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The Rich History of Watercress in Native American Culture

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Mel’s Big Fantasy Place-Name Reference

So I’ve been doing lots of D&D world-building lately and I’ve kind of been putting together lists of words to help inspire new fantasy place names. I figured I’d share. These are helpful for naming towns, regions, landforms, roads, shops, and they’re also probably useful for coming up with surnames. This is LONG. There’s plenty more under the cut including a huge list of “fantasy sounding” word-parts. Enjoy!

Towns & Kingdoms

town, borough, city, hamlet, parish, township, village, villa, domain

kingdom, empire, nation, country, county, city-state, state, province, dominion

Town Name End Words (English flavored)

-ton, -ston, -caster, -dale, -den, -field, -gate, -glen, -ham, -holm, -hurst, -bar, -boro, -by, -cross, -kirk, -meade, -moore, -ville, -wich, -bee, -burg, -cester, -don, -lea, -mer, -rose, -wall, -worth, -berg, -burgh, -chase, -ly, -lin, -mor, -mere, -pool. -port, -stead, -stow, -strath, -side, -way, -berry, -bury, -chester, -haven, -mar, -mont, -ton, -wick, -meet, -heim, -hold, -hall, -point

Buildings & Places

castle, fort, palace, fortress, garrison, lodge, estate, hold, stronghold, tower, watchtower, palace, spire, citadel, bastion, court, manor, house

altar, chapel, abbey, shrine, temple, monastery, cathedral, sanctum, crypt, catacomb, tomb

orchard, arbor, vineyard, farm, farmstead, shire, garden, ranch

plaza, district, quarter, market, courtyard, inn, stables, tavern, blacksmith, forge, mine, mill, quarry, gallows, apothecary, college, bakery, clothier, library, guild house, bath house, pleasure house, brothel, jail, prison, dungeon, cellar, basement, attic, sewer, cistern

lookout, post, tradepost, camp, outpost, hovel, hideaway, lair, nook, watch, roost, respite, retreat, hostel, holdout, redoubt, perch, refuge, haven, alcove, haunt, knell, enclave, station, caravan, exchange, conclave

port, bridge, ferry, harbor, landing, jetty, wharf, berth, footbridge, dam, beacon, lighthouse, marina, dockyard, shipyard

road, street, way, row, lane, trail, corner, crossing, gate, junction, waygate, end, wall, crossroads,  barrier, bulwark, blockade, pavilion, avenue, promenade, alley, fork, route

Time & Direction

North, South, East, West, up, down, side, rise, fall, over, under

Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, solstice, equanox, vernal, ever, never

dusk, dawn, dawnrise, morning, night, nightfall, evening, sundown, sunbreak, sunset

lunar, solar, sun, moon, star, eclipse

Geographical Terms

Cave, cavern, cenote, precipice, crevasse, crater, maar, chasm, ravine, trench, rift, pit

Cliff, bluff, crag, scarp, outcrop, stack, tor, falls, run, eyrie, aerie

Hill, mountain, volcano, knoll, hillock, downs, barrow, plateau, mesa, butte, pike, peak, mount, summit, horn, knob, pass, ridge, terrace, gap, point, rise, rim, range, view, vista, canyon, hogback, ledge, stair, descent

Valley, gulch, gully, vale, dale, dell, glen, hollow, grotto, gorge, bottoms, basin, knoll, combe

Meadow, grassland, field, pasture, steppe, veld, sward, lea, mead, fell, moor, moorland, heath, croft, paddock, boondock, prairie, acre, strath, heights, mount, belt

Woodlands, woods, forest, bush, bower, arbor, grove, weald, timberland, thicket, bosk, copse, coppice, underbrush, hinterland, park, jungle, rainforest, wilds, frontier, outskirts

Desert, dunes, playa, arroyo, chaparral, karst, salt flats, salt pan, oasis, spring, seep, tar pit, hot springs, fissure, steam vent, geyser, waste, wasteland, badland, brushland, dustbowl, scrubland

Ocean, sea, lake, pond, spring, tarn, mere, sluice, pool, coast, gulf, bay

Lagoon, cay, key, reef, atoll, shoal, tideland, tide flat, swale, cove, sandspit, strand, beach

Snowdrift, snowbank, permafrost, floe, hoar, rime, tundra, fjord, glacier, iceberg

River, stream, creek, brook, tributary, watersmeet, headwater, ford, levee, delta, estuary, firth, strait, narrows, channel, eddy, inlet, rapids, mouth, falls

Wetland, marsh, bog, fen, moor, bayou, glade, swamp, banks, span, wash, march, shallows, mire, morass, quag, quagmire, everglade, slough, lowland, sump, reach

Island, isle, peninsula, isthmus, bight, headland, promontory, cape, pointe, cape

More under the cut including: Color words, Animal/Monster related words, Rocks/Metals/Gems list, Foliage, People groups/types, Weather/Environment/ Elemental words, Man-made Items, Body Parts, Mechanical sounding words, a huge list of both pleasant and unpleasant Atmospheric Descriptors, and a huge list of Fantasy Word-parts.

Color Descriptions

Warm: red, scarlet, crimson, rusty, cerise, carmine, cinnabar, orange, vermillion, ochre, peach, salmon, saffron, yellow, gold, lemon, amber, pink, magenta, maroon, brown, sepia, burgundy, beige, tan, fuchsia, taupe

Cool: green, beryl, jade, evergreen, chartreuse, olive, viridian, celadon, blue, azure, navy, cerulean, turquoise, teal, cyan, cobalt, periwinkle, beryl, purple, violet, indigo, mauve, plum

Neutral: gray, silver, ashy, charcoal, slate, white, pearly, alabaster, ivory, black, ebony, jet

dark, dusky, pale, bleached, blotchy, bold, dappled, lustrous, faded, drab, milky, mottled, opaque, pastel, stained, subtle, ruddy, waxen, tinted, tinged, painted

Animal / Monster-Related Words

Bear, eagle, wolf, serpent, hawk, horse, goat, sheep, bull, raven, crow, dog, stag, rat, boar, lion, hare, owl, crane, goose, swan, otter, frog, toad, moth, bee, wasp, beetle, spider, slug, snail, leech, dragonfly, fish, trout, salmon, bass, crab, shell, dolphin, whale, eel, cod, haddock

Dragon, goblin, giant, wyvern, ghast, siren, lich, hag, ogre, wyrm, kraken

Talon, scale, tusk, hoof, mane, horn, fur, feather, fang, wing, whisker, bristle, paw, tail, beak, claw, web, quill, paw, maw, pelt, haunch, gill, fin,

Hive, honey, nest, burrow, den, hole, wallow

Rocks / Metals / Minerals

Gold, silver, brass, bronze, copper, platinum, iron, steel, tin, mithril, electrum, adamantite, quicksilver, fool’s gold, titanium

Diamond, ruby, emerald, sapphire, topaz, opal, pearl, jade, jasper, onyx, citrine, aquamarine, turquoise, lapiz lazuli, amethyst, quartz, crystal, amber, jewel

Granite, shale, marble, limestone, sandstone, slate, diorite, basalt, rhyolite, obsidian, glass

Earth, stone, clay, sand, silt, salt, mote, lode, vein, ore, ingot, coal, boulder, bedrock, crust, rubble, pebble, gravel, cobble, dust, clod, peat, muck mud, slip, loam, dirt, grit, scree, shard, flint, stalactite/mite

Trees / Plants / Flowers

Tree, ash, aspen, pine, birch, alder, willow, dogwood, oak, maple, walnut,  chestnut, cedar, mahogany, palm, beech, hickory, hemlock, cottonwood, hawthorn, sycamore, poplar, cypress, mangrove, elm, fir, spruce, yew

Branch, bough, bramble, gnarl, burr, tangle, thistle, briar, thorn, moss, bark, shrub, undergrowth, overgrowth, root, vine, bracken, reed, driftwood, coral, fern, berry, bamboo, nectar, petal, leaf, seed, clover, grass, grain, trunk, twig, canopy, cactus, weed, mushroom, fungus

Apple, olive, apricot, elderberry, coconut, sugar, rice, wheat, cotton, flax, barley, hops, onion, carrot, turnip, cabbage, squash, pumpkin, pepper

Flower, rose, lavender, lilac, jasmine, jonquil, marigold, carnelian, carnation, goldenrod, sage, wisteria, dahlia, nightshade, lily, daisy, daffodil, columbine, amaranth, crocus, buttercup, foxglove, iris, holly, hydrangea, orchid, snowdrop, hyacinth, tulip, yarrow, magnolia, honeysuckle, belladonna, lily pad, magnolia

People

Settler, Pilgrim, Pioneer, Merchant, Prospector, Maker, Surveyor, Mason, Overseer, Apprentice, Widow, Sailor, Miner, Blacksmith, Butcher, Baker, Brewer, Barkeep, Ferryman, Hangman, Gambler, Fisherman, Adventurer, Hero, Seeker, Hiker, Traveler, Crone

Mage, Magician, Summoner, Sorcerer, Wizard, Conjurer, Necromancer, 

King, Queen, Lord, Count, Baron, Guard, Soldier, Knight, Vindicator, Merchant, Crusader, Imperator, Syndicate, Vanguard, Champion, Warden, Victor, Legionnaire, Master, Archer, Footman, Gladiator, Barbarian, Captain, Commodore, 

Beggar, Hunter, Ranger, Deadman, Smuggler, Robber, Swindler, Rebel, Bootlegger, Outlaw, Pirate, Brigand, Ruffian, Highwayman, Cutpurse, Thief, Assassin

God, Goddess, Exarch, Angel, Devil, Demon, Cultist, Prophet, Hermit, Seer

council, clergy, guild, militia, choir 

Climate, Environment, & The Elements

Cold, cool, brisk, frosty, chilly, icy, freezing, frozen, frigid, glacial, bitter, biting, bleak, arctic, polar, boreal, wintry, snowy, snow, blizzarding, blizzard, sleeting, sleet, chill, frost, ice, icebound, ice cap, floe, snowblind, frostbite, coldsnap, avalanche, snowflake

Hot, sunny, humid, sweltering, steaming, boiling, sizzling, blistering, scalding, smoking, caldescent, dry, parched, arid, fallow, thirsty, melting, molten, fiery, blazing, burning, charring, glowing, searing, scorching, blasted, sun, fire, heat, flame, wildfire, bonfire, inferno, coal, ash, cinder, ember, flare, pyre, tinder, kindling, aflame, alight, ablaze, lava, magma, slag,

Wet, damp, dank, soggy, sodden, soaked, drenched, dripping, sopping, briny, murky, rain, storm, hail, drizzle, sprinkle, downpour, deluge, squall, water, cloud, fog, mist, dew, puddle, pool, current, whirlpool, deep, depths, tide, waves, whitewater, waterfall, tidal wave, flow, flood, leak, drain

Wind, breeze, gust, billow, gail, draft, waft, zephyr, still, airy, clear, smokey, tempest, tempestuous, windswept, aerial, lofty, torrid, turbulent, nebulous, tradewind, thunder, lightning, spark, cyclone, tornado, whirlwind, hurricane, typhoon

Man-made Item Words

Furnace, forge, anvil, vault, strap, strip, whetstone, brick, sword, blade, axe, dagger, shield, buckler, morningstar, bow, quiver, arrow, polearm, flail, staff, stave, sheath, hilt, hammer, knife, helm, mantle, banner, pauldron, chainmail, mace, dart, cutlass, canon, needle, cowl, belt,  buckle, bandana, goggles, hood, boot, heel, spindle, spool, thread, sweater, skirt, bonnet, apron, leather, hide, plate, tunic, vest, satin, silk, wool, velvet, lace, corset, stocking, binding

Plow, scythe, (wheel) barrow, saddle, harrow, brand, collar, whip, leash, lead, bridle, stirrup, wheel, straw, stall, barn, hay, bale, pitchfork, well, log, saw, lumber, sod, thatch, mortar, brick, cement, concrete, pitch, pillar, window, fountain, door, cage, spoke, pole, table, bench, plank, board

Candle, torch, cradle, broom, lamp, lantern, clock, bell, lock, hook, trunk, looking glass, spyglass, bottle, vase, locket, locker, key, handle, rope, knot, sack, pocket, pouch, manacle, chain, stake, coffin, fan. cauldron, kettle, pot, bowl, pestle, oven, ladle, spoon, font, wand, potion, elixir, draught, portal, book, tome, scroll, word, manuscript, letter, message, grimoire, map, ink, quill, pen, cards, dice

Coin, coronet, crown, circlet, scepter, treasure, riches, scales, pie, tart, loaf, biscuit, custard, caramel, pudding, porridge, stew, bread, tea, gravy, gristle, spice, lute, lyre, harp, drum, rouge, powder, perfume, brush

bilge, stern, pier, sail, anchor, mast, dock, deck, flag, ship, boat, canoe, barge, wagon, sled, carriage, buggy, cart

Wine, brandy, whiskey, ale, moonshine, gin, cider, rum, grog, beer, brew, goblet, flagon, flask, cask, tankard, stein, mug, barrel, stock, wort, malt

Body Parts

Head, throat, finger, foot, hand, neck, shoulder, rib, jaw, eye, lips, bosom

Skull, spine, bone, tooth, heart, blood, tears, gut, beard

Mechanical-Sounding Words

cog, fuse, sprocket, wrench, screw, nail, bolt, lever, pulley, spanner, gear, spring, shaft, switch, button, cast, pipe, plug, dial, meter, nozzle, cord, brake, gauge, coil, oil, signal, wire, fluke, staple, clamp, bolt, nut, bulb, patch, pump, cable, socket

torque, force, sonic, spark, fizzle, thermal, beam, laser, steam, buzz, mega, mecha, electro, telsa, power, flicker, charge, current, flow, tinker

Atmospheric Words

Unpleasant, Dangerous, Threatening

(nouns) death, fury, battle, scar, shadow, razor, nightmare, wrath, bone, splinter, peril, war, riptide, strife, reckoning, sorrow, terror, deadwood, nether, venom, grime, rage, void, conquest, pain, folly, revenge, horrid, mirk, shear, fathom, frenzy, corpselight/marshlight, reaper, gloom, doom, torment, torture, spite, grizzled, sludge, refuse, spore, carrion, fear, pyre, funeral, shade, beast, witch, grip, legion, downfall, ruin, plague, woe, bane, horde, acid, fell, grief, corpse, mildew, mold, miter, dirge

(adjectives) dead, jagged, decrepit, fallen, darkened, blackened, dire, grim, feral, wild, broken, desolate, mad, lost, under, stagnant, blistered, derelict, forlorn, unbound, sunken, fallow, shriveled, wayward, bleak, low, weathered, fungal, last, brittle, sleepy, -strewn, dusky, deserted, empty, barren, vacant, forsaken, bare, bereft, stranded, solitary, abandoned, discarded, forgotten, deep, abysmal, bottomless, buried, fathomless,unfathomable, diseased, plagued, virulent, noxious, venomous, toxic, fetid, revolting, putrid, rancid, foul, squalid, sullied, vile, blighted, vicious, ferocious, dangerous, savage, cavernous, vast, yawning, chasmal, echoing, dim, dingy, gloomy, inky, lurid, shaded, shadowy, somber, sunless, tenebrous, unlit, veiled, hellish, accursed, sulfurous, damned, infernal, condemned, doomed, wicked, sinister, dread, unending, spectral, ghostly, haunted, eldritch, unknown, weary, silent, hungry, cloven, acidic

(verb/adverbs): wither (withering / withered), skulk (skulking), whisper, skitter, chitter, sting, slither, writhe, gape, screech, scream, howl, lurk, roil, twist, shift, swarm, spawn, fester, bleed, howl, shudder, shrivel, devour, swirl, maul, trip, smother, weep, shatter, ruin, curse, ravage, hush, rot, drown, sunder, blister, warp, fracture, die, shroud, fall, surge, shiver, roar, thunder, smolder, break, silt, slide, lash, mourn, crush, wail, decay, crumble, erode, decline, reek, lament, taint, corrupt, defile, poison, infect, shun, sigh, sever, crawl, starve, grind, cut, wound, bruise, maim, stab, bludgeon, rust, mutilate, tremble, stumble, fumble, clank, clang

Pleasant, Safe, Neutral

(nouns) spirit, luck, soul, oracle, song, sky, smile, rune, obelisk, cloud, timber, valor, triumph, rest, dream, thrall, might, valiance, glory, mirror, life, hope, oath, serenity, sojourn, god, hearth, crown, throne, crest, guard, rise, ascent, circle, ring, twin, vigil, breath, new, whistle, grasp, snap, fringe, threshold, arch, cleft, bend, home, fruit, wilds, echo, moonlight, sunlight, starlight, splendor, vigilance, honor, memory, fortune, aurora, paradise, caress

(adjectives) gentle, pleasant, prosperous, peaceful, sweet, good, great, mild, grand, topic, lush, wild, abundant, verdant, sylvan, vital, florid, bosky, callow, verdurous, lucious, fertile, spellbound, captivating, mystical, hidden, arcane, clandestine, esoteric, covert, cryptic, runic, otherworldly, touched, still, fair, deep, quiet, bright, sheer, tranquil, ancient, light, far, -wrought, tidal, royal, shaded, swift, true, free, high, vibrant, pure, argent, hibernal, ascendant, halcyon, silken, bountiful, gilded, colossal, massive, stout, elder, -bourne, furrowed, happy, merry, -bound, loud, lit, silk, quiet, bright, luminous, shining, burnished, glossy, brilliant, lambent, lucent, lustrous, radiant, resplendent, vivid, vibrant, illuminated, silvery, limpid, sunlit, divine, sacred, holy, eternal, celestial, spiritual, almighty, anointed, consecrated, exalted, hallowed, sanctified, ambrosial, beatific, blissful, demure, naked, bare, ample, coy,  deific, godly, omnipotent, omnipresent, rapturous, sacramental, sacrosanct, blessed, majestic, iridescent, glowing, overgrown, dense, hard, timeless, sly, scatter, everlasting, full, half, first, last

(verb/adverbs) arch (arching / arched), wink (winking), sing, nestle, graze, stroll, roll, flourish, bloom, bud, burgeon, live, dawn, hide, dawn, run, pray, wake, laugh, wake, glimmer, glitter, drift, sleep, tumble, bind, arch, blush, grin, glister, beam, meander, wind, widen, charm, bewitch, enthrall, entrance, enchant, allure, beguile, glitter, shimmer, sparkle twinkle, crest, quiver, slumber, herald, shelter, leap, click, climb, scuttle, dig, barter, chant, hum, chime, kiss, flirt, tempt, tease, play, seduce

Generic “Fantasy-Sounding” Word Parts

A - D

aaz, ada, adaer, adal, adar, adbar, adir, ae, ael, aer, aern, aeron, aeryeon, agar, agis, aglar, agron, ahar, akan, akyl, al, alam, alan, alaor, ald, alea, ali, alir, allyn, alm, alon, alor, altar, altum, aluar, alys, amar, amaz, ame, ammen, amir, amol, amn, amus, anar, andor, ang, ankh, ar, ara, aram, arc, arg, arian, arkh, arla, arlith, arn, arond, arthus, arum, arvien, ary, asha, ashyr, ask, assur, aster, astra, ath, athor, athra, athryn, atol, au, auga, aum, auroch, aven, az, azar, baal, bae, bael, bak, bal, balor, ban, bar, bara, barr, batol, batar, basir, basha, batyr, bel, belph, belu, ben, beo, bere, berren, berun, besil, bezan, bhaer, bhal, blask, blis, blod, bor, boraz, bos, bran, brath, braun, breon, bri, bry, bul, bur, byl, caer, cal, calan, cara, cassa, cath, cela, cen, cenar, cerul, chalar, cham, chion, cimar, clo, coram, corel, corman, crim, crom, daar, dach, dae, dago, dagol, dahar, dala, dalar, dalin, dam, danas, daneth, dannar, dar, darian,  darath, darm, darma, darro, das, dasa, dasha, dath, del, delia, delimm, dellyn, delmar, delo, den, dess, dever, dhaer, dhas, dhaz, dhed, dhin, din, dine, diar, dien, div, djer, dlyn, dol, dolan, doon, dora, doril, doun, dral, dranor, drasil, dren, drian, drien, drin, drov, druar, drud, duald, duatha, duir, dul, dulth, dun, durth, dyra, dyver,

E - H

ea, eber, eden, edluk, egan, eiel, eilean, ejen, elath, eld, eldor, eldra, elith emar, ellesar, eltar, eltaran, elth, eltur, elyth, emen, empra, emril, emvor, ena, endra, enthor, erad, erai, ere, eriel, erith, erl, eron, erre, eryn, esk, esmel, espar, estria, eta, ethel, eval, ezro, ezan, ezune, ezil, fael, faelar, faern, falk, falak, farak, faril, farla, fel, fen, fenris, fer, fet, fin, finar, forel, folgun, ful, fulk, fur, fyra, fallon, gael, gach, gabir, gadath, gal, galar, gana, gar, garth, garon, garok, garne, gath, geir, gelden, geren,  geron, ghal, ghallar, ghast, ghel, ghom, ghon, gith, glae, glander, glar, glym, gol, goll, gollo, goloth, gorot, gost, goth, graeve, gran, grimm, grist, grom, grosh, grun, grym, gual, guil, guir, gulth, gulur, gur, gurnth, gwaer, haa, hael, haer, hadar, hadel, hakla, hala, hald, halana, halid, hallar, halon, halrua, halus, halvan, hamar, hanar, hanyl, haor, hara, haren, haresk, harmun, harrokh, harrow, haspur, haza, hazuth, heber,  hela, helve, hem, hen, herath, hesper, heth, hethar, hind, hisari, hjaa, hlath, hlond, hluth, hoarth, holtar, horo, hotun, hrag, hrakh, hroth, hull, hyak, hyrza

I - M

iibra, ilth, ilus, ilira, iman, imar, imas, imb, imir, immer, immil, imne, impil, ingdal, innar, ir, iriae, iril, irith, irk, irul, isha, istis, isil, itala, ith, ithal, itka, jada, jae, jaeda, jahaka, jala, jarra, jaro, jath, jenda, jhaamm, jhothm, jinn, jinth, jyn, kado, kah, kal, kalif, kam, kana, kara, karg, kars, karth, kasp, katla, kaul, kazar, kazr, kela, kelem, kerym, keth, keva, kez, kezan, khaer, khal, khama, khaz, khara, khed, khel, khol, khur, kil, kor, korvan, koll, kos, kir, kra, kul, kulda, kund, kyne, lae, laen, lag, lan, lann, lanar, lantar, lapal, lar, laran, lareth, lark, lath, lauth, lav, lavur, lazar, leih, leshyr, leth, lhaza, lhuven, liad, liam, liard, lim, lin, lirn, lisk, listra, lith, liya, llair, llor, lok, lolth, loran, lorkh, lorn, loth, lothen, luen, luir, luk, lund, lur, luth, lyndus, lyra, lyth, maal, madrasm maera, maer, maerim, maes, mag, magra, mahand, mal, malar, mald, maldo, mar, mara, mark, marl, maru, maruk, meir, melish, memnon, mer, metar, methi, mhil, mina, mir, miram, mirk, mista, mith, moander, mok, modir, modan, mon, monn, mor, more, morel, moril, morn, moro, morrow, morth, mort, morum, morven, muar, mul, mydra, myr, myra, myst

N - S

naar, nadyra, naedyr, naga, najar, nal, naal, nalir, nar, naruk, narbond, narlith, narzul, nasaq, nashkel, natar, nath, natha, neir, neth, nether, nhall, nikh, nil, nilith, noan, nolvurm nonthal, norda, noro, novul, nul, nur, nus, nyan, nyth, ober, odra, oghr, okoth, olleth, olodel, omgar, ondath, onthril, ordul, orish, oroch, orgra, orlim, ormath, ornar, orntath, oroch, orth, orva, oryn, orzo, ostel, ostor, ostrav, othea, ovar, ozod, ozul, palan, palad, pae, peldan, pern, perris, perim, pele, pen, phail, phanda, phara, phen, phendra, pila, pinn, pora, puril, pur, pyra, qadim, quar, quel, ques, quil, raah, rael, ran, ranna, rassil, rak, rald, rassa, reddan, reith, relur, ren, rendril, resil, reska, reth, reven, revar, rhy, rhynn, ria, rian, rin, ris, rissian, rona, roch, rorn, rora, rotha, rual, ruar, ruhal, ruil, ruk, runn, rusk, ryn, saa, saar, saal, sabal, samar, samrin, sankh, sar, sarg, sarguth, sarin, sarlan, sel, seld, sember, semkh, sen, sendrin, septa, senta, seros, shaar, shad, shadra, shae, shaen, shaera, shak, shalan, sham, shamath, shan, shana, sharan, shayl, shemar, shere, shor, shul, shyll, shyr, sidur, sil, silvan, sim, sintar, sirem, skar, skell, skur, skyr, sokol, solan, sola, somra, sor, ssin, stel, strill, suldan, sulk, sunda, sur, surkh, suth, syl, sylph, sylune, syndra, syth

T - Z

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A lot of places are named after historical events, battles, and people, so keep that in mind. God/Goddess names tied to your world also work well. Places are also often named after things that the area is known for, like Georgia being known for its peaches.

My brain was fried by the end of this so feel free to add more!

I hope you find this reference helpful and good luck world-building!

-Mel

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20 Fab Things to Do in The Peak District - A helpful Video Guide

Alton Towers is arguably one of the most popular destinations in Alton, but neighbouring attractions like Cbeebies Land, Dimmingsdale, and Ilam Park among many others also deserve a visit! A trip to Alton Towers is a delight for kids, but adults could also enjoy their time in, and even out of of the amusement park with the plethora of activities to do and places to explore in the areas nearby:

Exciting things to do with the Kids in The Peak District

1. Try the Rides in Alton Towers

Alton Towers Resort, or AltonTowers, is one of England’s biggest theme parks. It is located in Staffordshire, and officially opened to the public in 1860. Alton Towers first welcomed guests on a regular basis after the opening of Alton railway station. The funds raised from railway excursions was to maintain the preservation of the grounds.

Alton Towers is open from mid-March to early November, while many of its hotels and amenities are open all year long. It is occasionally closed midweek during the quieter months. However, special events are held throughout the year, like Alton Towers Scarefest (Halloween event), and a season-ending fireworks display conducted during the last three days of the season.

Where is Alton Towers?

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Relaxing things to see in The Peak District

2. Dimmingsdale

Dimmingsdale is a beautiful valley haven for walkers, hikers, and those seeking serenity and impressive scenery.

Dimmingsdale is situated in the middle of Alton and Oakamoor and is handled by Forestry Commission and Staffordshire County Council. It features magnificent lakes, streams, and glorious rivers together with a mixture of verdant greeneries and large sandstone rocky outcrops that create a stunning scenery and an incredible habitat for wildlife.

The valley is also an ideal habitat for woodland flowers. During spring, the slopes boast of a carpet of bluebells, wood anemones and wood sorrel. While in the summer, ferns, foxgloves and blackberries flourish.

Where to find Dimmingsdale

Refreshing things to do in The Peak District

3. Alton Towers Waterpark

Alton Towers Waterpark, previously named Cariba Creek, is a water park located inside the Alton Towers Resort, in Staffordshire, England. It is themed to simulate a tropical lagoon, connecting the Splash Landings Hotel with indoor and outdoor water attractions.

After the opening of the Alton Towers Hotel in 1996, there were plans developed for another hotel that includes a water park. Originally named Splash Landings, the name of the then Alton Towers Waterpark changed to Cariba Creek when the hotel was obliged to drop the Calypso Springs name sometime in 2003.

Next to the new hotel, the water park opened in June 2003, but underwent a temporary closure while pending construction work was completed. Initially after opening, the water park was only exclusive to hotel guests. In 2004, however, the park made tickets available to all visitors.

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4. Edward and Vintage

Anything vintage has a classy and nostalgic feel about it , and in Edward and Vintage, visitors will never run out of things vintage and sweet. It is situated in the center of the Peak District, and housed in the old post office in Tissington village. It is frequented by locals and visitors to enjoy a tasty handmade ice-cream in the lovely gardens of the cottage after a tiring day of exploring. Their cocoa fudge and other childhood sweets are the highlight of their quaint and charming store.              

 Moreover, the owner of the shop is very much hands-on and their customer service is just as sweet as their treats, which make every visit to Edward and Vintage well worth your while.

Where to find Edward and Vintage

Things to see and do with the family in The Peak District

5. Peak Wildlife Park

Peak Wildlife Park, located in the heart of Staffordshire Peak District, offers a one-of-a-kind and immersive animal experience. The park features big walkthroughs that let guests encounter exotic and endangered animals from across three continents, face-to-face. Some of the animals that Peak Wildlife Park houses are penguins, lemurs, and wallabies, which guests can feed by hand.

There is also a regular keeper on-site to cater to the guests’ needs. For the kids, there is a play area available for their enjoyment, and it includes large bouncy castles, space hoppers, and trikes. The good thing too is that while enjoying this amazing wildlife park with loved ones, guests also help contribute to the preservation and conservation of earth’s most remarkable animals.    

Where to find the Peak Wildlife Park

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6. Ilam Park

Ilam Park is a huge country park, owned by the National Trust, bordering the remains of the nineteenth-century mansion of Ilam Hall. The Park is interweaved by walking trails, with links to trails further afield. The park measured around 158 acres, on both sides of the River Manifold.

A majestic sigh from the Italianate Garden is Holy Cross church, a Victorian refurbishment of an old medieval church, itself a rebuilt of an earlier Saxon church. That early church was constructed around the shrine of St Bertram. The ornate carvings in front of the church show scenes from the saint's life, and in the southern chapel is a 13th-century altar table which serves as St. Bertram's shrine.

Where to find Ilam Park

Cultural things to see and do in The Peak District

7. Gladstone Pottery Museum

Gladstone Pottery Museum near Alton Towers is the sole complete Victorian pottery factory from the olden days when coal burning ovens made the finest pottery. Traditional skills, original workshops, and the vintage cobbled yard and large bottle ovens take visitors back in time. Gladstone Pottery lets visitors explore the bottle kilns and exhibits in the principal ancillary rooms: the engine house, saggar making workshop, and the slip room.

Guests can also visit the gift shop and tea room to have a go at throwing a pot, creating a bone china flower or decorating pottery. Visitors are reminded to please allow two to three hours for their visit. The shop and cafe, which serves an array of drinks and light lunches, are also open to non-museum visitors.

Where is the Gladstone Pottery Museum

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8. St. Giles Church

St. Giles' Church is a Catholic church situated in the town of Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. This Grade I listed Gothic Revival church was conceptualized and designed by Augustus Pugin. It is by far the tallest building in the town, with a spire height of 61m / 200ft.

The significance of St. Giles' is in the fact that it is the product of one brilliant mind. Pugin understood the principles of architecture and Gothic art and knew how to apply them. It is what distinguishes Pugin as the primary architect of the Gothic Revival, and St. Giles' as his masterpiece and the perfect epitome of what he believed an English Gothic church should be.

Where is St. Giles Church

Things to see and do with the family in The Peak District

9. Uttoxeter Racecourse

Uttoxeter Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England. Since 1907 it has been the countryside home to racing in Staffordshire. With twenty-five events annually, from the Midlands Grand National to Family Fun Days, from Music Live Racenight to the Beer Festival Raceday, the whole family is sure to enjoy here because there is truly something for everyone.

Providing conference and event facilities for meetings, banquets, weddings, music festivals, exhibitions, caravan rallies and even car shows, Uttoxeter Racecourse offers acres of space flexible for any kinds of event.  

Where is Uttoexter Racecourse?

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10. Moddershall Oaks Country Spa Retreat

 Moddershall Oaks, once a charming country property, has been turned into a splendid setting for an adult-friendly spa retreat center and wedding venue. It is a family run business, with ten luxury hotel suites that are wonderful for weekend spa breaks, a quick break from the hustle and bustle of the city or an escape from home.

There are spa day packages available that offer relaxation and pampering to cater to a range of budgets. The outdoor area has a bespoke outdoor vitality pool with water jets and a soothing outdoor Kelo pinewood Sauna. There is also a restaurant that offers a spectacular view of the property and delicious food. Moddershall Oaks is the perfect place to relax, destress, and indulge in comfort and tranquility.  

Where to find Moddershall Oaks Country Spa Retreat

Historical things to see in The Peak District

11. Croxden Abbey

          At its peak in the thirteenth century, Croxden Abbey in Staffordshire, England, housed around 70 monks. After its suppression in the 1530’s, the Croxden Abbey was converted into a farm. The church roof was also removed, leaving it to rot to the elements.

Nevertheless, there is still a lot to be seen. The remaining parts even now are stunning and they give a vivid picture of how striking the abbey would have been.

The well preserved remnants have stories to tell and even more interesting details to share.

A fraction of the southern section of the Croxden Abbey has endured the passage of the time and the rough elements too. Some parts of the infirmary and the 14th century abbot’s lodging, and the sacristy can be also seen.

Where to find Croxden Abbey

Mysterious things to see in The Peak District

12. Double Sunset Atop Thorpe Cloud

Thorpe Cloud is an secluded limestone hill situated between the villages of Thorpe and Ilam. It is one of the most frequented hills among the hikers who visit the area, and provides a spectacular vista across the Midland plain.

In 1997, famous writer Jeff Kent discovered that a double sunset could be seen against Thorpe Cloud from the peak of nearby Lin Dale and, after two years, the phenomenon was first captured on film by photographer Chris Doherty. This occurrence can be seen in good weather during the summer solstice and probably even beyond, when the sun sets on the top of the hill, partly reappears from its steep northern slope and sets for a second and final time shortly after.

Getting to Thorpe Cloud

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13. Kingsley Bird & Falconry Centre

Kingsley Bird & Falconry Centre near Alton Towers has one of the most diverse collections of birds of prey in the country. It is a great place for visitors to see & learn about the birds.  The center is located alongside the Churnet Valley with panoramic views over the surrounding countryside. The offer day packages where guests are toured around bird enclosures and backdoor operations to have a deeper understanding about these magnificent winged creatures.

It retains the biggest remaining concentration of semi-natural woodland in Staffordshire and is noted for its high natural flora value and breeding bird populations. All 5 species of British owls breed here in addition to several raptor species. There are also othea bird species ranging from snowy owls, falcons, eagle owls, barn owls, and even kookaburras.

Where is the Kingsley Bird & Falconry Centre

Adrenaline-pumping things to do in The Peak District

14. Target-shooting at Doveridge Clay Sports

Doveridge Clay Sports facility is located between Stoke on Trent and Derby, making it ideally perfect for clay shooting as well as clay shooting lessons in the Midlands. The shooting grounds cater to all abilities and they offer an array of shooting lessons for beginners or for those who just want to practice their shooting skills further.

The Bramley Family owns Doveridge clay Sports and they have been managing Doveridge Clay Sports Club for the past 16 years, sharing their own experience to clients who pass through their door. Their knowledge and experience allow the Bramleys to give guests the best clay pigeon shooting in the Midlands by combining this with competition-standard grounds and facilities.

Getting to Doveridge Clay Sports

Vintage things to see in The Peak District

15. Norbury Manor

Norbury Manor is a fifteenth-century Elizabethan manor house and the adjacent thirteenth-century stone-built medieval Norbury Hall, also known as The Old Manor in Norbury near Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

Norbury Manor was first owned by the FitzHerbert family from the twelfth century, awarded to William Fitz-Herbert in fee-farm by the Tutbury Priory in 1125. The manor house constructed by William FitzHerbert in the mid-fourteenth century is still impressively well-preserved. The Old Manor is noted for its historic architectural structures including a rare king post, medieval fireplace, a charmingTudor door and some seventeenth-century Flemish glass.

Meanwhile, the neighbouring Tudor house was built by Ralph FitzHerbert in the mid-fifteenth century and renovated in about 1680, but maintains many of the original features.

Where is Norbury Manor?

Meditative things to do in The Peak District

16. Peak Pilgrimage

The Peak Pilgrimage is a long-distance footpath walk from Ilam to Eyam designed to be enjoyed by all, regardless of age. The clear, thorough directions written in the guidebook and the welcoming ambiance within all the churches visited are conducive for relaxing and creating a connection with God and one’s self.

Nowhere is the walking more relaxing, accessible, soul-restorative, and contemplative than in the Peak District National Park. Nevertheless, Peak Pilgrimage is not necessarily taken on foot - for those with less time car/bike journeys are still acceptable. The journey and the experience is the main event, no matter how it is taken.

Getting to the Peak Pilgrimage

Eccentric things to see in The Peak District

17. Beamhurst Museum

Beamhurst Museum is a privately-owned museum which is also open during the weekends. If first welcomed the public in August 2010 and were already flooded b visitors in a matter of days. The uniqueness and eccentricity of the collections and the diverse variety of items to see make Beamhurst Museum stand out. It houses more than a thousand items related to Uttoxeter. The museum features a vast collection of unique clocks, prams, bikes, enamel signs, brewery memorabilia, music boxes, barrel organ, petrol globes, pumps, small carriages, bottles, lamps, radios, pottery and a lot more. They also have antique watercolours as well as impressive oil paintings.

Where is Beamhurst Museum?

Gastronomic and historic places to try in The Peak District

18. The Star Inn

The Star Inn is a family-owned and family-run tavern and restaurant. The present owners bought the pub in January 2016 . They are also relatives of a local family who previously owned the Star from the early 1900’s until 1973. The building since then hadundergone many improvements in its interiors and externally.

The Star Inn has a colourful history dating back to the early 1600’s. Located in the beautiful Staffordshire Moorlands, the structure has been at the center of village life in the hamlet of Cotton for hundreds of years. It has been a coach house, a courthouse, and a grocers. A lot of these initial features are still intact in the building today, including the old metal bars on one of the windows of a room that was once a holding cell for the courthouse.

Getting to The Star Inn

Best places to dine in The Peak District

19. Queen's at Freehays

In the charming village of Freehay, a short distance from Alton Towers is the wonderful "Queens at Freehay" Public House and Restaurant. The vintage building dates back to the 18th century and is surrounded by mature trees and a well-tended and manicured garden. Stepping over the threshold, though, guests will be pleasantly surprised to see a refreshingly contemporary interior with bright décor and posh tables and chairs.

Their a la carte package offers something to cater to every taste and appetite with two daily specials menus for fresh fish and meat dishes. The fine cuisine is available every lunchtime and evening. Kids are always welcome, and they will sure to enjoy the delectable dessert   Queens at Freehay offers.

Where is Queen's at Freehays

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20. Cruise through Cromford Wharf to Leawood Pumphouse

The full Birdswood Friends of the Cromford Canal experience is a two-hour cruise leaving from Cromford Wharf and back to Cromford Wharf. During a Regular-powered boat trip, guests may choose to ride on the boat one way and explore the area fully or walk on.

They will also have the chance to have a tour of the back cabin and a short description of how the families lived on that very boat. While the boat is turning around, passengers are invited to take a short walk of 300 meters to appreciate the panoramic views of Leawood Pumphouse and the Aqueduct over the River Derwent before the return trip back to Cromford Wharf.

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Lasting Fire Damage Scars Some of SoCal's Most Scenic Parks

When the Paramount movie ranch and Western Town burned in a wildfire that swept through Southern California, one woman lost more than a local historic site.

Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel invited more than 500 people to her 1990 wedding at the Paramount Ranch. Her stuntmen friends provided the entertainment for her guests by falling off buildings and staging elaborate gunfights. 

“The only thing that is left there is the little church,” Erskine-Hellrigel, the president and executive director of the Santa Clarita-based Community Hiking Club, said. “It was just the most magnificent place to have a wedding or an event. And it breaks my heart that it’s now gone. All those memories up in smoke." 

Paramount Ranch was just one of many recreation areas destroyed by two wildfires that swept Southern California throughout November 2018. It’s been three months since wildfires in the area were contained, but the state’s cleanup process is still in early stages. Many residents are concerned about the lasting damage to their national and state parks, as park officials estimate it could take 10 to 20 years for the land to fully recover. 

The Woolsey Fire spread across nearly 97,000 acres throughout Los Angeles and Ventura counties. It claimed three lives, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s website, destroyed 1,500 structures and damaged more than 340. The Hill Fire burned through an additional 4,500 acres in Ventura County but left behind little structural damage compared to the Woolsey Fire.

The Woolsey Fire also heavily impacted state and national parks, many of which neighbor cities like Thousand Oaks, Malibu and Santa Monica.

“Over 85 percent of what we call the national recreational area has burned,” said William Vanderberg, the vice chair of the Santa Monica Mountains Task Force of the Sierra Club’s Angeles Chapter.

The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area falls under the National Park Service’s jurisdiction. Paramount Ranch, Rancho Sierra Vista, Cheeseboro and Palo Comado Canyon, the Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center and the Sandstone Peak trail have all reopened, but many other NPS parks remain closed. 

The National Parks Service did not respond to several requests for comment.

Of the Santa Monica Mountains State Parks land, 55 percent was damaged, with the Leo Carrillo and Malibu Creek parks being the hardest hit, according to California State Parks officials.

Much of Leo Carrillo’s campground, trail and day-use areas remain closed as the state parks department works to clean debris and rebuild burned structures. Malibu Creek’s campground also remains closed. The park also lost employee residences as well as some historical sites like the home of one of the state’s pioneer homesteaders, Pedro Sepulveda. Point Mugu State Park and the other state parks have been completely reopened to the public. 

“State Parks really want to thank the firefighters and law enforcement and first responders who really worked day in and day out and who still continue to work for the state parks and for the surrounding communities,” Craig Sap, the state parks’ district superintendent, said. “We’re pushing as quickly as possible to have these facilities and particularly the Davis campground areas opened as quickly as possible.” 

Sap said not only did the parks suffer damage, but the organization’s facilities, support buildings, maintenance yard, office buildings and restroom facilities were also impacted.

Local residents are reeling over how the damage done by the fires will affect their outdoor spaces. 

Vanderberg with the Sierra Club described a hike in Will Rogers State Historic Park in Los Angeles that goes down a canyon called Rustic Canyon. The remains of an old vacation home called the Murphy Ranch and a colony where people once lived lies at the bottom of the canyon. Vanderberg said local folklore claims that leading up to World War II, the abandoned ranch was once home to Nazi sympathizers who wanted to create their own colony in the canyon. 

“It’s just fascinating to see all these old artifacts and ruins from almost 100 years ago,” Vanderberg said. “Hiking anywhere in the Santa Monicas is an experience that I really have enjoyed over the years, and I’m a little bit dismayed to know that for a while now it’s not going to be the same and I’m not sure that in my lifetime it will ever be the same.” 

It could be months or even years before evidence of the fires disappears.

Vanderberg said that volunteer organizations, the National Park Service and the state’s Department of Parks and Recreations began the cleanup process in the beginning of December by beginning to walk the trails to assess the damage and hazards. This included clearing fallen tree limbs, removing trees that may fall in the future and moving dirt to prevent erosion.

Sap, the state parks official, warned that rainstorms could still have massive effects on the recovering parks. 

Vandenberg added that the firefighters had already done some of the work of clearing trails so that their trucks could enter. But Vanderberg noted that it might take several months or even years to recreate all the trails that once crisscrossed the parks.

One such case is the Backbone Trail. Vanderberg said the trail contains nearly 70 miles of trail in an urban area that stretch the length of the Santa Monica Mountains. It offers everything from ocean views to stops at the Hollywood sign. Vanderberg said it had been officially completed and dedicated as a National Recreation Trail just two years ago.

“It’s the combination of 40 years of effort in acquiring property, in building these trails that connect the entire trail system,” Vanderberg said. “And people have been really drawn to it this past year or two as word has gotten out that it had been completed, well that’s going to be significantly impacted for a long time." 

Santa Monica Mountain Trails Council President Ruth Gerson said three of the trail’s major bridges have been destroyed. Gerson rode the length of the Backbone Trail on horseback two years ago when she was 83 years old. 

“So that’s going to be a high priority to get those repaired,” Gerson said. “There’s a lot of areas that can be ridden where you don't have to worry about any of the bridges that are destroyed.”

Sap said that although he has an overall budget of $10 million for his district, the district will require more funding from the state Parks and Recreation Department and the federal government.

“This is a FEMA-declared event,” Sap said. “So the hope is that a portion of the cost will be offset with funding from FEMA.” 

While recovery efforts keep most of part of the state parks closed, Will Rogers and the Topanga park northwest of it remain completely open to public use.

Steve Iland, who plans the hikes for the Community Hiking Club in Santa Clarita, fears that because so many parks remain closed either partially or completely, more people will crowd to a select few parks. 

Iland said even if some of the burned areas were to reopen, they might not be much use to hikers. He said the section of Malibu Creek State Park where “M.A.S.H,” the 1970s Vietnam War-inspired television show was filmed, once contained exotic trees and plenty of shade before the fire. Most of that shade is gone now.

“The whole idea of hiking is to get out into areas that are lush, that are maybe shaded because of the amount of heat and sun in Southern California, you obviously want to be in areas that have got some shade,” Iland said. “Tramping through gray ash is not what hiking’s all about.”

”For the general public who wants to go to the woods and escape, the woods are gone,” Vanderberg said.

Kate Van Waes, the executive director of an advocacy group for hikers called American Hiking, believes the loss of scenery could affect visitation to the parks. 

“People end up being disappointed in the views that they see or they don’t want to go visit the place because they’re worried because it’s been ‘ruined,’” Van Waes said. “So it can affect visitorship and that can affect the local economy because fewer people are going to go hike on those trails and visit these scenic areas because of what the wildfire has done to them.”

But the scorched earth hasn’t stopped Gerson, the Santa Monica Mountain Trails Council president, from visiting Paramount Ranch, which has been reopened. She decided to stay in her home near the park, despite a mandatory evacuation, to watch over the 25 horses that evacuated neighbors and friends entrusted her.

Gerson prefers to go with her horse to Malibu Creek State Park, which remains partially closed, but she’s settled for Paramount Ranch.

“In places like Paramount Ranch, the grass is already coming up and is green already,” Gerson said. “People will come use the trails once it’s green.” 

Erskine-Hellrigel, the hiking club president, said that people should be on the lookout for other examples of California’s “really interesting” fire ecology. She described how oak trees that are burned down to the ground will stump sprout, meaning it will grow back with multiple trunks fused together. The “magnificent trees” with two, five or eight different trunks are often evidence of a past fire.

Erskine-Hellrigel also said there will be Poodle Dog bushes after the land recovers, and they’ll last for about eight years. 

“A lot of people are attracted to it because it has these spikes and these beautiful purple flowers,” Erskine-Hellrigel said. “They have no idea that it can be as dangerous as poison oak. You get this rash if you touch it.”

Sap said that visitors tend to flock to parks to take pictures of the wildflowers and plants that emerge like phoenixes from the fire. He also said the California Department of Parks and Recreation learned a valuable lesson from the 2013 Spring Fire, which burned more than 80 percent of Point Mugu State Park. Despite wildfire and flooding damage, people stormed the park when it reopened after a month. 

“I think we’re going to see a similar situation here, you multiply that one park times three, the big parks within the Los Angeles district and the Malibu sector primarily, that people really want to get out there and recreate,” Sap said. 

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International Champions Cup Soccer Matches Headline Tuesday Tickets On Sale

The International Champions Cup is set to take over stadiums across the U.S. later this summer, and tickets are now available. World renowned teams like FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Liverpool FC are all expected to compete and will surely draw huge crowds to the matches. Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium will host July matches between FC Bayern v. Manchester City and Real Madrid v. Manchester United, both of which go on general sale today. Over a dozen other matches are available today via presale.

In concerts, new tours from J Balvin, Johnnyswim, The Record Company and Deep Purple & Judas Priest are hitting the market via presale, as well as Janet Jackson’s newly-added shows on her State of the World Tour. In addition, select shows from Lady Antebellum, Third Eye Blind, Tony Bennett, Celtic Thunder and Hunter Hayes find tickets now on sale.

Comedy shows making a splash on the ticket market today include Steve Martin with Martin Short, Tracy Morgan, David Cross, Gabriel Iglesias and Dave Chappelle’s Controlled Danger show with John Mayer.

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Presales Event Venue City Date Seller 98 Rock Presents: Deep Purple & Judas Priest Toyota Amphitheatre Wheatland, CA Sun, 9/30/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Alice Cooper DeVos Performance Hall Grand Rapids, MI Mon, 10/29/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Alice Cooper STAGE AE Pittsburgh, PA Fri, 10/26/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Alice in Chains Choctaw Grand Theater Durant, OK Sun, 10/21/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA American Idol live! 2018 Wente Vineyards Livermore, CA Tue, 7/31/2018 8:15 PM TMUSA Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes & more: iHeartRadios KIIS FM Wango Tango by AT&T Banc of California Stadium Los Angeles, CA Sat, 6/2/2018 5:30 PM AXS Arlo Guthrie Infinity Hall Hartford Hartford, CT Fri, 11/16/2018 8:30 PM TFLY Black Violin Atlanta Symphony Hall Atlanta, GA Sun, 12/2/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Blackmores Night The Paramount Huntington, NY Sun, 7/22/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Blackmores Night The Wellmont Theater Montclair, NJ Sun, 7/29/2018 6:00 PM LIVN Brian Chase’s Drums & Drones Mercury Lounge New York, NY Fri, 6/15/2018 7:00 PM TFLY Broken Social Scene Capital Ballroom Victoria, BC Tue, 8/7/2018 7:00 PM TWEB Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang Budweiser Stage Toronto, ON Fri, 7/13/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Canada Russia Series Tribute Communities Centre Oshawa, ON Mon, 11/12/2018 7:00 PM EVNU Canadian Country Music Association Awards FirstOntario Centre Hamilton, ON Sun, 9/9/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Cash Unchained: The Ultimate Johnny Cash Experience Bogarts Cincinnati, OH Fri, 11/2/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Chris Isaak Fox Performing Arts Center Riverside, CA Sun, 7/15/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Chvrches Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA Sat, 10/20/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Chvrches The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC Tue, 10/16/2018 8:00 PM LIVN Chvrches Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU San Diego, CA Thu, 9/20/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Chvrches Paramount Theatre Seattle, WA Sat, 9/29/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Civic Arts Plaza presents JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY Fred Kavli Theatre-Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA Fri, 6/15/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Damon Williams & Friends Egyptian Room at Old National Centre Indianapolis, IN Sat, 5/26/2018 8:00 PM LIVN David Cross – Oh Come On Burton Cummings Theatre Winnipeg, MB Sun, 7/8/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA David Cross Oh Come On Speaker Jo Ann Davidson Theatre (formerly Capitol Theatre) Columbus, OH Mon, 7/30/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA David Cross Oh Come On The Danforth Music Hall Toronto, ON Fri, 7/27/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA David Cross ‘Oh Come On’ College Street Music Hall. New Haven, CT Thu, 6/21/2018 8:00 PM TFLY David Cross Brown Theatre Louisville, KY Thu, 8/9/2018 8:00 PM OTHER David Cross The Modell Lyric Baltimore, MD Wed, 8/1/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA David Cross: Oh Come On Atlanta Symphony Hall Atlanta, GA Sat, 8/11/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA David Cross: Oh Come On Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall Munhall, PA Tue, 7/31/2018 8:00 PM TFLY David Cross: Oh Come On The Fillmore Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA Sat, 6/23/2018 8:00 PM LIVN David Cross: Oh Come On Orpheum Theater Madison, WI Thu, 7/12/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA David Cross: Oh Come On Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, CA Sat, 8/18/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Deep Purple & Judas Priest Centre Bell Centre Montreal, QC Wed, 8/29/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Deep Purple & Judas Priest BB&T Pavilion Camden, NJ Sun, 9/9/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Deep Purple & Judas Priest Centre Videotron Quebec, QC Thu, 8/30/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Deep Purple & Judas Priest Darien Lake Amphitheater Darien Center, NY Wed, 9/5/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Deep Purple & Judas Priest FirstOntario Centre Hamilton, ON Mon, 8/27/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Deep Purple & Judas Priest Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY Sat, 9/1/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Deep Purple & Judas Priest PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte, NC Tue, 9/11/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Deep Purple & Judas Priest Verizon Amphitheatre Alpharetta, GA Fri, 9/14/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Deep Purple & Judas Priest Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – Chicago, IL Tinley Park, IL Wed, 8/22/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Deep Purple & Judas Priest Stir Concert Cove-Harrahs Council Bluffs Casino & Hotel Council Bluffs, IA Fri, 9/21/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Deep Purple & Judas Priest Mattress Firm Amphitheatre (Formerly Sleep Train Amphitheatre) Chula Vista, CA Wed, 9/26/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Disney Junior Dance Party On Tour Toyota Oakdale Theatre Wallingford, CT Sun, 9/23/2018 12:30 PM LIVN Disney Junior Dance Party On Tour Toyota Oakdale Theatre Wallingford, CT Sun, 9/23/2018 4:00 PM LIVN Disney Junior Dance Party On Tour! Boch Center Wang Theatre (formerly Citi Performing Arts Center) Boston, MA Sat, 9/22/2018 2:00 PM TMUSA Disney Junior Dance Party On Tour! Boch Center Wang Theatre (formerly Citi Performing Arts Center) Boston, MA Sat, 9/22/2018 5:00 PM TMUSA Engelbert Humperdinck: The Man I Want To Be Tour Bergen Performing Arts Center Englewood, NJ Fri, 10/12/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Famous Dex – The Dex Meets Dexter Tour Bogarts Cincinnati, OH Sun, 6/17/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Famous Dex – The Dex Meets Dexter Tour House of Blues Boston Boston, MA Tue, 6/5/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Famous Dex – The Dex Meets Dexter Tour Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA Wed, 6/6/2018 8:00 PM LIVN Famous Dex – The Dex Meets Dexter Tour House of Blues Anaheim Anaheim, CA Thu, 6/28/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Famous Dex – The Dex Meets Dexter Tour The Fillmore San Francisco, CA Mon, 6/25/2018 8:00 PM LIVN Friday Night Session Laver Cup 2018 United Center Chicago, IL Fri, 9/21/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Geotheory Mercury Lounge New York, NY Sun, 5/27/2018 8:00 PM TFLY Ghostcat Goth Spring Break w/ Mercury Lounge New York, NY Sun, 6/3/2018 8:00 PM TFLY Ghostly Times Mercury Lounge New York, NY Tue, 5/15/2018 9:30 PM TFLY Harry Connick, Jr. Providence Performing Arts Center Providence, RI Thu, 6/21/2018 7:00 PM EVNU Harry Connick, Jr. Hollywood Bowl Hollywood, CA Fri, 9/7/2018 8:00 PM OTHER Harry Connick, Jr. Hollywood Bowl Hollywood, CA Sat, 9/8/2018 8:00 PM OTHER Harry Connick, Jr. Hollywood Bowl Hollywood, CA Sun, 9/9/2018 8:00 PM OTHER Infinity Hall Gospel Series: Billy Powell & 1 Church Infinity Hall Hartford Hartford, CT Sun, 5/27/2018 5:00 PM TFLY International Champions Cup: AC Milan v FC Barcelona Levis Stadium Santa Clara, CA Sat, 8/4/2018 5:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: Benfica v Juventus Red Bull Arena Harrison, NJ Sat, 7/28/2018 1:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: Borussia Dortmund v Benfica Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA Wed, 7/25/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: FC Barcelona v Tottenham Hotspur Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA Sat, 7/28/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: FC Bayern v Manchester City Hard Rock Stadium Miami, FL Sat, 7/28/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: Juventus v FC Bayern Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA Wed, 7/25/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: Liverpool FC v Borussia Dortmund Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC Sun, 7/22/2018 4:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: Manchester City v Liverpool FC MetLife Stadium East Rutherford, NJ Wed, 7/25/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: Manchester United v AC Milan Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA Wed, 7/25/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: Manchester United v Real Madrid Hard Rock Stadium Miami, FL Tue, 7/31/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: Real Madrid v Juventus FedExField Landover, MD Sat, 8/4/2018 6:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: Tottenham Hotspur v AC Milan U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN Tue, 7/31/2018 7:30 PM TMUSA J Balvin Vibras Tour Agganis Arena Boston, MA Thu, 10/18/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA J Balvin Vibras Tour Bert Ogden Arena Edinburgh, TX Sat, 10/6/2018 8:00 PM OTHER J Balvin Vibras Tour Pepsi Center Denver, CO Sun, 10/14/2018 8:00 PM ALTUDE J Balvin Vibras Tour The Santander Arena Reading, PA Fri, 10/19/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA J Balvin Vibras Tour Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL Fri, 10/12/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA J Balvin Vibras Tour Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY Sat, 10/20/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA J Balvin Vibras Tour Laredo Energy Arena Laredo, TX Wed, 10/3/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA J Balvin Vibras Tour Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land Sugar Land, TX Thu, 10/4/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA J Balvin Vibras Tour Oracle Arena Oakland, CA Thu, 9/20/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA J Balvin Vibras Tour The Forum Inglewood, CA Sun, 9/23/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA J Balvin Infinite Energy Arena Duluth, GA Fri, 10/26/2018 8:00 PM AXS Jade Helm Mercury Lounge New York, NY Mon, 5/14/2018 9:30 PM TFLY Janet Jackson: State of the World Tour Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC Wed, 8/1/2018 8:00 PM LIVN Janet Jackson: State of the World Tour Lakeview Amphitheater Syracuse, NY Wed, 7/18/2018 8:00 PM LIVN Janet Jackson: State of the World Tour PNC Music Pavilion Charlotte, NC Fri, 8/3/2018 8:00 PM LIVN Janet Jackson: State of the World Tour Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, NY Thu, 7/26/2018 8:00 PM LIVN Janet Jackson: State of the World Tour Walmart AMP Rogers, AR Fri, 7/13/2018 8:00 PM OTHER Joey Pecoraro Mercury Lounge New York, NY Thu, 8/2/2018 9:30 PM TFLY Joey Pecoraro The Echo Los Angeles, CA Wed, 8/8/2018 8:30 PM TFLY Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Bell Auditorium Augusta, GA Wed, 7/11/2018 8:00 PM EVNU Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Brown Theatre Louisville, KY Thu, 7/5/2018 8:00 PM OTHER Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Carpenter Theatre Richmond, VA Sat, 7/7/2018 8:00 PM ETIX Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors House of Blues Orlando Orlando, FL Thu, 7/12/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors U.S. Cellular Center Asheville Asheville, NC Fri, 7/6/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Wilson Center Wilmington, NC Sun, 7/8/2018 8:00 PM OTHER Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Robinson Performance Hall Little Rock, AR Thu, 6/28/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors The Pageant St Louis, MO Sat, 6/30/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Von Braun Center Concert Hall Huntsville, AL Fri, 6/29/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Johnnyswim & Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Hoyt Sherman Place Des Moines, IA Mon, 7/2/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Johnnyswim Orpheum Theatre Wichita, KS Tue, 7/3/2018 7:00 PM OTHER Kashmir – The Live Led Zeppelin Show Bergen Performing Arts Center Englewood, NJ Sat, 10/6/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Kip Moore Maine State Pier Portland, ME Sat, 8/25/2018 6:00 PM TMUSA KLOS Presents: Deep Purple & Judas Priest FivePoint Amphitheatre Irvine, CA Thu, 9/27/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Lady Antebellum & Darius Rucker Summer Plays On Tour KeyBank Pavilion Burgettstown, PA Sat, 9/8/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Lady Antebellum & Darius Rucker Summer Plays On Tour Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center Noblesville, IN Fri, 9/14/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Lady Antebellum & Darius Rucker: Summer Plays On Tour Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC Thu, 10/4/2018 7:00 PM LIVN Laundry Day, Quarters of Change Mercury Lounge New York, NY Sun, 6/10/2018 5:30 PM TFLY Linda Ronstadt Angelico Hall – Dominican University of California San Rafael, CA Sat, 9/15/2018 7:30 PM TFLY Michael McDonald Gold Strike Casino Tunica Resorts, MS Sat, 7/28/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Michael McDonald Iroquois Amphitheater Louisville, KY Tue, 8/14/2018 7:30 PM TFLY Mix 93.3 Red White & Boom 2018 Providence Medical Center Amphitheater Bonner Springs, KS Sat, 6/30/2018 5:50 PM TMUSA Moscow Ballet?s Great Russian Nutcracker Nampa Civic Center Nampa, ID Mon, 11/5/2018 7:00 PM EVNU Moscow Ballets Great Russian Nutcracker BJCC Concert Hall Birmingham, AL Sun, 11/25/2018 3:00 PM TMUSA Moscow Ballets Great Russian Nutcracker Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN Mon, 12/24/2018 3:00 PM TMUSA Nutcracker Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Rapid City, SD Tue, 12/4/2018 7:00 PM EVNU Patton Oswalt Revention Music Center Houston, TX Sat, 10/20/2018 8:00 PM LIVN PHILLIP PHILLIPS & GAVIN DEGRAW Wente Vineyards Livermore, CA Thu, 8/16/2018 8:15 PM TMUSA Pinocchio NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY Tue, 8/7/2018 11:00 AM LIVN Riders In the Sky Deadwood Mountain Grand Deadwood, SD Fri, 6/22/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Saturday Night Session Laver Cup United Center Chicago, IL Sat, 9/22/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Simple Minds: Walk Between Worlds Tour Paramount Theatre Denver, CO Thu, 10/18/2018 8:00 PM ALTUDE Steve Martin & Martin Short Wente Vineyards Livermore, CA Thu, 8/23/2018 8:15 PM TMUSA Stevie Wonder: Exclusive Las Vegas Engagement Park Theater Las Vegas, NV Thu, 7/5/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA The Nice Ones Infinity Hall Norfolk Norfolk, CT Sat, 5/26/2018 8:00 PM TFLY The Record Company House of Blues Boston Boston, MA Fri, 10/19/2018 6:30 PM LIVN The Record Company Terminal 5 New York, NY Thu, 10/18/2018 8:00 PM AXS The Record Company The National Richmond, VA Fri, 10/12/2018 8:00 PM AXS The Record Company The NorVa Norfolk, VA Thu, 10/11/2018 7:30 PM AXS The Record Company Higher Ground Ballroom South Burlington, VT Tue, 10/23/2018 8:00 PM TFLY The Record Company The Pageant St Louis, MO Thu, 9/20/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA The Record Company Wooly’s Des Moines, IA Wed, 9/19/2018 7:30 PM TFLY The Record Company Rex Theater Pittsburgh, PA Tue, 10/16/2018 8:00 PM TFLY The Record Company 191 Toole Tucson, AZ Wed, 11/7/2018 8:00 PM TFLY THE RECORD COMPANY Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ Tue, 11/6/2018 8:00 PM TFLY The Record Company The Fillmore San Francisco, CA Fri, 9/14/2018 8:30 PM LIVN The Record Company The Fillmore San Francisco, CA Sat, 9/15/2018 8:30 PM LIVN The Record Company Saturn Birmingham, AL Tue, 10/30/2018 8:00 PM TFLY The Record Company The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA Sat, 11/10/2018 7:30 PM LIVN Theory Of A Deadman Harrahs Resort Atlantic City Atlantic City, NJ Fri, 7/6/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Tracy Morgan River Cree Resort & Casino Enoch, AB Sat, 11/17/2018 9:00 PM TMUSA West Conf Semis: TBD at Pelicans Rd 2 Hm Gm 1 Smoothie King Center New Orleans, LA Mon, 4/30/2018 12:00 AM TMUSA West Conf Semis: TBD at Pelicans Rd 2 Hm Gm 3 Smoothie King Center New Orleans, LA Mon, 4/30/2018 12:00 AM TMUSA General Onsale Event Venue City Date Seller 4th of July Firework Spectacular Weill Hall / Lawn at the Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA Wed, 7/4/2018 7:30 PM OTHER A Patriotic Salute To Our Country Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ Fri, 5/25/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Aspire Dance Studio Presents Live. Love. Dance. Scherr Forum-Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA Sat, 6/16/2018 2:00 PM TMUSA Aspire Dance Studio Presents Live. Love. Dance. Scherr Forum-Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA Sat, 6/16/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Bob James Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD Thu, 8/30/2018 8:00 PM TFLY Boyz II Men Weill Hall / Lawn at the Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA Thu, 8/16/2018 7:30 PM OTHER Canadian Brass Warner Theatre Washington, DC Sat, 6/30/2018 7:30 PM LIVN Celtic Thunder The Bushnell Hartford, CT Wed, 9/12/2018 7:30 PM TCOM Chris Botti Weill Hall / Lawn at the Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA Sun, 8/12/2018 7:30 PM OTHER Cobbs Comedy Showcase Cobbs Comedy Club San Francisco, CA Wed, 6/20/2018 8:00 PM LIVN Comedy Jam at the Ram featuring Justin Schlegel of 98 Rock Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD Sat, 5/12/2018 8:00 PM TFLY Dave Chappelle & John Mayer: Controlled Danger The Masonic San Francisco, CA Mon, 4/30/2018 9:00 PM LIVN Deep Purple & Judas Priest Centre Bell Centre Montreal, QC Wed, 8/29/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA DJEMBE! The Show Apollo Theater Chicago, IL Sun, 7/29/2018 5:00 PM TMUSA Dr. Cesar Lozano Majestic Theatre Dallas Dallas, TX Thu, 8/9/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA Famous Dex – The Dex Meets Dexter Tour Summit Music Hall Denver, CO Wed, 6/20/2018 7:00 PM TFLY Forks, Corks & Kegs Festival Deadwood Mountain Grand Deadwood, SD Fri, 4/5/2019 5:00 PM TMUSA Gabriel Iglesias Weill Hall / Lawn at the Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA Sat, 7/7/2018 7:30 PM OTHER Harlem Globetrotters Talking Stick Resort Arena Phoenix, AZ Sat, 8/11/2018 1:00 PM TMUSA Harlem Globetrotters Talking Stick Resort Arena Phoenix, AZ Sat, 8/11/2018 6:00 PM TMUSA HASHTAG CON FORTNITE BATTLE ROYALE ESPORTS TOURNAMENT DAY 1 Lafayette Cajundome Lafayette, LA Sat, 5/26/2018 12:00 PM TMUSA HASHTAG CON FORTNITE BATTLE ROYALE ESPORTS TOURNAMENT DAY 2 Lafayette Cajundome Lafayette, LA Sun, 5/27/2018 12:00 PM TMUSA Hunter Hayes Weill Hall / Lawn at the Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA Fri, 8/10/2018 7:30 PM OTHER International Champions Cup: FC Bayern v Manchester City Hard Rock Stadium Miami, FL Sat, 7/28/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: FC Bayern v Manchester City Hard Rock Stadium Miami, FL Sat, 7/28/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA International Champions Cup: Manchester United v Real Madrid Hard Rock Stadium Miami, FL Tue, 7/31/2018 8:00 PM TMUSA John Hiatt Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD Fri, 10/26/2018 8:00 PM TFLY Kinky Friedman Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD Tue, 7/17/2018 8:00 PM TFLY Los Tucanes De Tijuana Weill Hall / Lawn at the Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA Sat, 7/21/2018 7:30 PM OTHER Lyle Lovett and his Large Band Weill Hall / Lawn at the Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA Sat, 9/8/2018 7:30 PM OTHER Macero Parker Big Band: Blues at the Green Weill Hall / Lawn at the Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA Sat, 7/28/2018 7:30 PM OTHER Manchester Monarchs Kelly Cup Playoffs – Round 2 Game 5 SNHU Arena Manchester, NH Sun, 5/6/2018 6:00 PM TMUSA Marc Broussard Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD Wed, 8/8/2018 8:00 PM TFLY Mesquite Championship Rodeo Mesquite Arena Mesquite, TX Sat, 6/2/2018 7:30 PM TMUSA Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra Weill Hall / Lawn at the Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA Wed, 6/27/2018 7:30 PM OTHER Owl City: Cinematic Tour Neptune Theatre Seattle, WA Sat, 10/6/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Pam Rossis Dance Ten Company Showcase 2018 Scherr Forum-Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA Fri, 5/11/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Peach Pit Moroccan Lounge Los Angeles, CA Mon, 6/25/2018 7:30 PM TFLY Punch Borthers Weill Hall / Lawn at the Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA Thu, 8/23/2018 7:30 PM OTHER Ricky Skaggs: Bluegrass & Craft Beer Festival Weill Hall / Lawn at the Green Music Center Rohnert Park, CA Sun, 7/15/2018 2:00 PM OTHER Rock The Lounge: Brian Wilson presents The Christmas Album Live Toyota Oakdale Theatre Wallingford, CT Sat, 12/8/2018 8:00 PM LIVN Roots Of Creation Elevate Nightclub Salt Lake City, UT Tue, 4/24/2018 7:00 PM TFLY Salon Series: Artists Talk featuring Jon Boogz & Lil Buck Apollo Theater New York, NY Sat, 5/19/2018 7:00 PM TMUSA Simple Minds: Walk Between Worlds Tour The Masonic San Francisco, CA Thu, 10/25/2018 8:00 PM LIVN Smooky MarGielaa Shakas Live Virginia Beach, VA Tue, 4/24/2018 7:00 PM TFLY SUBstance Wednesdays 5 Year Anniversary ft. Crizzly Foundation Nightclub Seattle, WA Wed, 5/2/2018 10:00 PM TFLY Sunshine Generation Festival Place Sherwood Park, AB Wed, 6/13/2018 6:30 PM TMUSA Swingin At The Sands: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra feat. The Dave Tucker Big Band & Tony Liberto Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD Sun, 6/3/2018 7:00 PM TFLY Terry Bozzio Festival Place Sherwood Park, AB Thu, 9/27/2018 7:30 PM TMUSA The Dirty Grass Players ** All Ages Matinee** Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD Sun, 9/16/2018 1:00 PM TFLY The Moth Laugh Boston Boston, MA Tue, 5/1/2018 8:00 PM TFLY The Moth: Ego Laugh Boston Boston, MA Tue, 5/1/2018 8:00 PM TFLY the music of the Allman Brothers Band Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH Sat, 6/23/2018 8:00 PM TFLY The Outlaws Highline Ballroom New York, NY Fri, 8/3/2018 7:30 PM TWEB Third Eye Blind Grand Sierra Resort and Casino Reno, NV Fri, 5/25/2018 9:00 PM TMUSA Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD Tue, 7/24/2018 8:00 PM TFLY Tony Bennett Celebrity Theatre Phoenix, AZ Tue, 8/7/2018 7:30 PM OTHER ZOSO: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience Rams Head On Stage Annapolis, MD Wed, 7/25/2018 8:00 PM TFLY Comments

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Pentatonix Announce New Album & Tour: PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I Out April 13th; Performing at Starplex Pavilion in Dallas On July 26th

Three-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum-selling artist Pentatonix will release PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I April 13th via RCA Records. The inaugural release for the group’s PTX Presents series will feature 11 PTX-curated modern pop performances, including an arrangement of Camila Cabello’s “Havana.” Alongside their album announcement, Pentatonix will embark on a 39-city North American tour produced by Live Nation, beginning at the USANA Amphitheatre in Salt Lake City, UT on July 12th.  Tickets for the tour will be available via a 24-hour Patreon pre-sale (for Patreon members) beginning March 5th at 10am local time.  Citi® is the official pre-sale credit card of the tour. As such, Citi® card members will have access to purchase pre-sale tickets beginning Tuesday, March 6th at 12pm local time until Thursday, March 8th at 10pm local time through Citi’s Private Pass® program. Tickets will be available to the general public starting Friday, March 9th at 12pm local time through www.ptxofficial.com,  LiveNation.com and the Live Nation app. Once on sale, tickets to the Dallas show will be available to purchase HERE. Tour Dates:

2018 July 12--Salt Lake City, UT--USANA Amphitheatre 14--Auburn, WA--White River Amphitheatre 15--Ridgefield, WA--Sunlight Supply Amphitheater 17--Mountain View, CA--Shoreline Amphitheatre 19--Irvine, CA--FivePoint Amphitheatre 21--Phoenix, AZ--Ak-Chin Pavilion 22--Albuquerque, NM--Isleta Amphitheater 24--Oklahoma City, OK--Zoo Amphitheatre 25--Rogers, AR--Walmart AMP 26--Dallas, TX--Starplex Pavilion 28--Austin, TX--Austin360 Amphitheater 29--The Woodlands, TX--Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 31--Atlanta, GA--Chastain Park Amphitheatre August 2--Pelham, AL--Oak Mountain Amphitheatre 4--Charlotte, NC--PNC Music Pavilion 5--Virginia Beach, VA--Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater 7--West Palm Beach, FL--Coral Sky Amphitheatre 9--Tampa, FL--MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre 11--Raleigh, NC--Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek 12--Bristow, VA--Jiffy Lube Live 14--Camden, NJ--BB&T Pavilion 15--Wantagh, NY--Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater 20--Holmdel, NJ--PNC Bank Arts Center 22--Saratoga Springs, NY--Saratoga Performing Arts Center 23--Syracuse, NY--Lakeview Amphitheater 25--Scranton, PA--The Pavilion at Montage Mountain 26--Hartford, CT--XFINITY Theatre 28--Mansfield, MA--Xfinity Center 30--Bangor, ME--Darling's Waterfront Pavilion September 1--Burgettstown, PA--KeyBank Pavilion 2--Hershey, PA--Hersheypark Stadium 5--Cincinnati, OH--Riverbend Music Center 6--Toronto, ON--Budweiser Stage 8--Noblesville, IN--Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center 9--Allegan, MI--Allegan County Fair 11--Council Bluffs, IA--Harrah's Council Bluffs Hotel and Casino 13--Cuyahoga Falls, OH--Blossom Music Center 15--Clarkston, MI--DTE Energy Music Theatre 16--Tinley Park, IL--Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

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In 2017: Highlights from the Year

At the end of every calendar year, I think the following 12 months can’t get any better, and yet they always manage to exceed expectations. Well, except for 2016; that will forever be the year that nearly did me in.

Still, 2017 started off with very little on the calendar by way of work and wound up being our most fulfilling and lucrative year ever. For 2018, we already have a solid dozen projects booked, so I can’t wait to see what this year holds!

Work

This was the first full year that SVV and I worked together full time. To clarify, he always served as my manager of sorts—well, at least from the time I started monetizing this blog about three years after its 2007 inception—but he also always had a “day job.” I was getting to the point where I was making enough between magazine writing, content projects, photography and blogging that I could pay someone a healthy salary, so it just made sense that someone was him. We also had a paid intern this summer (who we would love to bring back next!) and a VA. This year, we’re toying with the idea of bringing in more part-time subcontractors on to fill some holes.

It’s worked out better than we could ever imagine, too; having extra help has allowed me to expand my roster of anchor clients—we also have a micro-agency specializing in consulting, strategy, copywriting and other such tasks for the corporate world—and also really upped my blog partnerships.

Speaking of which, we had SO many fun content collaborations last year and I’m truly thankful to get to work with every single one of them. Among them: Google Fiber; Visit Franklin; Tru by Hilton; Oklahoma City; St. George, Utah; American Refractive Surgery Council (for LASIK); Fairmont Hotels; Visit Florida; Zappos; Mars Petcare; Grand Ole Opry; Wrangler; Blount Partnership; Savannah; Twin Creeks, Tennessee; New Orleans. I started a monthly highlights series this past year to share more about my work and track both hits and misses.

On the editorial side, I’m starting to scale back on my magazine writing for myriad reasons (mostly time and a decline in rates), but still managed to write for National Geographic, PEOPLE, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Marriott Traveler, AAA Living and AFAR.

Travel

I estimated that I spent more than 200 nights in hotel rooms, friends’ houses and Airbnbs this year. Dang, that’s a lot! In 2018, I really hope to spend more time in the home we’ve worked so hard to rehab.

The year started off in Washington state with our beloved NVR Guys, then quickly followed with a trip to Grenada, an island nation I absolutely fell in love with and one that you should consider putting on your radar right away.

Next, in February, it was off to Florida for my birthday at Universal Orlando Resort.

It would actually be my first of two Florida jaunts in less than a month, as I headed back in early March when my BFF Lemon and I road-tripped from Georgia to South Carolina for a wedding, then down to Jacksonville, where I got to see my girls Angie and Jade (and team up with Visit Florida on a content project!).

April saw us taking visitors around Middle Tennessee before hopping a plane to Boston for a Fairmont project, then taking the train to NYC.  We also drove back to Charleston to attend the wedding of my college suitemate, as well as up to Myrtle Beach for her bachelorette weekend.

From there, we headed to Savannah, where we kicked off the month of May with a content project. That month, I also went to Utah to play in Zion National Park, then back to Orlando for the opening of Volcano Bay.

June had me sticking close(r) to home: First, to the Smokies for work, then to Knoxville for a wedding, then back to Middle Tennessee for CMT Awards and Bonnaroo. Then, I went to Knoxville again (this time for work), followed by a yoga retreat at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch.

In July, I was mostly homebound. SVV went to visit his family in California for 10 days, while I tended to the pup (and my cousin’s kids). We did bop on down to the Florida Keys for five days mid-month, but then came home in time to throw my blog an epic 10-year-old birthday party.

August was jam-packed, beginning with five days in New Orleans, then I flew to meet SVV in NYC for a wedding, then we were home for a few days before heading out to Oklahoma City for the first time. One of the biggest surprises of the year was just how much we became obsessed with OKC; it’s such a dynamic, friendly and fun place to explore!

In September, we went to Sweden—one of only two international trips we took this year—and it made me fall in love with Scandinavia all over again. When we got back to Tennessee, it was festival season in Nashville: Music City Food & Wine and then Pilgrimage the following weekend.

October took us all over the state of Tennessee—literally, we hit every major city (Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Clarksville) and several small guys in between—for our big whiskey trail project and also to Georgia (for a Hilton campaign), where we got to see Team Mayhem and Team Vagabond3.

We thought our final work trip would fall in November so headed to South Walton on an actual vacation for four nights en route to Orlando for my final project with Universal for its holiday experience. On the way back, we decided to swing through Crystal River for the night BECAUSE MANATEES. I will definitely be going back to the Florida Springs in the future, as that was just too cool.

I thought that was it for 2017, but then! Travel Mindset called and wanted to send us to another awesome Fairmont Hotel for a project at the beginning of December, this time for a Christmas campaign with their D.C. property, to which I said: count us in!

The year ended with our annual Colorado jaunt, this time a week in Breckenridge courtesy of my mom. What a way to close out a fulfilling year!

Health

I started off the year by running like mad—and completed the harrowing Jack Daniel’s Oak Barrel Half Marathon in April—and then just … stopped. Or rather, my travels picked up and I had no time to train. That’s going to change this year (as soon as it’s not 8 degrees here in Tennessee!) as I’m slated to run the Fargo half-marathon in May with Lemon.

Around the time my travels became crazy, my trainer had knee surgery and then came down with pneumonia so she was out of commission for quite a few months. This means, my weight-lifting this past year really went downhill; I’m hoping to change that starting now and get back on a weekly routine with her. Being a former college athlete, I don’t really need someone to train me, but I have no gym buddies where I live, and having an accountability partner is so clutch (plus, I just really enjoy hanging out with her, too!).

SVV got his own paddleboard (copycat!), so we were able to SUP together many of the warmer weekends we were home in summer and fall. Ella, in particular, was thrilled with this arrangement!

One thing that didn’t suffer, though, was my AcroYoga classes, which I take one day a week, then jam with friends on another. Acro is truly my fitness love—so fun! such a good team-building activity—and a damn good core workout at that.

Family

Dad is doing much better, 23 months post-stroke. Speech is still hard, but we’re seeing him get more and more words back as the months progress. He also finished his first book since the stroke (a John Lescroart novel) while on our trip. He’ll never fully recover to the point he was pre-stroke as the clot was too big by the time they got into his brain to operate, but he’ll have a comfortable (and hopefully, happy!) life.

Of course, the BIG news for the year was that my sister is pregnant! Charlotte Rose Clarey is joining our nutty clan sometime in March, and I couldn’t be more stoked to have another niece—and one just down the road at that (my two other darling nieces live some 2,500 miles away in California).

Friends

2017 was a year for friend hangs, and I love that so many projects took me to see so many of my besties! Lemon and I got to see each other a handful of times—in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, South Carolina again, Tennessee and NYC—and Jade and I almost managed to get back on our every-other-month visitation schedule.

I saw the Mayhems several times, in both Georgia and in Tennessee. And I stayed with Angie Away at her new house in JAX; Angie, Alex and I took a trip to New Orleans together; and Alex also spent nearly two weeks in Tennessee with me for Bonnaroo, during which her lovely mother and her fiancé also joined us. It was a packed house, as another three friends from Tennessee stayed with us, in addition to an extra canine body. The best way to spend Bonnaroo, in my mind!

Of course, there’s my Nashville squad, too, and I squeeze in as many happy hours and dinners with them when I’m home and their schedules allow. I also run a media networking group that just hit four years, so I know that at least once a month I’ll get face time with that crew.

House

We continue to plug along at our house (mostly SVV), but to be honest, we’ve had so many other projects that have taken precedence, including a house he’s fixing up for my parents that’s in bad shape and the new commercial property we just bought in our backyard. So many house projects, so little time!

This past year, we did manage to finish our master bathroom (which the TODAY Show then featured!), stock up on some awesome MCM furniture, finish our fence all the way around (the only missing part is the electronic gate), build a kick-ass garden (again, all SVV) and add a few new pieces to the inside (like a custom-built island and table).

Biggest Wins

This post on why you can’t pick my brain went viral.

My guide to Savannah was my best-performing travel post of the year.

I still can’t believe I’ve been blogging for 10.5 years; I shared some lessons on this crazy journey.

I finally put together the Nashville murals post I’d been working on for years, which prompted this Google Fiber partnership.

I teamed up with Kristin Sweeting to plan a Portugal retreat for creatives next summer (there’s still time to book!).

I started a SEP at the tail-end of 2016 and have contributed to it three times thus far (as a freelancer, no one’s got my back when it comes to retirement!).

Biggest Headaches

The never-ending fight with Expedia that resulted in my family losing $10,000.

SVV bonking his noggin and having to get stitches while in Charleston.

A major destination’s PR firm stole dozens of my images, played dumb when we called them out on it, and while we are still contemplating a small-claims suit our court system makes it fairly easy for a shady company to rip off freelancers like us.

2017 by the Numbers

Blog posts written: 102

Countries visited: 3

States visited: 12

Flights taken: 33

Trips to Florida: 6

Weddings attended: 5

Books read: 14 (pathetic! I blame the news and social media)

What were your major highlights of the past 12 months? And what would you love to see more of from C&C in the coming year?

For past year-end reviews, see my recaps here: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008.

In 2017: Highlights from the Year published first on http://ift.tt/2gOZF1v

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EARS TO THE GROUND

BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER / PHOTOGRAPHY BY LOUISE JOHNS

Three hundred years ago, Blood Run was a hub of the Great Plains. The landscape architect Brenda Williams is helping guide tribal efforts to protect what’s left, mostly by listening.

FROM THE AUGUST 2017 ISSUE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE.

On a cold, blustery morning last November, I followed an abandoned railroad grade to the South Dakota and Iowa state line. I had two maps in front of me—one an annotated paper printout, a collage of colors and lines overlaid on an old topo map, and the other Google Maps, open on my phone, my blue dot tacking southwest. I wasn’t lost. I was on a trail that did not yet exist.

The route, unmarked and at points choked by trees, had been outlined to me a few days earlier by Brenda Williams, ASLA, a landscape architect and director of preservation planning at Quinn Evans Architects in Madison, Wisconsin. Williams had recently led the development of a master plan for this area, an important but not widely known archaeological site known as Blood Run. The old railway was the proposed arrival sequence.

Typically, the few visitors who came to Blood Run, which became a National Historic Landmark in 1970, parked at the top of a bluff and followed a path down to the Big Sioux River, the state border. But Williams had been explicit: Take the railroad grade. Rather than start high, Williams wanted visitors to begin in the valley, to park and walk along the creek that gives the area its name before reaching the earthen mounds that are some of the site’s more visible cultural and historic remnants. It was, in part, a practical decision: The abandoned railroad provided a level path all the way from the main road to the mound grouping. But mostly it was about being immersed in the place, bringing people into the site with as few visual intrusions as possible, as few opportunities to break the spell.

To American tourists used to the grandeur of Yellowstone or Yosemite, the landscape at Blood Run may seem unremarkable: gentle bluffs covered in prairie grass, occasional stands of box elders and oaks, and, near the river, an old, stone farmstead, sunken in like a piece of rotted fruit. But as one member of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska put it, “Even commonplace landscapes can have mythic importance. Blood Run is such a place.”

Blood Run has gone by many names over the years. A Sioux Falls physician, Frederick W. Pettigrew, called it the Silent City. The Omaha people called it Xe (pronounced breathily like khay), or the place “where something is buried.” It is unclear when or why it became known as Blood Run. Some think the name comes from the area’s ubiquitous pink Sioux quartzite, which could have turned the creek’s water red; another theory is that Blood was a surname. What is generally agreed upon is that Blood Run was not, as the name might suggest, a massacre site. Rather, it was a place of peace.

Several structures remain on site, visible from the existing path. Photograph by Louise Johns.

Blood Run is the largest and best-preserved historic site associated with what archaeologists call the Oneota cultural tradition, which is characterized by a style of shell-flecked pottery, though the term generally is not used by members of the many tribal nations—including the Ioway, Omaha, Ponca, Otoe, Missouria, Winnebago, Osage, and Kansa—that maintain ancestral connections to the area. According to tribal histories and archaeological evidence, the area once supported as many as 10,000 people. It was inhabited continuously from AD 1500 to 1714, a cultural and economic hub contemporaneous with the formation of the American colonies. Blood Run had barely even been established when Christopher Columbus mistook the Bahamas for the East Indies.

People from across the continent made stops here, trading pottery and later European goods for catlinite, a soft, red stone quarried some 50 miles to the north at what is now Pipestone National Monument in Minnesota. Tribes also traded ceremonies and songs. Randy Teboe, who until recently served as the director of cultural affairs for the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, describes the city as a refuge, far from the conflicts erupting on the East Coast. Here, tribes built alliances that were called upon as they were driven from their homelands.

Today, there is little hint of that refuge. By the middle of the 20th century, 200 years of European settlement had nearly erased this one-time city. Of what had been hundreds of mounds, built for burial and ceremonial purposes, just 68 remained.

Image courtesy of Quinn Evans Architects.

In 1988, the governors of Iowa and South Dakota announced their intention to turn Blood Run into a bistate park. It would be a first for the United States, and a signature project of their administrations. Soon after, a bistate committee was formed to begin the planning process. In the decades since, both states have made significant progress toward that vision, though at significantly different paces. South Dakota, after acquiring 650 acres, designated its half of the site as Good Earth State Park in 2013 and in May dedicated a new visitor center. Across the river, Iowa owns just 183 acres. There are no facilities or campgrounds, just a mowed-grass path and a small metal sign.

That the two states find themselves at such different stages is a result of politics and funding, but also a difference in approach. For years, South Dakota’s efforts were embroiled in conflict between the state and its tribal consultants (formal representatives from those tribes with ancestral ties to the site), due in part to the pace of construction. The landscape bears the imprint of this rift. In South Dakota, new gravel paths trace the contour of the river bluff but are cut off from Blood Run’s most significant resources. Visitors in Iowa, meanwhile, have no access to the areas of highest elevation, places that, for tribal members, hold particular spiritual significance. Today, rather than a truly borderless, jointly managed bistate park, Blood Run is two distinct halves of a historical whole.

Brenda Williams works out of a small upstairs office in her house in Madison. She is midwestern to a tee, polite and self-effacing. She makes her own mustard. She has a husband, a son, and two cats, Sky and Moku (a reference to mokume gane, a Japanese method of metalworking), which wander in and out of her office. She is known for having, in the words of one tribal representative, the “patience of Job.”

In 2015, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) hired Williams to develop a cultural landscape master plan for its portion of the Blood Run site. By then, a series of conflicts and disagreements had left many of the tribal consultants distrustful of South Dakota’s state officials. Lance Foster, the tribal historic preservation officer, or THPO, for the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, was one of them. Foster lives in White Cloud, Kansas, and works out of his tribe’s government offices, a collection of red-brick buildings plopped onto the rural landscape. He’s a bear of a man, but more teddy than grizzly. In overalls and a short-sleeved, button-up shirt, he looks as if he’s been farming this corner of Kansas for his entire life. In fact, Foster is trained as an anthropologist, an artist, and a landscape architect. Before he moved to White Cloud, he taught painting, drawing, and archaeology at the University of Montana and published The Indians of Iowa, an overview of the dozens of tribes that once called the state home. It was Foster who wrote, in American Indian Places: A Historical Guidebook, that commonplace landscapes like Blood Run can have “mythic importance.”

Marisa Cummings (left), an Omaha tribe member, near the remains of an old springhouse. Photograph by Louise Johns.

Foster consulted on both South Dakota’s and Iowa’s master plans. He says South Dakota’s officials presented the tribes with a mostly formed master plan and only then solicited comment. They also pursued a project schedule that did not allow for the customary consultation between a tribal consultant and his or her tribal council. “South Dakota had directions from their governor to rush ahead and get things done, which wasn’t always on a native timescale,” Foster says wryly. At one point, after a prominent South Dakota businessman questioned the importance of tribal involvement, Foster withdrew from the planning process.

Marisa Miakonda Cummings, an Omaha tribe member who has served as an official and unofficial consultant to both states, says the process was so “ugly” and disrespectful of her tribe that she threatened to organize a protest and shut down the entire project. “In our language, we have a word; it means, ‘They have no ears.’ They don’t listen,” Cummings says. “And that’s what was happening.”

In 2015, when those same tribe members were asked to attend a meeting for Iowa’s master plan, Cummings says she expected more of the same. “We were called to a meeting, and Brenda and her husband are there. And bless Brenda’s heart, we were just at her throat. Like, ‘What are you trying to give us? Show us whatever you’re trying to do,’” Cummings recalls. (Williams’s husband, Dan Williams, ASLA, is a landscape architect at Lunde Williams and a member of the project team.) “And she kept saying, ‘Well, that’s why we’re here. We’re waiting to hear what you have to say.’ And it took her probably half a day of saying that over and over again before we were like, ‘Oh, you really want to start from ground zero.’”

That posture, Cummings says, “created this entirely different dialogue about what would we really want? We want to educate people. We want to show them all of our biodiversity. We want to show that we weren’t roaming around just chasing a buffalo with a spear, but that we were agriculturalists. We were engineers. We were architects.”

Randy Teboe (second from left) walks the future state park with Brenda Williams, ASLA, (foreground) and tribal representatives. Photograph by Louise Johns.

It would be an exaggeration to suggest that Williams alone was responsible for the smoothness of Iowa’s master plan process. Dozens of factors were in play, including the two states’ disparate timelines, which gave the Iowa team an opportunity to learn from South Dakota’s missteps. Iowa also has a history of successful tribal engagement. In the 1970s, battles between archaeologists and indigenous rights activists led to the passage of the Iowa Burials Protection Act of 1976, the first U.S. law to specifically protect indigenous peoples’ remains. That law was a precursor to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA. “They have really led the way,” Foster says of the state.

At Blood Run, IDNR wanted the engagement process to guide the master plan and was even willing to relinquish the idea of a bistate park. “[They] said, ‘We want you to tell us what it should be,” Williams says. In its RFP, the state asked design teams to visit the tribes at their homes, but Williams thought it equally important that the tribal representatives be on site as much as possible. She included money in her budget for representatives from the most closely associated tribes to travel to Blood Run.

Over the next year, the Iowa team—which included Iowa’s state archaeologist, as well as the archaeologist Dale Henning, who served as an adviser to the tribes—formed a close bond, joking and teasing one another. “It’s all about spending time with someone, one to one,” Foster says. “It’s not like a usual client situation. Spend a lot of time with us, get to know us as a person, as a friend, and we will find a way to make it work together.” With Williams, “we all became a team,” he says. “That’s how we saw ourselves.”

Iowa’s master plan, which covers some 3,880 acres, including property beyond the current National Historic Landmark boundary, calls for interpretative facilities, campgrounds, and a large bioreserve, complete with a herd of bison. The main trail—which currently cuts through the main mound grouping and leads to one of Blood Run’s unique pitted boulders, large chunks of Sioux quartzite covered in small, man-made divots—will be moved to protect these resources. New, low-impact secondary trails will be added, along with low platforms that will provide people enough height to see the mounds but will not damage them. Where trails cut through historic resources, they will feature a different material as a visual reminder to visitors that they are within a sensitive area. Some places of spiritual or cultural significance will be completely off-limits. Rather than draw attention to them through interpretation, the state will protect these areas by giving them wide berth.

Based on feedback from tribal representatives, the Iowa team also realized that it needed a long-range interpretation and education plan alongside the master plan. Iowa’s approach calls for interpretative facilities at every entrance to the park, to inform visitors how to conduct themselves on site and to provide occasions for reflection at the conclusion of a visit. It was important to many of the tribal representatives that the experience be fluid, changing with the seasons, much like the lives of those who lived at Blood Run.

Blood Run carves a course through a landscape of low terraces. Photograph by Louise Johns.

And then, of course, there is the need to stitch the site back together. “Obviously, if this is going to be a holistic place, there [need to be] ways to get across the river,” Williams says. “[We] can’t keep talking about South Dakota versus Iowa.” The design team analyzed potential bridge locations, including the old railroad abutment, which had a consistent grade on both sides and a possible connection to a regional bike trail. But some of the tribal representatives were horrified at the idea, Williams says, because the railroad cut through one of the area’s most dense concentrations of historic resources. “That was so huge for us to hear that,” Williams tells me. Eventually, a footbridge was suggested north of Iowa’s current entrance. “You need to have that connection, but it needs to be pedestrian,” she says. “No cars, no bikes.”

Despite the admittedly light hand Quinn Evans has employed, Williams says she has some trepidation. In a place that is so treasured, any intervention can feel intrusive. “There’s nothing there yet,” she says. “And yet all we can do is ruin it. That’s the fear of creating this thing.”

Williams has devoted her career to cultural landscapes like Blood Run, working with public clients such as IDNR and the National Park Service (NPS). “And that is where I belong,” she tells me. “I have this really insatiable desire to try to make things right with these places that are so special and that I feel like keep getting lost.” But exactly what it means to “make things right” has shifted for Williams over the years. Through projects like Blood Run, she’s gained a newfound appreciation for indigenous knowledge—and also seen it dismissed by government officials and even other designers. She’s been forced to confront her own ignorance and challenge business-as-usual approaches to “stakeholder engagement.” And she’s had to accept that, as a design professional, her rights extend only so far when it comes to a tribe’s particular beliefs and practices. “One of the points that I talk about is not asking for information,” she says. “Not ‘What is important?’ but ‘How do we protect what is important?’”

Recently, Williams has begun writing and speaking about her work, and she’s developed a checklist for landscape architects. Number one: Investigate whether or not a tribe was ever associated with a site. The answer may appear obvious, she says, but many tribes were forced from their homes, relocated to unclaimed territory. Tribes whose reservations today are in Kansas or Nebraska often maintain deep ties to lands hundreds of miles away. At Blood Run, associated tribes live as far away as Perkins, Oklahoma, 600 miles to the south.

Number two: Include tribal engagement in the project scope, even if just as an optional service. (When Williams has done so, the client has always added it in, she says.) Number three: Deal only with a formal representative who is authorized to speak on behalf of the tribe. This third point has been made simpler by the creation of the THPO (often pronounced “tippo”) role. Following centuries of disenfranchisement, in 1992, an amendment to the National Historic Preservation Act created the THPO program. Besides giving government agencies an official point of contact, a tribe’s THPO gained the authority to make preservation decisions on tribal lands, previously the jurisdiction of the state historic preservation officer. In 1996, with $958,500 from the National Historic Preservation Fund, 12 tribes hired their first THPOs. Today there are 171.

Federal funding has gone toward not just hiring but training the THPOs. This has opened up new professional opportunities for tribe members and provided a firmer foundation regarding the legal ins and outs of legislation like NAGPRA. Though the program has its shortcomings (a shrinking pot of money among them), THPOs have become crucial liaisons to both sides, translating their tribes’ protocols for the project team and the planning jargon for the tribal council.

“The good thing about having a THPO is that you usually encounter somebody who at least has some training, some awareness not only of culture and the law, but is also usually educated and willing to engage with the outside world,” Foster says.

Williams also advises her clients to build long-term relationships with tribal representatives, because questions that weren’t considered inevitably arise, and tribes should be involved. “There will be decisions about, ‘Can people come here and have a dog show? Is that offensive or not?’” she says.

Williams explained her philosophy as we trekked to the top of Effigy Mounds National Monument south of Harpers Ferry, Iowa, some 300 miles east of Blood Run. Williams completed a cultural landscape report for Effigy Mounds, which encompasses 2,500 acres along the Mississippi River, around the same time as she developed the master plan for Blood Run and worked with many of the same THPOs.

Effigy Mounds provides a glimpse into Blood Run’s future. The mounds that give the place its name—massive earthen structures, some more than 200 feet long, formed into the shapes of bears and birds—are easy to make out, thanks to a landscape treatment that provides contrast. Herbaceous plants are being encouraged atop the mounds, which will be burned on rotation, and grass around the mounds is mowed short to exaggerate the relief. Williams is recommending similar practices at Blood Run.

Effigy Mounds is also a testing ground for how to turn the management of cultural resources over to associated tribes, for whom the how is often as important as the what. At Effigy Mounds, for instance, certain trees need to be removed for the sake of the mounds, which can be damaged by falling limbs. But how those trees are cut down and hauled away is consequential, Williams says, because the trees are sacred too. Currently, protocols have been established to ensure sensitivity, but the hope is that these decisions will eventually be placed in the hands of the tribes—something Williams says could happen soon. The master plan for Blood Run recommends that IDNR do something similar where appropriate.

Working in these places has deepened Williams’s appreciation for just how personal they are. Albert LeBeau, the cultural resources manager at Effigy Mounds, is an archaeologist and member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. He’s been part of an effort to improve relations between tribes and entities such as NPS and worked with Williams on the cultural landscape report. Growing up, he tells Williams and me, he attended a reservation school outside Missoula, Montana, where he felt “brainwashed” by history books that referred to indigenous people as “savages.” He became an archaeologist to protect his ancestors, whose bones continue to be desecrated. “When you go out on an island in the Missouri River, and you stop counting skulls at one hundred—when you see the skeleton of a baby, whose femurs have been removed and placed next to them in a skull-and-crossbones fashion—that’s why I do it,” he says.

A similar mission motivates Randy Teboe, who consulted at Blood Run on behalf of the Ponca and is now the cultural preservation director and THPO for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Teboe grew up in Nebraska in the foster care system, starved for a connection to his culture, he says. Eventually, he got a job with his tribe and soon after became the THPO. He first visited Blood Run several years ago, and immediately felt a personal connection. “I was out there by myself, and I could hear drums and singing. I went to a different part of the park, and I could smell food cooking. I know that’s some kind of Jedi stuff. But that’s the feeling that I got.” The way he understands it now is that his ancestors wanted him to grasp Blood Run’s importance. “They were speaking to me,” he says. “They were trying to show me the way.”

Williams put it this way: “This is way beyond the physical landscape. This is about sense of place as a part of the science of how we design places. It is not magic. It’s not weird spiritual hoo-ha.” It’s the only chance these places have of surviving, she says. If landscape architecture is to reckon with climate change or any of the myriad issues facing the planet, that effort “has to be informed by an equal understanding of the importance of culture,” she says. “American Indians, and the way they look at the world, can help us understand that.”

In January 2016, Williams was hired by South Dakota to assist the state in its engagement efforts as it developed the exhibits for its visitor center. It was confirmation that Iowa’s approach had worked, and that others had taken notice. Doug Hofer, who recently retired as the director of South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks, says Blood Run forced the state to reevaluate its approach to tribal consultation. “The state has a greater appreciation for both the skill and the passion that the tribes have to interpret their history and their culture accurately,” he says. “I think we’ve learned that the input that we get really is helpful to the final product. I’d go so far as to say it’s essential.”

The arrival of Jim Henning, the park manager of Good Earth State Park, also bodes well. Boyish and naturally curious, Henning was hired in summer 2016, inheriting a more positive template for how to work with tribal representatives. He sees in Williams someone to emulate. “She’s inspiring,” he says. “Her being a part of the conversation helped everybody. I think it helped Iowa, and I think it helped South Dakota.” Henning’s supervisors have encouraged him to visit the tribes on their homelands, and he recently spent a half day with the Ponca in Nebraska. “They have [a] connection to this place that I want to try to understand as best I can in order to respect that story,” Henning says. “If I’m not doing that, I shouldn’t be here, honestly.”

As for Iowa, the state is working to acquire the parcels of highest priority, but it will likely take years before the construction can begin. In the interim, much of the site remains unprotected, in the hands of private landowners. Still, many of those I spoke with expressed hope that each of the entities involved—the states, the tribes, the landowners—would continue to find common ground.

This is, after all, the meaning of “good earth.” The phrase comes from the Iowa word “MayanPi,” which means “to make peace,” Foster tells me. “To cause something to become good earth, that’s how we say to make peace.” Though finding a name has been controversial in itself, the goal, Foster says, was to find one that anyone, indigenous or otherwise, could say in their language. It was a gesture toward the land’s shared ownership, giving each tribe and state a way to claim a place that has been home for many. It also can be seen as a wish for the future, when Blood Run might once again be a place of peace.

Timothy A. Schuler writes about landscape architecture, ecology, and urban design. He lives in Honolulu. 

Project Credits Client State of Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Des Moines, Iowa (Todd Coffelt). Landscape Architects Quinn Evans Architects, Madison, Wisconsin (Brenda Williams, ASLA, and Stephanie Austin, Associate ASLA); Lunde Williams, LLC, Madison, Wisconsin (Dan Williams, ASLA). Interpretative Planning Quinn Evans Architects, Washington, D.C. (Alyson Steele and Julia Siple). Consultants Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, Iowa City, Iowa (John Doershuk, Lara Noldner, John Hedden, Mary De La Garza); State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa (Jen Bancescu); Coolfire Conservation, Madison, Wisconsin (Paul West); Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Macy, Nebraska (Marisa Miakonda Cummings and Thomas Parker); Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, White Cloud, Kansas (Lance Foster); Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Niobrara, Nebraska (Randy Teboe and Shannon Wright); Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Perkins, Oklahoma (Eagle McClellan); and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Red Rock, Oklahoma (Galen Springer).

  from Landscape Architecture Magazine https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2017/09/26/ears-to-the-ground/

[everettwilkinson]

TRUMP heads to Texas as epic floods continue — POTUS ‘unusually silent’ after top aides challenge him — REMEMBERING MICHAEL CROMARTIE — MICHAEL SCHERER to WaPo — B’DAY: Neil Gorsuch

Good Tuesday morning. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is headed to Texas at 8:30 a.m. to survey the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. THE PLAN: Trump will arrive in Corpus Christi, receive a briefing, and then head to Austin for a tour of the Emergency Operations Center and a meeting with the state’s leaders.

— UNDER THE DOME: D.C. IS BEGINNING TO TURN ITS ATTENTION to the likelihood that it will have to pass a massive emergency spending bill to help rebuild Houston. It will take a while for Texas and the federal government to fully assess its needs. But President Trump yesterday promised “rapid action from Congress,” not to mention his vow that the water-logged state will be “up and running very, very quickly,” something that emergency managers and Texas officials have pushed back on.

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A FEW PATHS THE LEGISLATING CAN TAKE, per insiders we’ve spoken to: Congress can provide an initial down payment by passing the first installment of cash for Texas. That would give lawmakers the opportunity to show they’re on top of the situation, while leaving open the possibility that they’d have to pass a second — and larger — bill. This has upsides and downsides. Upside: it shows immediate action. Downside: Congress would have to act twice. It’s hard enough for the institution to do something once.

Another option is to attach a disaster relief bill to a government funding measure. Upside: As long as the bill didn’t include funding for the border wall, this would help ease the passage of a bill to fund the government and could stop a September shutdown. Downside: Any time Congress lops one measure onto another something could go wrong.

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— THE REALITY, via Julie Turkewitz in Houston, Richard Perez-Pena in New York and Jack Healy in San Antonio with Dave Montgomery in Austin, Dave Philipps in San Antonio, John Schwartz in New Orleans and Henry Fountain in New York, on A1 of the the NYT: “Local, state and federal officials conceded that the scale of the crisis was so vast that they were nowhere near being able to measure it, much less fully address it. Across a region that is home to millions of people and includes Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city, no one has a clear idea how many people are missing, how many evacuated, how many hunkered down or were trapped in their waterlogged homes, or how many inundated houses and vehicles are beyond saving.” http://nyti.ms/2wFm5MD

— L.A. TIMES: “By Monday evening, the death toll had risen to nine. Officials in Harris County, which includes Houston, reported at least six ‘potentially storm-related’ fatalities. A 60-year-old woman died Monday in Porter, a small community north of Houston, when a large oak fell on her mobile home. Another person died in the small coastal town of Rockport, near where Harvey made landfall. A 52-year-old homeless man was found in La Marque, a small city near Galveston.” http://lat.ms/2gldb0n

HOUSTON POLICE CHIEF ART ACEVEDO to the AP: “We know in these kind of events that, sadly, the death toll goes up historically. I’m really worried about how many bodies we’re going to find.”

PULLING BACK THE LENS — “Bracing for Harvey’s return, worry renews: Is worst to come?,” by AP’s Michael Graczyk and David Phillip in Houston: “The disaster is unfolding on an epic scale, with the nation’s fourth-largest city mostly paralyzed by the storm that has parked itself over the Gulf Coast. With nearly 2 more feet of rain expected on top of the 30-plus inches in some places, authorities worried the worst might be yet to come. The Houston metro area covers about 10,000 square miles, an area slightly bigger than New Jersey. It’s crisscrossed by about 1,700 miles of channels, creeks and bayous that drain into the Gulf of Mexico, about 50 miles to the southeast from downtown.

“The storm is generating an amount of rain that would normally be seen only once in more than 1,000 years, said Edmond Russo, a deputy district engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, which was concerned that floodwater would spill around a pair of 70-year-old reservoir dams that protect downtown Houston.” http://bit.ly/2vo9i1v

— UNBELIEVABLE STATS in today’s HOUSTON CHRONICLE: “Tropical Storm Harvey was producing 1 to 2 inches of rain per hour Tuesday morning, which would ultimately worsen the city’s flooding problem, according to the National Weather Service.” … “The amount of water expected to hit Fort Bend County by late Tuesday could reach levels seen only about once every 800 years.”

— WHAT YOU’LL HEAR A LOT ABOUT IN THE COMING DAYS: “Storm water starts rising in neighborhoods near Addicks and Barker dams,” by the Houston Chronicle’s John Harden and Lindsay Ellis: “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began releasing water from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs early Monday morning, hours before officials planned to release rainfall from the two dams, according to the Harris County Flood Control District.

“The flood control district reported almost an hour later that storm water has started rising in the neighborhoods adjacent to Addicks and Barker. Heavy rainfall forced reservoir officials to begin releasing water from the dams sooner than previously planned. Col. Lars N. Zetterstrom with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had announced late Sunday afternoon that rising levels in the two reservoirs would force authorities to release water from both dams. The rising tides within the dams are forcing the water to swell and spill upstream into neighboring communities that sit against the dams.” http://bit.ly/2wFpNpJ

CLICKER — “The Unprecedented Flooding in Houston, in Photos” – 28 pix on one page http://theatln.tc/2vzWrW4

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MATT NUSSBAUM: “Trumpian branding meets national tragedy”: “President Donald Trump has deployed his knack for marketing as Hurricane Harvey has ravaged Texas, calling the storm ‘epic,’ ‘historic,’ and the ‘biggest ever.’ ‘Even experts have said they’ve never seen one like this!’ Trump declared on Twitter. But Trump’s showmanship is about to collide with the devastation on the ground as he heads to Texas on Tuesday, and while natural disasters usually call for a certain presidential demeanor, Trump’s response so far has been distinctly his own.” http://politi.co/2vAp7hi

THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM — “Texas Republican vows to fight for flood insurance overhaul,” by Zach Warmbrodt: “As his state’s largest city is pounded by extreme rain, Rep. Jeb Hensarling is digging in his heels on a conservative vision for overhauling the heavily indebted National Flood Insurance Program, which protects millions from the risk of financial calamity. The Texas Republican, who as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee is spearheading efforts to revamp the program before it expires next month, will call on his colleagues to pass his proposal as soon as they return from recess.

“His committee has drafted legislation that would renew the program for five years but also shrink its footprint, make coverage more expensive for policyholders, and ease the pathway for private companies to sell their own flood insurance policies. Opponents say the changes would make coverage less accessible for many homeowners. … In an interview Monday, as the devastation in Houston began to bring the policy issues to the fore, Hensarling said he was ‘pressing on the accelerator’ — not the brake. ‘It’s more urgent than ever we get this bill done,’ he said.

“His characteristic steadfastness puts him at odds with other lawmakers, aides and lobbyists who suggested Congress was more likely to advance a less ambitious flood insurance package, including potentially a short-term extension bill without significant reforms. ‘Hurricane Harvey makes a rapid reauthorization of the NFIP — in its current form — more likely,’ a House Republican leadership aide said. ‘Considering the ongoing disaster in Texas and the fact we are not even halfway through hurricane season, I think there will be immense public and political pressure to get this finished.’” http://politi.co/2wOgJzn

— HENSARLING HAS STRUGGLED for years with changes to the flood insurance program.

NORTH KOREA, UNCOWED — WAPO’S ANNA FIFIELD in TOKYO: “North Korea launched a ballistic missile Tuesday morning that flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the most brazen provocation of Kim Jong Un’s five-year-long rule and one that elicited strong condemnation from U.S. allies Japan and South Korea.

“The launch poses a further challenge, in particular, to President Trump, who has made North Korea a favorite rhetorical target. Trump said earlier this month that he would make Kim ‘truly regret’ harming the United States or its allies. In Japan, the prime minister was visibly agitated by North Korea’s actions. ‘A missile launch across Japan is an outrageous act that poses an unprecedented, grave and serious threat, and significantly undermines the peace and security of the region,’ Shinzo Abe said after an emergency national security council meeting. …

“In Seoul, President Moon Jae-in, a liberal who has promoted engagement with Pyongyang, ordered an ‘overwhelming show of force’ in response to the missile launch. South Korea’s military aircraft dropped eight bombs on a shooting range on the southern side of the border with North Korea.” http://wapo.st/2wepm4p

THE BIG PICTURE, NYT A18 — “Two Bankers Are Selling Trump’s Tax Plan. Is Congress Buying?” by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Kate Kelly: “Gary D. Cohn and Steven Mnuchin have spent months behind closed doors with Republican congressional leaders sketching the contours of an elaborate and politically difficult tax overhaul that is President Trump’s top priority. … Already, their ambitions have drifted from the president’s original mark: A 15 percent corporate tax rate proposed in April is now likely to move to the 20 to 25 percent range, say two people familiar with the officials’ recent thinking. And a proposed 35 percent ceiling on the highest personal income tax rate could be shelved altogether, leaving the current 39.6 percent cap intact.

“For Mr. Cohn and Mr. Mnuchin, quiet competitors since their days as new partners at Goldman Sachs more than two decades ago, the task is a consequential test of whether real-world experience in finance has equipped them to carry out a delicate political negotiation, and whether two Jewish New Yorkers who have been lavish supporters of Democrats can succeed in Mr. Trump’s Washington. ‘Goldman has thrived by hiring strong individuals with very different backgrounds and putting them together on a team,’ Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, said in an email. ‘Gary and Steven are both steeped in that tradition from their years working side by side on the trading floor — not a bad training ground for the pressure cooker that is Washington.’ …

“In a meeting with a group of Senate Democrats this year, according to people who were present, Mr. Cohn jokingly dismissed concerns about the wisdom and cost of repealing the estate tax, remarking, ‘Only morons pay the estate tax.’ A source close to Mr. Cohn denied that he had used the word, saying he had been referring to ‘rich people with really bad tax planning.’” http://nyti.ms/2iEVQjO

TRUMP V. HIS CABINET — “Trump rejected China steel offer his officials backed,” by FT’s Demetri Sevastopulo and Shawn Donnan: “Donald Trump last month rejected a Chinese proposal to cut steel overcapacity despite it being endorsed by some of his top advisers, as he urged them instead to find ways to impose tariffs on imports from China. One week after the July G20 summit in Hamburg — where Mr. Trump criticised China for flooding the world market with cheap steel — Beijing proposed cutting steel overcapacity by 150m tonnes by 2022. But Mr. Trump twice rejected the deal, according to several people familiar with the internal debate. … Wilbur Ross, U.S. commerce secretary, endorsed the deal and brought it to Mr. Trump, but the president rejected the proposal. Mr. Ross, a long-time friend of the president, floated the deal again the following week during the two-day meetings with Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang, but Mr. Trump once again refused to accept it.” http://on.ft.com/2xu5bhQ

DEPT. OF BARK NO BITE — “Trump unusually silent after aides challenge him,” by Josh Dawsey, Ben White and Eliana Johnson: “President Donald Trump is not happy with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, for publicly criticizing his response to violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. But it appears there is little he is planning to do about it, according to people who have spoken to him. The unusually direct challenges from a Cabinet secretary and senior administration official seemed to make little more than a surface ripple in the swirling melodrama of the Trump White House, even as the president fumed privately about it. … Cohn told associates that he hadn’t heard a word from the president about his supposed anger — and that he didn’t regret one bit having made his comments.” http://politi.co/2vFswL1

— BUT, BUT, BUT … “Trump Punishes Longtime Aide After Angry Phoenix Speech, Sources Say,” by Bloomberg’s Jen Jacobs and Kevin Cirilli: “Donald Trump was in a bad mood before he emerged for a confrontational speech in Arizona last week. TV and social media coverage showed that the site of his campaign rally, the Phoenix Convention Center, was less than full. Backstage, waiting in a room with a television monitor, Trump was displeased, one person familiar with the incident said: TV optics and crowd sizes are extremely important to the president.

“As his surrogates warmed up the audience, the expanse of shiny concrete eventually filled in with cheering Trump fans. But it was too late for a longtime Trump aide, George Gigicos, the former White House director of advance who had organized the event as a contractor to the [RNC]. Trump later had his top security aide, Keith Schiller, inform Gigicos that he’d never manage a Trump rally again, according to three people familiar with the matter.” https://bloom.bg/2vo1Fb9

REVOLVING DOOR — “Another RNC data guru heads for the exits,” by Alex Isenstadt: “The [RNC] is losing its fifth staffer in just over a month. Conor Maguire, who has been working at the committee since 2011, is expected to depart in the next few weeks, according to two senior Republicans familiar with the move. Maguire, who served as director of external support, joins a wave of aides who have exited the committee’s data department amid a change in leadership among its top ranks.” http://politi.co/2vnVBiO

IN FOGGY BOTTOM — “Tillerson moves to ditch special envoys,” by CNN’s Elise Labott, Nicole Gaouette and Jeremy Herb: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is moving to eliminate or downgrade special envoy positions at the State Department, including the representative for climate change, a step that is sure to ignite vociferous opposition from some members of Congress. In a letter obtained by CNN and written to Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who heads the foreign relations committee, Tillerson said he would end or transfer as many as three dozen special envoy positions. … Special envoys for Syria, Sudan and South Sudan, and the Arctic will be eliminated.” http://cnn.it/2wdQ39q

BANNON VS. TRUMP — “Bannon wages war against Trump-backed candidate in Alabama,” by Alex Isenstadt: “Just-departed White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is breaking from President Donald Trump in the closely watched Alabama Senate special election. During a closed-door meeting with powerful conservatives in Washington last week, Bannon declared that he’s supporting former state Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore over Trump-endorsed incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, according to two people who were present. … Appearing before a meeting of the secretive Conservative Action Project, Bannon made it clear that he supported Moore, a favorite among evangelicals, but was careful not to cast it as a break with the president. Rather, he said, it was an act of opposition toward Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who is supporting Strange and has made the race a top political priority.” http://politi.co/2wee68i

— THIS WILL NOT be a fight that McConnell will shy away from. He and his allies have gone up against Bannon in primaries before — and won.

IT’S BEGINNING … — “The 2020 campaign just kicked off in a New Hampshire strip mall,” by Isaac Dovere in Manchester, New Hampshire: “Just like that, the 2020 retail campaigning for president began right here in a strip-mall campaign headquarters Monday, when Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti showed up for what he called ‘the most important race in the country.’ He was talking about the Manchester mayor’s election. Joyce Craig, the Democratic candidate, invited him to join her for an afternoon that also included a speech to the Manchester Young Democrats and a fundraiser. Garcetti worked the crowds, introduced himself as ‘Eric,’ and took a bumper sticker and put it on the back of the black SUV he was driving around in. … On Tuesday, Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.), the only one to have already officially announced, will be here for a two-day trip, trying to get attention for his long-shot bid.

“On Labor Day, both Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Jason Kander, the Democrat who narrowly lost his U.S. Senate bid in Missouri last year, will be back. And on Thursday, Sanders — who was in Indiana and Michigan last week 00 will be in Iowa, along with Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon will be there in October. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who made his own teasing stop here in Manchester at the end of April, is headed to South Carolina in September.” http://politi.co/2vFtqas

COMING ATTRACTIONS — “Senate chairman eyes Sessions testimony this fall,” By Seung Min Kim and Elana Schor: “Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is preparing for testimony by Attorney General Jeff Sessions as soon as next month — a high-stakes appearance for Sessions, who’s likely to face tough questions over the ongoing investigation into President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to Sessions on Monday that ‘unfortunately we still do not have a confirmed date’ for the committee’s usual Department of Justice oversight hearing. Staff-level discussions have zeroed in on Sept. 19, Sept. 27, or Oct. 3 as open dates for Sessions’ testimony, Grassley wrote, asking Sessions to reply no later than Wednesday.” http://politi.co/2wY4orF

THE JUICE …

— TWO FUN SPOTTEDS: IVANKA TRUMP last night at a table with five other women at Barcelona Wine Bar on 14th Street (“half price wine night”) … Huma Abedin lunching at Sunset Beach in Shelter Island on Monday with her son Jordan and other friends.

— HOT JOB: The Des Moines Register is hiring for a new politics editor who will oversee their coverage of the 2020 caucus cycle (as well as the 2018 gubernatorial race and the 2020 general election). http://bit.ly/2wF0i7H

— HILLARY FALL BOOK TOUR CITIES: 3 STOPS IN CANADA! D.C.; Toronto; Broward, Florida; Davis, California; Montreal, Canada; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Chicago; NYC; Milwaukee; Atlanta; Boston; Philadelphia; Seattle; Portland; and Vancouver. http://bit.ly/2iELyjH

— MICHAEL SCHERER is joining the Washington Post as national political reporter. He has been Time’s Washington bureau chief since 2013. http://wapo.st/2vF6N6b

PHOTO DU JOUR: Rescue boats fill a flooded street as flood victims are evacuated as floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey rise on Aug. 28 in Houston. | David J. Phillip/AP Photo

THE NEVER-ENDING RUSSIA STORY …

— WAPO’S ROS HELDERMAN, CAROL LEONNIG and TOM HAMBURGER: “A top executive from Donald Trump’s real estate company emailed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s personal spokesman during the U.S. presidential campaign last year to ask for help advancing a stalled Trump Tower development project in Moscow, according to documents submitted to Congress on Monday. The request came in a mid-January 2016 email from Michael Cohen, one of Trump’s closest business advisers, who asked longtime Putin lieutenant Dmitry Peskov for assistance in reviving a deal that Cohen suggested was languishing.

“‘Over the past few months I have been working with a company based in Russia regarding the development of a Trump Tower-Moscow project in Moscow City,’ Cohen wrote to Peskov, according to a person familiar with the email. ‘Without getting into lengthy specifics, the communication between our two sides has stalled. As this project is too important, I am hereby requesting your assistance. I respectfully request someone, preferably you, contact me so that I might discuss the specifics as well as arranging meetings with the appropriate individuals. I thank you in advance for your assistance and look forward to hearing from you soon,’ Cohen wrote. Cohen’s email marks the most direct outreach documented by a top Trump aide to a similarly senior member of Putin’s government.” http://wapo.st/2wOFETi

— NYT’S MATT APUZZO and MAGGIE HABERMAN: “Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Business Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’”: “The associate, Felix Sater … predicted that building a Trump Tower in Moscow would highlight Mr. Trump’s savvy negotiating skills and be a political boon to his candidacy. ‘Our boy can become president of the USA and we can engineer it,’ Mr. Sater wrote in an email. ‘I will get all of Putins team to buy in on this, I will manage this process.’ …

“Mr. Sater said he was eager to show video clips to his Russian contacts of instances of Mr. Trump speaking glowingly about Russia, and said he would arrange for Mr. Putin to praise Mr. Trump’s business acumen. … Mr. Sater said it would be ‘pretty cool to get a USA President elected’ and said he desired to be the ambassador to the Bahamas. ‘That my friend is the home run I want out of this,’ he wrote.” http://nyti.ms/2iEZg68

FOR THE PRESIDENT — “Mueller Team Asking If Trump Tried to Hide Purpose of Trump Tower Meeting,” by NBC News’ Julia Ainsley and Tom Winter: “Federal investigators working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller are keenly focused on President Donald Trump’s role in crafting a response to a published article about a meeting between Russians and his son Donald Jr., three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. The sources told NBC News that prosecutors want to know what Trump knew about the meeting and whether he sought to conceal its purpose.” http://nbcnews.to/2vnrk3Z

ISAAC DOVERE’S “OFF MESSAGE”: “How Detroit’s Mayor Became Unbeatable,” in Detroit: “Something weird is happening in Motor City: Government is working. And the guy in charge is about to get re-elected in a landslide because of it. Detroit used to look like how America ends. Abandoned skyscrapers downtown. An 18-story abandoned train station looming at the edge of the skyline like a Roman ruin. Collapsing car factories, block after block of grass growing high over lots where the houses had burned or been abandoned. Bankrupt, with the governor putting a city manager in charge, looking at selling off its art museum’s collection to pay the bills—all while the glass towers of General Motors’ of-course named Renaissance Center stuck up high above neighborhoods where it wasn’t safe to drink the water.

“‘I was appalled at so many things,’ Mayor Mike Duggan told me in an interview for POLITICO’s Off Message podcast, recorded in his office. ‘That the buses just weren’t running and people stood out on the corners in the winter for hours at a time. That every vacant building in the city was covered with graffiti and nobody cared. The lack of anybody caring was heartbreaking.’” BONUS: The previously unreported showdown he, Mitch Landrieu and Bill de Blasio had with John Podesta at Clinton campaign headquarters last year over what they warned was an economic message too long and complicated to work. http://politi.co/2wemsg1 … Listen to the full podcast http://apple.co/2e2dLvm

JOHN BOLTON in NR, “How to Get Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal”: “Although candidate Donald Trump repeatedly criticized Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear agreement, his administration has twice decided to remain in the deal. … Many outside the administration wondered how this was possible: Was Trump in control, or were his advisers? Defining a compelling rationale to exit Obama’s failed nuclear deal and elaborating a game plan to do so are quite easy. In fact, Steve Bannon asked me in late July to draw up just such a game plan for the president — the option he didn’t have — which I did. … I offer the Iran nonpaper now as a public service, since staff changes at the White House have made presenting it to President Trump impossible. Although he was once kind enough to tell me ‘come in and see me any time,’ those days are now over.” http://bit.ly/2wOLKmH

— Foreign Policy’s Dan DeLuce: “A source involved in the Iran policy discussions at the White House confirmed that Bolton was in and out of the Oval Office for at least several weeks. At one point, he was even offered the possibility of serving as deputy national security advisor, with the idea that he might eventually get to replace H.R. McMaster. The source said Bolton declined, preferring to wait until he was offered the top job.” http://atfp.co/2wew5eZ

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SPENCER ACKERMAN in THE DAILY BEAST — “Paul Manafort Teamed Up With Obama’s Lawyer to Help Putin Ally: As the examination of pro-Kremlin influence-peddling continues, Democrats are coming under scrutiny, too”: “It wasn’t just Republicans. When Paul Manafort needed a powerful D.C. law firm to bless an alarming act by his clients in Kiev’s pro-Kremlin regime in Kiev, Donald Trump’s future campaign chairman turned to attorneys with significant ties to Barack Obama’s administration.

“In exchange, a team led by Obama’s former White House counsel Greg Craig at the firm of Skadden Arps produced a report that whitewashed the pro-Putin government of Viktor Yanukovych for jailing Yanukovych’s anti-Kremlin predecessor. Manafort consulted for Yanukovych’s Party of Regions. And they did it all for roughly $13,000—a conspicuously small amount for top lawyers at a prestigious law firm. (Prosecutors in Ukraine have reportedly alleged a million dollars more in secret payments.)” http://thebea.st/2vzJQSx

MIKE STEEL in the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER — “Dean Smith statue in the U.S. Capitol? He beats who’s there now”: “The furor over removing Confederate memorials offers North Carolina an opportunity to tell a new, more positive story about our state and our values. One modest proposition: We should replace North Carolina’s statue of a Confederate veteran in the U.S. Capitol with a new statue of the late, legendary college basketball coach Dean Smith.” http://bit.ly/2vo0YP5

BUSINESS BURST — “At Whole Foods, Amazon Takes Rare Lead in Cutting Prices,”by WSJ’s Laura Stevens and Heather Haddon: “Amazon.com on Monday put itself in the unusual position of being a first-mover on price cuts when it slashed the sticker price on more than 100 items at Whole Foods Market many by more than 30%. Amazon typically relies on algorithms that scrape competitors’ prices before automatically matching or narrowly undercutting them on its website. It focuses on items that are most popular on the site and that drive traffic, according to former executives in Amazon’s retail divisions. That gives the retail giant a reputation for having the lowest prices, part of its strategy of driving more shopper traffic.” http://on.wsj.com/2vFM69X

VALLEY TALK — MARK ZUCKERBERG posts on Facebook: “Priscilla and I are so happy to welcome our daughter August! We wrote her a letter about the world we hope she grows up in, and also hoping she doesn’t grow up too fast.” With the letter and a pic of the whole family http://bit.ly/2vzP7cL

MEDIAWATCH — Paul Farhi (@farhip): “Pres/CEO of @Newseum, Jeff Herbst, suddenly steps down. Interim head will Jan Neuharth, chair/CEO of Freedom Forum, Newseum says.”

REMEMBERING MICHAEL CROMARTIE – Christianity Today’s Kate Shellnut: “Cromartie, a Washington networker who helped rebrand America’s image of Christian political engagement, has died of cancer at age 67. The news of his death was reported Monday on Twitter and confirmed by colleagues at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the DC-based conservative think tank where he served for more than 30 years. Cromartie brought Christian thought leaders and secular journalists under the same roof at the Faith Angle Forum, held every year since 1999. … In a political arena often dominated by competition, power grabs, and culture war debates, Cromartie stuck out by offering a friendlier, humbler approach.” With remembrances by Michael Gerson, Russell Moore, Michael Wear, John Stonestreet, Pete Wehner http://bit.ly/2glyRti … 2013 profile http://bit.ly/2weDElW …Friends’ memories of Michael on his Facebook page http://bit.ly/2x00u19

TRANSITIONS — Julian Castro, former HUD secretary and San Antonio mayor, is joining the faculty of the LBJ School at UT Austin as the dean’s distinguished fellow and fellow of the Davila chair in international trade policy. … Maggie Hollander has joined MSNBC as a media relations manager. Hollander was previously an international communications manager at Viacom. … George Selim has been named SVP of programs at the ADL. He’s the former DHS director of the office for community partnerships.

OBAMA ALUMNI — MICHAEL GOTTLIEB, partner at Boies Schiller Flexner and former W.H. associate counsel, has been named to National Law Journal’s D.C. Rising Stars list – what he says is his biggest win: “I am proud to have helped James Alefantis, owner of Comet Ping Pong, fight back against fake news attacks falsely claiming that Comet was running a child sex ring. We helped Comet restore its business, and obtained an apology and retraction from leading conspiracy theorist Infowars.” For NLJ subscribers http://bit.ly/2xtBq0r

WELCOME TO THE WORLD – Ryan Brevard, adviser at the Institute of International Education, and girlfriend Bri Fett recently welcomed Magnolia Marie Brevard. Pic http://politi.co/2xGfK0v

WEEKEND WEDDINGS – Hayley Andrews, director of government affairs and policy at the Charles Group and travel blogger at Navigate Abroad (http://bit.ly/2tjP2ff), on Sunday married Eugene Gelfgat, a lieutenant in the Army. Their small wedding was at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, Va. The couple met as GW students on a Birthright Israel trip in 2010. Pic http://bit.ly/2vnE9v9

— Scott Rausch, legislative director for Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.), on Saturday married Patricia Simpson, director of career programs at the Leadership Institute. “The couple met at a birthday party at the home of Brent Gardner, chief government affairs officer at AFP, the day Scott moved to D.C. to begin his job as a lobbyist at the NRA.” Pic http://bit.ly/2xFhdUv

BIRTHWEEK (was Sunday): Ashley Koerber of Fox News

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Robert Rubin, former U.S. treasury secretary and co-chair emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, celebrating at Daniel in New York. A fun fact about Bob: “A fun fact is how I found out who Jimmy Buffett is. When I was at Treasury, I told the Republican House majority leader that Warren Buffett was opposed to cutting capital gains taxes—as was I. (And I still am.) He responded that Warren Buffett might be opposed, but Jimmy Buffett is in favor. I started to say, ‘Why should I care about Warren Buffett’s son?’ but I didn’t. Later, someone told me that Jimmy Buffett is a famous singer, so I called Alan Greenspan to see if he had heard of this Jimmy Buffett character. He said it was probably Warren’s son. I later told President Clinton about my exchange with the majority leader. The President laughed at me for not knowing who Jimmy Buffett is, and I told him that Greenspan also thought he was Warren’s son. President Clinton said that for some reason this didn’t surprise him.” Read his Playbook Plus Q&A: http://politi.co/2vFATX0

BIRTHDAYS: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch … Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of Consumer Technology Association … former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew … Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) … Connie Milstein (hat tip: Tammy Haddad) … Politico’s Nancy Scola and Rachael Cusick … Charlie Spies, leader of Clark Hill’s national Political Law practice … Amy Nathan … lobbyist Tom Jolly … NYT’s Sewell Chan … Rich Cooper … Sacha Zimmerman, senior editor at The Atlantic … Andrew Adair … Guam Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo … Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) … Stacey Hughes, president and founding partner of The Nickles Group … Sal Albanese, former 15-year NYC city councilman now running for mayor … former NY Assemblyman Richard Brodsky …

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Arkansas is brimming with a unique creative energy that reaches from furniture designers and folk musicians in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains to the vibrant, bohemian maker culture emerging along Main Street in Little Rock. You'll experience that energy when some of the state's best crafters come together Friday and Saturday, March 31-April 1, in an inaugural maker's market on the grounds of War Memorial Stadium.

Arkansas Made Arkansas Proud Locally Made Market, co-chaired by Aimee Shelby and Lindsey Gray, owner of Eggshells Kitchen Co., will include furniture, leatherwork, jewelry, edibles and more. More than 85 vendors will sell their wares under pop-up tents at the rain-or-shine event (on the field if it's not raining, concourse if it is), presented by the Arkansas Times and the War Memorial Stadium Foundation.

A preview party from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday will be an evening of eats, libations, live folk music and access to silent auction items. Artists will attend and talk about their crafts. Sysco's in-house chef, Jason Knapp, will prepare Southern delicacies, including grilled pimento cheese finger sandwiches, strawberry pretzel crostini and chicken salad phyllo cups, and crafters from the Ozark Folk Center will demonstrate their work and offer hands-on crafting experiences for little ones.

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2nd Life Wood

Rescuing wood removed during construction and from damaged and dead trees, Fayetteville's 2nd Life Wood turns slabs of walnut, oak, cherry and other indigenous hardwoods into fine pieces of unique furniture. From ceiling-high headboards to bar counters on Dickson Street to wood pillars and beams in brewing companies, 2nd Life Wood's work adorns both residential and commercial spaces with beautiful wood. Wood slabs, ready-made furniture pieces, and custom work are all available from this fine craftsman.

A Conversation Piece

Featuring unique items from all across Arkansas, Russellville's A Conversation Piece specializes in handcrafted textiles, glassware, ceramics, jewelry and paintings.

Adhara Inc.

Using metals, glass, semi-precious stones and natural, repurposed and found objects, Adhara jewelry is inspired by romance, fantasy and steampunk.

Adrian Quintanar

Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, Adrian Quintanar brought his artistic skill to Central Arkansas and has incorporated his new home into his work. From the rust of sugar maple leaves in autumn to the turquoise sky of an early spring morning, Quintanar's pottery reflects the brilliant spectrum of Arkansas colors. His practical pieces of drinkware, vases and plant pots are as artistic as his ceramic sculptures. Custom pieces are also available.

Allison Eastman Britt Design

Allison Eastman Britt Design handcrafts dangly beaded earrings and reclaimed-silver "State Pride" necklaces.

AR-T's

Based in Little Rock, AR-T's screenprints T-shirts and tote bags in classic designs with a clever, urban edge.

Arkansas Agriculture Department

The Arkansas Agriculture Department administers the Arkansas Made program, promoting Arkansas goods and products and connecting buyers to local makers.

Arkansas Rice Council

Representing the state's rice industry, the Arkansas Rice Council works to promote and protect the interests of rice producers, millers, merchants and allied businesses.

Art by Lois

From red Arkansas-shaped fish-stamped magnets to flame-painted copper cuff bracelets, Art by Lois offers unique handmade jewelry, pottery and art.

Barbara Smock Equine Art and More

Barbara Smock Equine Art and More paints friendly and often comical portraits of animals.

Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium

At one time, Hot Springs' motto was "We Bathe the World," making the Spa City the perfect location for Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium. With its flagship boutique across from celebrated Bathhouse Row, Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium specializes in small batch, hand-blended bath and body products. Bathhouse Soapery crafts personal care items, from body scrubs, bath bombs and mineral salts to smell-good essentials like deodorants, shaving soaps and lip balms. Its "Milk" products blend scents of raspberry, cotton candy and caramelized sugar.

Beadmakers Sage & Tom

Sage and Tom Holland are known as Arkansas's top crafters of beads.

Bee Natural Soap

Using wax and honey gathered from their own bees, Jacksonville's Bee Natural Soap handcrafts soaps and lotions that naturally protect and heal skin.

Beringer Wood

Beringer Wood fashions pens, cutting boards and other beautiful necessities from exotic hardwoods turned on a lathe.

Blue Swallow Clothing Co.

Inspired by vintage apparel, Blue Swallow Clothing Co. creates artisan-handcrafted jewelry and comfortable, natural-fiber clothing.

Bryan Kellar Art

Kellar, who is retired from the state Parks and Tourism Department, specializes in vibrant watercolor paintings.

Cary Collins Designs

Cary Collins Designs offers hand-drawn, heartfelt encouragement through calendars, notecards and notepads featuring whimsical scripture art.

Cheryl Kellar

With watercolors resonating with influences from Matisse to Monet, Kellar is inspired by store mannequins and the art of display.

Chipotle Joe's

Chipotle Joe's dipping and grilling sauces, available in hot, mild and mustard, are all-natural, which means it contains no corn syrup, no artificial flavors, no preservatives.

Cocoa Belle Chocolates

Cocoa Belle is the first and only Certified Professional Chocolatier in Arkansas and crafts handmade, artisan chocolate truffles, bonbons and barks.

Country Deep CLOTHING

From women's motorcycle fashion to men's tank tops, Country Deep Clothing is apparel that sticks with Southern roots.

Crazy Daisy Designs

A one-stop shop, working on projects ranging from graphic design, photography, furniture refurbishing and painting.

Creek Baby

Carefully curating small batches of simple, safe and unscented skin care and cosmetics, Creek Baby uses high-quality USDA organic all-natural fair-trade ingredients.

The Crispery

This vendor sells giant rice crispy treats in more than 30 different varieties, including dipped, filled, decorated, sprinkled and more.

Designs by Denise

Decorate your door with a wreath of colorful flip-flops or a red-and-black swath celebrating the Hogs from Cabot's Designs by Denise.

Diva from Scratch

While Diva from Scratch's products range from bath salts to lip balm, its star product is stunning book art where folded pages become shapes and words.

Electric Ghost

In addition to screen-printing for customers, Electric Ghost offers cool home decor items, apparel with its rad retro logo and much more.

Elizabeth & Maxine

Elizabeth & Maxine crafts boho chic jewelry with gems from artisan pieces.

Farm Diva

This vendor makes everything from money clips to earrings fashioned from repurposed bullets.

Fresh Mountain Soaps

With scents like cherry almond and bay rum, Fresh Mountain Soaps offers all-natural handmade soaps.

Geri's Jams & Jellies

Find cranberry pecan and old-fashioned fig jams and candy apple and apple muscadine jellies from Hot Springs' Geri's Jams & Jellies.

Great Ferments

The probiotic cultures that promote good health flourish in the fermented okra pickles and crunchy kraut of Winslow's Great Ferments.

Hillcrest Waterbugs

The original makers of y'all shirts as seen on national media, Hillcrest Waterbugs brings progressive, Arkansas-proud apparel to your closet.

Honey Pies

Using the freshest, high-quality seasonal ingredients, Little Rock's Honey Pies bakes small-batch artisan goodies with techniques passed down from grandma.

Honeysuckle Lane Cheese

Quitman's Honeysuckle Lane Cheese creates four varieties of cheeses from fresh raw milk produced by pasture-fed Jersey-influenced cows.

I Am Here

I Am Here's archival, acid-free cotton-fiber cards can't be produced with modern machinery. I Am Here's Gregory Mitchell, a cartographer working in Fayetteville for the past 10 years, draws maps and other images (everything from guitar heads to bacon sizzling in a skillet) on large sheets of vellum. These quirky works of art are then scanned and scaled to postcard size and converted to letterpress printing plates; a vintage platen press prints the postcards one at a time.

Itty Bitty Boots

Featuring snap closures, supple leather soles, and soft cowboy heels, baby's first pair of boots from Itty Bitty Boots makes a great keepsake.

Jaxon Marz Goods

Fayetteville's Jaxon Marz Goods produces affordable, all-natural body care using ethically sourced ingredients. The cleansing, deodorizing and moisturizing products are handmade in small batches.

Jeanetta Darley

Taking inspiration from her Conway garden, Jeanetta Darley creates fine art prints that showcase the beauty of nature.

JK Woodworking

Quitman's JK Woodworking turns drought-stricken, dead and storm-damaged trees into wood items, from biscuit cutters to cutting boards.

Juanita's Candy Kitchen

Juanita's Candy Kitchen in Arkadelphia will satisfy your sweet tooth with their signature peanut, pecan and cashew brittles.

Juli Odum's Urban Jungle Jewelry

Adorn yourself with the one-of-a-kind jewelry handmade from semi-precious stones and found objects from Juli Odum's Urban Jungle Jewelry.

Kanned by Karen

Your jelly can smell of elderberries when you purchase the tart treat from Kanned by Karen. She also makes a variety of other jams and crafts.

Arkansas Food Bank

Pick up tasty rice side dish and soup mixes or a variety of other merchandise while helping Arkansas Food Bank feed the hungry in Arkansas.

Karen Ahuja Studios

Florals, landscapes and more are skillfully created in impressionistic and abstract style by make-up artist Karen Ahuja.

Kent Walker Artisan Cheese

Kent Walker Artisan Cheese has become a familiar gathering place for cheese lovers of every description since Walker opened his shop and tasting room in 2011. Walker makes cheeses from raw goat, cow and sheep's milk, sourced from throughout Central Arkansas.

Kyya Chocolate

Northwest Arkansas-based chocolatier Kyya specializes in small-batch, single-origin chocolate bars, powder, syrups and bonbons from cacao beans sourced from around the world.

Lighthouse Designs

Add some sparkle and pizzazz to your wardrobe with Lighthouse Design's line of bold jewelry, from single pieces to matching sets.

Loblolly Creamery

Loblolly Creamery creates interesting twists on old favorites and seasonal delights using fresh, local ingredients sourced from area farms.

Luv My Wallet

Give your wallet some personality with Luv My Wallet's vibrant fabrics and quality construction; new styles and colors are available constantly.

Made.

One-of-a-kind necklaces, rings and other jewelry pieces fashioned from native crystal and quartz harvested in the Natural State.

Mavis & Cynthia

Named after the owner's grandmothers, Mavis & Cynthia offers handcrafted jewelry pieces in bold colors reflecting the artist's upbringing in tropical Trinidad.

Mintaka Design

Delta artisans create unique jewelry pieces including earrings, pendants and bracelets from a variety of metals and polished natural stone.  

Mosaic Templars Cultural Center

Arkansas-made merchandise handcrafted in Arkansas by African-American artisans, including jewelry, handbags, scarves, woodcarvings, head wraps and more.

Mount Olive Pepper Co.

Tucked into the Ozark woods, Mount Olive smokes red-ripe peppers over hickory for almost 100 hours to create pure ground pepper without salt or preservatives.

Nailed It Designs

Fayetteville area-based Nailed It Designs creates a variety of intricate, whimsical string art designs.

Natural State Leather Goods

A need for a creative outlet inspired Michael Hicks into leather working, a hobby that turned into a small obsession. His first major piece was a structured, square bag made from a single piece of leather folded and wet-molded into shape, and the beautiful bag is still a cornerstone of the collection. Natural State Leather Goods, which Hicks formed with his brother, Ethan, offers wallets, messenger bags, belts and satchels that are sure to outlive whoever you hand them down to.

OddBowlz Ceramics

This vendor specializes in funky and functional wheel-thrown pottery, featuring coffee mugs, pitchers, soup/cereal bowls and more in earthy hues or vibrant colors.

Ozark Apothecary

From a small cabin in Lincoln (Washington County) comes this delightful line of crafted natural products, including lotions, soaps, balms and salves.

Paula Smith Pottery

Sturdy and simple, Paula Smith Pottery's rustic creations are meant to be used and enjoyed with family and friends.

Pickles' Pottery

Fayetteville's own Pickles' Pottery artisans produce a variety of unique coasters and ornaments to suit any decor, including puzzle creations.

Pottery by Theda

Bright colors and sturdy craftsmanship bring this Hot Springs potter's work to life in hand-painted terra cotta earthenware dubbed "Happy Pottery."

Pratt Family Salsa

In addition to fresh salsa from an old family recipe, Pratt Family also produces dry spice mixes to lend a kick to a variety of dishes.

Pure Soy Candles

High-quality, fragrant soy candles poured with care in Saline County, Pure Soy Candles also makes lotion bars and wax melts.

Rhinodillo Design

Founded in 2015, this Little Rock-based creative duo has produced original art, art prints and graphic-forward T-shirt designs.

Robinson Lane Designs

Louisiana-born designer Christy Bourns Ward takes inspiration for her jewelry from the world around her, borrowing from nature, music and people. She works with metals, artisan beads and reclaimed jewelry.

Roche Apparel

New clothing company producing Arkansas-influenced concept designs and T-shirt motifs promoting environmental causes.

Scripted Joy/Chance Perchance

Home decor featuring custom-scripted messages on a variety of media and backgrounds.

Serendipity

Bright, bold impressionistic artwork is the order of the day with the artist's inspiration drawn from family, friends and community.

Serenity Naturals

Handcrafted, all-natural beauty products are created in small batches including body butter, soaps and cosmetics by this Harrison-based company.

Shawna Elliott Art

Veteran artist Shawna Elliott uses fluid acrylics and other medium to create vibrant seascapes, dramatic abstracts and other whimsical pieces.

Silverwear by Linda

Silver-plate flatware finds new life as bracelets, rings, pendants and other creative jewelry items.

Solomon's Farm

Enjoy quality, natural soaps and an array of other bath and body products for men and women crafted from wholesome ingredients.

Southern Fox

Southern Fox steals the show with gorgeous, handmade birdhouses for all of your feathered friends, featuring repurposed wood and metal accents.

Spirited ReCreations

This Cabot artisan produces a dazzling array of jewelry and accessories by repurposing everyday items.

Subiaco Abbey

Founded 139 years ago in rural Logan County, Subiaco Abbey is a working Benedictine monastery that includes a Catholic church, farm, vineyards, conference center and Subiaco Academy, a boarding school for boys. The Holy Rule of St. Benedict states that a life should be a balance of work and prayer with everything in moderation, which inspires the monks daily in their various labors. Their handicrafts, which fund their community, include hot sauce from peppers grown in the abbey gardens, peanut brittle handmade by the monks themselves, and various woodworking items for home and church use.

SWAG

Southern Women Artisans Guild, a North Little Rock collective, features paintings, jewelry, photographs and more from an array of member artisans.

Shabby Stitchery

Show your pride of place with pillows, banners, yard flags and other stylish home decor items handmade in Conway.

Swalty Kernel

Get the best of salty and sweet with Swalty Kernel kettle corn and be sure to ask about promotional packaging for your event or business.

Sweet Creations by DJ

From Perryville comes one of the hidden treasures of the Natural State, Sweet Creations by DJ. This family-run chocolatier crafts nut-free, gluten-free and Kosher-certified confections with natural ingredients and without the wax and additives common in commercial chocolates. Owners Dale and Jeannie Baldridge put a spin on the business by offering the additional feature of custom engraving their chocolates with any message or image.

The Tiny Twig

Taking "repurposing" to a new level, Tiny Twig uses dried and pressed flowers in its handmade jewelry for a truly one-of-a-kind finished piece.

Townsend Spice & Supply

Whether it's rubs and blends, sausage seasonings, high-quality individual spices or butcher supplies, Melbourne's own Townsend Spice & Supply carries it.

Tucker Mountain Metal Design & New Day Collection

A dynamic partnership of two passionate artisans transforms jewelry into wearable art as individual as the person who wears it.

Woodworx Workshop

Owner Jake Lewis brings out the art in every piece of reclaimed wood with his refined rustic mirrors, furniture and wall hangings of every description.

Ximena & Elle

Browse felted soaps, baby items, screen-printed tees and quality, hand-appliqued clothing for every member of the family from this Little Rock-based artisan.

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