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“Much Better Late Than Never: Collector's Curry Autograph Saga - Sports Collectors Daily” plus 2 more

“Much Better Late Than Never: Collector's Curry Autograph Saga - Sports Collectors Daily” plus 2 more


Much Better Late Than Never: Collector's Curry Autograph Saga - Sports Collectors Daily

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 06:40 PM PST

Bay Area Golden State Warriors fan and collector Javier Gonzales spent several nervous months waiting for the return of a giant Steph Curry poster he had paid to have autographed. 

"It looks like one of those street banners that hang on the lamp-post when the playoffs come," Gonzales told KGO-TV.

The private signing was scheduled to happen through Steiner Sports last spring but had to be postponed–twice.

"I was excited and nervous because now it's out of my possession," Gonzales recalled.

He had confirmation the banner was delivered to Steiner and the autograph session finally happened in August  but then came news that Fanatics had purchased the company and Gonzales was still waiting as summer came to a close.  He was assured the signed poster would be on its way soon but when summer turned to fall and he still didn't have it, he called Michael Finney, "7 On Your Side" consumer reporter for KGO-TV, the local ABC TV affiliate.

They called Fanatics and with a half hour, things began to happen…and it all turned out even better than expected.

Watch the story below.

About Rich Mueller

Rich is the editor and founder of Sports Collectors Daily. A broadcaster and writer for more than 30 years and a collector for even longer than that, he's usually typing something somewhere. Type him back at [email protected]

Five events to watch for in August - Penn: Office of University Communications

Posted: 01 Aug 2019 12:00 AM PDT

The wind down of summer and wind up of the new semester shine through the cracks in the hot and humid days of August. 

Early in the month, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and Lightbox Film Center, BlackStar Film Festival hosts a slew of screenings and talks celebrating the African diaspora and black cinema. Teasing the semester to come, shortly after, is a new 12@12 lecture at the Arthur Ross Gallery, featuring Stuart Weitzman School of Design Dean Frederick Steiner. And, at Penn Museum several times this month, patrons can traipse through the galleries and imbibe in the tales of ancient alcohol. 

Here, find five events happening on campus and beyond.

The Apollo sign hangs over bustling New York city street
A screenshot from "The Apollo," a 2019 documentary film screening at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo courtesy: BlackStar Film Festival)

A celebration of visual storytelling of the African diaspora and global communities of color, BlackStar Film Festival ushers in its eighth annual showcase, bringing a series of screenings and conversations to the ICA, Annenberg Center, and Lightbox. 

At Lightbox is, among other films, the Philadelphia premiere of the 78-minute documentary "Vision Portraits," portraying the lives of artists with low vision, including photographer John Dugdale, dancer Kayla Hamilton, writer Ryan Knighton, and Rodney Evans, director of the film. That screens Friday, Aug. 2, at 1 p.m.

On Aug. 3, meanwhile, the Annenberg Center screens "The Apollo," a documentary film starring Jamie Foxx, Patti LaBelle, and Smokey Robinson that dives into New York City's historic Apollo Theater and the influence its held on American music, culture, and race for 85 years. Academy Award-winning documentarian Roger Ross Williams directs.

The festival will culminate in the closing-night screening, on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 6 p.m., of Solange Knowles' art film "When I Get Home." Though Knowles directed and edited the film, it features several contributing directors as well as art from Autumn Knight, Robert Pruitt, and Gio Escobar. This is an extended version of the original film.

12@12: Stuart Weitzman School of Design Dean Frederick Steiner (Wednesday, Aug. 7, noon)

Penn Design Dean Frederick Steiner Earth Day 2018
Frederick Steiner, Dean of Penn's School of Design. (Photo: Eric Sucar)

The 12@12 lecture series, held the first Wednesday of every month, kicks off for the 2019-20 academic year at the Arthur Ross Gallery, where Steiner delivers a lecture about Laurel McSherry's design practice. 

McSherry is an award-winning architect whose work is included in the Kroiz Gallery's Ian McHarg retrospective exhibit, "Design With Nature Now," and featured in the Arthur Ross Gallery exhibit "A Book of Days," showcasing her work in design and research related to watersheds. 

Steiner will discuss her participation in the 2003-04 Flight 93 National Memorial International Competition, the 2012 Arid Lands Institute William Turnbull Competition, and the New York City Aquarium and Public Waterfront Competition. He'll also explain how she uses video, prints, and found objects to explore time and landscape in unconventional ways. 

Group of people doing a cheers with beer

Penn Museum hosts three tours and tastings in August, highlighting Greek drinking games, hieroglyphs that indicate alcohol rations for the afterlife, and vessels served at a feast for King Midas. 

The tour, says Amanda Grady, who organizes the events, was a creation of graduate students at Penn and is part of the Museum's Graduate Guide Program. Graduate students studying subjects related to the Museum put together tours that demonstrate expertise while also putting forward creative spins on the traditional museum tour. This 45-minute tour-tasting hybrid discusses the work of Pat McGovern, a Penn biomolecular microbiologist, and ends with a sample of Dogfish Head Brewery's Midas Touch beer, brewed in collaboration with Penn Museum and based on careful chemical analysis of drinking vessels sealed in the tomb of King Midas during a funerary feast. 

But it's also a unique opportunity to hear from students about their experiences on excavations and their career progress.

"You get first-hand insight into what it's like to be an archaeology student at Penn, and what it's like to be on an excavation from a different perspective," Grady says. "And it's a really fun tour."

The EVER Ensemble, known for crossing musical genres and cultures, consists of flutist and vocalist Ruth Naomi Floyd; lead vocalist, keyboardist, and xylophonist Valerie Gay; harpist Candica Lark; and celloist Ezgi Yargici. They'll perform inside the Hamilton Mansion Sunday afternoon.

Gay approached The Woodlands about a performance after visiting and realizing the acoustics in the mansion would be a perfect match with their sound. The Woodlands, for its part, was enthusiastic about highlighting an ensemble of all women and one that covered a variety of time periods and cultures. 

Expect to hear everything from jazz to pop music.

Since 2016, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, Fairmount Park Conservancy, and FCM Hospitality have partnered to put a beer garden—complete with hammocks and chairs—on tour, rotating from park to park around the city for multi-day residencies. For Labor Day Weekend, the outdoor lounge takes root in Clark Park, the nine-acre landscape between Baltimore and Woodland avenues. 

On the menu: drafts from local breweries like Evil Genius, Neshaminy Creek, Sly Fox, Victory, and Mainstay, with plenty of summertime food offerings that complement—a pulled pork sandwich, a charred squash and eggplant hoagie, and a brisket cheesesteak, to name just a few.

A happy hour will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Aug. 28, with half of all proceeds going to Friends of Clark Park, a nonprofit and volunteer organization that maintains the park. Additionally, Roots2Rise will host a free yoga session from 6-7 p.m. on Aug. 29, with donations securing participants a free drink ticket for use later in the evening. 

Want to know more about what's happening around campus? Find out more through Penn Today's curated events calendar. Have an event you'd like to suggest for the calendar? Email Staff Writer Brandon Baker at bkbaker@upenn.edu.

10 Thriller Anime Movies To Watch In 2019 – [Recommended] - Otakukart News

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 10:30 AM PDT

DEATH BILLIARDS

Who would not love mysteries! They're some of the cherished genres in the industry. There are various anime films that have good secrets and techniques hidden from their plots. So, right now, I've made an list of the very best secrets and techniques anime.

GENOCIDAL ORGAN

A self-made nuclear system destroyed Sarajevo; The largest democracies have now broken up into surveillance businesses. Genocides cowl the underworld. A mysterious individual is behind the collapse of the World system . Clavis is the one ray hope, the main democracies of the world reworked into surveillance states, whereas growing nations endured a mess of genocides. Intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd should monitor down the person who appears to be accountable, American John Paul.

UN-GO

Un-Go is ready in a battle-torn Tokyo, in a close to-future Japan. In response to Japan sending its army overseas as peacekeeping forces, terrorists launched several assaults on Japan, killing many individuals and destroying a lot of its cityscapes. Sometime after the battle receded to an interval of uneasy peace, the Japanese Parliament handed the "Information Privacy and Protection Act," which supplies the Japanese authorities management over the Internet. Detective Shinjuurou Yuuki and his unusual companion Inga make a residing in fixing crimes and exposing human souls, all influenced ultimately by the dystopian backdrop.

SUZUMIYA

The film is a novel primarily based. It relies on the fourth gentle novel of the acclaimed Haruhi show. The movie is ready after the occasions of the anime show. Kyon is not properly versed within the supernatural, and due to that, his world turns the other way up. Following on from the occasions of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime show, the story takes place from December 18 till December 24, a month after the cultural competition.

HANA AND ALICE

Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa, is a switch pupil at Ishinomori Middle School. She involves knowing an odd rumor regarding the killing of Judas. Alice discovers that the one one who could have some information about understanding the reality is her classmate Hana. Alice begins investigating Hana and the thriller of the homicide. The Case of Hana & Alice is a Japanese anime youth drama movie written and directed by Shunji Iwai. It is the prequel to Iwai's 2004 dwell-motion movie, Hana, and Alice. The movie was launched on February 20, 2015. A manga adaptation by Dowman Sayman started serialization in Shogakukan's Yawaraka Spirits journal from February 16, 2015.

PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE ETERNAL DIVA

Layton receives a letter from an opera singer, Jenis Quatlane. She invited them to her efficiency. She seeks the assistance of Layton and his apprentices in a thriller associated with her pal. She explains that her pal died one yr in the past. However, she got here again as a seven-yr-previous child.

THE KING EDEN

Akira Takizawa prevented the destruction of Japan and requested to turn out to be the "King of Japan." He has his recollections erased, and his pal has only one clue to search out him. Rumors begin spreading about Akira, and his allies begin in search of him. However, his enemies aren't far behind as they search for methods to remove him.

WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE

Anna Sasaki is an unsocial lady, and her foster dad and mom are deeply troubled by her situation. She is shipped to the countryside on the physician's advice. She begins residing together with her aunt and uncle. One day she runs in a mysterious lady title Marnie which modifications her life.

DEATH BILLIARDS

Two males have arrived at a location referred to as Quindecim. However, they do not know how they acquired there. They are advised that they should take part in a sport, which they're unable to go away. Both of their lives at stake, and if they refuse to play, they're going to be killed. Death Billiards is a 2013 animated brief consisting of just one episode. It was created by Yuzuru Tachikawa, a producer from Madhouse. This transient was produced as a part of the Young Animator Training Project's Anime Mirai 2013 venture, which funds younger animators. It aired on March 2nd, 2013. On October 31, 2014, it was introduced {that a} tv anime show primarily based on the brief, titled Death Parade had been greenlit for production and scheduled to air in 2015.

STEINS GATE

The movie takes place in August 2011, one yr after the occasions of the anime show. After going via a painstaking journey throughout a number of 'World Lines' as a result of invention of 'D-Mail', textual content messages that may be despatched to the previous, Rintarō Okabe has assumedly landed within the "Steins Gate" World Line, by which he was capable of stopping the deaths of each Mayuri Shiina and Kurisu Makise, in addition, to stop a future dominated by SERN as a result of invention of a time machine that not exists.

On August 3, Kurisu arrives in Japan for a press convention and reunites with all of the members of the Future Gadget Laboratory. Meanwhile, Rintarō begins having extremely uncomfortable side effects from his time travels, seeing visions of alternate Worldlines. The subsequent day on August 4, a mysterious customer series up at Kurisu's resort, telling her to recollect three issues: a mobile phone, a microwave oven, and SERN.

Later that day, as Kurisu is speaking to Rintarō about how her situations of déjà vu could also be much like Rintarō's 'Reading Steiner' skill to recollect issues from different World Lines, Rintarō immediately disappears earlier than Kurisu's eyes. Furthermore, nobody else appears to recall Rintarō ever existed, with Kurisu barely retaining a faint reminiscence of somebody.

PSYCHO-PASS

The unimaginable success of the Sibyl System has led to Japan exporting expertise to different nations. The battle-torn state of the South East Asian Union (SEAUn) decides to implement the Sibyl system whereas hoping to carry peace and stability to the city of Shambala Float.

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