Tag: Tradition
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Keeping the Hawaiian steel guitar tradition alive
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KAILUA, Hawaii — Quincy Cortez plucks at a slim black box laid across his legs, his fingers flashing silver. Steel strings twang with each pull from the metal rings — wearable guitar picks — adorning his right thumb, index and middle finger. His left hand hovers over the strings along the neck, a cylindrical tube held…
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Supper Clubs in New York Are a Vanishing Breed. Café Carlyle Is Keeping the Tradition Alive
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On a Tuesday evening last December, the singer-pianist Michael Feinstein was at Café Carlyle on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in a sparkly silver blazer, making his way through the audience to the little stage, where the members of his four-piece band were taking their places. The audience erupted into applause. A few people stood and…
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HAORI Mixes Light With the Tradition of Wearing a Kimono
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Atsushi Shindo’s award-winning artful lighting, HAORI, made me feel warm and safe the first time I saw it, as though each conical piece was welcoming me into an embrace. The “enwrapped light” was exhibited at Salone and then at the Interior Lifestyle 2023 fair where HAORI received the coveted Young Designer Award. Inspired by the…
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Philadelphia Flower Show in full bloom celebrates community bonds: ‘Wonderful tradition’
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Spring has sprung at the 2024 Philadelphia Flower Show. Presented by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the show is taking place through March 10, 2024, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia. This year’s theme is “United by Flowers” — which celebrates the bonds of community derived from a shared love and appreciation of gardening…
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A Balboa Island House Where East Coast Tradition Meets West Coast Cool
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This charming traditional seaboard house was designed by David R. Olson Architects together with Morrison Interiors, nestled in the heart of Balboa Island, a harborside community in Newport Beach, California. With proximity to restaurants and shopping and with the ocean as the backdrop, classic styling juxtaposes soft contemporary lines, creating the perfect balance for this…
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Mariah Carey sleighs in her annual Christmas tradition
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Mariah Carey’s name is synonymous with Christmas. Maybe that’s because Carey, 54, always sleighs the holidays. On Christmas Eve, the “Queen of Christmas” shared several Instagram posts of her annual holiday sleigh ride with the twins, Moroccan and Monroe, 12, she shares with ex-husband Nick Cannon. Morrocan rides in front of his mother, Mariah Carey…
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Ikiperu Collection Pays Homage to Umbrian Artistic Tradition
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The hand-turned, hand-painted Ikiperu collection fuses Etruscan vase-making with contemporary design in homage to the artistic tradition of Umbria. The first work by Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær for Poltrona Frau, the ceramics collection unites history, traditional craftsmanship, and modern aesthetics that reference Picenian culture through color and shape. The pieces – a vase, cup,…
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John Lewis has broken with tradition with this autumnal tree
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This year, John Lewis’ Christmas offering is in many ways far from traditional. Even though the essentials are still there, the retailer hasn’t shied away from choices that are quite out there – be it an air fryer Christmas decoration or a John Lewis copper Christmas tree. That’s right, John Lewis is going rogue and…
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The Christmas disco trend marries groove and tradition
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We’ve all heard what it means to celebrate and dream of a white Christmas, but allow us to do you one better: a disco Christmas. Wait, what? Yep, you heard us right. The festive season is getting a whole lot groovier, dare we say it, and upping the ante on the glitz and glamour of…
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Where Tradition Meets Innovation in the Heart of Beijing
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In the west district of Beijing, a duplex apartment, dubbed the Skip House, has been designed by KiKi ARCHi. Nestled within the vibrant city, the apartment is home to an owner and her family of four, along with the grandparents who visit on occasion. The Skip House is designed so that the different generations can…
