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Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Untold story of TMNT, spring craft fair: Community events May 5-11
DOVER — Bibliophiles are invited to join author Shannon Reed virtually on Monday, May 5 at 7 p.m., for 'Why We Read,' a program in partnership with Ashland Public Library. Sign up is needed to receive a link to the live stream and can be found on the Dover Public Library's website at DOVER — Join Dover Public Library virtually on Tuesday, May 6, at 7 p.m., for an in-depth look at the history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). The talk is presented by Dan Yezbick, Professor of English and Communications at Wildwood College in St. Louis, Missouri. Free, but sign up is needed to receive a link to the live stream. Registration can be found at BERWICK, Maine — On Wednesday, May 7, at 10:30 a.m., at the Berwick Public Library, Berwick Director of Planning James Bellissimo will answer all your tech questions and a lead a discussion about what's coming up on the technology front. Lunch will be provided. Registration is required; contact the library to sign up, (207) 698-5737. DOVER — Wednesday, May 7 at 3:30 p.m., at McConnell Center Room 306, kids of all ages are invited to bring their imagination and creativity to the Dover Public Library's Drop-In Open Art Lab. ROCHESTER – The Granite State Choral Society invites the community to its annual Spring Craft Fair on Saturday, May 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the James W. Foley Memorial Community Center, 150 Wakefield St., Rochester. For more information email gschoral@ or gcballinger@ DOVER — Saturday, May 10, at McConnell Center Room 306, all kids in grades 3–6, come get creative and make your very own unique trinket dish using beautiful sea shells and decoupage techniques. All supplies will be provided. Registration is required, visit or call 603-516-6050. MILTON — Saturday, May 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., join the Milton Free Public Library to decorate a ceramic flower pot and then transplant a live pansy flower into your pot. After the craft, there will be a showing of the movie, Dog Man at 1 p.m. Bring a comfy chair or cushion to sit on and drinks with lids for the movie. This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Untold story of TMNT, spring craft fair: Community events May 5-11
South China Morning Post
26-02-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
An Asian-American author's journey through motherhood and media
I was born in Jinan, China, in 1987. My grandpa named me Xiao Kang after what was a pretty popular slogan at the time, which roughly translates to 'a moderate amount of prosperity for all is better than a great deal of prosperity for a few'. If I'm butchering it, this is part of the diaspora kid problem, where you only know just a smidgen of your history in your culture. Lincoln convert Connie Wang and her family during their move from Alabama to Minnesota in 1994. Photo: Connie Wang My parents were actually in the United States for the first two years of my life. I lived with my grandparents, predominantly, as a baby. I joined my parents in 1989 in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was always supposed to be temporary, but it turns out that, through a variety of circumstances, we ended up staying and became US citizens. To this day my mum jokes, 'We're on the world's longest vacation, going on 35-plus years now.' Dodging Elmo Shortly after I came, we applied for green cards and I had the option of having a new legal name. At the time I was attending Head Start, which is a federal programme for day care. I had a pretty great experience, but the one thing that was always sticky was that no one could pronounce 'Xiao Kang'. My parents said, 'Xiao Kang, choose a new name to learn English.' I thought of two or three people from television – Elmo from Sesame Street, Michelangelo from the Ninja Turtles, the ayi (auntie) who looked so pretty named Connie Chung (the television journalist). It was an easy decision in that sense. Connie mania
The Onion
06-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Onion
‘The Sims' Turns 25
The Sims , which has sold nearly 200 million copies, celebrates its 25th anniversary this February. In honor of the video game franchise, The Onion looks back at its key milestones. 1977: Will Wright gets a great idea for a video game while watching a family burn to death in their home. 1989: SimCity , the game's city-building precursor, debuts as a popular alternative to constructing a large metropolis in real life. 2000: Mom doesn't get it. 2003: Console debut introduces The Sims to gamers not allowed to play Grand Theft Auto. 2011: The U.N. condemns Iran after evidence emerges proving they are developing their own version of The Sims . 2015: Night of sleep lost creating a family that looks kind of like the Ninja Turtles. 2020: Yearning for pandemic escapism, millions turn to The Sims to recall what it's like to walk in circles in a different-looking house. 2023: The Sims 4 reaches over 70 million active losers. 2025: New patch removes pesky 'sentience' bug.
