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Kindred (other)
Kindred is one's family and relations by kinship. It may also refer to: In media Literature * ''Kindred'' (novel), a 1979 science fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler * ''Kindred'' (book), a 2020 book by Rebecca Wragg Sykes Film * ''Kindred'' (film), a 2020 British horror film * ''The Kindred'' (1987 film), an American horror film * ''The Kindred'' (2021 film), a British horror film Television * ''Kindred'' (TV series), a 2022 television series based on the Butler novel * '' Kindred: The Embraced'', an American television series produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television * "Kindred" (''Heroes''), the third episode of the second season of the NBC science fiction drama series ''Heroes'' * "Kindred", an episode in the fourth season of the animated series '' Star Wars Rebels'' * "The Kindred" (''Stargate Atlantis''), an episode in the fourth season of ''Stargate Atlantis'' Music * ''Kindred'' (Jacky Terrasson and Stefon Harris album), 2001 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kindred (novel)
''Kindred ''is a novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler that incorporates time travel and is modeled on slave narratives. First published in 1979, it is still widely popular. It has been frequently chosen as a text for community-wide reading programs and book organizations, as well as being a common choice for high school and college courses. The book is the first-person account of a young African-American writer, Dana, who finds herself being shunted in time between her Los Angeles, California home in 1976 and a pre-Civil War Maryland plantation. There she meets her ancestors: a proud Black freewoman and a white planter who has forced her into slavery and concubinage. As Dana's stays in the past become longer, she becomes intimately entangled with the plantation community. She makes hard choices to survive slavery and to ensure her return to her own time. ''Kindred '' explores the dynamics and dilemmas of antebellum slavery from the sensibility of a late 20th-century Black w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kindred
''Kindred: The Embraced'' is an American television series produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television. Loosely based on the role-playing game '' Vampire: The Masquerade'', the series premiered on Fox on April 2, 1996, and ran for seven episodes before it was canceled with one episode unaired on May 9, 1996. Synopsis The series initially focused on San Francisco Police Detective Frank Kohanek (C. Thomas Howell) who discovers his city is home to numerous vampires while investigating alleged mobster Julian Luna (Mark Frankel). Julian is not really a mobster, as Frank thinks; in fact, he is the Prince of the city, the ruler of five groups of vampires in the city, collectively called "the Kindred". Frank had been romantically involved with Julian's former lover; Alexandra. Before Alexandra dies as punishment for breaking the "Masquerade" she asks Julian to protect Frank as a special favor to her; which he does. The two form an odd sort of friendship as the series p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kindred Jenkins Morris
Kindred Jenkins Morris (1819-1884) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1869 to 1871. Early life Morris was born in December 1819 in Davidson County, Tennessee Davidson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in the heart of Middle Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 715,884, making it the second most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Nashville .... Career Morris worked for the firm Morris and Stratton for thirty-three years. He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1869 to 1871. Personal life and death Morris was married to Jane Morris. They had a son, Walter M. Morris, who died by accident while loading his gun at the age of seventeen. He died in 1884, and he is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville. References 1819 births 1884 deaths Mayors of Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee Democrats 19th-century American politicians Burials at Mount Olivet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kindred McLeary
Kindred McLeary (December 3, 1901, Weimar, Texas – May 29, 1949) was an American architect, artist and educator. Education Kindred McLeary studied architecture at the University of Texas and earned his degree in 1927. While teaching at the University of Texas the following year, McLeary entered one of his paintings, ''Cotton'', in a national art exhibit at the Witte Memorial Museum in San Antonio. The painting portrayed an African-American woman reclining in a field of cotton with several men standing around her, one of them strumming a guitar. Some artists and ministers attacked the picture as obscene, but the art curator of the museum defended it and kept it hanging throughout the exhibit, despite the controversy. Career McLeary began teaching architecture at Carnegie Tech in the autumn of 1928. McLeary was also a noted muralist. His best-known mural, ''Defense of Human Freedoms'' (1942), sometimes referred to as ''America the Mighty'', dominates the 21st Street, N.W. lobb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sascha Kindred
Sascha Kindred, (born 13 December 1977 in Münster, Germany) is a British swimmer who has competed in six Summer Paralympic Games, winning thirteen medals. Early life Born in Germany, Kindred moved to Britain at the age of 3. He began swimming for a club at the age of 11. He attended Mossley Hollins High School and Kaskenmoor secondary school for a short period of time before going into training at local swimming clubs such as Oldham. Kindred has cerebral palsy, which affects the right side of his body. He competes in the S6 (butterfly), SM6 ( medley) and SB7 (breaststroke) classifications. Paralympic career Sascha is one of the most successful Paralympic athletes ever, taking part in 6 Paralympic Games. Kindred first competed at the Paralympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and won a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke SB7. In May 2016 it has been announced that he will be representing Great Britain once more, and for the 6th time, in the Paralympic Games in Rio later in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parker Kindred
Parker Kindred is an American drummer who played in the band of Jeff Buckley, appearing on his unfinished second album, ''Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk'' in 1997, as well as playing live with Buckley and the rest of his band at Arlene's Grocery on February 9, 1997. Kindred was introduced to Buckley through Mick Grøndahl, then Buckley's bassist, as a permanent replacement for Eric Eidel after mainstay drummer Matt Johnson left the band at the end of the Australian leg of the tour. After Buckley's death Kindred continued to work with the other band members on other projects in New York City. Kindred, with Michael Tighe and Buckley's then-girlfriend, Joan Wasser, formed Black Beetle. Shortly after Wasser embarked on a solo career and the band split up. However Tighe and Kindred continued to play together and later went on to form The A.M. with bassist Andrew Wyatt. Their debut self-titled LP was released in 2003 by Storm Music. Since then he has worked with numerous othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyree Kindred
Nyree Elise Kindred MBE (''née'' Lewis; born 21 September 1980 in Rhondda, Wales) is a Welsh swimmer who has competed in the Paralympic Games on four occasions winning ten medals. Early life Kindred took up swimming at the age of 5, having been taken to a swimming pool by her aunt. Kindred has a form of cerebral palsy and therefore competes in the S6 (butterfly, backstroke, freestyle), SM6 ( medley) and SB5 (breaststroke) classifications. Paralympic career Kindred's first appearance at a Paralympics came at the 2000 Games in Sydney, where she won 3 medals, 2 silver and a bronze. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics Kindred won her first Paralympic gold medal in the S6 100 metres backstroke event, in a new Paralympic record time of 1:32.03. She followed this up with another gold in the 4×50 m medley 20 pts relay, silver medals in both the 100 m breaststroke SB5 and 200 m SM6 individual medley, and a bronze in the 400 m freestyle S6. In the 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Kindred
Lisa Kindred (1940 – November 11, 2019) was an American folk and blues singer. Kindred, born in 1940 in Buffalo, New York, was a figure in the Greenwich Village and Cambridge, Massachusetts folk scenes of the 1960s. She played with Bob Dylan, Dave Van Ronk and other legendary folk singers, and was mentored by guitarist and songwriter Fred Neil. She performed at the Cafe Wha?, Club 47, The Bitter End and other venues.Golden Gate Grooves - Issue 11 ''The Golden Gate Blues Society Quarterly'', Johnny Ace & Cathy Lemons, October 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2018. In that extraordinary musical era in the Village, she was influenced as well by visiting blues greats such as |
John J
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flash Flanagan
Christopher Kindred (born April 6, 1974) is an American professional wrestler who has appeared in numerous independent wrestling leagues, such as Xtreme Championship Wrestling, as well as the global phenomenon companies, World Wrestling Entertainment, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and the International Wrestling Association, and is best known by his ring names Flash Flanagan and Slash Venom. Professional wrestling career Early in his career, Kindred formed a team with Wolfie D, known as The Blacksheep. Flanagan also formed teams with Billy Travis, Nick Dinsmore, and Steven Dunn. Flanagan wrestled one match on '' WWF Monday Night Raw'' losing to Brian Christopher; he then wrestled 3 matches in 1999 on ''WWF Shotgun Saturday Night'' all in losing efforts. From 1999 to 2002, he was signed to a developmental deal with the WWF/WWE. After being released from WWE, he worked in NWA:TNA as Kobain in The Disciples of the New Church with former partner Wolfie D (Slash). After TNA, he wre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Kindred
Dave Kindred (born April 12, 1941) is an American sportswriter. Early life and education Kindred was born on April 12, 1941, in Atlanta, Illinois, USA. When he was a teenager his mother bought him a typewriter for his birthday and he wrote about Stan Musial. At around the same age, he aspired to become a sportswriter like Red Smith and would pick up his columns from the train station every Sunday morning. Kindred attended Atlanta High School where he played on their basketball team, leading them to the 1959 regional championship. He continued his aspirations to become a sportswriter although he was discouraged by his English teacher who said, "Maybe one day you can grow up and be a foreign correspondent." After graduating, Kindred attended Illinois Wesleyan University on a journalism scholarship and competed on their Division III baseball team. While in school and for two years after, he worked full-time on the sports section of ''The Pantagraph''. He found his time at the paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, ''Warcraft III'', Riot's founders sought to develop a stand-alone game in the same genre. Since its release in October 2009, ''League'' has been free-to-play and is monetized through Freemium, purchasable character customization. The game is available for Microsoft Windows and macOS. In the game, two teams of five players battle in player-versus-player combat, each team occupying and defending their half of the map. Each of the ten players controls a character, known as a "champion", with unique abilities and differing styles of play. During a match, champions become more powerful by collecting experience points, earning gold, and purchasing Item (game terminology), items to defeat the opposing team. In ''League' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
