Yet despite several of these being substantial works by some of our most noted and venturesome composers, few bicentennial commissions have survived.
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Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Today, over 100 works by artists like François Boucher, Giulio Carpioni, Henri Strésor, and Jacob Marrel are spread across the corridors, restaurants and bars visible to all visitors—the tried and tested, with a fresh twist.
There are brisk 7am forest walks, group yoga, breath work, and a class on Lanserhof healing exercises, which combine stretching, tapping, and movement.
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Clare Coulson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026
The carrier arrived in Hawaii on June 23, in advance of RIMPAC maritime exercises.
Music was how my mother—an opera singer, pianist, and educator—taught me to engage with the world.
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Hillary Richard,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
Seven female opera singers sustained long notes in succession, creating a collective mourning ritual for women lost to racialized and gendered violence.
This month the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District will be performing live fire training drills at a private Rancho Santa Fe home that is slated to be demolished.
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Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2026
Elsewhere on campus, bass-heavy dance music pulses from a crowded gym class, where an energetic instructor leads around 30 trainees through squats, stretches and lifting drills.
Situated in an elegant French neoclassical building in Barcelona’s Eixample district, the hotel puts you just footsteps away from luxury shopping, restaurants adored by locals, and masterpieces by Gaudí and other Spanish architects.
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Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
7 July 2026
Fruity nail decals are surprisingly customizable and come in dainty glass-like finishes, 3D masterpieces, and more.
That’s not to mention an upcoming summer of local and national festivities that promises fireworks, parades, bands, speeches, prizes, and commemorative everything, from postage stamps and coins to musical compositions.
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Brenda Wineapple,
The New York Review of Books,
4 July 2026
Langley has seen a total of a dozen compositions land on the roster, eight of which have climbed into the top 10.
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