Sentences with phrase «of hometown hero»

The Noire gallery of Turin, Italy, meanwhile, has mounted a quietly intriguing show of hometown hero Alighiero Boetti, an excellent complement to his current exhibition at Gladstone Gallery in Chelsea.

The Italian artist is something of a hometown hero, having resided in the neighboring metropolis of Turin since graduating from its Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in the 1960s.

He is also something of a hometown hero, having trained at Williams and debuted in this museum ten years ago.»

He is also something of a hometown hero in the Netherlands.

It is in that spirit, then, that the city should welcome the DEP training center, which incidentally will retain the name of hometown hero Robert H. Dietz, killed in action in Germany 70 years ago on March 29.

The ad, which will start to air next week, portrays Amedore as a sort of hometown hero, with testimonials from people who witnessed him helping others.

But he has also made himself something of a hometown hero, which is no doubt something that might be very helpful when the election rolls around.

It wasn't a total racial situation; much of it was a case of the hometown hero against the interloper.

Jan 04,2016... 2Times the Stanley Cup has visited Anchorage in the last four years, courtesy of hometown hero Scott...

As Politico's Jack Shafer notes, «The Florida jury that found in Hogan's favor thought it was delivering a rebuke to morally reprobate coastal elites on behalf of a hometown hero.

Somewhat surprisingly, neither of these hometown heroes is a cheap date anymore.

Not exact matches

Toronto Blue Jays catcher (and hometown hero) Russell Martin on thriving under the stress of high - stakes situations when the whole world's watching:

Ohio Gov. John Kasich said in a statement, «John Glenn is, and always will be, Ohio's ultimate hometown hero, and his passing today is an occasion for all of us to grieve.»

That's where this enterprising hometown hero stepped in — to help people out of the devastation and darkness in her home city.

The audience was thrilled to see their hometown hero, and greeted tracks from Bird's best album, The Mysterious Production of Eggs, with giant cheers.

But he probably will be the only NFL player whose career started in eight - on - eight ball, who then became a hero for his home - state school, and whose family then refurbished an old bus and put couches in it to bring bunches of people from his 400 - some - person hometown to watch him play every week.

On Saturday, one rider, Alexis Vuillermoz of AG2R La Mondiale, got a hero's welcome by his hometown of Saint - Claude at the start of the final climb before the finish line.

Garrett spent draft day in his Texas hometown with family, best friends, old coaches, a couple of NFL legends and Guitar Hero.

If playing at FSU and then being drafted by a franchise in Florida didn't make the pressure even worse, i.e. having the additional pressure of being the hometown hero.

Really, it couldn't have been any other way: Of course the unlikeliest World Series champs in recent memory would be led by a kid who grew up a 45 - minute drive from Busch Stadium, quit baseball for a year after graduating from high school because he was burned out, and, after the Padres drafted him in the ninth round in 2006, was traded to his hometown team the next year for a childhood hero, Jim Edmonds.

In his early career he was the local boy made good, a boyhood fan of his hometown club Lecce who would become their hero and earn a move to the big time with the Serie A giants Juventus.

Any local in the crowd were also buoyed by a 15 - minute cameo from Welsh hero Gareth Bale, who goes down in history as one of only a handful of players to win the cup in his hometown.

John Liu, hometown hero, antes up and denies widespread rumors of a challenge to Congresswoman Grace Meng in NY6, even offering his endorsement to the beloved incumbent in his hometown.

The initial recognition of local hometown heroes was by Sally Urban, mother of LCPL Timothy G. Serwinowski who was killed in action in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Behind the steady pace of boots and the beat of Saranac Lake's High School Band, a hometown heroes float whisked seven Olympians down Main Street.

At the end of the 11 - day celebration, our hometown heroes like Yoba, Dash and others soon to be named are honored with induction into the Bronx Walk of Fame, where their names are emblazoned on a street sign to reside on the historic Grand Concourse forever.

It's not exactly a vote of confidence for the hometown hero.

Mr. Coffey, of course, is far from the only one bidding for upstate voters, who have no hometown hero among the candidates, all of whom are from New York City or its suburbs.

At the end of the 11 - day celebration, our hometown heroes like Mr. Thiebaud are honored with induction into the Bronx Walk of Fame, where their names are emblazoned on a street sign to reside on the historic Grand Concourse forever.

Justin Timberlake gyrated through his vast array of hits and paid tribute to hometown hero Prince in a solid but uneventful half - time show

Never at risk of becoming staid, indie distributor of the moment A24 returns to the weirdo Swiss Army Man well for this pizza - delivery slasher movie, starring hip - hop artist and Chicago hometown hero Chance The Rapper.

FLINT MOBILE Michael Moore interviewed by Harlan Jacobson Not Roger Moore, Michael Moore directed Roger & Me, the documentary sensation of the Eighties: in which our hero, Moore, wheels about his hometown, Flint, Mich., chronicling the devastation wrought when General Motors» Roger Smith closed up shop and moved it to Mexico.

Jia Zhangke and the Pingyao Film Festival By Andrew Chan China's preeminent art - house filmmaker looms large, but his brand - new hometown festival spotlights the conundrum of the independent mogul as hero

Woody, as Scott Foundas has pointed out, is the name of another ordinary guy mistaken by his hometown for a hero, in Preston Sturges's 1944 masterpiece Hail the Conquering Hhero, in Preston Sturges's 1944 masterpiece Hail the Conquering HeroHero.

John Manning There was no prouder bunch of revellers in the country on Eurovision night than in the packed out bar at Ollie's Place in Skerries where they cheered on the hometown hero, Ryan O'Shaughnessy as he took Ireland to the Eurovision final for the first time in five years.

-- and «borrows» the guitar of the great, long - dead hometown hero Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt) so he can play in the talent show during the Dia de los Muertos celebration.

Eden was, to my mind, the finest film in the strongest collection of Seattle and Washington - born and - based filmmaking ever screened at SIFF, in a line - up that was framed by opening night film Your Sister's Sister (from hometown hero Lynn Shelton, whose recent work put independent Seattle filmmaking on the map) and closing night film Grassroots, shot in Seattle and based on the book by former Stranger political reporter Phil Campbell.

Set in the fictional suburb of Arcadia, our unlikely hero, Jim, and his two best friends make a startling discovery that beneath their hometown lies a hidden battle between good trolls and bad, the outcome of which will impact their lives forever.

Evocatively shot in deep - focus black and white by Australian cinematographer Robert Krasker, who would go on to collaborate with Reed on The Third Man, the director's first masterpiece is a noir - inflected portrait of a tragic hero navigating his own hometown as a stranger.

Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty.

Mox's rise in rank to hometown hero is supplemented by a number of subplots.

Before Midnight, the latest film by hometown hero Richard Linklater, was one of the festival's most anticipated features, and it didn't disappoint.

Retromobile hometown hero Citroen celebrated anniversaries of two of its most - recognized heritage models, the 2CV «duex chevaux» people's car turns 70 years old in 2018 and the rough - and - ready 2CV - based Mehari utility vehicle turns 50 years old.

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The Canadian motorsport hero considers the high - speed, 2.45 - mile circuit to be his unofficial «home track» and has a remarkable win record in front of his hometown fans.

Available for preorder now wherever books are sold, the sequel to this year's hit read «The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World» finds our hero in the midst of a mysterious — and sinister — plot that threatens to overtake her hometown... and maybe the world!

Speaking of everyday heroes, Bob Welch's new book celebrates one of America's favorites, George Bailey, whose life forever changes his hometown of Bedford Falls in It's a Wonderful Life.

Almost from the start 40 years ago, I've educated the profession and the public on the healing power of pets, have been a visible and vocal proponent of The Bond, tried to be a good steward of the opportunities I've had to lecture to and on the behalf of the profession, and have focused daily on showcasing veterinarians everywhere as true pet health experts and hometown heroes.

A Golden Retriever named Moe is being hailed as a hero in his hometown of Pittsburg, California.

Experience the rise of Green Day from hometown punk heroes to worldwide musical vanguards.