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It’s probably best to start with the question, “What is Klezmer”?
Historically, Klezmer is the musical tradition that arose from the wedding music of the Ashkenazi Jews in Eastern Europe. To listen to, think folk music with the mysterious sounds of Eastern European modal melodies that make you want to get up … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel Meadow, Cheetam Hill, Irish, Jewish, Klezmer, L'chaim Kapelye, live music, Manchester, Manchester Jewish Museum, Michael Kahan Kapelye, music, Red Bank, Religion, UoM
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Short Post: Biology and Life
Originally posted on IamLliw:
I have been looking for a steady job now for almost a year now and one of the questions I get asked the most is why? Why am I pursuing or want to pursue a career…
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通过孩子的手 – By Children’s Hands
Originally posted on The Chengdu Chapter:
I have no words today. Click the picture to learn more about human rights violations that are still being practiced to this day.
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Apocalyptic Cinema: Better Living Through Science
Originally posted on Susan X Jane:
Since the beginning of the century, American films have explored stories of the apocalypse as commentary on our own modern challenges. Stories of the horrors science can create when man tries to play…
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Swallowed By the Waves: Remembering Tohoku 2011
Five years ago, I woke to a text from my sister that there had been an earthquake in Japan. I thought little of it, lying in my bed in Ohio. Only a few weeks beforehand, an earthquake there had appeared … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, memorial, Opinion, remembering, Tohoku, Tohoku earthquake, Tohoku tsunami
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The Curse at Three Minute Theatre- a review
I’d never been to the Three Minute Theatre nestled into the downstairs of Affleck’s in Manchester’s Northern Quarter before. The quirky and intimate venue offers alt theatre and you should pay it a visit for an evening out with a … Continue reading
Ancoats
Since my Lumix GX1 suffered a heat stroke in Gran Canaria and I replaced with a GX7 back in Sept/Oct I barely seem to have used it. When I’m out running I see so many things I’d love to photograph, … Continue reading
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Tagged ancoats, B&W, bucket, city, grime, gx7, lumix, Manchester, panasonic, photography, photos, tentacles, Urban
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Inside the Favela Rocinha
If you read the safety instructions of the Foreign Office, one find filling pages warnings about Brazil that one should strongly consider. It’s particularly pointed out that there are frequently armed conflicts and robberies in the north of the country … Continue reading
Ultimate Power
Hex colour reference: #c5d0e6 A colourful note: this pale blue-lilac shade, known as periwinkle, is named after the flowers of the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb. The first recorded use of periwinkle as a colour name in English was in 1895. … Continue reading
