The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is the largest of the Zodiac constellations, and the second largest overall after Hydra (The Water Snake). Its most appealing feature, however, is the sheer number of galaxies that lie within it. In this picture, among a crowd of face- and edge-on spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies, lies NGC…
Irving Herbert Pomeroy III (April 15, 1930 – August 11, 2007) was a jazz trumpeter, teacher, and the founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. Pomeroy began playing trumpet at an early age. In his early teens he started performing in Boston, claiming inspiration from the music of Louis Armstrong. In 1946, at the age of…
Sir Neville Marriner, CH, CBE (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016) was an English violinist who became “one of the world’s greatest conductors“. He founded the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and his partnership with them is the most recorded of any orchestra and conductor. Marriner was born in Lincoln, England, the son…
Richard Davis (born April 15, 1930) is an American jazz bassist. Among his most famous contributions to the albums of others are Eric Dolphy‘s Out to Lunch!, Andrew Hill‘s Point of Departure, and Van Morrison‘s Astral Weeks, of which critic Greil Marcus wrote (in The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll), “Richard Davis…
POSITIVE VIBRATIONS performing 3 weeks from today at the 45th Annual MAYDAY PARADE, CEREMONY & FESTIVAL Sunday May 5th 6pm Roots Reggae sensation POSITIVE VIBRATIONS will be performing in the grass at the Ceremony Site for this years Mayday following the Ceremony Performance. Featuring Van Nixon, Todd Matheson, Larry McCabe, Paul Strickland, Onesmo Kibira, Tim…
BEAU KOO JACKS performing 3 weeks from today at the 45th Annual MAYDAY PARADE, CEREMONY & FESTIVAL Sunday May 5th 5pm New Orleans extravaganza BEAU KOO JACKS will be performing in the grass at the Ceremony Site for this years Mayday following the Ceremony Performance. Featuring Van Nixon, Jamie Carter, Todd Matheson, Larry McCabe, Paul…
VOICES OF SEPHARAD Easter Weeks Maundy Thursday April 18th 5:30pm Westminster Presbyterian Church with David Harris, David Burk and mick laBriola https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPHvZQhpFIY
The California Nebula (NGC 1499) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the US State of California on long exposure photographs. It is almost 2.5° long on the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness, it is extremely difficult…
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