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The Walnut Hill School
Walnut Hill School for the Arts is an independent boarding school and day school for the arts located in Natick, Massachusetts, United States. It is intended for student artists in grade 9-12. History and programs Boarding school Walnut Hill was founded in 1893 by Florence Bigelow and Charlotte Conant as a college preparatory school for women and a feeder school for Wellesley College. Even as a traditional private boarding school for girls, Walnut Hill's arts programs were strong. The school was home to acclaimed Fenway Studios artist and teacher Marion L. Pooke, class of 1901, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author and Poet Laureate Elizabeth Bishop, class of 1930. It became coeducational and arts-focused in the late 1970s in response to changes in the educational landscape. Majors Students at Walnut Hill major in one of five arts disciplines: dance, music, theatre, visual art, and writing, film, and media arts. Writing, film and media arts classes include but are not limited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Monadnock
Mount Monadnock, or Grand Monadnock, is a mountain in the towns of Jaffrey and Dublin, New Hampshire. It is the most prominent mountain peak in southern New Hampshire and is the highest point in Cheshire County. It lies southwest of Concord and northwest of Boston. At , Mount Monadnock is nearly higher than any other mountain peak within and rises above the surrounding landscape. Monadnock's bare, isolated, and rocky summit provides expansive views. It is known for being featured in the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Mt. Monadnock has long been cited as one of the most frequently climbed mountains in the world. It bears a number of hiking trails, including the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail and the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway.DeLorme Topo USA 6.0. (2006). Mapping software. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. The summit is barren largely because of fires set by early settlers. The first major fire, set in 1800 to clear the lower slopes for pasture, swept throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Hemmens
Heather Hemmens is an American actress, film director, and film producer. She is best known for her role as Alice Verdura in The CW series ''Hellcats'' (2010-2011). She starred as Stacy Collins in the Netflix comedy ''Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!'' opposite Jamie Foxx and currently stars as Maria DeLuca in the series ''Roswell, New Mexico (TV series), Roswell, New Mexico'', which premiered in January, 2019 on The CW. Previous credits include the Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN series, ''If Loving You Is Wrong'', where she played Marcie Holmes for five seasons. Early life Hemmens was raised in the woods of Waldo, Maine with her two older brothers and older sister. Hemmens attended Mount View High School in Thorndike, Maine, before attending the performing arts high school Walnut Hill School, Walnut Hill School for the Arts near Boston for her final two years of high school graduating in 2002. She went to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career upon graduating. She has a black belt in martia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ground Floor
A storey (British English) or story (American English) is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the word are ''storeys'' (UK) and ''stories'' (US). The terms ''floor'', ''level'', or ''deck'' are used in similar ways, except that it is usual to speak of a "16-''storey'' building", but "the 16th ''floor''". The floor at ground or street level is called the "ground floor" (i.e. it needs no number; the floor below it is called "basement", and the floor above it is called "first") in many regions. However, in some regions, like the U.S., ''ground floor'' is synonymous with ''first floor'', leading to differing numberings of floors, depending on region – even between different national varieties of English. The words ''storey'' and ''floor'' normally exclude levels of the building that are not covered by a roof, such as the terrace on the rooftops of many buildings. Nevertheless, a flat r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briga Heelan
Briga Heelan (pronunciation ) (born April 2, 1987) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her work on the sitcoms ''Cougar Town'', ''Ground Floor'', ''Undateable'', ''Love'', ''Great News'', and ''B Positive''. Early life and education Heelan was born in Andover, Massachusetts, the daughter of actress and Lowell Public Schools teacher Kimball Heelan and playwright Kevin Heelan. She has a brother named Conor. Heelan's father, as well as being a dramatist, has been a faculty member at Phillips Andover Academy since 1983. Heelan attended Walnut Hill School for the Arts and studied for a year at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, before transferring to the University of Southern California. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2009. At graduation, Heelan received the James B. Pendleton Award for outstanding contributions to the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Career Heelan intended to focus on musical theatre. She met her ''Ground Floor'' co-star, Skyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Hansis
Van Hansis (born Evan Vanfossen Hansis on September 25, 1981) is an American actor. Hansis portrayed the rich Luke Snyder on the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'' from December 14, 2005 until the show's final episode September 17, 2010. The son of long running characters on the series, Luke is known for a gay romantic storyline cited as one of the first in American daytime television. Hansis has had guest roles on several television series and starred in the 2011 thriller film ''Occupant''. In December 2012, he began playing the role of Thom in the dark comedy web series ''EastSiders''. Hansis later played Jess Gibson in the 2013 horror film ''Devil May Call'', and starred as Dusty in the 2015 LGBT mystery film '' Kiss Me, Kill Me''. Hansis was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2007, 2008 and 2009 for his ''As the World Turns'' role, and was nominated again in 2016 for his role on ''EastSiders''. Early life and education Hansis was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Fowlie
Jimmy Fowlie () is an American actor, writer and comedian who publishes YouTube content. Formerly of The Groundlings, he produced ''Go-Go Boy Interrupted'', an LGBT-themed comedy web series based on his live sketch comedy show of the same name. He is also known for writing and performing as Emma Stone in the one-woman Off-Broadway show ''So Long Boulder City''. Career Fowlie appeared on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', ''The Joe Schmo Show'', and online shorts by CollegeHumor and '' Nacho Punch''. He appeared on HBO's '' The Comeback'' in 2014, and is a participant in the ''CBS Diversity Showcase''. Fowlie began performing with The Groundlings around 2012, later teaching improv with the troupe. Starting in June 2014 he began performing ''Go-Go Boy Interrupted'', an LGBT-themed sketch comedy show, at The Groundlings theater. A few months later he adapted the show into a web series first shown on YouTube in October 2014. It chronicles the adventures of Danny Carter, a 30-year-old "washed up" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Finnegan
Fletcher Christian Finnegan (born April 1, 1973), better known as Christian Finnegan, is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York City. Early life Finnegan was born in Albany, New York. He grew up in Acton, Massachusetts, and attended The Walnut Hill School, a boarding/day high school focused on programs in the performing, visual, and creative arts and located in Natick, Massachusetts. Career Finnegan is perhaps best known as one of the original panelists on VH1's ''Best Week Ever'' and as Chad, the only white roommate in the “Mad Real World” sketch on Comedy Central's ''Chappelle's Show''. He can currently be seen as co-host of "Black and White", a series airing on A&E which he created and executive produces. He also co-stars in the TBS series '' Are We There Yet?''. He also co-hosted Zest TV’s web travel show “CustomNATION” and his own music-centric podcast Audio Spackle which debuted on Cave Comedy Radio in January 2013. Finnegan has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Rayna Russom
Gavin is a male given name originating from Scotland. It is a variation on the medieval name Gawain, meaning "God send" or "white hawk" (or falcon). Sir Gawain was a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' is an epic poem connected with King Arthur's Round Table. Gawain beheads the Green Knight who promptly replaces his head and threatens Gawain an identical fate the same time next year. Decapitation figures elsewhere: the Italian name Gavino is the name of an early Christian martyr (San Gavino, Porto Torres, Sardinia) who was beheaded in 300 AD, his head being thrown in the Mediterranean Sea only later reunited and interred with his body. People with the given name People with the surname * Agnes Gavin (1872–1947), Australian actor and screenwriter * Andy Gavin (born 1970), American programmer * Barrie Gavin (born 1935), British film director * Barry Gavin (1944–2017), Australian rules footballer * Bill Gavin (1907–1985), American rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel (string Quartet)
Ethel is a New York based string quartet that was co-founded in 1998 by Ralph Farris, viola; Dorothy Lawson, cello; Todd Reynolds, violin; and Mary Rowell, violin. Unlike most string quartets, Ethel plays with amplification and integrates improvisation into its performances. The group's current membership includes violinists Kip Jones and Corin Lee. Ethel performs original music as well as works by notable contemporary composers such as Julia Wolfe, John Zorn, Don Byron, Marcelo Zarvos, Pamela Z, Phil Kline, John King and many more. The group's 2004–2005 season culminated with a 45-city U.S. and European tour with the rock musicians Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren, which included an appearance on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. Their 2005–2006 season included the Cantaloupe Music release of its second CD, ''Light'', performances at BAM Next Wave Festival with choreographer Wally Cardona in New York, first-time performances in Miami (Florida), the Krannert Center for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Farris
Ralph Farris (born Ralph Howard Farris, Jr., 1970) is an American violist, violinist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor, best known as a founding member and artistic director of the ensemble ETHEL. Farris is an electric string player with a lengthy career that spans the gamut of musical genres from rock and jazz to Broadway. His instruments are outfitted with a piezoelectric pickup which allows him to play amplified. Amplification was initially adopted early in Farris's career in order to facilitate the playing of various "contemporary classical" pieces that involve electronic components. It continues to be integral to his signature sound. Early life Farris was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970, the son of musicians, Nancy DuCette Farris and Ralph Howard Farris. He began studying music at the age of 3, beginning with recorder and piano, moving on to violin at age six. As a boy soprano, he was featured as a soloist in several of his parents' Ralph Farris Chorale pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Growing Up Fisher
''Growing Up Fisher'' is an American sitcom that began airing mid-season on NBC as part of the 2013–14 United States network television schedule. The semi-autobiographical single camera series was created by D. J. Nash. On January 10, 2014, NBC announced that ''Growing Up Fisher'' would premiere following the 2014 Olympics on Sunday, February 23, 2014, at 10:30 pm, and then move to its regular timeslot on Tuesday, March 4, at 9:30 pm following '' About a Boy''. On May 9, 2014, NBC canceled ''Growing Up Fisher'' after one season. Plot The family of 11-year-old Henry ( Eli Baker) begins to function after the divorce of blind father and lawyer Mel (J.K. Simmons) and mother Joyce ( Jenna Elfman). The series follows everyday situations the family goes through, often involving Henry's sister Katie ( Ava Deluca-Verley) and normal situations the parents handle, usually in a comical way. Cast Main *J. K. Simmons as Mel Fisher * Eli Baker as Henry Fisher * Ava Deluca-Verley as Katie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
