Sentences with phrase «celebration focused this year»

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MLK Now, in its third consecutive year focused on the contributions of women to the modern movement for parity in the celebration of the ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was held at Riverside Church Jan. 15, 2018, the site where Dr. King gave his controversial 1967 «Beyond Vietnam» speech.

Combining over 20 years of experience working in some of the world's most prestigious restaurants with research gathered as a consumer and operator of local supper club Dogwood Table, Hucks cultivates a dining experience focused on seasonal ingredients, accommodating service and a sense of culinary celebration.

This time of year we focus on family, friends, and food for our holiday celebrations.

Our team has created a great booklet filled with French vocabulary and activities focused specifically on the themes of March break and the various springtime celebrations around this time of year.

In light of the gun violence, Bratton said this year's J'Ouvert celebration will be «significantly policed,» with proper permitting and more lighting, and law enforcement will have a particular focus on known gang members who will be «under intense scrutiny,» he said.

In accepting the award, Sir Fraser commented that the Feynman awards that year represented a unique, scientific «father and son» celebration since the winner in the Theory category was David A. Leigh, then of the University of Edinburgh, for «the design and synthesis of artificial molecular motors and machines from first principles»... «focusing on the construction of molecular machine systems that function in the realm of Brownian motion».

This year, I'm trying to make our celebration of Easter focused more on the actual reason for the holiday.

Now in its third year, Mind the Gap is a festival - wide celebration and call to action, focused on the intersection of women in film and tech, featuring films, panels, conversations and more.

Gradually, the celebration has changed over the years to what it was this year — one that focused on the «thanks» and the «giving» in the word «Thanksgiving.»

Both resources focus on - the legends, the animal zodiac, the re-union meal, Chinese New Year decorations, fireworks, customs, symbols, preparations, red envelopes, New Year's Eve, - New Year's Day, street celebrations - the Lion and Dragon Dance and the Lantern Festival.

The quiz focuses on - the re-union meal - Chinese New Year decorations - fireworks - customs - symbols - preparations - red envelopes - New Year's Eve - New Year's Day - Street Celebrations - the Lion and Dragon Dance - The Lantern Festival The quiz is appropriate for pupils of all ages and will contribute to the pupils» spiritual, moral, social and cultural learning (SMSC).

Our nation is rich in many cultural and religious traditions, and celebrations focusing on specific groups have grown and become more popular in the last twenty years.

Calum Petrie reports from Insomnia X Resonate — Glasgow 2017... The Resonate gaming festival launched in Glasgow last year and was held at the SEC (fomerly SECC),, bringing an extremely gaming focused celebration to Glasgow and was well received by those who attended.

Marking the occasion of the Faena Hotel's 10 - year anniversary, Faena Art Center commissiond the artistic collective assume vivid astro focus - a.k.a. avaf — to create a site - specific installation for revelry, participation and the celebration of community — the embodiment of the institution's values and its cultural manifesto.

The Museum District has recast its annual open house, known as Museum District Day, as a quarterly «Museum Experience,» presenting four focused celebrations throughout the year.

Focus on Artists is part of 75 Years of Looking Forward, a series of exhibitions and events organized in celebration of the museum's anniversary.

The committee skipped last year to focus on the museum's 50th anniversary celebrations and fundraisers, but when it last convened, in 2014, it set a new record for the weekend, raising $ 4.1 million to buy nine artworks.

This collection, which positions the Walker as a research center for Cunningham's work, was the subject of this year's institutional celebration Merce Cunningham: Common Time that focused on Cunningham's interdisciplinary collaborations.

So we used this natural moment of reflection and celebration as a framework for the focus of this year's Fair — to interrogate how closely the acts of «Looking Back & Looking Forward» are tied.

Sponsored by Deutsche Bank and designed by Universal Design Studio, this autumn's fair sees a few changes with the inclusion of two specialist sections: Focus, a celebration and fostering of emerging galleries up to 12 years old, and Live, a haven for performance or participatory - based work.

In celebration of ICA's 50th birthday, Chief Curator Ingrid Schaffner's annual frolic through the pastures of contemporary art this year focused on ICA's own backyard, approaching the museum's history as a microcosm of the broader contemporary art world.

Presented on the occasion of the one - hundredth anniversary of Matta's birth, Matta: A Centennial Celebration focuses on the later years of the artist's life, featuring 14 paintings, with the largest measuring 13 by 27 feet and many of which have never before been on public view outside Europe.

In celebration of the Prize's 60th anniversary year, an additional award will be offered to the first prize winner — a three - month fellowship at Liverpool John Moores University together with an in - focus solo display at the Walker Art Gallery in 2019.

The National Pro Bono Celebration focuses the nation's attention on the increased need for pro bono services during these challenging economic times and celebrates the outstanding work of lawyers who volunteer their services throughout the year.

This new endeavor — which is tied to the first day of the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration — is in support of the Hispanic Wealth Project initiative launched earlier this year by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, which seeks to focus on increasing homeownership, personal savings and small business ownership across the Hispanic demographic.

Some years this has involved going out of town to focus on our family, some years we have very simple and frugal holidays, and some years we throw big parties and go hog wild with the celebrations.