Odinist)
- Athena's Day (Greek)
- Minerva's Day (Roman)
March 20 - Ala Festival (Nigerian)
- Iduna's Day (Norse)
- Alban Eilir (Celtic, Druid
- Spring Harvest Festival (Egyptian)
March 20-21 Old Sumerian Festival - celebrating the return of Dumuzi (God of Life and Death) from the Underworld to be with Inanna (Goddess of Life) for the verdant part of the year.
March 20 or 21 Spring Equinox/Vernal Equinox/Ostara & marks the beginning of Spring. This holiday represents the first creation, but also the annual creation (planting so crops grow each year) and most symbolic, the perpetual creation. Fertility symbols abound such as eggs and rabbits. Spring or Vernal Equinox begins a forty day period which culminates with May Day, another fertility Spring festival of ancient origin. This forty day period is one of four such in the esoteric Church year. The other three forty day periods are: Fall Equinox (Sept 22 or 23) to Halloween/AllSaints Day (Oct. 31, Nov.1), Dec. 25 to Candlemas (Feb 1 or 2) and of course, Lent. Lent is the forty day period beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Easter Sunday every year.
March 23 -
Venus' Day
- Summer Finding (Norse)
March 24: Feast Day of Archangel Gabriel whose name means, "The High One's Hero," or "Hero of God," or "Power of God," or "Might of God." Note this day comes one day before Annunciation Day when Gabriel performed his most famous
- Britannia's Day
- Heimdall's Day (Norse)
March 25 - Annunciation Day, Christian feast commemorating Blessed Maria's choosing to conceive Child Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit and to become a catalyst of liberation and redemption
- Hilaria's Day (Roman)
- Return of the Goddess
- Mars and Neria (Roman)
March 28 -
Birthday of Kwan Yin (Chinese)
- Sacrifice at the Tombs (Roman
March 29 -
Festival of Ishtar (Babylonian)
- St. Mark's Day
- Delphinia (Greece)
- Expulsions of the Demons of Bad Luck (Tibetan)
March 30 - Eostre's Day (Germanic)
March 31 - Luna (Roman)
More in March:
1 Matronalia (Roman)
2 Mother March (Bulgarian)
3 Doll Festival (Japanese)
4 Purim *begins at sundown* (Jewish)
5 Celebration of Isis (North African)
Purim Ends (Jewish)
6 Mars' Day (Roman)
7 Junonalia (Roman)
8 Birthday of Mother Earth (Chinese)
10 Holi (Indian)
12 Feast of Marduk (Mesopotamian)
13 Purification Feast (Balinese)
14 Veturius Mamurius (Roman)
16 Dionysus' Festival (Greek)
17 Saint Patrick's Day (Irish)
18 Sheela's Day (Icelandic)
19 Day of Aganyu (Santeria)
Eyvind Kinnrifi (Odinist)
20 Ala Festival (Nigerian)
21 Tea and Tephi Day (Irish)
Feast of San Gregorio (Mexican)
25 Anunciación (Mexican)
26 Plowing Day (Slavic)
27 Gauri (Hindu)
28 Birthday of Kwan Yin (Chinese)
30 Day of Bau (Babylonian)
1—Loki/Victory of Venus
2/10—Maha Devi (Hindu)
4—Megalesia of Cybele
30—Walpurgusnacht/NOX/Night of Pan/Fest of Seth
St. Sophia, Beltane
April 1 Day of Venus - Goddess of Love vanquishes Mars, God of War, with love (Roman).
- Day of Kali - Dark Mother who
liberates (Hindu).
- Loki's Day, Norse Teutonic trickster god
- Hathor's Day (Egyptian)
April 1-4 Iroquois Thunder Ceremony - In thanksgiving for the rains. Iroquois believe Sky Woman descended from the Sky and Created Earth.
April 2-10 Hindu Festival honoring Maha Devi as Gauri - life, growth, and fruition.
April 3 -
the Ascension of Persephone
- Buddha's Birthday
April 4 Greek Megalesia of Cybele - Games dedicated to the Great Mother (Greek).
April 5 Roman Day of Fortuna - Goddess of Fate (Roman).
April 7-8 Feast of Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana) - who represents the feminine in Nature and protects women throughout their lives.
April 8 - Zen Buddhist celebration of Buddha's birth (563 BCE)
April 15 -
Celtic Tree Month of Willow begins
- Feast of Tellus Mater (Roman)
- Festival of Ba'ast, Feast of Bast (Egyptian cat goddess)
April 16 -
St. Padarn's Day (Celtic)
- Feast of St. George (Byzantine)
April 15-17 Feast of the Seas - Honoring God-Goddess as Olokun-Yemaya (Yoruba/Santeria) and Okeanos-Tethys (Old Greek).
April 18 -
Thargelia (Greek)
-Rava Navami (Hindu)
April 22 Earth Day - Day
to honor the Earth and to meditate on Deity manifesting as Mother Earth
- Festival of Isthar (Babylonian)
- Feast of the Divine Couple (Japanese)
- Feast of Elaphebolia (Greek)
- Odin's Day - Norse festival.
April 23 - European
Festival of the Green Man, Spirit of Vegetation and Forests
- Sigurd's Day (Germanic)
April 25 - Holy
Prophet Mani's Day (he was born on this day in the 3rd century A.D.)
Manichaeans were his followers, predecessors of modern gnostics
- Spring Festivals - Dedicated to Cerne, Pan, Horned God.
Roman Robligalia - Corn Mothers (Ceres and Demeter) and Harvest.
Arbor Day - Day to honor trees, to plant trees, and to meditate on Deity manifesting as trees, such as Goddesses Helice/Willow (Greek) and Yggdrasill/Ash (Norse).
April 30 - Walpurgisnacht (Germanic)
- Floralia Ends (Roman)
- Beltane Begins at Sundown (Celtic, Wiccan)
- Salus
St. Sophia's Day
April 30 - May 2 Old Norse Feast.
Beltaine (Eve.) - Celtic festival marking the arrival of summer in ancient times
N.O.X. Night of Pan/Feast of Set
More in April:
1 Iroquois Corn Planting Festival
(Native American)
3 Birthday of Buddha
Passover Begins at sundown (Jewish)
4 Megalesia Begins (Roman)
5 Tomb Sweeping Day (Chinese)
6 Ching Ming (Chinese)
7 Feast of Blagini (Romanian)
8 Hana Matsuri (Japanese)
11 Passover Ends (Jewish)
Feast of San Leo (Mexican)
13 Baisakhi (Hindu)
14 Sommarsblót (Norse)
15 Buddhist New Year
Feast of Tellus Mater (Roman)
16 St. Padarm's Day (Celtic)
Feast of St. George (Byzantine)
18 Thargelia (Greek)
Rava Navami (Hindu)
19 Women's Celebration (Balinese)
20 Yaqui Pageant (Native American)
Egg Rolling Day (English)
21 Feast of Pales (Roman)
Dea Roma (Roman)
23 St. Georges' Day (English)
Venus of the Vinalia (Roman)
24 Children's Day (Icelandic)
25 Feast of San Jorge (Mexican)
28 Eid el-Adha (Moslem)
Floralia Begins (Roman)
"I, Isis, am all that has been, that is or shall be; no mortal man hath ever me unveiled."
1—May Day/Isis/International Worker's Day
4—Celtic Festival of Cerridwen
and Brigit
9— Feast of Artemis
15— Festival of Vesta
18—Feast of Pan
24-- Day of the Three Maries (special to Mary Magdalene and Grail Christianity)
26/31—Festival of Diana
31—Feast of the Triple Goddess
Movable Holiday: Sometimes in May, sometimes in June: 50 Days after Easter: Pentecost & Shavuot: Annual Sacred Marriage Holiday
Movable Holiday: 2nd Sunday in May. Mother's Day - Day to give love and thanks to all mothers; day for mothers to celebrate motherhood and contemplate their sacred duty to provide for the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual needs of their children.
April 30 - May 2 - Beltane - Celtic festival marking the arrival of summer in ancient times, celebrating Blodeuwedd (Goddess of Flowers) and Llew (Oak King, God of the Waxing Sun).
Old Norse Feast - Celebrating Nanna (Goddess of Flowers), true love of Baldur (God of Light).
Feast of Sacred Marriage - Honoring Goddess-God as Inanna & Dumuzi , Ishtar & Tammuz (Old Sumerian), Isis & Osiris (Egyptian), Oshun & Shango (Yoruba/Santeria).
May 1 - May
Day (European holy day)
Babylonian Celebration of Asherah
May 2 -
Elena's Day (Welsh)
- St. Helen's Day (British)
May 4 - Celtic Festival of Cerridwen and Brigit - Corn Goddesses of fertility, healing, and poets.
- St. Monica's Day (Irish)
- Veneration of the Thorn (Irish)
- Festival of Sheila Na Gig (Irish)
May 6 Shepherd's Day - Day to meditate on Deity as Lord of Animals: Dumuzi (Old Sumerian), Osiris (Egyptian), Pan (Old Greek), Shiva Pasupati (Hindu).
May 9-12 Lemuria - Roman festival when the spirits of the dead are thought to revisit their homes.
May 9 - Greek Feast of Artemis
May 13 - Roman Garland Day, Offering garlands to Neptune.
-Month of Hawthorn, Celtic festival of the tree.
-Our Lady of Fatima Day (Portugal)
May 14-16 Feast of Divine Love and Compassion - Source of healing and beneficence, honoring Goddess as Isis (Old Egyptian), Oshun (Yoruba/Santeria), Lakshmi (Hindu).
May 14 - Isis Day in ancient Egypt
May 15 - Cold Sophie
- Festival of Vesta (Roman)
- Maia and Mercury's Day (Roman)
May 17 - Dea Dia (Roman)
May 18 Celtic Feast of Old Greek God Pan - Who represents the masculine in Nature and protects men throughout their lives. Men recognized the transitions in their lives and honored male fertility.
May 19 Old Celtic Feast of Brigid - In which sacred healing wells and springs were adorned with flowers in honor of Goddess Brigid, daughter of Mother Goddess Danu and Father God Dagda.
May 21 - Dark/Bright Mother Goddesses Day - Kali/Parvati and Hecate/Demeter.
- Plato's Birthday
May 24 - Day of the Three Maries (special to Mary Magdalene and Grail Christianity)
- Feast Day of Hermes Trismegistus
- Celtic Festival to the Three Mothers
-Greek Celebration of the Horae
May 25 - Assassination of Edmund I (Anglo-Saxon)
- Celebration of the Tao, Mother of the World (Chinese, Japanese)
May 26 - Festival of Diana begins (ends 31st) (ancient Roman holiday)
- Dakinis' Day - Day Tantric Buddhists make offerings to Mother Tantra; day
to unite will and power to manifest positive social change and environmental healing.
May 30 - Frigg's Day, Northern Goddess, spouse of Odin (Teutonic "heathen" European pre-Christian holiday)
- Feast of the Queen of the Underworld Begins (Roman)
- Feast of the Queen of Heaven (European)
May 31 - Feast of the Triple Goddess - Marking the transformation of the Virgin into the Mother.
- Feast of Stella Maris - Venus, (and Asherah) as Star of the Sea. Mother Mary was later given the title Stella Maris
More in May:
3 Cruces (Mexican)
Corn Festival (Native American)
4 St. Monica's Day (Irish)
5 Feast of Banners (Japanese)
6 Cinco de Mayo (Mexican)
8 Stork Day (Danish)
Helston Furry Dance (English)
10 Tin Han's Day (Chinese)
11 Ceremony for Rain (Guatemalan)
St. Mamertius' Day (German)
12 Festival of Sashti (Indian)
13 Our Lady of Fatima (Portuguese)
14 Isis' Day (Egyptian)
Apollo's Birthday (Greek)
15 Feast of Isidro (Filipino)
Cold Sophie (German)
16 Savitu-Vrata (Indian)
St. Brendan the Navigator (Celtic)
17 Dea Dia (Roman)
Mut L-Ard (Moroccan)
19 Feast of Pudenciana (Mexican)
Moslem New Year
20 Victoria Day (Canadian)
Okinaga-Tarashi-Hime (Japanese)
21 Plato's Birthday (Greek)
Day of Tefnut (Egyptian)
22 Ragnar Lodbrok's Day (Odinist)
23 Rosalia (Roman)
Semik (Russian)
24 The Three Maries (French)
27 Ashura (Moslem)
29 Oak Apple Day (English)
31 Day of Oggum (Cuban)
Day of Santa Petronila (Mexican)
5—Earth Mother Day
13—Feast of Epona
16—Night of the Teardrop
20—Kwon-Yin Day
23—Green Man Day
27—The Lares/Household protectors
Daemon/The Holy Guardian Angel
Month of Juno - Dedicated to Roman Goddess Juno, partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family
Movable Holiday: sometimes in May, sometimes in June: Shavuot/Feast of First Fruits, Pentecost, Sacred Marriage holiday
June 2
- Juno Regina's Day (Roman)
- Sin's Day (Norse)
- Shapatu of Ishtar (Babylonian)
- Seamen's Day (Icelandish)
- St. Elmo's Day
June 4 - Socrates' Birthday
June 5: Earth Mother Day - Call forth good harvests
June 11 - Feast
of Matuta (Roman)
- Matralia (Roman)
- Fortuna's Day (Roman)
June 13:
Feast of Epona - The Celtic Horse Goddess
- All Soul's Day (Tibetan)
- Children's Day (USA)
- Athena's Day (Greek)
- Minerva's Day (Roman)
June 14 - Vidar's Day (Norse Heathen)
- Birthday of the Muses (Greek). Music, the arts & inspiration "born"
June 16 - Night of the Teardrop (Egyptian)
June 17 - Ludi Piscatari (Roman)
-Marriage of Orpheus and Eurydike (Greek)
June 18: Roman Day of Anna - Goddess Danu to the Celts. Early Christian-Pagans made sure Anna entered the Kristian story, making her Yeshua's grandmother, Mary's mother.
June 20 - Iron
Skegge's Day (Norse Heathen)
- Festival of Edfu (Egyptian)
- Kuan-Yin Day (day she became a Bodhisattva)
June 21: Summer Solstice (Click for details)
- Day of Cerridwen and her Cauldron (English/Welsh)
- Day of Aine of Knockaine (Irish)
- Day of the Green Man (Northern Europe)
- The Great Mother (British)
- Alban Hefin (Druidic)
- Waa-Laa Ends (Native American)
- Litha (Wiccan)
- All Hera's Day (Roman)
- Ishtar's Day (Babylonian)
- Astarte's Day (Canaanite)
- Aphrodite's Day (Greek)
- Yemaya's Day (Brazilian)
- Aine's Day (Irish)
June 23: Celtic Day of the Green Man - In honor of Cerne, Cernernos, Lugh.
June 24: TEMPLAR HOLY DAY. In the Roman calendar this day was thought to be Summer Solstice. The Church renamed this pagan holiday to St. John the Baptist Day. Templars revered it highly. On Jun 24, 1314 a mysterious band of knights joined Robert the Bruce of Scotland on the battlefield making his victory at Bannockburn possible. These knights could only have been a troop of disbanded and now in-hiding Templars who had fled to western Scotland. St. John's day was used by Freemasons in 1717 to found the first public (non-Scottish) Order of Freemasonry in London. Masonic teachings are said to descend from the esoteric Christianity of Templarism. St. John the Baptizer was beheaded because he wouldn't give in and sacrifice his principles. This is a Templar ideal, as is the constancy and regularity (order out of chaos) of the solstices and equinoxes.
- Feast of the Sun (Aztec)
- Feast of St. John the Baptist
- Midsummer Bride (Swedish)
- Inti Raymi (Incan)
- Lady Luck (European)
- Burning of the Lamps at Sais
June 25 - Parvati Praise Day - Hindu Women's Festival for Earth Mother.
June 27 - Roman Day of the Lares - Household Deities honored and tended
- Daemon/The Holy Guardian Angel
June 29 - Shiva Day - Hindu Lord of the Dance invoked for blessings
- Runic New Year
- Petosiris' Day (Egyptian)
- St. Peter's Day
- Herb Harvesting Day (East Anglican)
13—Birth of Osiris/Celebration of the Living Waters
19—Celebration of The Holy Marriage/Isis & Osiris
22—Mary Magdalene Feast Day
29—Festival of Thor
July 1 Greek Kronia - Honoring Kronos (Father Time) and Rhea (Old Mother Nature).
July 2 Roman Feast of Expectant Mothers.
July 8 Celtic Month of Holly - Honoring the Holly tree.
July 12-14 Feast of the Moon - Honoring Goddess as Selene (Old Greek), Ixchel (Maya), and Manat (Old Arabic-Sufi).
July 13 Birth of Osiris - Egyptian God of Divine Youth, annually resurrected by Isis.
July 17 Celtic Feast of Tailtiu - Mother Nature Goddess who fostered Lugh.
July 19 Egyptian Opet Festival - Celebrating the marriage of Isis and Osiris.
July 22 Mary Magdalene Feast Day - the Holy Grail. Official Christian feast of St. Maria Magdalen, both Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. Bake some Madeleine cakes for the Queen of Heaven using these recipes in honor of her day.
July 28 Archangel Auriel (Uriel) Day. His/Her name means "Fire or Light of God," and titles include, Regent of the Sun, Angel of Music, Patron of Prophecy, Archangel of Salvation, Angel of the Presence. See Uriel.org for more.
July 29 - Festival of Thor - Celebration of Norse God Thor
July 31 -
Lammas, harvest festival coming 40 days after Summer Solstice, offer 1st fruits
to the Divine (See Aug. 1)
- Festival of Loki - Day to honor Norse trickster god Loki and his consort Sigyn
July 31 thru Aug 2 - Lughnasadh - Old Celtic / Irish Feast of Goddess Tailtiu and God Lugh (Deities of Life and Light), celebrating the grain harvest.
Feast of the Grain Harvest - Honoring Goddess Demeter & Kore (Old Greek), and God as Osiris (Egyptian).
More in July:
3 Sothis (Egyptian)
4 Waterfall Ceremony (Native American)
7 Tanabata (Japanese)
Consualia (Roman)
10 Panathenæa (Greek)
Lady Godiva Day (English)
11 Theano's Day (Greek)
Naadam Festival (Mongolian)
13 Reed Dance Day (African)
Bon Festival (Japanese)
14 Bastille Day (French)
15 Day of Rauni (Finnish)
Olympian New Year
16 Rosa Mundi (Palestinian)
Birthday of Set (Egyptian)
17 Festival of Ama-Terasu-O-Mi-Kami (Japanese)
19 Wedding of Adonis and Aphrodite (Greek)
20 Binding of the Wreaths (Lithuanian)
21 Damo's Day (Greek)
25 Feast of Salacia (Roman)
26 Sleipnir (Odinist)
27 Hatshepsut's Day (Egyptian)
28 Pythias' Day (Greek)
Domhnach Chrom Dubh (Irish)
29 Feast of Santa Marta (Mexican)
31 Day of Loki and Sigyn (Odinist)
1—Lammas / Lughnassadh
4—Feast of Artemis
12—Lights of Isis
21—Festival of Hekate Goddess of the Highway/Kali
29/11th—Return of Isis
Aug 1 - Lammas / Lughnassadh - Mid-Summer, First Harvest Festival of the Celtic Sun God Lugh
Aug 2 Feast of the Black Madonna - Gnostic celebration of the Dark Goddess
Aug 3 Day of the Dryads - Greek celebration of the Macedonian maiden spirits of woods and water.
Aug 3-4 Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana) - Defender of rights and liberties, and punisher of rapists and oppressors.
Aug 5 Celtic Tree Month of Hazel begins.
Aug 6 Celtic Fire Festival of Tan Hill.
Aug 9 Druid Feast of the Fire Spirits
Aug 11-13 Feast of Father Sky - Honoring God as Obatala (Yoruba/Santeria), Ouranos (Greek), Svarog (Slavic), Thor (Norse), Taranis (Celtic), Dyaus (Hindu).
-Celtic Puck Fair/Fertility Festival.
Aug 12 - The Lights of Isis, Festival of the Egyptian Goddess Isis
Aug 15 - Assumption Day - Christian feast commemorating Blessed Maria rising into Heaven, being crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth, and being transformed into Our Lady, the Paraclete (the Holy Spirit) who appears everywhere.
Aug 15 was originally THE ASSUMPTION OF THE HOLY SOPHIA, The Assumption of the Holy Sophia into the Pleroma is commemorated on August 15th. This correlates in the orthodox church with the (bodily Assumption of the Virgin Mary, a recent addition to the Roman liturgical life. The ancient Gnostic scriptures tell of Sophia, the feminine aspect of the highest God, who wanders out of heaven and gets lost in the lower regions. By singing praises to the Light, she is rescued by the Savior and he aids her return to heaven by a mystery. In our psychological perspective, we are cast out of the Fullness of Being to become differentiated egos. By the mystery figure of the Logos we are able to individuate and return to the state of Wholeness. Thus Sophia's plight is our own, and by her example we may be inspired to continue on our path. (from: http://www.gnosis.org/ecclesia/cal_mandala.htm )
Aug 17 - Feast Day of Saint Sophia, the saintly version of the ancient Goddess Sophia, Wisdom in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Other sources list her feast day as September 30, and as Aug 15 above.
Aug 21 Greek Festival of Hekate - To protect the harvest.
Aug 24 Feast of Egyptian God Osiris - Partner and true love of Isis, and father of Horus; guide of all husbands, fathers, and judges.
Aug 25 Norse God Odin receives knowledge.
Roman Festival of Goddess Ops - Lady of the Cornucopia, Bounty of the Harvest and Sustainer of Life.
Aug 27 Feast of Egyptian Goddess Isis - Partner and true love of Osiris, and mother of Horus; guide of all wives, mothers, healers, advocates, and teachers.
Aug 28 Norse Harvest Festival.
Aug 29 -Sep 11 Return of Isis - Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Goddess Isis (as the star of Sept/Sirius) and God Osiris (as the rising Nile River).
8—Descent of Sophia
9/18—Greater Eleusinian Mysteries
21—Fast of Maat
22/23—Mabon/Autumn Equinox
26/5—Navaratri, Hindu Festival of the Great Goddess
Aug 29 - Sept 11: Return of Isis & Osiris (star Sirius, rising Nile
Sept 2 - Grape Vine Festival honoring Ariadne & Dionysus
Sept 8 - Birthday of Virgin Mary & DESCENT OF THE HOLY SOPHIA The Descent of the Holy Sophia falls on September 8th. In the Roman calendar this day celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and prefigures the sacred birth of Jesus. In the Gnostic tradition, part of Sophia returns to the aeons, to her true home, and part of her being symbolically returns to the lower regions or to earth. She comes to earth to be with us, her children, to be our consolation and the inspiration of our love. By this image we have the promise that we are not left alone in our darkness but have Sophia's abiding presence in our lives. (from: http://www.gnosis.org/ecclesia/cal_mandala.htm )
Sept 9 - 11, Feast of Mother Earth (Greek,
Sept 11 Remembrance Day
Sept 9 - 18, Greater Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek)
Sep 13, Egyptian Lighting the Fire Ceremony for all departed souls
Sep 16, Greek Rites of Goddess Demeter
Sep 17, Hildegarde of Bingen Feast Day
Sep 19, Feast of Thoth, Egyptian scribe god
Sep 21, Nativity of Blessed Mary, Eastern Orthodox Church
Birthday of Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom also known as Sophia
Sep 22 or 23, Autumn Equinox, Mabon, Ishtar's Day: The Fall Equinox always begins the forty day All Hallows season, which culminates with Halloween, All Saints Day and then All Souls Day (Oct. 31, Nov. 1, Nov. 2 respectively). This forty day period is one of four such in the esoteric Church year. The other three forty day periods are: Spring Equinox (Mar 20 or 21) to May Day, Dec. 25 to Candlemas (Feb 1 or 2) and of course, Lent. Lent is the forty day period beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Easter Sunday every year.
Sep or sometimes Oct (day varies) Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year, always followed ten days later by Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is the last of the Ten Days of Awe in Hebrew lore. The first of the Ten Days of Awe is Rosh Hoshanah, the Jewish New Year, when the gates of heaven are said to be flung open allowing blessings rain upon us for Ten Days, after which it goes shut again. "May your name be written in the book of life," is the greeting Jews use during the Ten Days of Awe because on Yom Kippur, the solemn Day of Atonement, the gates and the book go shut again.
Sep 26 - Oct 5 Navaratri, Hindu Festival of the Great Goddess
Huge holiday in India when Goddess destroys evil and restores cosmic order
Sep 27, Day of the Willows,
Mesopotamian Festival of Astarte/Asherah
Sep 29, Michaelmas, one of the oldest Christo-pagan holy days
Sep 30, Feast day of Saint Sophia, mother of Faith, Hope & Charity, saintly version of Goddess of Wisdom. Alternative feastdays for her are August 15 or 17, see above.
2—Daemon/Holy Guardian Angel
9/11—Feast of Divine Wisdom
Celebration of the Ankh
13—Knights Templar Remembrance
30—Fast of Thoth
31—Feast of Anubis/Samhain
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Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement - End of the 10 Days of Awe, when the Gates of Heaven go closed again. A day of fasting and repenting for any mistakes made during the year. Yom Kippur is the last of the Ten Days of Awe in Hebrew lore. The first of the Ten Days of Awe is Rosh Hoshanah, the Jewish New Year, when the gates of heaven are said to be flung open allowing blessings rain upon us for Ten Days when it goes shut again. "May your name be written in the book of life," is the greeting Jews use during the Ten Days of Awe because on Yom Kippur, the solemn day of atonement, the gates and the book go shut again.
-Hindu Festival of Lights, Diwali. India's Lunar New Year. Celebrated for 3 days up to and including the New Moon. Goddess Lakshmi and her husband God Vishnu are invoked for prosperity
Oct 2 - Druid Feast of the Guardian Spirits
Oct 4 - St. Francis of Assisi Day, one of the most pagan of the Christian saints, he coined terms "brother sun, sister moon", and honored the covenant between humans and the animal kingdom
Oct 9-11 Feast of Divine Wisdom - Source of all knowledge, honoring God-Goddess as Odin-Frigg (Norse); and Goddess as Sophia/Wisdom (Christian), Truth/Maat (Egyptian), Metis (Greek), Sarasvati (Hindu), (Arabic-Sufi).
Oct 13, Knights Templar Remembrance Day
Oct 18 English Great Horn Fair - Festival of Cerne.
Oct 24 Raphaelmas, Feast of Archangel Raphael, whose name means, "The High One Heals." Since 1970, the Catholic Church no longer recognizes this day for Raphael, ending more than a thousand years of tradition by opting to lump him in with Gabriel and Michael for a Feast of the Holy Archangels Day on Sept 29.
Oct 24 - Druid Feast for Spirits of Air
Oct 28 Feast of Baba and Dedo - Slavic protectors of families and elders.
Oct 28 - Nov 3 Isia - Egyptian festival recalling Set (God of Destruction) killing God Osiris; Goddess Isis mourning Him, resurrecting Him, and conceiving God Horus with Him; and Osiris becoming Lord of Amenta, land of the dead. He weighs souls against the Feather of Truth on Goddess Maat's Scale of Justice, but defers to Isis for those who fail the test.
Oct 31 Samhain / Hallowmas / Halloween - Celtic New Year and feast of Cerridwen (Goddess of Death) and Beli (the Holly King, God of the Waning Sun).
Oct 31 - Nov 2 Descent of Inanna - Sumerian fast recalling the descent of Inanna (Goddess of Life) to the Underworld. Ereshkigal (Goddess of Death and Rebirth) detained Her until She agreed to have Dumuzi (God of Life and Death) remain there each Winter.
-Fast of Hod - Norse fast marking Hod (blind God of Darkness) unintentionally killing Balder (God of Light), and devoted Nanna (Goddess of Flowers) dying of a broken heart.
7/9—Feast of Eternal Justice/Maat & Thoth
11—Feat of Dionysos
16—Night of Hekate
22—Festival of the Moon
24—Festival of Lights (Egyptian)
27—Day of Pavati
29—Bast (Egyptian Cat Goddess)
Oct 31 - Nov 6 Mid-Autumn / Day of the Dead / Hallowmas - Festival marking the transformation of life to death, the end of the agricultural year, departure of migrating and hibernating animals, and decay and death of vegetal and animal life. Observed by remembering departed ancestors and contemplating one's own mortality.
Nov 1 - All Saints Day - Christians around the world remember all the dead on this day
- Day of the Banshees, Reign of Celtic Cailleach, Crone Goddess.
Nov 2 - All
Souls Day, Christians remember their own dead -- relatives, ancestors, beloved
- White Tara Day. Day for meditation on Tantric Bodhisattva Goddess, White Tara, who guides the dead to Buddha Amitabha's Pure Land, where all will find salvation.
Nov 7 - 9 Feast of Divine Justice - Source of just law, honoring Goddess-God as Maat-Thoth (Egyptian); Goddess as Themis (Greek), Justice (Christian), and God as Forseti (Norse).
Nov 8 - Seven Holy Archangels Day (Orthodox Christian). The seven original Archangels to the Eastern Orthodox Church are: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Raguel, Sariel, and the fallen Lucifer. Lucifer lost his place to another Archangel but the various lists can't make their minds up about the name of the new archangel. Baracael, Ieadiel, Sealtiel, Peliel, and Gamael are some of the possibilities. The Book of Enoch says: The big four plus Raguel, Sariel, and Jerahmeel, while from other apocryphal sources we get the variant names Izidkiel, Hanael, and Kepharel instead of the last three.
Nov 11 Feast of Dionysus - Greek God whom Yeshua was "connected to" as the Cosmic Gnosis. Also Veteran's Day when we remember the dead. See article.
Celtic Lunatishees - Day of the Fairie Sidhe, Old November Day.
Nov 13 Festival of Jupiter - Roman deity associated with rain and agriculture, prime protector of the state, and concerned with all aspects of life.
Roman Fontinalia - Feast of Fons, God of Springs.
Nov 14 Feast of Musicians and Bards - Druid celebration of the Celtic musical arts.
Nov 16 - Night of Hekate, Greek Goddess of the Hags or Wisewomen, (later called Witches), her name comes from Heqa-ma'at, a goddess in the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead who later became Hekmah or Hokmah (also spelled Chokmah) meaning wisdom in the ancient Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). From Heqa-ma'at / Hecate / Hokmah we get the Greek word for wisewoman or holywoman, "hag". Hecate was goddess of the hags and it was a very complementary thing to be a hag of the Hagia Sophia tradition!
Nov 20 - Day of All Gnostic Saints (see http://www.gnosis.org/ecclesia/cal_mandala.htm for explanation)
Nov 22 - Festival of Diana - Roman
Goddess of Moon, Hunt, Wilderness, Birth
- Feast of Weyland - Norse God of the Smiths.
Nov 24 - Feast of the Burning Lamps,
Egyptian festival
- Celtic Tree Month of Reed ends - Tree Month of Elder begins.
Nov 27 - Day
of Parvati - Hindu Mother of the Universe
- Feast of Ullr: "The Feast of Ullr was to celebrate the Hunt and to gain the personal luck needed for success. Weapons are dedicated on this day to Ullr. If your arms were blessed by the luck of the God of the Hunt, your family and tribe shared the bounty with a Blot and Feast to Ullr ."
3rd Thursday of November: Thanksgiving Day - Day to give thanks for religious freedom here in this great country, the fertile abundance of mother earth, and basic necessities of life, "thread, bread, and shed." (Clothes, food, shelter).
Nov 29 Egyptian Feast of Hathor - as Sekhmet, Lioness and Sun Goddess, the alternate of Bast, the Cat Goddess.
Last Sunday of November begins Advent, the Festival of Lights for the Coming of the Light of the World - Christian vigil for the birth of the Cosmic Christ. Advent candles are lit on each of the four Sundays before Christmas. A purple one on the 1st, 2nd and 4th Sundays, and a pink one on the 3rd Sunday. Here's a traditional Advent Wreath "how-to" page.
1—Maat as Athena
3—Day of Cybele
4—Shango (Voodoo)
7/9—Maha Devi Shakti
21/25—Isis as The Great Mother
21/22— Dies Natalis Solis Invictus
Return of the Invincible Sun (Horus)
Winter Solstice
25/3—Norse Yule
31—Solar Festival of Sekhmet
Dec 1 - Greek / Roman Day of Pallas
Athena / Minerva.
- Day for Meditation on Tantric Bodhisattva Goddess Red Tara - Protector against evil and harm.
Dec 3 Roman Day of Cybele / Rhea /The Great Mother.
Dec 4 - Feast of Shango, Orisha who defends against evil.
Dec 6 - St Nicholas of Myra Day,
patron saint of children & mariners, original Santa Claus, known for his
love of children
- Mindfulness Day - Zen Buddhist day for mindfully seeing and acting with compassion for the poor and oppressed.
Dec 7 - Haloia of Demeter.
Dec 7 - 9 Feast of the Immanent Feminine Divine Spirit - Honoring Goddess as Maha Devi Shakti (Hindu), Holy Spirit Wisdom (Christian).
Dec 8 Rohatsu - Zen Buddhist celebration of the Buddha's enlightenment.
Dec 11 - Sacred to Arianrhod.
Dec 12 - Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Mother of God and Mother of the Oppressed.
Dec 13 - Feast of the Light-bringer - Honoring Goddess as Juno Lucina (Old Roman)
Dec 17 - Yoruba / Santeria feast of Orisha Babalu Aye - Healer of deadly diseases.
Dec 18 - Sacred to Epona.
Dec 19 - Return of the Sun God. Druid
Festival of Alban Arthuan
- Day of Holy Apostle Thomas (of the Gospel of Thomas). Celebrated December 21st.
Dec 21 thru 25 - Old Egyptian festival of Isis, the Magna Mater (Mother of God and Mother of All) giving birth to God Horus.
Dec 22 - Yule, Winter Solstice
- Day of Archangel Raphael, whose name means "Healing power of El". Celebrated December 22nd. Raphael is the angel of healing and health, and is always invoked in the Sacrament of Unction. Raphael represents the principle of regeneration as related to the powers of health and also the regeneration of the Light in the realm of darkness. Thus Raphael has been celebrated in our tradition at the winter solstice, because when the darkness has reached its epitome, it engenders the renewed Light, which is then "born" on Christmas Day. From: http://www.gnosis.org/ecclesia/cal_mandala.htm
Dec 23 - Sacred to Hathor.
Dec 24 - Celtic Tree Month - Month of Reed ends, Tree Month of Elder begins.
Dec 25 - Christmas Day, Christian
celebration of Blessed Maria giving birth to Child Jesus by the power of the
Holy Spirit.
- European Feasts of Herne, Frey, Dionysus - Birth of the God, the Light of the World.
Dec 25 thru Jan 5 Norse Yule: Old Norse festival honoring Frey and Freya (Deities of Fertility) and the new-born Baldur (God of Light) with evergreens, fires, and feasting.
Dec 26 thru Jan 1 - Kwanzaa: Festival celebrating positive African traditions; emphasizes unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.
Dec 28 - Sacred to Freya.
Dec 31 - Egyptian Lucky Day of Sekhmet – Sekhmet, the ravaging lioness, with her burning solar eye, is the destroyer/devourer aspect of the goddess.
Hymn to Vesta
To live in this beautiful home.
Come with warm feelings of friendship.
Bring your intelligence,
Your energy and your passion
To join us with your goodwill.
Burn brightly at my hearth.
Burn always in my soul.
You are welcome here.
I remember you.
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Nursing student ran to aid New Kensington shooting victim
A New Kensington nursing student who gave first aid to a shooting victim on Monday smiled when she learned that 18-year-old Jordan Johnson was recuperating on Tuesday afternoon.
Carol Schrock, 26, was among the first to help Johnson as he lay on the sidewalk along Kenneth Avenue at Catalpa Street after a drive-by shooting at about 5 p.m. Monday.
"We were having dinner, and I heard the shots," said Schrock, who is scheduled to graduate next month from Citizens School of Nursing. "I just ran."
But instead of running away from danger, she ran toward it, in order to help.
Schrock said she used a shirt handed to her by another person and started to put pressure on a bullet wound in Jordan's right side.
Another neighbor put pressure on a wound in Jordan's right arm, she said.
Police weren't immediately sure whether Johnson had been shot twice or whether the same bullet caused both wounds.
Johnson talked to Schrock and asked questions while she was helping him.
"He talked to me the whole time. He kept asking if he was going to die. I kept assuring him," Schrock said. "I just wanted him to control his breathing.
"A cop asked the man questions and told me to keep up the pressure. I did until an ambulance crew arrived and said, 'OK. We've got it from here,' and then I got up," Shrock said. "The cop said thanks and I left."
Police collected evidence and are searching for the shooter and any possible accomplices.
Johnson was in a Pittsburgh hospital on Tuesday. His condition was not available. A detective spoke with him on Tuesday.
That delighted Schrock, a lifelong New Kensington resident and 2005 Valley High School graduate.
Schrock said she wants to work in a Pittsburgh hospital.
"Hopefully, I can get in at the emergency department," she said.
Chuck Biedka is a staff writer for Trib Total Media.


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Gallery Night exhibit showcases County Stadium
It might seem hard to believe, but the Brewers just played their 10th season in Miller Park.
For many fans, the memories of its predecessor -- County Stadium -- remain strong.
Light Ideas Gallery, located in the Marshall Building at 207 E. Buffalo St., hopes to appeal to those fans with "Brick and Mortar Memories" -- a series of architectural photographs made by photographer David Bernacchi during the final season at County Stadium.
The Gallery Night exhibit debuts Friday and runs through Nov. 30. Select prints of the photographs include quotes from Milwaukee sports figures like Warren Spahn, Henry Aaron, Bud Selig and Bob Uecker.
creamcityandsugar | Oct. 18, 2010 at 4:53 p.m. (report)
These are fantastic photos. Can't wait to see them on gallery night.....maybe I'll even get my husband to come!
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dtruck | Oct. 15, 2010 at 12:19 p.m. (report)
those photos are fantastic! i want to go back there. i miss county stadium. :(
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wow these pics are sick! Also a huge fan of bernacchi's "halftime" pic from lambeau with the old school cans of highlife and pabst.
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The Libertine tells the story of the Earl of Rochester, friend and confidant of Charles II and the most notorious rake of his age. He was an anti-monarchist Royalist, an atheist who converted to Christianity and a lyric poet who reveled in pornography. The play centres on the moment his cynicism is confounded when he falls in love in earnest.
Self-consciously theatrical, bawdy and highly thought provoking, this play contemplates the vibrancy and decadence of the Restoration age.
John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester - Rory Butler
George Etherege, a playwright - Ethan Holmes
Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset and Middlesex / Harry Harris, an actor - Max Wallach
Billy Downes, a young spark - Assad Choudhury
Jane, a prostitute - Sarah Allen
Molly Luscombe, a stage manager / Mrs Will Ufton, a coffee house proprietor - Elisha Michael-Sesay
Tom Alcock, a serving man - Barry Hall
Elizabeth Barry, an actress - Helen Burnell
Elizabeth Malet, a country wife - Georgia Neville
Charles II, a monarch - Simon Jenkins
Playgoers, whores, clients etc played by members of the company
Designer: Lara Booth
Performances start at 6pm on Thursdays, 7.30pm all other days.
Capitol Theatre
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It is a full size mere club, measuring approximately 13 - 13 1/2" (33 - 34cm) from end to end, and weighing approximately 2.2lb (1 kg). Occasionally we can get a larger greenstone mere - email us if that is what you would prefer. Please note that they are only occasionally available, as those very large pieces of greenstone are very hard to come by these days.
The mere was used as a thrusting club, particularly to attack the victim's temple or under his ribs. The pounamu ( greenstone) mere has always been highly prized, possibly because of its scarcity and the amount of work required to make it. It was usually only carried by chiefs, and was a highly prized ceremonial piece.
Please also note that we strongly recommend you have the mere shipped overseas by Economy Courier or Express Courier. If you choose Airmail or Tracked Airmail, the mere is not insurable as its value is over the maximum of NZ$250.
Here's what one customer said about his purchase:
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Hawaii Theatre
Hawaii Theatre
|Honolulu, Hawaii
|21°18′38″N 157°51′40″W / 21.31056°N 157.86111°WCoordinates: 21°18′38″N 157°51′40″W / 21.31056°N 157.86111°W
|Walter Emory, Marshall Webb
|Architectural style
|Neoclassical, Art Deco
|NRHP Reference #
|78001021 [1]
|Added to NRHP
|14 November 1978
The Hawaii Theatre is a historic Vaudeville theatre and cinema in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. It is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places.[2]
When Consolidated Amusement Company opened it in 1922, local newspapers called it "The Pride of the Pacific" and considered it the equal in opulence to any theatre in San Francisco or beyond.[2] Honolulu architects Walter Emory and Marshall Webb employed elements of Neoclassical architecture for the exterior—with Byzantine, Corinthian, and Moorish ornamentation—and a rich panoply of Beaux-Arts architecture inside—Corinthian columns, a gilded dome, marble statuary, plush carpets, silk hangings, and a Lionel Walden mural on the proscenium. They also installed an innovative cooling system that allowed air from an ice storage room under the stage to flow through vents beneath the seats.[3] The large neon marquee was the largest ever built in Honolulu.
The Hawaii presented both Vaudeville entertainment and movies through the 1920s. Following the introduction of sound films, it operated as a deluxe movie theatre through the 1960s, gradually declining in the 1970s and falling into disrepair in the 1980s, until it finally closed in 1984. Concerned citizens united to save and restore it and formed the non-profit Hawaii Theatre Center, which purchased the theatre and several adjacent buildings in 1986. They raised funds for an extensive, $20.8 million renovation of the interior in 1994 directed by the Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer firm of New York City, which included a hydraulic lift to raise and lower the original theatre organ console that used to accompany silent films.[3] The theatre reopened in 1996, while exterior renovations continued through 2005.
The Hawaii Theatre once again became a popular venue for stage shows and concerts.
In 2005 the League of Historic America Theatres named it the "Outstanding Historic Theatre in America";[2] in 2006 the National Trust for Historic Preservation gave Hawaii Theatre its highest "Honor Award" for national preservation; and in 2006 the Hawaii Better Business Bureau presented its "Torch Award for Business Ethics" to the Hawaii Theatre Center, the first small nonprofit to receive that award. It is located at 1130 Bethel Street, between Hotel and Pauahi Streets, in downtown Honolulu at the edge of Chinatown.[4]
Proscenium stage
Robert Morton theatre organ (1922)
Hamlet in bas-relief at landing at house-left stairway
Merchant of Venice in bas-relief at landing at house-right stairway
- Luttrell, Matt, "Hawaii Theater", Innov8, Mar/April 2011, pp. 20–21.
- Sandler, Rob, Julie Mehta, and Frank S. Haines (2008). Architecture in Hawai'i: A Chronological Survey, new edition. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing.
- ^ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ^ a b c Luttrell, 2011, p. 20
- ^ a b Sandler, Mehta, and Haines 2008, p. 47
- ^ "Hawaii Theatre Center: History". Retrieved 2010-02-05.
External links[edit]
Media related to Hawaii Theatre at Wikimedia Commons
- Hawaii Theatre Center
- Vintage Photos of the Hawaii Theatre Theatre Historical Society of America website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. HI-526, "Hawaii Theatre, 1130 Bethel Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
- Cinemas and movie theaters in Hawaii
- Neoclassical architecture in Hawaii
- Art Deco architecture in Hawaii
- Theatres completed in 1922
- Buildings and structures in Honolulu
- Tourist attractions in Honolulu
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Hawaii
- National Register of Historic Places in Honolulu
- Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii


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