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Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut filled his novels, plays, and short stories with irreverence, satire, and wry wit. He wrote about dystopian societies, disillusionment with war, and skepticism, particularly connecting with millions of readers in the 1960s counterculture. To celebrate his life and career, here are 13 fascinating facts about Kurt Vonnegut. 1. Kurt Vonnegut met his first wife in kindergarten. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1922, Vonnegut met his future wife, Jane, in kindergarten. ...

PATNA: State industries minister Shahnawaz Hussain on Monday said relevant amendments had been made in the Bihar State Industrial Incentive Policy (SIIP), 2016, to make it compatible with the new demands and promote private investment in the industrial sector. Noting that the 2016 SIIP would be effective till March 31, 2025, Hussain said it had been duly amended to facilitate private investment in ethanol production, which, in turn, will boost sugarcane farming in the state. He said the agric...

This cabin is built deep inside Brazilian forests, it features a wooden frame and a metal roof. It's a guest house for friends.

Updated: February 12, 2021, 10:45 am © Chris Sumner / DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A historic landmark on Aberdeen’s Granite Mile could be converted into flats as the owner hopes to help “reinvigorate” the city centre. The Press And Journal can exclusively reveal The Epic Group plans to create 14 hi...

Aberdeen’s historic Monkey House to be converted into high end apartments © Chris Sumner/DCT Media The Monkey House, overlooking the redevelopment of Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen city centre. A historic landmark on Aberdeen’s Granite Mile could be converted into flats as the owner hopes to help “reinvigorate” the city centre. The Press And Journal can exclusively reveal The Epic Group plans to create 14 high end, two and three-bedroom flats on the three upper storeys of the A-list...

Atelier Marko Brajovic builds cabin on stilts deep within a Brazilian forest Dezeen 10/02/2021 © Provided by Dezeen Monkey Hosue by Atelier Marko Brajovic Atelier Marko Brajovic designed Monkey House, a wooden cabin on stilts set among the trees of Paraty, Brazil, as a retreat for the architects friends during the pandemic. When coronavirus broke out, Marko Brajovic took his wife, two children and dogs to live in ARCA, a house he designed in the Brazilian part of the Atlantic Forest. He bu...

Winter Is a Drag Ball 2020 As we approach the pandemics one-year anniversary, Ive been thinking a lot about the final days of normalcy in early 2020. For instance, my last "regular" night out was spent spinning records with some Seven Days colleagues and DJ Disco Phantom at the Monkey House on March 11. Thats the date when, in a virtual press conference, the World Health Organization finally used the word "pandemic" to categorize what was happe...

Tom Pearo. (photo: Garret K. Woodward) I didn’t grow up, nor have I ever lived, in the state of Vermont. That, and I’m not a musician, not professionally or in any sort of a talented way in my free time. And yet, I was recently asked by a member of the Vermont musical community to contribute to an uplifting video collage for 2021 and the message of hope for the uncertain future of live music and performers.  I was asked because of how much of the core of who I am, as a journalist and a ...

July 15th, 2014 The Dandy Warhols celebrate their twentieth anniversary this year, having formed in 1994. Founder members Courtney Taylor-Taylor (guitars/vocals) and Peter Holmstrom (guitars) started the band in their native Portland during the latter part of that year, with keyboard player Zia McCabe joining soon after. Current drummer Brent DeBoer became a Dandy Warhol shortly after the release of second album ...Come Down in 1998, and thats how the band has lined up ever since. Now, eight a...

Completed in 2020 in , Brazil. Images by Gustavo Uemura, Rafael Medeiros. A few years ago the monkeys that lived at the foot of Serra disappeared. It was told that it was due to yellow fever that supposedly spread among the...