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Pretty city hall on Halloween night 🥰

Concert hall

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Largest Red Brick Building - Southern Hemisphere

Did you know that this City Hall is one of, if not the only largest red brick building in the Southern Hemisphere? (edited)

The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall

Scottish dancing

My Scottish dance classes. To my mind, these are the most mathematical dances imaginable. Our group chat, where we discuss new figures, reminds me of a geometry lesson )). (Classes take place in a fencing hall, that's why it has such a distinctive atmosphere.) (edited)

First and Last

I remember your sweetest smile, The day we met, back then When you needed help at the Hall of Justice To get a notary pen. And I remember your saddest smile, The last time we ever spoke. Sitting together in that coffee shop, As our shared quiet broke. Two thoughts are constant in my mind: The… read more

Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde (1990)

There's a crack in the mirror and a bloodstain on the bed There's a crack in the mirror and a bloodstain on the bed Oh, you were a vampire and, baby, I'm a walking dead Oh, you were a vampire and, baby, I'm a walking dead I got the ways and means to New Orleans I'm going down by the river where… read more

Daryl Hall

On this day of 1946, Daryl Franklin Hohl, known professionally as Daryl Hall, was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Let's remember the Now Spinning music of Daryl Hall and John Oates from mid-1970s to mid-1980s.

The Raven and the Flame-Bride

They whisper of a girl who danced through fire, a flame-bride not meant for Midgard’s chains. She laughed in the hall of echoes, with embers braided in her hair. They say she walked where Valkyries feared to tread, not born of blood, but of light and ruin. A spark the gods mistook for mortal —… read more

MSO X Elton John

A showcasing of various songs from Elton John, celebrating the 40th anniversary of when Elton was here and performed with our orchestra. This was a present for dad, and it was a pretty good performance, songs choices were great. I wish they had the singer a bit louder as it was sometimes… read more

"LOVE" hall

Opera for all

One advantage of living in Italy is that you can see real La Scala opera singers right outside the town hall. And, of course, if you have a friend who is a singer and you may simply injoy to see all of them.

A blueprint of Tuesdays

The future we built was a house made of light, A blueprint of Tuesdays, of holding the night, Where I was a fixture, a branch on the tree, Beside your own mother, where your daughter met me. I had a seat at the table, a place in the hall, And in less than an hour, no shelter at all. This is the… read more

Started a new book...

Started reading The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall.... we are not really feeling it but I am so bad at DNFing books!!! 😭

The Great Hall of Galleria Colonna in Rome

I must admit I'm not the biggest fan of the overuse of carnivals and fun fairs in movies or series, except for the scenes with a hall of mirrors.

Not a big fan because it can get a bit much, with all the sounds and lighting, so you don't always know where to look. Enjoy the hall of mirrors because it's a great way to create intrigue and suspense, even comedic timing 🧐

CoD MW4 Beta Thought?

Did anyone else play the beta either or both weekends? What were your thoughts? I personally thought it was good, I enjoyed the movement and new mechanics but have heard a lot of negative chatter on Reddit. It was nice to be back in game for a bit, and I'm reworking my way through the reboots now… read more

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Seems like the town hall will held an event tomorrow.

Rydal Hall Grot

Little summer house folly thing at Rydal hall. Short walk up to the falls afterwards.

Hamburg View from above

A view of Hamburg Rathaus from above at St. Nikolai Memorial — the historic city hall seen from the tower of the former church destroyed during WWII.

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in the Morning

I got there early, so I was able to grab some neat pictures. ✨️

Fackham Hall (2025)

A lecture hall at the University of Venice.

FAV BOOK?

Stereotypical question, but one from which one could understand a lot about a person (in my opinion): what is your favorite book? I begin: The end is known by G. H. Hall

An introverts paradise

Is being able to eat alone in an empty community hall. 🙏 (edited)

Charlie Parker

On this day of 1920, Charlie Parker was born in Kansas City. Now Spinning his live album 'Jazz at Massey Hall' from 1953, with Dizzy Gillespie (t), Charles Mingus (db), Bud Powell (p) and Max Roach (d), inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995.

Natural history museaum

I have been thinking of going to the Carnegie Museaum of Natural History in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Would anyone in the area care to join me? This is a photo I took from Morrill Hall in Lincoln, Nebraska.

"The Cyclops and The Horrid Obelisk"

Questor: Will it tell me my future? Cyclops: No, it will tell you your end. It will outline the cracks that you cannot mend. Gives a hammer of glass To smash at iron fate And an hour glass to measure A time a grain too late. But you will not listen As I surely know I am fated to see Each… read more

Day 154 of Year 4's Dancing Today In Music Dangerous Type The Cars

On this day in 2011, The Cars who were disbanded since 1988 released their album Move Like This and kicked off a tour with a concert at the Showbox in Seattle. It didn't go well: tensions soon resurfaced, and the tour was cut short after less than a month. They didn't play together again until… read more

Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell was the daughter of Sir Hugh Bell (1844–1931)—a prominent British industrialist, steel magnate, and liberal politician. Despite the prevailing conventions regarding women’s travel, she supported her daughter’s pursuit of an education; in 1888, Gertrude Bell completed her studies at… read more

It's being like ages since I watched a movie. That urge to go to the cinema hall!

Day 154 of Year 4's Dancing Today In Music Double Life The Cars

On this day in 2011, The Cars who were disbanded since 1988 released their album Move Like This and kicked off a tour with a concert at the Showbox in Seattle. It didn't go well: tensions soon resurfaced, and the tour was cut short after less than a month. They didn't play together again until… read more

Day 113 of Year 4's Dancing Today In Music Maneater Hall & Oates

In 1977, Hall & Oates scored their first of six US No. 1's with Rich Girl, taken from their 1976 album Bigger Than Both Of Us. It spent three weeks at the top & was ranked the 23rd biggest hit of 1977 by Billboard. For day 113 of year 4's dancing, I chose to dance to five Hall & Oates songs,… read more

Always Be My Baby Mariah Carey

On this day in 1990, Mariah Carey made her national TV debut, performing Visions Of Love on The Arsenio Hall Show. The songs entered the Hot 100 the next day and went to No. 1 eight weeks later. For day 176 of year 4's dancing, I danced to five Mariah Carey songs, including Visions Of Love. It… read more

Day 120 of Year 4's Dancing Today In Music Angel Of The Morning Pretenders

On this day in 1980, in Memphis, during their first US tour, Chrissie Hynde of Pretenders was involved in an altercation at a bar & was arrested for disorderly conduct. She kicked out the window of the police cruiser sent to take her away and spent the night in jail. Her group performed the next… read more

Autoheart at Grewel Hall

Day 52 of Year 4's Dancing Today In Music You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes

In 1988, The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alongside Bob Dylan, The Supremes, The Beach Boys & The Drifters. All of today's music comes from the above noted Rock and Roll Hall of Famers.

Sunday word is "Orotund"

Orotund adjective 1. (Of the voice or phrasing) full, round, and imposing. 2. (Of writing, style, or expression) pompous or pretentious. "The alto soloist’s orotund voice filled the concert hall." "The tuba provides quite an orotund sound to any orchestra." "His letter to the editor came… read more

Day 134 of Year 4's Dancing Today In Music Heat Wave Martha & The Vandellas

On this day in music history in 1988, legendary Motown songwriters Holland/Dozier/Holland were inducted into the songwriters' Hall of Fame. The trio wrote, arranged & produced many songs that helped define the Motown sound in the 1960s. For day 134 of year 4's dancing, I danced to five Motown hits… (edited) read more