The story goes that Balanchine was so struck by the multi-colored glow of the jewelry displays at the Van Cleef & Arpels New York showroom that this led him to create a dance exalting their beauty.
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Guillermo Perez,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
As Alvarado explores repeatedly, Valdez rejected that pathway, instead honing his indigenous roots, and dedicating his life to exalting those who, like him, exist in the in-between.
Mother African Union Church was founded decades before Juneteenth, born out of racist policies and structures that excluded people of African descent from worshipping freely.
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Wakisha Bailey,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
In the entry, a ditsy print (Schumacher’s Margie Floral in Porcelain) climbs up the walls and carries the blue-and-white combo upstairs, where the primary suite embraces those same sky-worshipping shades—a tip of the hat to the scenery outside.
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Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
Venus conjunct Jupiter in your sign is equivalent to a cosmic glow-up, magnifying your charm, warmth and emotional magnetism.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
The gravitational lensing effect of a galaxy between MRG-M0138 and Earth refocused the light from that distant galaxy, magnifying it by 30 times, allowing Ellis and colleagues to intricately reconstruct the internal details of MRG-M0138.
The ethos of the festival also involves looking out for fellow attendees, respecting The Farm and taking the loving energy of the festival out into the world.
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Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
Today, Greenbush said parents play the biggest role in protecting child actors, starting with respecting their children's wishes.
This deeply affecting memoir, which is strung like a wire between the alienation of the assembly line and the dignifying promise of literature, documents his experience.
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