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Both nights he was introduced as a starter, Crimson freshman Mike Taylor drew marked applause at the announcement of his hometown, Maple Grove...
...Burberry, designer Christopher Bailey drew inspiration from an English classic: blue-and-white Wedgwood ceramics. The French fabric company Pierre Frey recently introduced Hong Kong , a toile depicting its namesake city, including skyscrapers and traffic jams. And the Glasgow-based design firm Timorous Beasties' toile honors the company's hometown with a tableau of familiar local spots. "I thought it would be great to do a toile that showed scenes of now - what people are doing in an urban environment, what they look like - but to do it as beautifully as possible," says Paul Simmons, 37, one of Timorous Beasties...
...brief if inconvenient visit to Joseph's ancestral home of Bethlehem, complying with a vast census ("All the world should be enrolled") ordered by the Roman Emperor Augustus. Meanwhile, Mark, written closer to Jesus' actual lifetime, omits Bethlehem and refers to Nazareth as Jesus' patrida, or hometown...
Rather, they see the destination as having been a theological necessity. Bethlehem had been King David's hometown. And in a confused 1st century theological landscape in which many Jews expected a mighty new leader but disagreed on his nature, David's biblical status as God's "anointed one" (or "Messiah") provided a potent precedent of divinely sanctioned kingship. Binding Jesus to him by family (through Joseph) and birthplace consolidated that definition, which then matured into Christianity's far grander messiahship. Says White: "No Bethlehem, no David. No David, no messianic prototype. Matthew and Luke both understood that...
...former lead singer of the Lemonheads (of punk cover of “Mrs. Robinson” semi-fame) continues his solo alt-pop career with a return to his hometown in support of his album Baby I’m Bored. Come party like it’s 1992. With Jake Brennan & the Confidence Men and Bob Cenci. Tickets at door or online. $15. Doors at 8 p.m. 18+ only. Paradise Rock Club...