Emily King

Oct 23, 2024 | thenews-gazette.com | Emily King

Born To Conduct Mainella The New Artistic Director Of Rockbridge SymphonyMatthew Mainella, who recently became the artistic director of the Rockbridge Symphony, may be a new resident of Virginia, but he is no stranger to the Blue Ridge mountains and Shenandoah Valley.

Dec 27, 2023 | de-fines.com | Emily King

By Emily King Image source: UnsplashClogs. They're undoubtedly a shoe that divides opinion, but in 2023, they've been all the rage. Gone are the days of orthopaedic shoes of dentists, nurses and gardeners worn for comfort and convenience. Enter a new world of clogs, clomping their way into our lives for the long term. To really paint you a picture of the evolution of the clog, we need to take a tour of their history. Amazingly, the iconic wooden clog can be traced back to Holland in the 1300s.

Oct 16, 2023 | bookstr.com | Emily King

In fiction, writers have a nearly limitless canvas of possibility to work with, the concepts only limited by personal preference. Thus over time, we have seen countless different abstractions of the world and what lives in it. Today though, we will be focusing on a specific topic, that of hybrids. What if this creature had wings? Or a tail? Or fangs and claws? These ideas lead to the version of hybrids we find in fiction!By definition, the word hybrid has two versions, a noun and an adjective.

Aug 25, 2023 | acltv.com | Emily King |Robert Glasper

Keyboardist Robert Glasper runs on parallel paths, one in which he’s one of the most celebrated jazz pianists of the last couple of decades, and the other in which he’s an award-winning R&B producer and bandleader. Combining his passions, his Black Radio series with the Robert Glasper Experiment racked up Grammys, and found the Houston native collaborating with singers and rappers from across the musical spectrum, from Lalah Hathaway and Yasiin Bey to H.E.R. and Meshell Ndegeocello.

Jun 18, 2023 | bookstr.com | Emily King

If you are anything like me, the term Juneteenth was a bit foreign. In school, we were taught about Abraham Lincoln and his role in the emancipation of the enslaved people that lived in America, oftentimes having that day referred to as Emancipation Day. However, that is not the true Emancipation Day, as I have come to learn. Let’s take a look at the history of Juneteenth.