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Arna (other)
Arna may refer to: People * Arna Bontemps (1902–1973), African-American poet, novelist, librarian, and member of the Harlem Renaissance * Arna Mer-Khamis (1929–1995), Israeli Jewish political and human rights activist * Arna Selznick, Canadian director and artist, known for directing Nelvana's 1985 animated film ''The Care Bears Movie'' * Arna Sif Pálsdóttir (born 1988), Icelandic team handball player * Arna Vågen (1905–2005), Norwegian missionary and politician for the Christian Democratic Party * Lissy Arna (1900–1964), German film actress Places * Arna (municipality), a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway (now part of Bergen) * Arna, Greece, a village in Laconia, Peloponnesus, peninsular Greece * Arna, Norway, a borough in the city of Bergen, Norway ** Arna-Bjørnar, an association football club * Arna Township, Pine County, Minnesota, a township in Pine County, Minnesota * Diocese of Arna, an ancient city and former bishopric, now Civitella d'Arna ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arna Bontemps
Arna Wendell Bontemps ( ) (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance. Early life Bontemps was born in Alexandria, Louisiana, into a Louisiana Creole family. His ancestors included free people of color and French colonists. His father was a contractor and sometimes would take his son to construction sites. As the boy got older, his father would take him along to speak-easies at night that featured jazz. His mother, Maria Carolina Pembroke, was a schoolteacher. Robert E. Fleming"Bontemps, Arna Wendell" ''American National Biography Online'', February 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2007. The family was Catholic, and Bontemps was baptized at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. They would later become Seventh-day Adventists. When Bontemps was three years old, his family moved to Los Angeles, California, in the Great Migration of blacks out of the South and into cities of the North, Midwest and West. They settled i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Arna
Civitella d'Arna is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Perugia in central Italy, and the Ancient city and former bishopric Arna, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. Town What was once an important town but now only a village of some 350 inhabitants stands atop a small hill (333 metres above sea level) about 9 kilometres east of the city of Perugia, the capital of Umbria (and of Perugia Province). On one side, it provides a view of that city along its main axis from the bell towers of San Pietro and San Domenico, to the Rocca Paolina fortress, the bell tower of the Palazzo dei Priori, the gateway of Porta Sole and the Convent of Monteripido. On the other side, it looks towards Assisi, Spello, Trevi, Bastia, the dome of Santa Maria degli Angeli, and beyond them to Foligno, Bevagna, Montefalco, and as far as the Rocca (castle) of Spoleto. History Civitella d'Arna boasts of Umbrian origins, but it was the Etruscans who were chiefly responsible for its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arna Church
Arna Church ( no, Arna kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Indre Arna. It is one of two churches in the Arna parish which is part of the Åsane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in 1864 using plans drawn up by the architect Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth. The church seats about 280 people. History In 1861, a cemetery was built in Arna, and soon after, planning began for a church at the cemetery. Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth was hired to design the new church and a man named Wangberg was hired as the lead builder. The church was completed in 1864, a date that is prominently displayed on the side of the church, and it was consecrated in 1865. The church received its first organ in 1912. In 1928, the church interior was refurbished and repainted. In 1936, a sacristy was built on the north and south sides of the choir usi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arna (publication)
''Arna'', commonly styled as ''ARNA'', is an annual literary journal published by the University of Sydney Arts Students Society. Originally named ''The Arts Journal of the University of Sydney'', it was published regularly between 1918 and 1974 under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts and in 1938 the journal was renamed ''The ARNA: The Journal of the Arts Society''. Publishing of the journal ceased unexpectedly in 1974. After a hiatus of 34 years, publication recommenced in 2008 with the revival of the Sydney Arts Students' Society. Former distinguished editors and contributors include Samuel Beckett, Robert Hughes, Clive James, Lex Banning, Harold Stewart, Geoffrey Lehmann and Les Murray. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arna (moth)
''Arna'' is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') .... The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855. It contains many species formerly included in the genus '' Euproctis'', such as '' Arna bipunctapex''. Species The following species are included in the genus. *'' Arna apicalis'' Walker, 1865 *'' Arna atomarina'' van, Eecke 1928 *'' Arna bipunctapex'' Hampson, 1891 *'' Arna erema'' Collenette, 1932 *'' Arna flavolimbatulana'' Strand, 1918 *'' Arna mesilauensis'' Holloway, 1976 *'' Arna micronides'' van, Eecke 1928 *'' Arna minutissima'' Swinhoe, 1903 *'' Arna perplexa'' Swinhoe, 1903 *'' Arna phaulida'' Collenette, 1938 *'' Arna pseudoconspersa'' *'' Arna schistocarpa'' Collenette, 1949 References * Lymantriinae M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ytre Arna
Ytre Arna is a settlement in the borough of Arna in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. Ytre Arna is principally associated with ''A/S Arne Fabrikker'', the country's first mechanised cotton mill. Ytre Arna Church () is also located in the village. The village has a population (2012) of 2,626 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ... of . Since 2013, Statistics Norway no longer tracked separate population statistics for Ytre Arna, instead the village was incorporated into a larger urban area called Arna. References Villages in Vestland Neighbourhoods of Bergen {{Bergen-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indre Arna
Indre Arna is a suburban village in the borough of Arna in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. While Indre Arna is relatively far from most of the city centre by road, there is an 8-minute train journey through the mountain Ulriken from Indre Arna to the city centre. Arna Church is located in the village. The village has a population (2012) of 6,536 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ... of . Since 2013, Statistics Norway no longer tracked separate population statistics for Indre Arna, instead the village was incorporated into a larger urban area called Arna. References Villages in Vestland Neighbourhoods of Bergen {{Bergen-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arna Township, Pine County, Minnesota
Arna Township is a township in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 86 at the 2000 census. History Arna Township was founded on March 11, 1910. Its name was proposed by a county auditor by the name of W.H. Hamlin. Early settlers to the area were attracted by land sales and the lumber industry. In 1912 the Soo Line Railroad passed through Arna Township, and the community of Markville sprang up with the railroad. By 1920 the population of Arna had reached a peak of 350, but this number steadily decreased over the following decades.Jim Cordes "Pine County... and its Memories" p. 292. In 1981, the last train passed through Markville, and the railroad bed was subsequently dismantled and replaced by the Gandy Dancer Trail, which is currently used almost exclusively by All Terrain Vehicles and snowmobiles. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.45%) is water. Located within Arna Towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arna Mer-Khamis
Arna Mer-Khamis (20 March 1929 – 15 February 1995) was an Israeli Jewish political and human rights activist. In 1993, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "passionate commitment to the defence and education of the children of Palestine." Biography Arna Mer was born in 1929, in Rosh Pinna, at the time Mandate Palestine. Mer's father was Gideon Mer, a Lithuanian-born Jewish scientist who pioneered the study of malaria during the British Mandate. Mer fought with the Palmach and Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Mer married Saliba Khamis, a Christian Arab and a prominent member of Maki and had three sons: Spartacus, Juliano (who adopted the name Juliano Mer-Khamis), and Abir. Juliano, an actor, filmmaker, and peace activist who was murdered in 2011, directed the film '' Arna's Children'' about Mer's work with the Freedom Theatre. Political activism Mer was an active member of the Communist party in Israel. During the First Intifada, as part of a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arna-Bjørnar
Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen. It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from ''IL Bjørnar'' and ''Arna T&IL'', and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The women's team has played since then in the '' Toppserien'' apart from the 2005 season when it was in the First divisjon. Prominent members of the women's team (2009) are goalkeepers Reidun Seth and Erika Skarbø, and Nigerian keeper Precious Dede brought in to cover while Skarbø recovers from a long-term wrist injury. Arna-Bjørnar has earned a reputation for developing young players and the squad includes the former and current Norway Under-19 captains, Maren Mjelde and Kristine Hegland, and prominent former Under-19 players Caroline Walde and Ingrid Ryland, both now Under-23 players, as well as senior international Madeleine Giske who played in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007. The team has players in Norway's Under-17 team also. Arna-Bj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
