Lenora Rogers's Blog, page 98
April 5, 2016
Harkness Ballet History
Biography of Mr. Sherlock Holmes…
―”The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle Little is known of Holmes’ early life or his family background, save that he is the grand nephew of the French artist Emile Jean Horace Vernet.[citationneeded] An estimate of Holmes’s age in “His Last Bow” places his year of birth at 1...
Radovan Karadžić
Radovan Karadžić ( born 19 June 1945) is a former Bosnian Serb politician and convicted war criminal who served as the President of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War and sought the direct unification of that entity with Serbia.
Educated as a psychiatrist, he co-founded the Serb Democratic Party in Bosnia and Herzegovina and served as the first President of Republika Srpska from 1992 to 1996. He was a fugitive from 1996 until July 2008 after having been indicted for war c...
April 4, 2016
Poisonous Lipsticks to die for – Part 2
As Christianity took hold in Europe and the dark ages started creeping in along with the burning of books, black cats and witches (who were probably just strong opinionated women that weak men had problems with), lipsticks became a thing of the past and was almost completely written out of the history books
However, it made a resurgence when the dramatic, no-nonsense English Queen took hold of the throne. This was only after her crazy dad beheaded and divorced his 6 wives a...
Poisonous Lipsticks to die for – Part 1
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So where did lipsticks come from and what is it made from besides fish scales?
And did you know that even the Church waded in on its controversy. They actually banned the stuff claiming that it was exclusively reserved for Tarts, Whores and Harlots and something to do with the “incarnation of Satan”
Mind you, they said the same thing about red shoes but I think that stopped when a couple of them were caught playing dress up in size 14 Red Velvet Closed Toe Mary Jane Heels....
April 1, 2016
An Uncommon Sister – Christian Bruce
History... the interesting bits!
Turnberry Castle
Christian Bruce was one of the many children of Sir Robert le Brus, Lord of Annandale, and his wife Marjorie, Countess of Carrick in her own right. Christian was one of 11 children, with 5 boys and 5 girls surviving infancy. Unfortunately we don’t know when she was born, nor whether or not she was an older or younger sibling.
Christian was probably born at her father’s castle of Turnberry sometime in the 1370s or early 1380s.
Christian’s gr...
March 30, 2016
Paris Opera’s Aurélie Dupont dances Two Martha Graham Roles for the 90th Anniversary Gala, April 17th, 2016….
There are still great seats left to see this international star in two stunning Graham roles.
Aurélie Dupont & Lloyd Mayor in Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring. Photo: Ann Ray. annraystudio.com
Aurélie Dupont
with the
Martha Graham Dance Company!
Join us
April 18, 2016, 7:00pm
New York City Center and The University Club of New York
black tie suggested
HAUNTED BY HISTORY
The History Major: A NovellaWritten by Michael Phillip Cash
I received a copy of this book in return for an honest non-biased review.
Hung over college student Amanda Greene wakes up in her dorm to an unsettling situation. She vaguely remembers a fight the night before with her boyfriend, Patrick, and partying with her two best girlfriends who don’t like him. But her room is at once familiar and strangely different; her roommate is someone she has never met. Fin...
