| 单词 | mecca |
| 例句 | So during the summer before her senior year of high school, my parents sent my sister off to Los Angeles—otherwise known as the plastic surgery mecca of the world. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I’d been reading that Brazil is the race mecca and I go to Rio and nobody looks like me in the nice restaurants and the nice hotels. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They were “circular meccas of neon,” in the words of drive- in historian Michael Witzel, designed to be easily spotted from the road. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z One night during his marriage, Volpe went to a bar in the town of New Hope, a gay mecca in Bucks County. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Walter’s house in Orlando was a mecca for activists and ANC members. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This counterculture mecca on the Pacific Ocean has always attracted freethinkers and visionaries. Snapchat’s Disappearing Act Leaves Venice Beach Searching for Its Future 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The next morning, the chefs boarded a tour bus to Stone Barns Center, the Rockefeller estate turned slow food mecca in Westchester County, an hour north of the city. | A Meeting of the United Nations of Gastronomy 2013-07-31T22:13:59Z This is the mecca of entertainment of Black culture. Q&A: Nick Cannon on talk show, overcoming backlash last year 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z She performed as part of the rap duo Figures of Speech at the Good Life Cafe — a South Central Los Angeles health food cafe that became a mecca for the underground rap community. ‘This Is the Life’ Review: A Valuable Part of Hip-Hop History 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Vienna was historically such a mecca for classical music because of the passion and patronage of the ruling Habsburg family. Rick Steves gets lost in the music and grandeur of Vienna 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The area is also Rome’s shopping mecca, packed with designer boutiques, antiques shops, art galleries and smart cafes. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Babuino 181 in Rome 2010-09-10T15:49:00Z And Nessie’s not the only Easter egg in this high-tech, miniature mecca. From undercover to underwater: Four new Times Square attractions offer a variety of immersive experiences 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The mecca for athleisure is on lower Fifth Avenue from 17th Street to 23rd Street, in the Flatiron neighborhood. Workout Gear for When You’re Not Breaking a Sweat 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Along with another new space, Light, it represents the next stage in Las Vegas’s evolution as a luxury mecca for electronic dance music, or E.D.M. A Word With: Neil Moffitt: Neil Moffitt, Impresario, on Las Vegas Night Life 2013-04-23T22:05:59Z Before Mondrian and the Dutch Luminists made Domburg their summer home, the town was a mecca of holistic medicine for a generation of European royalty. Overnighter: Where Mondrian Lingers on a Dutch Coast 2012-08-22T19:00:20Z Generally known more as a rap and rock mecca than a dance music breeding ground, Los Angeles is now home to a thriving community of artists working at the crossroads of electronic music and hip-hop. MUSIC: Flying Lotus and the Los Angeles Electronica Scene 2010-05-29T04:26:00Z If your impression of Times Square dances with Disney characters and shiny retail meccas, you probably don’t remember. ‘Razzle Dazzle’ review: Michael Riedel pulls back the curtain on for Broadway 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z It was a sleepy little town, making the news whenever the scrawny Napa River flooded, or when the Copia wine and food mecca famously failed. In Napa Valley, the scars of the October wildfires are hard to spot 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Maggie responds enthusiastically, “It’s the mecca for young painters,” before observing, “Paris: City of Lights!” ‘Miss Dalí’ Review: A Disorienting Biography of Surrealist’s Sister 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z “He never relinquished his vision of Manhattan as the mecca of American literature,” McInerney writes, “or of himself as an acolyte, even a priest, of the written word.” Jay McInerney’s ‘Bright, Precious Days’: Social satire or consumer porn? 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Last summer, Luna Park kick-started the renewal, which is part of Bloomberg's vision of turning the seafront into an amusement and entertainment mecca with restaurants, movie theaters, retail stores and hotels. Coney Island hot dog contest adds women's pigout 2011-07-02T18:29:09Z The Methow is a mecca for mountain bikers, with dozens of miles of developed trails, including those near Sun Mountain Lodge, as well as backcountry routes. Methow recovers from massive fire and welcomes outdoors lovers 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Brooklyn Banks was already one such mecca, but, in the nineties, photos and footage surfaced from places like Love Park, in Philadelphia, and the West L.A. Jonah Hill Faithfully Re-creates the Raw, Fleeting Years of Skate Culture, in “Mid90s” 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z And Jost acknowledges that, after a decade and a half at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the sketch comedy mecca won’t be his home for much longer. Colin Jost has a new memoir — and some thoughts on the end of his SNL run 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Next up, the Strand, the equally legendary mecca of book lovers and writers, featuring 2.5 million new, used, collectible and rare items — enough to fulfill the store’s longtime slogan: “18 miles of books.” Soaking up Manhattan’s literary history: A book lover’s bar-hopping guide 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Gunn called that stage “the mecca of what I represent as a musician.” Amiri Baraka’s ‘Blues People’ Comes Home to the Apollo 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z She decides to focus her writing on natural wine, start a natural-wine periodical and, with a friend, open a wine bar in Paris, a natural wine mecca. The Year’s Best Wine Books 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Portland has been a mecca of sorts for twentysomethings for about 10 years now, which has brought so many uniquely talented people here with all kinds of different voices and musical backgrounds. Portland playlist from Justin Ringle 2013-05-24T23:10:32Z But these days it’s as much a mecca for worshipers of high design as it is a destination for those who pray for eagles and birdies. California’s Marrakesh: A Country Club That’s Chic Again 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Sure, Napa is a mecca for wine aficionados. Five affordable destinations for a do-it-yourself wellness vacation 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Provincetown was a gay destination, a mecca where gay people at that time could feel comfortable and celebratory. ‘My First Gay Bar’: Rachel Maddow, Andy Cohen and Others Share Their Coming-Out Stories 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Then walk along New Street to the Bull Ring, a retail mecca as lively as any in Europe. 36 Hours: Birmingham, England 2012-01-26T18:29:09Z Next up, the Strand, the equally legendary mecca of book lovers and writers, featuring 2.5 million new, used, collectible and rare items — enough to fill the store’s longtime slogan: “18 miles of books.” Soaking up literary history: A book-lover’s barhopping guide 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Ms. De Keersmaeker is largely responsible for transforming Brussels into the European dance mecca that it is today. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Early Works at Lincoln Center 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z “It’s the style mecca. Religiously, it’s a mecca. I come here, and I’m like, ‘Why am I living in L.A.?’” Jay Ellis Comes Home to Harlem 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z In March, the group played South by Southwest, a weeklong festival in Austin, Texas, that serves as a veritable music mecca for the hippest of the hip. Duran Duran comes right back … like reflex 2011-04-21T18:34:00Z Mostly plants” to eastern North Carolina, the mecca of whole-hog barbecue. Q&A: Even Michael Pollan Breaks Rules on the Road 2013-06-14T20:07:03Z Seattle may be a coffee mecca, the city of grunge and birthplace of technological inventions, but organizers of this weekend's ZomBcon would like to see it crowned with more of a ghoulish title. Living dead to gather at ZomBcon 2011-10-18T23:23:04Z Hardly the first New Yorker to see Detroit as a bohemian mecca, she called the city “a place where there’s still room for artists and free spirits, creativity and new ideas.” Shinola Takes Its ‘Detroit Cool’ Message on the Road 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The center, filled with wildlife exhibits, is a good place for a casual birder like me to get her bearings in south Texas’s birding mecca. Explorer: 9 Sites Near the Texas Border: the World Birding Center 2010-04-10T03:06:00Z But a decade-long effort to revitalize the city’s downtown has transformed this former jazz mecca, which straddles the Kansas-Missouri border, back into a culturally rich metropolis. The U.S. Issue: 36 Hours in Kansas City, Mo. 2010-05-13T19:19:00Z On my way back from Venice, I stopped by Erewhon, mecca of raw/vegan mignardises and desert of wheat flour. Felix Trattoria’s Sfincione (or, focaccia by any other name) 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z In the 1970s the city was a mecca for some of the most influential artists and intellectual minds. Actor. Lawyer. Lover of the arts. Her uncle defied category. 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z As a result, the town has become something of a mecca for “electrosensitives”—those who suffer from sometimes debilitating physical symptoms that they attribute to nearby electronic signals. Weekend Reading: A Tech-Free Town, Boehner’s Zen, and More 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z Using their food and their history and showing them that their food is just as good as the food in France or Italy or other meccas of gastronomy. “A Taste of Sky”: A post-food documentary about one man's vision and new purpose for fine dining 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z Six decades later — with more than 30,000 live shows on the world-famous Las Vegas Strip alone — Newton is kicking off a new series of shows in the gambling mecca. Wayne Newton celebrates 60 years in Las Vegas with new show 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z In any season, Detroit is a sports mecca, so be sure to catch a Tigers, Red Wings or Lions game during your visit. Detroit: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours 2010-07-02T20:01:00Z Between 1965 and 1970, the number of malls in America had grown from 1,500 to 12,500 and Jaws rode high on the growing wave of multiplex cinemas that these urban meccas increasingly housed. Jaws, 40 years on: ‘One of the truly great and lasting classics of American cinema’ 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Since the 1980s, Smith Rock has been a sport-climbing mecca for climbers from all over the world, with more than 1,800 routes, some of them permanently bolted, up the volcanic tuff face. Topping off a resort vacation on Oregon’s Smith Rock 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Arbour is annoyed at their choice because “Sports Illustrated models are the mecca of physical perfection when it comes to modeling,” as she puts it in the video. “Dear Fat People” shlock-vlogger freaks out over Ashley Graham’s Sports Illustrated cover: “Barbie had to look like she eats cheeseburgers to make feminists happy” 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Let us leave the contemporary onslaught and return to Florence: a tourist mecca now, a military stronghold in Rubens’s day. The Role of Art in a Time of War 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Running almost parallel to Oxford’s literary rebirth has been its emergence as a mecca of Southern eats. Faulkner and Football in Oxford, Miss. 2011-10-14T18:55:01Z After making his rounds on the improv and stage comedy circuit, Odenkirk landed at every young comedy writer's mecca — the offices of "Saturday Night Live." 8 surprising facts about Bob Odenkirk 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The store became a mecca for those hungry for specialized equipment. Chuck Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma kitchen stores, dies at 100 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z A mecca for lovers of all things maritime – music, art and seafood aplenty. This week's new events 2011-07-08T23:09:39Z Highway 90 about 35 miles west of the internationally known art mecca of Marfa. Vandals target quirky artsy West Texas Prada Marfa 2011-03-25T13:01:04Z The next day, I set out for Orange County’s original shopping mecca, though by no means its best known. A Midwinter Playground in the Hudson Valley 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z By infusing a little sonic variety into Band of Horses' guitar expanses, it attests, perhaps, to the time the band spent in country-soul mecca Muscle Shoals, Alabama, working on their recent album, Infinite Arms. Band of Horses 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z His annual productions at the tiny Ontological-Hysteric Theater at St. Mark’s Church in the East Village became a mecca for an international audience of organic head trippers. Theater Review: Richard Foreman’s ‘Old-Fashioned Prostitutes’ 2013-05-08T02:00:01Z The controversial owner of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. and third-richest American wants to build a version of the Nevada gambling mecca in the outskirts of Madrid or Barcelona. EuroVegas, baby 2012-08-06T16:13:00Z Keef lives in San Francisco, a liberal mecca and a haven for the artistic. Lamorne Morris shines in "Woke," which pokes at one man's dawning realization of systemic racism 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The museum's future, like that of libraries, universities and other art museums beyond tourist meccas, lies in making a case for government, foundation and individual patronage by being a hotbed of creativity. Arts & Leisure Preview: Pondering Brooklyn Museum?s Mission and Future 2010-08-05T15:17:00Z In the mecca of conspicuous consumption that is the Super Bowl, Madonna – the most material of all the girls – was right at home Sunday as the queen of halftime. Madonna sells, sells, sells at Super Bowl halftime 2012-02-06T00:37:00Z Her festival now firmly established as a wellrespected mecca for film lovers and filmmakers alike, Johnson seems poised to expand its role as a place where deals are made. Emma Stone glitzed up the Middleburg Film Fest. But that’s not why people came. 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Now it’s being sold to a casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the gambling mecca of America’s east coast, where it will rest indefinitely as the centrepiece of a new Hard Rock hotel and casino. Shake, rattle and Rolls: across America in the shadow of Elvis 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z The elements of the gastropub trend coalesce brilliantly at , the foodie mecca of the moment in Austin. The South's Best Gastropubs 2011-11-02T13:50:06.253Z “And it means something that there will be a theater, in the mecca of theater, named after a Black female artist. I couldn’t be prouder.” In a First for Broadway, a Theater Will Be Renamed for Lena Horne 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z There’s a food menu here, unlike the other two beer meccas. Copper Coin: a beer mecca with food, too | Happy Hour 2012-12-12T22:23:23Z Though it is unclear when iO will reopen, the sale will help the city become a comedy “mecca” again, Halpern said, after months of darkened theaters. Chicago Comedy Institution iO Theater Will Reopen After Sale 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z As warmer weather takes hold in much of the country, outdoor markets and second-hand shops become meccas of merchandise. Fifteen Best Things To Buy In The Spring 2010-03-19T19:10:00Z She had been furloughed from her baking job at the Italian-Mediterranean restaurant Il Buco, which she had recently started after a year spent working at the Brooklyn sourdough mecca She Wolf. How this baker turned her guest room into a bakery 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z He travels to the gambling mecca of Macau to document money laundering and the spoils of government corruption. ‘Age of Ambition’ and ‘Leftover Women’ Gauge Social Upheaval 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z But New York is the mecca, and it never got to touch here. Lupita Nyong’o Shines a Light on Africa 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z While my friends relaxed and took in the scene, I talked to the couple who remade this rural outpost into a skiing mecca. Skiing Town to Town in a Magical Corner of Vermont 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Nevada's tightening regulations and increasingly corporate culture began to turn off mobsters in the 1970's, allowing Las Vegas to become the corporate-run tourist mecca it is today. Las Vegas embraces mob roots with new attractions 2011-03-30T09:46:06Z And yet, cognizant that despite its complications, Brooklyn is still a mecca, young artists continue to arrive, chasing the bohemian dream out to Bushwick and a handful of other neighborhoods. Art Trek: A Critic’s Picks in Brooklyn, an Embattled Utopia 2014-04-03T22:22:25Z In one respect the decaying house is a metaphor for urban America, for the ghettos of Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago: phantoms of the palatial African-American meccas they once were. ‘Loving Day,’ by Mat Johnson 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z This new reality show focuses on a family-run musical revue in the entertainment mecca in Missouri. TV This Week, Dec. 28-Jan. 3: 'The Kennedy Center Honors' and more 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Okanagan may not yet be a culinary mecca, but it is making a case to become one. In British Columbia, a burgeoning wine region that’s showing its muscle 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Kingston is the mecca of R&R. That’s reggae and Rastafarianism, two of the Caribbean’s most monumental cultural movements. 36 Hours in Jamaica 2014-03-27T18:33:52Z First Nations Before Vancouver became a mecca for immigrants, there were the First Nations — Canadian aboriginals, whose culture and art is very much a presence in the city. 36 Hours in Vancouver, British Columbia 2013-06-20T15:46:07Z It was, in fact, J. Irwin Miller, scion of the Irwin-Miller family and arts patron, who transformed Columbus into an architectural mecca. Cultured Traveler: An Indiana Town Where Big Names Built 2013-05-10T18:16:33Z You can’t ask for a more modern and vibrant cultural mecca than Berlin, but what impresses me most about the city is that it does not turn its back on the past. A Tour of Daniel Libeskind’s Jewish Museum Berlin 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z When the Shangri-La Hotel opened in Paris at the end of last year, it marked the first incursion by an Asian hotel brand into this innkeeping mecca. Fabulous Paris: The Shangri-La Hotel 2011-02-03T14:15:00Z The nation’s driest national park is also a mecca for stargazers. It’s the Cool Season in Death Valley 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z It was destined to be the mecca of black intelligentsia, Howard professor Kelly Miller asserted in his essay for “The New Negro.” Is this Howard University’s tipping point? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z She discovered several — including three vividly colored volumes of “The Little Book of Zombie Limericks” by Emily White — by browsing the craft mecca Etsy.com. A Year in Poetry at Poets House in Lower Manhattan 2010-07-08T22:25:00Z One man’s dumpy casino is another’s ritzy mecca. The presidency has been swamped by the Trump Aesthetic 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Indeed, Los Angeles has been a mecca for classical music since the 1930s, a place where art can invent away from, as well as absorb, old-world traditions. The 'L.A. Phil Effect' hits New York, Cleveland and beyond 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z It had always been a mecca for film. Why Did Los Angeles Become a Cultural Mecca in the Early 1970s? 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z “It was something of a mecca at the time,” Teie says. Lives of the cellists 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Squamish has made a name for itself as a climbing mecca, but there’s plenty to do even if battling gravity isn’t your idea of fun. 4 British Columbia road trips to consider while the US-Canada border is open 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z There’s the tale of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch, “bursting with dinosaur bones,” becoming a mecca for young paleontologists who flocked there after her death. When the Dinosaurs Reigned 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Fifty years ago, Canal Street was a mecca of art and industrial supplies. The Gentrification of Canal Street 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Mike Keiser, who made a fortune in the greeting card business, is known to avid players for creating the golf mecca Bandon Dunes on the Oregon coast, a long 250-mile drive from Portland. Can Sand Valley Make Wisconsin the Next Golfing Destination? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z And then there’s this idea of New York as a great cultural mecca where we don’t do anything.” How I Met Your City, the Real One 2011-02-25T20:09:52Z FastMall is pretty quick for finding the nearest retail mecca, including those in the New York City area. Front Row: Apps to Fit Your Style (or Find It) 2010-08-25T21:17:00Z We had looked in the ritzy downtown areas near the museums and the shopping mecca of King Street. How to find a great cup of coffee in Charleston, S.C. — or wherever you go 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z In other ways, these premier theater meccas are becoming more like one another. Perspective | How London sometimes outshines the lights of Broadway 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Goats of Anarchy, a New Jersey rescue for goats with special needs, is a mecca for softhearted goat lovers, with 499,000 followers and a line of books, socks and calendars. The Year of the Goat 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Homegrown Newbury Comics is a mecca to music and pop culture. 36 Hours in Boston 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z The world’s best sour beers get tapped at this Fremont beer mecca’s Sour Fest. Seattle Beer Week brewing more than 200 tastings and pairings 2013-05-09T20:38:39Z The owner, Sylvia Villafañe, said she chose the neighborhood because Old San Juan, which used to be the city’s art mecca, was becoming too expensive and constricted. Heads Up: Santurce Section of San Juan Aspires to Be an Arts Mecca 2011-03-04T19:55:00Z San Francisco was once a new-music mecca, but with the highest rents in the country it felt last weekend as though its soul is increasingly for sale to Silicon Valley. S.F.'s Other Minds concerts create some otherworldly sounds 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z But Godwin’s résumé also includes several years as an associate director with London’s Royal Court, long a mecca for the development of new plays. Shakespeare Theatre Company names U.K.’s Simon Godwin to succeed Kahn 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z While there, he would set off on a bus along the coast road to see how far he could get to that mecca, Torquay. Alan Whicker, globetrotting TV presenter, dies aged 87 2013-07-12T14:56:37Z “Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic” Today, Banana Republic stores are fixtures in shopping malls across America — meccas of office-appropriate trousers and pencil skirts. ‘Wild Company’: the improbable ascent of Banana Republic 2013-01-16T22:56:04Z Beneath a hat, her hair was still wet as she perused the menu at Café Gratitude, the vegan mecca popular with celebrities, and un-self-consciously slathered on moisturizer. Actress Heather Graham Turns From #MeToo to Toil and Trouble 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z To children’s delight, nearby Dollywood is a mecca of thrill rides, Southern food, and renowned stage shows. Top 10 Spring Break Escapes 2010-03-13T00:22:00Z Afterward, walk a few blocks west to downtown shopping mecca SoHo. Finding Yoko Ono’s New York 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Sound City struggled in the mid-1980s because technology led artists elsewhere, until Nirvana made it a mecca for a new generation. Grohl's 'Sound City' film explores human element 2013-01-31T17:21:09Z The town is the mecca for dancers so all our competitors are really looking forward to this. Blackpool launches 'sizzle and sparkle' same-sex dancing contest 2012-08-15T10:58:08Z The theater, founded in 1970 by Woodie King Jr. in Lower Manhattan and now housed on West 42nd Street, has been a mecca for Black actors and directors. Shauneille Perry Ryder, Pioneering Theater Director, Dies at 92 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z And if you think Washington’s upgraded cultural meccas are all now geared for optimal experiences, it ain’t necessarily so. Perspective | What we loathe about intermissions 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z A genteel resort town an hour or so from Bilbao, San Sebastián is a mecca for innovative Basque cuisine, as well as the location for Spain’s most important film festival. European film festivals: six of the best 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z With a sweet lift from poetic musings by Langston Hughes, “After Midnight” invites us into a re-imagined version of Harlem’s 1930s musical mecca, the Cotton Club. On and Off Broadway, doing more with less 2013-12-04T22:00:07Z Visiting wineries was not a new pastime in the 1960s, but Mondavi’s tireless promotion of Napa and its wines helped turn the valley into the tourist mecca it is today. Fifty years ago, Robert Mondavi transformed Napa Valley — and American wine 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z He’s the mayor of this crumpled industrial mecca, a walking folk hero, half Pete Seeger, half Metallica. The ballad of Big John Fetterman: Democrats yearned for a folk hero. But will they vote for one? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The only question that does remain is how much of Asbury’s character will be retained as it becomes a summertime mecca again. New Beach Destination on the Jersey Shore? Asbury Park 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z But last summer Mr. Shapiro spent more than $2 million refurbishing the space and installing a modern lighting and sound system with an eye toward restoring its status as a rock-'n'-roll mecca. ArtsBeat: Promoter Who Revamped Capitol Theater Buys It 2012-12-31T19:56:09Z At first glance, Austin seems an unlikely site for a surfing mecca. Surfing heads inland, to Austin, Texas 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The Y was a real cultural and intellectual mecca, too. A Walk Through Harlem, New York’s Most Storied Neighborhood 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The song describes her father's reaction after travelling to Florida, a retiree mecca that Americans call "God's waiting room", for the funeral of his brother. U.S. country star Patty Griffin gets Londoners stomping 2013-11-18T13:57:30Z In May, Jakes will stage Jamaica’s first food-and-rum festival — fitting for a property so close to the island’s spirits mecca. On a Caribbean Rum Trail 2014-02-21T19:02:44Z The inbounds, open-terrain avalanche deaths underscored a fundamental challenge for rugged ski mountains like the Taos Ski Valley: they are meccas for adventure skiing, which is inherently dangerous. Taos Had History and Mystique, but Few Skiers. Can a New Owner Change That? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z There is no shortage of panoramic views on Oregon’s Highway 35, near the windsports mecca of Hood River. Orchard-hopping for pears in Oregon’s scenic fruit loop 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Birthplace of the new Basque cuisine in the 1970s, San Sebastián remains Spain’s great culinary mecca. | Choice Tables: In Bilbao, It?s Not Just the Museum 2010-10-07T02:19:00Z He said, ‘God, what a life that would be if you wound up having your name on chocolate in a tourist mecca.’ Gail Zappa, widow of Frank Zappa and protector of his iconoclastic rock legacy, dies at 70 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z That mecca, the Appleton Estate, seems like a tropical mirage. On a Caribbean Rum Trail 2014-02-21T19:02:44Z Despite this enthusiasm, not everyone in Gary is confident about turning the city into a mecca for Jackson fans. Michael Jackson museum plans unveiled 2010-06-03T09:34:00Z Well, it’s the opposite at Gold’s Gym in Venice, Calif., the longtime bodybuilding mecca frequented by Arnold Schwarzenegger and three subsequent generations of herculean he-men. Working Out With Charles Glass, a Trainer to the Stars 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z It was a mecca for Dickens scholars, but overlooked by most visitors to London. London's Dickens Museum reopens after makeover 2012-12-05T15:00:10Z The beer mecca Brouwer’s Cafe in Fremont will feature a special lineup of craft beer from Santa Barbara’s Telegraph Brewing Co. The week ahead: ‘Justified’ returns, a Neruda reading 2013-12-31T21:51:30Z Last year, VegNews, a vegan-oriented website, ran a travel article titled “11 Reasons Why Oakland Is the New Brooklyn,” calling it “the new vegan mecca.” Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z Recently, for example, I was in Peru for the first time and saw Lima, which is such a vibrant city and restaurant mecca. Renée Fleming’s Favorite Cities 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z This is food undergirded by a strong tradition of regional home cooking overlain by the potent influence of “diners, gyro shops, Polish delis, taquerias, burger joints, Chinese spots and other food meccas.” Cooking: ‘Asian-American,’ ‘Women Chefs of New York’ and More 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The nexus of money, diversity, density and creativity that the exhibition embodies is what nurtured the regenerative core of the Big Apple, making it a fertile mecca for newcomers and an incubator for innovation. This Museum Show Explains Why New York Is So New Yorky 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z In the past decade, tourism has taken off, and the islands are now becoming known as a diving mecca and chillaxing spot. The Cool, Wild and Very Remote Andaman Islands 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z For Chuck Rozanski, a dealer who runs Mile High Comics, a Denver collectors’ mecca stocked with eight million books, it is a sales opportunity. Movie Review: ?Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan?s Hope,? by Morgan Spurlock 2012-04-12T21:47:24Z For nearly every one of the next 63 years, he has made a pilgrimage to the lush, sprawling lawn of this summer music mecca here in the Berkshires. Without Music, Tanglewood Is Empty, Eerie and Beautiful 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z What about genteel Japan, the fetish mecca — or the puritanical yet gratuitous United States? A White-Knuckle Ride to the Dark Side of Love and Infidelity 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z At St John’s, Selaocoe dreamed of a move to Europe, and his classmates romanticized the continent as “the mecca of classical music, of musical expression,” he said. Abel Selaocoe Finds a Home in Improvisation 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Tucked among lush green hills on the Welsh-English border, Hay is a year-round mecca for book-lovers, with a population of 1,500 and more than 30 secondhand bookstores. Making Hay: British book fest conquers the world 2010-06-02T11:37:00Z Growing up in Cleveland, he always aspired to move to New York, which he saw as the cultural mecca. Glenn O’Brien Reinvents Himself (Yet Again) 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Our Nation’s Capital is the South’s cultural mecca. 12 Ultimate Trips for Kids 2010-05-06T16:06:00Z It remains the oldest academic building on campus and the last surviving link to the era when the institution was known as Indiana State Normal School, a mecca for future teachers. ISU project to restore dome last seen in 1973 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Can a sleepy Chinese town become a cultural mecca? Can a sleepy Chinese town become a cultural mecca? 2013-06-08T23:00:00Z “Nashville needs this museum, because it’s a musical mecca,” said Moore, who is a national chair for the museum. Museum Exploring Music’s Black Innovators Arrives in Nashville 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z True to its reputation as a fitness mecca, Denver was the first US city to launch an extensive bike-sharing programme in 2010. Denver, Colorado: city of mile-high delights 2013-07-19T23:10:00Z But the venue would later prove perfect as an acid house mecca, earning it the nickname the Halluçienda. How we made: Ben Kelly and Peter Hook on the Haçienda club 2012-07-02T18:32:01Z For my last evening in town, I head north to the mecca: the City of Circus Arts, home to the National Circus School, Cirque du Soleil world headquarters, and the massive Tohu. How circus-loving Montreal has persisted as the big top of the world 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Beginning in the 1960s, SoHo drew scores of artists who turned the forgotten industrial wasteland into a creative mecca. Art museum to open in rough section of Detroit 2011-06-09T18:45:14Z It's 16 years since the world's leading art brand transformed the image of Bilbao from rusting industrial city to a cultural mecca, creating a thriving tourist industry virtually from scratch. Why a Welsh Guggenheim makes sense 2013-06-10T11:25:52Z About halfway through the show, Mr. Springsteen paid homage to the Apollo, a 1,526-seat mecca where every major R&B and soul singer has come to prove themselves since the 1930s. ArtsBeat: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Apollo Theater in New York 2012-03-10T09:43:47Z Courthouse, returning it to its nineties state as a gritty mecca. Jonah Hill Faithfully Re-creates the Raw, Fleeting Years of Skate Culture, in “Mid90s” 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Ironically, the area around the Protestant mecca has recently made headlines as the “most godless” place on the planet. A quiet German town welcomes some 2 million visitors for Martin Luther’s 500th 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z In 1998, when Turkey’s government banned gambling, the country’s casino operators promptly moved their operations across the Cilician Sea, turning Northern Cyprus into a mecca for Turkish gamblers. Ruins, casinos and abandoned construction mark Cyprus 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Three years ago, the family bought Caesar’s, the classic tourist mecca and watering hole for visiting Hollywood stars that opened its doors in the 1920s. Master of a New Tijuana 2011-03-09T07:33:57Z During that time, he also planted his flag across the land, on properties from the California wine country and the gambling meccas of Nevada to Dallas and Washington, D.C. Charlie Palmer Rethinks His Empire 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z “A mecca, a big, big mixed crowd — and the music is fantastic.” Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fantastical Imagination 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z I do have my gripes; not every supermarket is a mecca. At home and abroad, the supermarket is the church where I worship 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The four hard and four rubberized courts in Harlem, affectionately known as the Jungle, were once a mecca for top African-American players. Tennis in New York Is Knowing Where to Look 2010-08-05T22:30:00Z But it serves as a mecca, of sorts, for the many immigrant communities of Los Angeles. The Store Where Los Angeles Converges 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z The fast-growing wine mecca just two hours south of San Diego is home to hip boutique hotels, an impressive culinary scene and more than 100 wineries to satisfy the most discerning of aficionados. Mexico wine country: Foodie paradise and tastings in Baja 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z But the entertainment mecca still welcomes 36 million tourists per year--and the city's relaxed laws around gambling and other vices add to its sense of danger and excitement. America's Coolest Cities 2010-08-02T23:15:00Z Managers at the fabled castle-turned-cultural mecca say the museum drew more than 8.8 million visitors last year - a 5 percent increase from a year earlier despite hard economic times in much of the West. Louvre museum drew in record 8.8 million visitors 2012-01-05T16:06:08Z Dubbed the Seven Mile Miracle, the stretch is mecca for young surfers drawn to the 30-foot waves. | Dana Brown: The Endless Film Reel 2010-09-24T17:26:00Z Dauphin Street is probably the closest thing Alabama has to musical meccas like Austin’s Sixth Street or Memphis’s Beale Street. Mardi Gras in Mobile — where it started 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z It's a buyer's mecca in a grand setting. Things Every Southerner Must Do! 2010-07-14T22:49:00Z It's now thought of as a theater mecca. A Tony Awards round table with L.A.-area theater leaders 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z “Las Vegas is the new Ibiza,” said Patrick Moxey, the founder of Ultra Records, a leading independent dance label, referring to the hedonistic dance mecca in Spain. D.J.’s and Dance Music Are the New Stars in Las Vegas 2012-06-11T21:57:39Z Plants were brought in from England and China, and Joséphine’s enthusiasm was so infectious that between 1810 and 1830 there was a heyday for roses, in which France became a mecca for their hybridization. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XIII 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z For now, open-mic nights in taverns across town continue to be where new talent gets heard, so Nashville’s abiding place as a singer/songwriter mecca remains. 36 Hours in Nashville 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Since the beginning of the 20th century, people involved in culture and history were saying Machu Picchu would be the mecca of tourism. Do Machu Picchu from your sofa, thanks to Google Street View 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Some people gabbed, some groused; others stood silently, forming a line that snaked around the block, waiting for Century 21, the Lower Manhattan bargain hunters’ mecca, to open for business. The Line Dance of the Pandemic 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z It was filmed in Columbus, Ind., a mecca of modernist architecture. John Cho 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The nearest sizable town, Ashland, was once the center of a robust timber economy, and has now become a mecca for theater enthusiasts and winter sports fans. At Three National Monuments, Quiet Trails and Questions About the Future 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z By the early 20th century, the camp served as an unlikely mecca — drawing thousands of campers to wooded Penobscot County, offering everything from philosophy classes to boat rides to sessions with mediums. A Sympathetic Look at Spiritualism Past and Present 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The overall impression that one gets is that of a mecca for gay rights. The Gays And The Tech Industry: An Inclusive and Complicated Relationship 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The novel effortlessly weaves multiple narrative threads as a fascinating cast of characters interacts with a place often portrayed as "the country's mecca of ruined dreams." A serial killer haunts Lauren Beukes' riveting 'Broken Monsters' 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z “Great painters, poets, sculptors, musicians and thespians all lived in this building. It was kind of a mecca for artists. What a magical place for a young artist to grow up in.” Vin Diesel Spent His Childhood in an Artists’ Commune 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z In addition to SoDo’s roof-deck dance mecca, Monkey Loft, two venues outside Seattle proper are hosting clutch outdoor shows, filling a critical niche while some music fans are still hesitant to cram inside clubs again. Tacoma and White Center boast the hottest outdoor music venues in the Seattle area 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z With spending embedded in the culture and consumerism deep in this manufacturing hub's roots, this island isn't known as a shopping mecca for nothing. Where To Shop In Hong Kong 2010-05-24T20:30:00Z “From the early 20th century into the 1970s, the Big Nine was a mecca for black music and entertainment: Tennessee’s very own Harlem,” notes Charles J. Moss in Medium. "Funky Drummer" Clyde Stubblefield, keeper of James Brown's beat, never truly got his due 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z A female soldier rescues a group of women from sex slavery to bring them to an all-female mecca. The Top 11 Moments for Women in Pop Culture in 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The village of St.-Paul-de-Vence — sleepy and silent the first time I saw it — has become a kind of mecca for tour buses and pilgrims on foot. Back to Provence 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z Tourist meccas, from like the Eiffel Tower to the Great Wall of China, became virtual forests of selfie sticks. How the Selfie Conquered the World 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z “As a resident of Orlando, our tourist mecca, I don’t tend to advocate for a travel ban because a lot of our friends work in these low-paying travel jobs,” said Ms. Cousins. Despite Battle Over Politics, Florida Tourism Rolls On 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z “But there’s also the image of Chicago as a crime mecca, which was established by the 1930s.” Chicago News Cooperative: Crime, Sex, Politics and Regular Folks 2011-09-24T23:40:10Z On Friday evening, downtown L.A.'s bibliophile mecca The Last Bookstore will host a group of outspoken women reading from their works that range from off the wall to unbelievable. Lit pick of the week: Bad advice from bad women 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z And with an aptness that verges, almost, on the self-knowing, this mecca of , so bright and colourful on the outside, turns out to be little more than a dispiriting, soulless car park from within. Glastonbury 2010: Meet the celebrities 2010-06-28T07:00:00Z But recently this mecca of the Sarasota School of Architecture movement has begun finding fresh fans among us more casual admirers of cool. Long regarded as an architecture lovers shrine, Sarasota, Fla., attracts fresh fans 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z A mecca for talented musicians, Tennessee not only has more high-quality live music than you could ever hope to enjoy, but top-notch dining — both traditional Southern cooking and contemporary twists on old standards. In Affordable Nashville, Grain Bowls, Hot Chicken and Blistering Guitars 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Glasgow, which Chvrches call home, is an indie mecca, twinned in spirit with Olympia, Washington, where the pop meek rule the Earth. Chvrches – review 2013-03-01T20:00:01Z Whitaker recounts Pittsburgh’s role as a mecca for African-Americans in the mid-20th century — from figures like Billy Strayhorn and August Wilson to the local newspaper, The Courier, which covered it all. 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The newly renovated store is cavernous, with the most gear to see in one place outside a diving mecca, at online prices. In Key Largo, fin-to-fin with the denizens of Florida’s revitalized coral barrier reef 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Besides recording songs together they now live together in the country-music mecca of Austin, Texas. U.S. country star Patty Griffin gets Londoners stomping 2013-11-18T13:57:30Z “Black No More” demystifies Harlem as a mecca by wrapping its arms around it, wiping off the glitter while celebrating its charm. The Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s Soul, in One Show 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Coupled with a recent ban on public nudity, the closings have left some residents worrying that San Francisco is losing the anything-goes vibe that made the city a boho mecca. ‘All These Darlings,’ a Floating San Francisco Peep Show 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z New and vintage musicals, from mock-horror tuners to family shows to superior revivals and tours of innovative Broadway material, are making the Puget Sound region a genuine mecca for shows that sing and dance. And now: The 2013 Seattle Times Footlight Awards 2013-12-31T22:33:19Z Mr. Adler and Mr. Valentine subsequently opened the Roxy Theater on Sunset Boulevard, which also became a musical mecca; Mr. Maglieri managed it for 25 years but did not have an ownership interest. Mario Maglieri, Who Coddled Rockers at His Clubs, Dies at 93 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Of course, it’s still early, and crowning Indianapolis the next mecca for Black artists would be premature. 2 Years After Racism Outcry, Indianapolis Embraces Black Artists 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Next door to Valence is the Rhône River town of Tain-l’Hermitage, one of France’s wine meccas. Le Dauphiné, a French Region With a History Both Ancient and Personal 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Lui isn’t tempted to run them on Lainey Gossip, the website she runs that bears her name and has become something of a mecca for anyone looking for the best, most insightful coverage of celebrities. Gossip explains our culture. And nobody explains it like Lainey Gossip. 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Union Market has converted a declining warehouse district in Northeast Washington into a foodie mecca. D.C. got everything it wanted out of CityCenterDC — except the crowds 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh’s premier alternative space, housed in a former industrial building and a couple of annexes, has become a mecca for installation art. Pittsburgh Report: Five Places for Healing Through Art 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The Dutch cannabis mecca inserts "Atlanta" into a place and culture that's very white and has a reputation for being friendly and welcoming, which it lives up to in some ways and fails in others. The return of "Atlanta" is perfectly timed, delivering its sharp honesty when we need it most 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Cool-kid chefs turning local bounty into Michelin-worthy dishes, an artisan whisky boom and a clutch of stylish hotels have helped Scotland shrug off its saturnine image and rebrand as a misty, moody mecca. In Scotland, Taking the Traditional and Making It New 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z It’s the mecca for diversity, and that’s what turns me on about being the laureate,” she told the newspaper after her naming. Janice Mirikitani, poet, San Francisco church leader, dies 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z The resort is trying to broaden its appeal beyond a gambling mecca by emphasizing restaurants, shops, nightclubs, spas and other attractions. Atlantic City courting gay tourism market 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The store also offers custom designs and is a mecca for ideal wedding bands. Shopping Events Starting July 19 2012-07-18T23:15:33Z With the caucuses just days away, this unlikely mecca for practitioners of Transcendental Meditation is getting a jolt of activity. The transcendental meditationists who turned an Iowa farm town into a Bernie base 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z The near future — 2018 — may be necessary in terms of the cars and weapons used, but depopulated Detroit is hardly the crowded, cop-packed crime mecca the film depicts. ‘Brick Mansions’: Action takes off, but plot hits wall 2014-04-24T20:09:41Z But in their case they go north, for the annual trade fair, meat market and genuine cultural mecca that is the Edinburgh festival fringe. This week's new comedy 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z “It was a mecca,” said the bassist and downtown guru William Parker. How Sam Rivers and Studio Rivbea Supercharged ’70s Jazz in New York 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Mérida is also a good jumping-off point for the trip’s most stunning sites: the biosphere reserve at Celestun, and Uxmal, a Mayan mecca. Spring-break alternative: A road trip across Yucatán Peninsula 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Her father, Bernard, an Orthodox rabbi, transformed his tiny synagogue for shopkeepers on West 47th Street into a mecca for actors from Broadway, among them Sophie Tucker, Eddie Cantor and two of the Three Stooges. Ann Birstein, Memoirist and Novelist, Dies at 89 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Berlin was hardly a mecca for modern dance when Waltz moved here on an artist’s grant in 1992, but the newly reunified city provided fertile creative ground for her ambitious and wide-ranging artistic experiments. Sasha Waltz’s ‘In C’ Marries Choreography and Improvisation 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Hector's house became a palace of hedonism, a hippy hangout and a mecca for ravers. TV review: Country House Rescue; Waking the Dead; Celebrity Naked Ambition; How To Buy a Puppy 2011-03-14T08:00:03Z Oh, all right, it’s actually about Mr. Williams’s efforts to create a 1970s-themed stage show in Branson, that Midwestern mecca of country music and wholesomeness. ‘A Very Barry Branson’ Follows Barry Williams’s Stage Show 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z "For me," he says, "New York is the mecca of comedy." Meet black comedy's trailblazers 2010-04-13T20:35:00Z She also puts together several in-person retreats a year in culinary meccas such as La Pitchoune, the French summer home of Julia Child, one of O’Neill’s mentors. When you’re ready to move from summer reading to summer writing 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The Second Date: Ben tells kindergarten teacher Lauren H. that Mexico City is a fashion mecca, so they go to Mexico Fashion Week and Lauren and Ben walk the runway. 'The Bachelor' Watch: Oh, Mexico 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z This world-class fish mecca is unostentatiously small and bare. In Search of Japan’s Hidden Culinary Revolution 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z He was followed by Frank Sinatra and another Rat Pack wave after World War II, transforming Palm Springs into a “mecca for midcentury modernity,” said Charles Phoenix, author of “Addicted to Americana.” America’s Art Scenes Off the Beaten Track 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z With the aid of a grant from the West German government, Mr. Eotvos moved to Cologne, then a mecca of experimental new music, in 1966. Peter Eotvos Prepares the Opera ‘Senza Sangue’ 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The tour culminates with an appearance at New York’s Upper West Side bebop mecca, Smoke, where the band will record live. Canadian saxophonist Cory Weeds is a Renaissance jazz man 2013-01-03T22:32:27Z Chuck's Hop Shop is a mecca for beer geeks. Chuck's Hop Shop: Close to 900 beers, and counting 2012-03-13T22:03:04Z Giant murals and cool cafés began to line the streets, and a weekend farmers' market — in the artsy-craftsy Old Biscuit Mill, theoldbiscuitmill.co.za — became the city's foodie mecca. Why Cape Town's Woodstock Rocks 2011-06-16T14:45:00Z In 1944, wanting to learn modernist techniques, she studied with the composer Ernst Krenek at Black Mountain College, then a mecca for members of the European avant-garde. Ursula Mamlok, Avant-Garde Composer, Dies at 93 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z “This is the world’s greatest film festival — it’s like when people come to Madison Square Garden to see the Knicks — this is the mecca.” Spike Lee Turns a Period Piece Into a Protest of the Trump Era 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Spain’s second-biggest city is a crowded tourist mecca — but you’ll find respite in its biggest, greenest space, Citadel Park, an oasis of wide pathways, verdant trees and grass, and a zoo. Finding urban getaways in Europe’s top cities 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Surely the great cultural mecca of Minneapolis must want this resolved quickly. Critic’s Notebook: Lockout for the Minnesota Orchestra Grows More Painful 2013-05-12T21:48:05Z A few years ago, unless you were a tourist mecca, this didn’t matter so much. Every city needs a brand 2012-06-30T16:00:00Z Mr. Stafford and I talked about the city’s history of racial unrest as we hung out around 18th and Vine, the renowned mecca of black politics and entertainment in the city. On a Civil Rights Trail, Essential Sites and Indelible Detours 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z In stark contrast to the neighboring spring break mecca, this oasis on the Gulf of Mexico offers 48 campsites amid the longest undeveloped stretch of barrier island in the world. These Are America's Prettiest Beach Campsites 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z But Ms. Holy argues that as the nation’s “theater mecca,” New York is unlike other cities. In a Theater Mecca, ‘Fringe’ Tends to Mean Choosy 2013-08-09T21:08:51Z Bill T. Jones narrates Ron Honsa’s “Never Stand Still,” the story of how Jacob’s Pillow grew into a dance mecca in the Berkshires. Weekend Miser: Dance on Camera Festival Opens, and ?Pina? Film Is Extended 2012-01-26T23:31:05Z This mecca of dance in the Berkshires boasts broad offerings as usual. 5 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z She represents the golden age of Hollywood and the era that put Palm Springs on the map as a chic resort, establishing our city as a mid-century architectural mecca.” Iconic or Sexist? Palm Springs Mulls a Marilyn Monroe Statue 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z The place was recommended by a culinary-pro local friend, and I was in a mecca of good food and wine. Ellie Krieger rescues boring ‘salad with chicken’ 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Oxford has become a culinary mecca of the South. Faulkner and Football in Oxford, Miss. 2011-10-14T18:55:01Z A fan of Woody Guthrie and Joan Baez, Rose is a harbinger of the hippie mecca that San Francisco will become in the 1960s. Theater Review: ‘Dogfight’ at Second Stage Theater 2012-07-17T02:00:00Z Malia became the setting because it's a mecca for partying adolescents – during their research in the resort, the writers came across groups of up to 150 kids from a single college. The not-bleeding-likely lads 2011-07-14T20:19:01Z Since then, she has won the prestigious Princess Grace Award, premiered work at the Massachusetts dance mecca Jacob's Pillow, and turned up repeatedly in Dance Magazine. Seattle dancemakers claim a spot on national stage 2012-11-20T22:18:06Z Mary’s boss, in a weak romantic overture, invites her on a road trip to Los Angeles, mecca of movies, artifice and plastic surgery. Movie Review: ‘American Mary,’ by Jen and Sylvia Soska 2013-05-30T21:50:47Z One of the more ambitious rooftop bars to debut in Seattle, this Capitol Hill mezcal mecca will have its own bar and kitchen up top. 10 best places to get an outdoor drink this summer 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z He tried sitting in nightly at Slugs’ Saloon, a jazz mecca on the Lower East Side, but rarely got a paid gig. At 80, Billy Harper’s Rhapsodic Saxophone Is Still a Towering Force 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The place is still a mecca for the living, spoken word. London theater, 2013: Not a bargain, but the real deal 2013-05-08T21:15:06Z We dropped by a streetwear mecca where we felt very — how shall I say? — unattended to. Bobby Berk’s New York 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z And I think Atlanta, man, that’s the home base, that’s the mecca of good, down south hip-hop and rap right now. Q & A with Soulja Boy, who makes first Seattle appearance Friday | Concert preview 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z But the story of the killing at Duke’s Rough Point estate, which has resonated in the seaside tourist mecca, is being challenged by a witness — the paperboy. 1966 death of heiress’ employee under renewed scrutiny 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z It is a mecca for aspiring artists wanting some creative magic, who are drawn to the city's shabbier districts by the cheap rents. Artist of the week special: Tjorg Douglas Beer, Annette Kelm, Jonathan Meese 2011-03-16T18:25:57Z “It’s the music mecca for Black culture,” Mr. Ellis said. Jay Ellis Comes Home to Harlem 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Noma, the Copenhagen "gastronomic mecca" widely considered to be the best restaurant in the world, is closing its doors for regular service in winter 2024. Noma, the best restaurant in the world, is set to close its doors in 2024 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z In this tiny, tourist-dependent queer mecca at the farthest tip of Cape Cod, the mood was dramatically different back in mid-June, when Varla started her season of drag cabaret at the Crown & Anchor. After a Midsummer Shiver, Provincetown Proceeds With Care 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Shop windows and the local museum display crafts from this woodcarving mecca. Cobbles and castles in the Bavarian Alps 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z But the only components are mostly natural light falling on almost comically abbreviated natural forms, always with the Metropolitan Museum of Art — one of Western painting’s many meccas — glimpsed in the background. Daniel Heidkamp 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z In my boyfriend's ideal world, we would have headed to Alta, the extreme skiing mecca in Little Cottonwood Canyon, the next valley along, but as snowboarding is banned there we visited its neighbour, Snowbird, instead. Ski safari in Utah 2010-12-18T00:07:45Z It may be a source of frustration to some, but the market for nostalgic fare is high, particularly among first-time visitors to the city, many of whom see Manchester as a kind of pop mecca. Next Stop: A New Act for Manchester 2011-04-29T19:37:03Z Trumping all, he was from New York City, mecca of all things wild and wonderful. My inappropriate relationship 2013-03-24T01:00:00Z The exhibition, opening in the gambling mecca later this year, is the dream of the daughter of an infamous Chicago mobster with a reputation as a vicious killer, who was himself murdered. Las Vegas mafia museums open new mob rivalry 2010-04-25T17:05:00Z What might seem like insider jokes about art, branding and “lifestyles” ultimately resulted in cringe-worthy documentations of downtown New York’s transformation into a retail mecca, with artists pushed out by gentrification. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Restless, she transferred to Georgia State University, where she was less interested in class than in the burgeoning drag scene in Atlanta, which she called “the mecca of the gay South.” Lady Bunny Is Still the Shadiest Queen Around 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z In fact, Natty is a favorite of the crab-crazy Maryland coast, especially the summer mecca Ocean City, where it's colloquially known as "Shore Champagne." In defense of Natural Light, the unfairly maligned O.G. light brew 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z This is a town of parks, trees and waterways, a hiking mecca that melds swiftly into the nearby mountains. The best towns and small cities in the US: Eugene, Oregon 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z For him, an art mecca is a lure for drawing inhabitants from across state lines to residences that he plans to develop into what he calls “TriBeCa West.” Moving Magnate Is the Impresario Behind Mana Contemporary 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z He opened up a large Las Vegas shop in 2001, saying the city was a mecca for the biggest names in entertainment. Ed Roman, renowned guitar builder, dies at 61 2011-12-22T21:45:08Z I felt like I had walked into some mecca of where it was all happening. Improv's 60th anniversary Netflix special spotlights the brick walls and belly laughs of America's comedy club 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z At a performance for Jefferson High School students, an ensemble of musicians recalled an era when the neighborhood was a mecca for jazz greats. Secret shows and a cult fandom are behind this jazz phenomenon in L.A. 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The experimental residency is the handiwork of Zoë Blair-Schlagenhauf and Mary Boo Anderson, artists-slash-writers who wanted to, as they describe on their website, “capitalize on this mecca of capitalism for more creative, authentic pursuits.” Why so many L.A. creatives meet up at a secret, underground spot: Ikea 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z It’s proof that the 20-time Grammy winner, who settles in for eight solo shows at Seattle’s downtown jazz mecca, can misplace more gems than most mortals will ever lay down. Pearl Jam side gigs among buzziest Seattle concerts coming up 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z “This is New York City, this is a basketball mecca. It’s good when all the sports teams do good. The Nets, the Knicks, the Liberty,” Hammon said. Jones and Stewart help Liberty avoid sweep, take Game 3 of WNBA Finals, beat Aces 87-73 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z In Compton, known as the “mecca of street takeovers,” sheriff’s deputies say they have responded to hundreds of takeover incidents in the city since January. Illegal street takeovers have become a hazard. L.A. County officials want to hear your suggestions 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z "When I come her it feels like I'm home, it has a special place in my heart. Wales is the mecca of bog snorkelling." Wales: 'I love bog snorkelling because it saved my life' 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Another myth repeated in The New York Times is that Measure 110 has made Portland something of a mecca, a destination for drug use. Don’t blame drug decriminalization for what the housing crisis has caused 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The bonsai collection at Yamaguchi Nursery has some of the oldest and most valuable trees in Southern California, which is considered by some bonsai artists to be the art form’s mecca in America. The Oaxacan-born cook caring for Yamaguchi Nursery's historic bonsai collection 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z During World War II, the area became a shipbuilding mecca, and drew thousands of Black workers from Louisiana and other parts of the South. A happy ending as urban farmers beat a mega-warehouse development in North Richmond 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z How the Bay Area became a mecca of Burmese cuisine. How the Bay Area Became a Mecca of Burmese Cuisine 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Officials deployed more deputies in Compton during the weekend as street takeovers prompted some to call the city the “mecca of street takeovers.” Santa Rosa's plan to curb street takeovers? Sue organizers for pollution 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z It’s taken 40 fights for Bud’s star to come to Vegas, the mecca for the sport. Terence 'Bud' Crawford finally gets to face Errol Spence Jr. and prove he's no B-side 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Workers here are “in the mecca of billionaires, and Seattle’s a tech city, so for them to win here, would be historical,” Smalls said in an interview. 'The only enemy is Amazon': Union leader talks Bezos, infighting during WA visit 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The diminished Great Salt Lake isn’t the boating mecca or vacation destination it was decades ago, when its footprint was about twice the size it is now. Sailors rejoice after snowy winter raises Great Salt Lake — for now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z But rising seas and more intense storms are encroaching on coastal properties, as happened last year when a house collapsed onto a beach along Oahu’s North Shore surfing mecca. 83,000 Hawaii homes dispose of sewage in cesspools. Rising sea levels will make them more of a mess 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Records show the mayor’s net worth reached seven digits for the first time in 2021, as Suarez used his public office to promote Miami as a mecca for technology companies and venture capital. Mayor for Hire: Francis Suarez’s wealth boomed while he promoted Miami as tech capital 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z “The truth is it’s probably safer at Waikiki Beach during the day when there’s, you know, thousands of people around,” he said of Honolulu’s tourist mecca. The sun may be out, but guns are not. A lawsuit challenges a new gun ban on Hawaii beaches 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Mexico has long been a mecca for Americans seeking easier and cheaper access to medications that require a prescription in the U.S. — drugs such as Viagra, Xanax and tramadol. Fentanyl-tainted pills now found in Mexican pharmacies from coast to coast 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z A few blocks away at Redline, which is a fraction of Precinct’s size, a different mecca exists for up-and-coming drag performers. L.A.'s drag scene is bigger than ever. But it’ll take ‘rebellion' to keep it safe 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Family outings to the Music Center and other Los Angeles performing arts meccas were routine. Josh Groban realizes an impossible dream: Making a killer impression on Broadway 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z At the height of his popularity in the 1970s, Graham sold out Madison Square Garden, the original mecca of pro wrestling, 19 times. Wrestling's 'Superstar' Billy Graham, the template for Hulk Hogan, dies at 79 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z I found myself at the Strand, which was once mecca for a young person with glasses. The spines on the wall do talk 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z One simple metric for measuring the Saudi government’s commitment to transforming the oil kingdom into a high-tech mecca might be the size of the delegation at this year’s Milken Institute Global Conference. Saudi Arabia comes to L.A. seeking money to build its post-oil future 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Bend, once a played-out timber town, is now a burgeoning mecca of outdoor sports. How tech and the great outdoors transformed Oregon and the fight for the White House 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Although long a mecca for bike thieves, and also a frequent target for “porch pirates” stealing packages, violent crime is rare. Northern California town on edge after second fatal stabbing in week 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Las Vegas is quickly become a sports mecca after years of being considered a pariah because of ties to the gambling industry. Oakland A’s purchase land for new stadium in Las Vegas 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Compton is known as the “mecca of street takeovers,” and city officials and residents are fed up with the illegal car shows. Compton — the 'mecca of street takeovers' — vows to take action on illegal car shows 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z I love the contradiction of this place — it’s this oasis of peace, like, in the mecca of fame and the pursuit of fame and addiction and partying. How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Rainn Wilson 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Some meccas for flower tourism, including Lake Elsinore with its golden poppies, were harmed enough by crowds in 2019 that visitors have been warned to stay away this year. The superbloom has begun. See breathtaking photos and a map of where to go 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Huntington Beach filed its own lawsuit, claiming the state would override local control “in order to eliminate the suburban character of the city and replace it with a high-density mecca.” Uproar in suburbia as New York looks to spur development 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Our city has always been a mecca for creatives who shape the musical landscape worldwide. The Getty has comfy benches, but food and drink in the galleries won't sit well 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The takeovers involved hundreds of participants and left the Sheriff’s Department scrambling, said Bell, who called Compton the “mecca of street takeovers.” Compton — the 'mecca of street takeovers' — vows to take action on illegal car shows 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z But only Howard can claim that its chief visionary is creating a basketball mecca. Perspective | Kenny Blakeney dreamed big, and Howard is turning it into reality 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The lawsuit accused the state of making an “unbridled power play” to turn Huntington Beach into a “high-density mecca.” Editorial: Newsom, Bonta and the righteous fight to block Huntington Beach's NIMBYism 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z For another, Vornado had been acquiring property around Penn Station with an eye toward transforming the area one day into a business, retail and entertainment mecca. Once the World’s Largest, a Hotel Goes ‘Poof!’ Before Our Eyes 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Their judicial circuit became known as a mecca for plaintiffs. Alex Murdaugh trial: Power, privilege, and the downfall of a dynasty 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z The Savannah is considered the mecca of carnival and it is where the majority of official events - which this year fall on 20 and 21 February - are held. Trinidad carnival revellers defy crime: 'If we unite, we can put up a fight' 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z “To make Ohio State, Columbus and the Midwest the new high-tech mecca.” Ohio State plans software innovation center with $110M gift 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z “It’s the food mecca, especially if you like any sort of Asian food,” said Mu, who is Chinese. Monterey Park, an Asian cultural hub, shaken by shooting 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z That high school has a history to it — it’s right there, the mecca of Hollywood. The oral history of Hollywood High 16 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z A man was asked to remove his “Jesus Saves” T- shirt or leave the Mall of America while visiting the Minnesota shopping mecca this month. Mall of America security asks man to remove ‘Jesus Saves’ shirt or leave 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The property became a mecca for fans, yet also gained a reputation as tacky and crassly commercial. Lisa Marie Presley leaves behind a lucrative Graceland — and a complicated financial legacy 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z It may be synonymous with the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of world leaders, but Davos, Switzerland, is, first and foremost, a winter sports mecca. Even With the Crowds, Davos Is a Winter Haven 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The park is the mecca for San Gabriel Valley peafowl and boasts a population of at least 100 birds. They’re loud, they’re proud — these peacocks are getting the boot 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Its aims include diversifying Saudi Arabia’s oil-dependent economy and revamping its long-held image from a puritanically religious kingdom inaccessible to outsiders into a regional entertainment mecca. Dancing is in, dissent is out as Saudi Arabia's crown prince transforms his country 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Hong Kong’s position as a luxury shopping mecca was hampered after the city maintained some of the world’s strictest border rules. In China, Luxury Shopping Faces Ongoing Headwinds 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z And for Herbert, this trip to the mecca of gaming was sort of a high-stakes game of left, right, center. Maybe the Raiders aren't a big joke: Team revives its playoff pulse vs. Chargers 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z To Musk’s many online fans, the disarray is a feature, not a bug, of the site under its new ownership, and a reflection of the free speech mecca they hope Twitter will be. As Musk is learning, content moderation is a messy job 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z It was Nov. 28, 2021, as USC’s new coach stood over a surreal scene from the stadium’s Scholarship Tower, promising to turn the Trojans into contenders and the Coliseum into mecca. 'Tremendous run' continues for USC and Caleb Williams with win over Notre Dame 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z This story is part of Image Issue 15, “Diaspora,” a fantastic voyage through the mecca of food, from Hollywood haunts to mall food courts to L.A. staples. Fashion doesn't have to be so serious. See how this L.A. stylist adds a sense of play 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z President Biden on Tuesday warned voters in the retirement mecca of Florida that a Republican-controlled Congress will imperil social security and Medicare. Biden tells Floridians that Republicans want to cancel their Social Security and Medicare 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z "Vegas is one of the big things, it's the mecca of boxing, I've always wanted to fight out there," she said. Ireland homecoming 'definitely realistic' - Taylor 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Much of the focus is on Las Vegas, the gambling mecca that drives the state’s economy and is home to three quarters of the state’s population. Las Vegas at center of tight contests for Senate, governor 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Her return to the campaign trail in May, for a visit to the retirement mecca of The Villages, received “exclusive” coverage from Fox News. Governor’s Wife Has High-Profile Role After Florida Hurricane 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z So the song is about Venice as this mecca of Black people in this beautiful beach town who are no longer here. Arima Ederra wants to be a vessel for you 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The 7,000-square-foot beer mecca with two giant screens and six televisions can hold at least 300. 4 great Seattle and Eastside bars to catch the Mariners playoff games 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z For now, however, it’s an offense marked by an inability to meld the synergy between run and pass that Pete Carroll has always viewed as the mecca of a successful game plan. Seahawks must fix their offensive woes before season gets away from them 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z They have silenced fans inside the college football mecca that is Notre Dame Stadium, as well as a crowd of nearly six figures inside Texas A&M’s Kyle Field. Another Sun Belt shocker? What to watch for when UCLA faces South Alabama 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z City leaders said cannabis would bring good-paying jobs and millions of dollars in revenue, and the town quickly gained a reputation as the next “mecca” of weed. Legal pot spawned a wave of corruption, threats and secret financial deals for politicians 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z A graduate of Jackson State, a historically Black university, Tierre felt a responsibility to revive the area, which he said was “once known as a mecca for Black commerce second only to Harlem.” In Jackson, water crisis is just the latest trouble for restaurants 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z For example, Miami is often called a gay mecca. Ron DeSantis’s Florida 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z “Soon after, these roads were transformed and became safe meccas,” Hans said. Los Angeles' ban on cars along part of Griffith Park Drive will become permanent 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The paper is a beloved institution that has chronicled scandals and squabbles from Aspen’s silver-mining days through its transformation into a gilded skiing and cultural mecca in the Rockies. Aspen’s Tangled Summer Saga: The Rich Developer vs. the Local Paper 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Like, I want to explain to the younger generation how big MTV was at that point — it was really the mecca of cool, and “Punk’d” was the hottest show going at the time. B.J. Novak and Ashton Kutcher talk ‘Vengeance,’ 'Punk'd' and a 'friend at Davos' 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z “It’s no secret that Seattle is really a mecca of glass,” said Dan Friday, who competes in the new season, streaming now. 3 Western Washington glassblowers compete on Season 3 of Netflix’s ‘Blown Away’ 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z EUGENE, Ore. — When international track and field officials wanted to place their world championships in the U.S. for the first time, the running mecca that embedded Nike into American culture was the easy choice. Track leaders look to reboot U.S. fans’ interest ahead of LA Games 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Back then, Fremont called itself an “Artists’ Republic,” and Bevis believed he could create such a mecca. The turbulent, poignant legacy of Peter Bevis, who brought the Kalakala and Lenin statue to Seattle 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Those outings are the only times the attorney and Oahu native sees others with guns in this tourist mecca where strict laws make it harder to purchase firearms and restrict carrying loaded guns in public. Guns in paradise: Ruling could undo strict Hawaii carry law 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z It’s different from industry meccas like Los Angeles or Nashville, where people often relocate in pursuit of fame or fortune. Get to a show, man! Seattle music scene is alive and well 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Preserving the spirit of what Graboski calls a “cultural mecca” in Seattle is the ultimate goal. The Vera Project is reviving a beloved underground venue in Seattle 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Jack Parlett’s “Fire Island” is a meditative history of the queer summer mecca. Covid and Race 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z He traveled to the Malaysian street food mecca of Penang and marveled at the vendors firing their woks with charcoal. Why California cuisine is having an unlikely moment in one of Asia's food capitals 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The plan, they say, is to turn the school into a “mecca” for adaptive sports in the area. JSerra tennis coaches hoping to establish an adaptive sports 'mecca' 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z The state hopes the project will make southern Idaho, the country’s largest potato-producing region and a dairy mecca, more resilient. What’s in store for Eastern WA as water becomes more scarce throughout the West? 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z What was previously an enclave for European immigrants had transformed into a Black mecca by the 1920s. What Do We Want From Our Next New York? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z But accomplishing this in New York City — considered the mecca of subway art — earns a distinct badge of honor. For 2 graffiti artists, New York’s subway was irresistible and deadly 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The mountain that made Bellingham into a world-class mountain bike mecca. Where to find great mountain biking trails in every direction from Seattle 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Its goal is to help communities far from the country’s best known high-tech meccas build their capacity to turn research by local scientists into new companies and well-paying jobs that will bolster the regional economy. New NSF program hopes to rev the nation’s ‘engines’ of innovation 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z McLeod-Skinner, 54, lives on a ranch near the southern end of the district, which extends from the forested outskirts of Portland through rural stretches to the outdoorsy meccas of Bend and Sunriver. Column: Fight or find common ground? Oregon race a referendum on the direction of Democrats 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z But when World War II came and Richmond became a shipbuilding mecca, thousands of Black workers came from Louisiana and other parts of the South for jobs. A widow, a warehouse, an urban farm: Questions of justice flare in Bay Area land dispute 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z "English Harbour is now a yachting mecca. And the people who were here back in those days provided the foundation for it," the heritage resources officer says. 'There's power in names': Antigua unearths lost ancestors 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z In some states like the dog-racing mecca of Florida in 2021, it was voter initiatives that ended the sport at the state’s dozen tracks. Greyhound racing nearing its end in the US after long slide 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Over the years, Warm Springs has become a political mecca for aspiring public officials and others who wish to express support for the disability rights movement. Jimmy Carter's landmark moment: The birth of the disability rights movement 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z The mecca of boxing in New York provided the perfect backdrop to a fight that will live long in the memory of fans. Can Taylor pull off one more miracle? 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z Now, focused on a shiny strip of Wilshire, it’s a mecca for suburbanites and wealthy immigrants. Thirty years after it burned, Koreatown has transformed. But scars remain 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “This place is going to be the mecca of college football.” Five questions: USC enters its spring game with sky-high hype and anticipation 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z “The jazz world in general isn’t huge and we’re always in touch with the New York community, which is the mecca for jazz,” he says. Music brings people together, even in disconnected times | Provided by Earshot Jazz 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Disney is part of a tourism mecca that has an estimated economic impact of $75.2 billion in Central Florida. DeSantis takes on Disney in a culture war with national implications 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The Duke freshman scored 25 points in his first college game, a nationally televised triumph over Kentucky at the self-proclaimed mecca of college basketball, Madison Square Garden. New Era of Deals for College Players Means Business Considerations, Like Taxes 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z “We grew up in Philadelphia, so the Palestra for us was like how people in New York think of the Garden: it was the mecca of basketball.” How the NCAA women’s Final Four was born It opened late last year on International Drive, a major tourist mecca. Did teen’s big size factor in Florida amusement ride death? 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Russian tourists had helped breathe an unlikely new life into Venezuela’s idyllic island of Margarita, once a Caribbean tourist mecca that was devastated in recent years by economic crisis, international isolation and the pandemic. Venezuelan Vacations Abruptly End as Tourists Return Home to a Different Russia 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z His projects included Dulles International Airport, once a white elephant; the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, which he lifted from a fledgling outfit to musical mecca; and George Mason University. Opinion | How Til Hazel remade Washington’s suburbs 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The Wildcats are playing East Region games in Indy, turning the city into an SEC mecca for the second time in two months. Tennessee has something to prove, and it's not NCAA seeding 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z To convert New York City into an electric-car mecca was a very different prospect from turning the tides in suburban New Jersey. Is This Finally the Year of the Electric Car? 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The report states, “A number of smaller quality-of-life meccas and college towns also seemed to add tech jobs sharply during the initial year of the crisis.” Seattle’s tech sector powered through the pandemic, but the city’s advantage is at risk 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Even in a gay mecca such as New York, the few of us who were out of the closet were still seen as courageous. Opinion | Coming out when I grew up meant being brave. For Gen Z, it just means being themselves. 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Flagstaff has become a mecca of distance running, rivaling or even surpassing Portland, Ore., and Boulder, Colo., over the past decade. Why Is the Running World Abuzz? Many Reasons. But Especially No. 2. 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Otherwise, the psychological and economic effects might be too damaging, both for individuals and for Florida’s cachet as a mecca for tourism and international business. The doctor giving DeSantis’ unorthodox pandemic policies a seal of approval 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z A trip around the city’s basketball meccas makes the message incredibly clear — if there’s a backboard and a rim, LeBron James was there and still 100% is. NBA All-Star weekend PSA: LeBron James is the Kid from AKRON, not Cleveland 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z She said Tuesday that we are witnessing the city’s “ascendance” as a sports mecca. L.A. gives the Super Bowl, 2028 Olympics high marks but questions economic benefits 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Even mayors of progressive meccas such as San Francisco are proposing more policing in response. Biden's push for voting rights failed. Will another promise to Black voters fall short? 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Pressing on with a military offensive is likely to spur more attacks from the Houthis on the UAE — anathema for a country that bills itself as a mecca for the business-first pragmatists in the region. Yemeni rebels' attack on UAE leaves U.S. and allies with few good options 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z An 1887 Times story praised Southern California as “a mecca for sick pilgrims,” its climate a miracle treatment for hay fever, asthma, even senility. Go ahead and rub L.A.'s winter sunshine in people's faces. We've been doing it forever 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z What made Los Angeles, as you put it, “the mecca for bloghouse?” Yes, 2022 is already the worst. So let's revisit the '00s club scene known as 'bloghouse' 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z But with Jackson as a mecca for some of the country’s highest-caliber skiing talent, many say the culture and the surrounding area undoubtedly promote risk. On an Iconic Wyoming Peak, Ski Mountaineers See a Test 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The three-pointer ripped the net, and Madison Square Garden — the arena known as basketball mecca — and the rest of the sport could stop standing still in anticipation. Perspective | Waiting for Stephen Curry is the most exciting part 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z In other news, league owners approved Las Vegas as the site of the Super Bowl to cap the 2023 season, a first for the gambling mecca in the Nevada desert. NFL medical chief: Omicron variant part of COVID-19 surge 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The league’s biggest event will follow the Pro Bowl this season and the NFL draft next year, all within five years of the Raiders’ move to the gambling mecca in the Nevada desert. Las Vegas adds NFL jewel with Super Bowl to cap 2023 season 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z “This place,” Riley said, “is going to be the mecca of college football.” New coach Lincoln Riley confident of a USC turnaround 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “This is going to be the mecca of college football.” Lincoln Riley eager to return USC Trojans to winning ways 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z “We would love to expand capacity,” Ms. Guyer said, “but we’re the furniture mecca of North Carolina — every other furniture company is in the same boat we are.” North Carolina’s Furniture Hub Is Booming. What Comes Next? 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z The Salton Sea later became a postcard-perfect resort mecca frequented by Frank Sinatra. Drilling for 'white gold' is happening right now at the Salton Sea 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z In a league that views Southern California as its unofficial offseason capital, ties to a region that has become the mecca for second houses of the NBA are the rule, not the exception. L.A.'s best NBA team might be east of the Mississippi 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z For over 40 years the self-taught luthier has used a variety recycled materials and local hardwoods to create guitars that sing with the raw intensity of one of Africa's musical meccas. Congo's self-taught guitarmaker caters to the stars 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Dixie is a regional moniker referencing the South that dates back to when settlers with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints tried to make the area a cotton-growing mecca in the 1800s. Dixie State name change passed by GOP-controlled Utah House 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The second largest wildfire in state history had sparked in August, while another forced the unprecedented evacuation of South Lake Tahoe, a tourism mecca home to more than 20,000 people. Jerry Brown focuses on saving California forests from fires 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z When Autumn Hester arrived at Howard University in August, moving into a campus quadrangle named after Harriet Tubman, she was convinced she had arrived at “the mecca, the place of greatness,” she said. Howard protests over mold and mice put campus housing contract under scrutiny 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z A former colleague in the running mecca of Eugene was shocked to learn of his running past. He Ran the First N.Y.C. Marathon. Next Week, He’ll Run the 50th. 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z The Hell Creek Formation’s reputation as a fossil mecca draws numerous scientists and students, tourist groups and amateur fossil hounds, not to mention professional fossil hunters. UW paleontologists dug up 4 dinosaurs in Montana this summer — see the fossils emerge at the Burke Museum 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z The fast-growing wine mecca just two hours south of San Diego is home to hip boutique hotels, an impressive culinary scene and more than 100 wineries. Mexico’s Napa Valley protests against unfettered development 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z European designers discovered the neighborhood in the 1990s, beginning a decades-long migration downtown for high-end retailers that transformed the neighborhood into a global shopping mecca. SoHo Catered to Free-Spending Tourists. What Happens Without Them? 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z With 58,000 people in an area half the size of the European Union, Greenland has been a mecca for prospectors since the 1800s because of its geological history. The World Wants Greenland’s Minerals, but Greenlanders Are Wary 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The Roosevelt area, known as a mecca for hi-fi stores and wellness services, might have become an afterthought in Sound Transit’s light-rail scheme linking the vast northern suburbs with the University of Washington. Roosevelt light-rail station fuels rapid growth in North Seattle neighborhood 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Another tourist mecca, Orange County, home to Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando, had the third-lowest per capita death count. Florida surpasses 50K COVID deaths after battling delta wave 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z It is hoped the extra two months will bring more visitors to the seafront amusement mecca and give a boost to pandemic-hit tourism businesses. Blackpool Illuminations 2021: Switch-on honour for Strictly's Ballas 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Marciano reset his life when he abandoned the down-to-the-millisecond world of swimming to pursue something anonymous and ethereal: bouldering with friends in the Shawangunk Ridge here or other climbing meccas in the Northeast. Into the Mist 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Back at the mecca: “Our runners will run,” Neff, the coach, said. A Seattle mecca for running goes dark as the city continues to fall short on homelessness 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Mark Chalfant , the artistic and executive director at Washington Improv Theater , concedes that D.C.’s improv scene has long felt like the “ugly stepchild” of such comedy meccas as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. How Washington Improv Theater’s Mark Chalfant would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z “San Diego and SoCal in general is kind of the mecca of skateboarding,” Juneau said. Australian gold-medal skateboard park winner has Southern California roots 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Just a quick walk through the parking lot of Choices-Memphis Center for Reproductive Health in this legendary music mecca speaks volumes about access to abortion in the American South. Long drives, air travel, exhausting waits: what abortion requires in the South 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Revered as something of a mecca, the Nippon Budokan is a gathering place for Japan’s beloved martial arts. How Tokyo Olympic athletes deal with the loud sounds of silence 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z With its golden sands stretching for miles and two piers dating back to the 19th Century, the Norfolk resort of Great Yarmouth was once a mecca for fishermen and holidaymakers. Great Yarmouth: 'This town got stuck in time but now I'm loving it' 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z In the town of Riggins, a rafting mecca deep in a canyon where sockeyes know to turn east , the dashboard’s outdoor temperature gauge read 110. Instead of braving the river, these endangered salmon take the highway 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z Seven years ago, Collins emptied his bank account to build an architecturally distinctive nine-hole course in eastern Tennessee, which was no one’s idea of a golf mecca. Bare Feet, Beer and Heavy Metal Bangers: Golf Chills Out and Gets Cool 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z “When I first got here I thought, it’s just a name, it’s not a big deal. But it permeates the culture. We are like a mecca for white supremacists,” Chatman said. Washington and Lee University to keep its name, despite calls to drop reference to Confederate leader 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The lawsuit claimed the Orlando Melbourne International Airport was misleading passengers into believing they were going to the theme park mecca in the middle of the state instead of Florida’s Atlantic coast. Airport changes name after years of fighting over ‘Orlando’ 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z The prosperity of those communities — many long since vanished —“attracted Black African Americans from the South, built them up as a Black mecca,” Roberts says. “The foundation of the wealth:” Why Black Wall Street boomed 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Now, the area is arguably the mecca of Mexican American culture in L.A., with a predominately working-class Latino demographic and landmarks such as El Mercadito and Mariachi Plaza along 1st Street. Armenian church in Boyle Heights sees a post-pandemic revival: 'It's our home' 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z Both fan bases claim they live in hockey’s mecca. Montreal and Toronto’s Rivalry Makes a Muted Return to the Playoffs 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z A police officer was shot to death last week in the historic district of the southern city of Avignon, a summer tourist mecca. France wants tougher punishment for those who attack police 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z “It’s right in the middle of a recreation mecca,” said Brian Steed, the executive director of Utah’s Department of Natural Resources. New ‘Utahraptor’ state park to protect dino bones, history 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z After being raised in Anchorage, Alaska — the exact antonym of a football mecca — Ulofoshio moved with his family to Las Vegas in 2016. Linebacker Edefuan Ulofoshio determined to bring the UW Huskies back to the summit 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z It was a window-shopping mecca, a place to gaze at puppies and kittens, to beg parents for candy and popcorn. After almost a century, landmark Sears store in Boyle Heights will soon close 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z The meccas only start with Hinkle‘s sunlit court, which will hosts its first tourney games since 1940 - 14 years prior to Bobby Plump of tiny Milan High making the real shot that inspired “Hoosiers.” Indiana snapshot: Basketball temples take center stage 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The meccas only start with Hinkle’s sunlit court, which will hosts its first tourney games since 1940 — 14 years prior to Bobby Plump of tiny Milan High making the real shot that inspired “Hoosiers.” Indiana snapshot: Basketball temples take center stage 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Rising waters in the Opaelua Stream, which carries waters from the mountains down to the ocean, set off an evacuation order for the small town of Haleiwa, a mecca for big-wave surfers. Hawaii’s rains, floods cited as examples of climate change 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Tourist mecca Rio de Janeiro on Thursday announced a city-wide curfew and early closing time for restaurants. After record COVID-19 deaths, Bolsonaro tells Brazilians to stop 'whining' 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z While McDonald’s may look like a “multicultural mecca from the outside," Washington said, its playbook is “redlining and retaliation." This retired baseball player built the largest Black-owned McDonald’s franchise operation. Now he’s suing the fast-food chain for its ‘racist’ policies. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z While it may look like a “multicultural mecca from the outside,” Washington said, it’s a “redline and retaliation” on the inside. This retired baseball player built the largest Black-owned McDonald’s franchise operation — now he’s suing the fast-food chain for its ‘racist’ policies 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z It’s an anomaly — a tourist mecca in a wealthy international city that is the nation’s financial center. Commentary: While the Met contemplates selling its treasured art, rich trustees sit idle 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Suarez’s attention-grabbing tweets directed at the second wealthiest man on the planet are his latest attempts to make Miami a tech mecca. Elon Musk: Dig tunnels as solution for Miami’s traffic jams 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z First conceived in 2001, the Humboldt Forum is located in the heart of Berlin, next to the city’s other powerhouse institutions on Museum Island, the tourist mecca in the center of the Spree River. In Germany, a new museum stirs up a colonial controversy 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Veselka is one of the few Eastern European-oriented restaurants standing in a neighborhood that used to be a mecca for them. The Bittersweet Tale of a Diner, a Toy Shop and a Changing New York 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z “Washington is the mecca for change, and look what is happening,” he said. D.C. man who allowed protesters into home as refuge from law enforcement is honored by Time magazine 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z The massacre in 1921 decimated Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, an economic and cultural mecca for African American people, which was located in the Greenwood neighborhood. Tulsa church restores ‘monument and memorial’ windows 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z A mecca of capitalism and chance, Las Vegas is a cruel testament to the wide swath the pandemic and its economic consequences have cut through the lives of everyone from hotel housekeepers to airline pilots. Laid-off casino workers rely on Las Vegas food banks during pandemic 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Aspen is known as an outdoor mecca, from hiking, biking and rafting in the warm months to skiing and snowshoeing in the winter. Precautions help Aspen remain a destination during pandemic 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Nearby, a dozen shoppers rushed to leave the mall and drive across town to the Southern comfort mecca, Turkey Leg Hut, in Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood. Despite 1 million coronavirus cases in Texas, 'people have quarantine fatigue. They’re tired of it' 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z In the 1960s, it became a mecca for artists, who found inexpensive housing there. Editorial Roundup: New York 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Officials in Beverly Hills closed high-end retail mecca Rodeo Drive to vehicles and pedestrian traffic Tuesday and Wednesday. Nation on edge: U.S. braces for violence as election results trickle in 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Officials in Beverly Hills, California, announced it will close retail mecca Rodeo Drive to cars and pedestrian traffic on Election Day and the day after as a “proactive approach to possible protests.” ‘Cities burn regardless of who wins’: Police gearing up for widespread violence after election 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z In the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the East Village became the mecca of punk, Astor Place Hairstylists truly boomed, offering spiked hair and edgy cuts to droves of young New Yorkers. Astor Place Cut Hair for Warhol and De Niro, but Won’t Survive the Pandemic 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Beverly Hills luxury retail mecca Rodeo Drive will be closed to cars and pedestrian traffic on election day and the day after, a move the city’s police chief calls a “proactive approach” to possible protests. Concerned about election unrest, Beverly Hills will close Rodeo Drive 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Dark clouds loom over “La Feliz,” or “The Happy Place,” as the tourist mecca is known as the rising number of cases stress its hospital system. Virus hits beach resort, as pandemic surges in Argentina 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The race riot in 1921 decimated Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, an economic and cultural mecca for African American people, which was located in the Greenwood neighborhood. City of Tulsa removes ‘Black Lives Matter’ street sign 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z “That is one of the reasons why that city turned into this culinary mecca,” Erwin said. Culinary, hospitality center opens in South Carolina 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z The flames that destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least nine people also encroached on beloved state parks, scorched some of Oregon’s best-known hiking trails and raged through a whitewater rafting mecca. Oregon grieves for natural places wiped out by wildfires 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z The mural faces a major highway in Bogotá, which is a mecca for graffiti. Colombia lawmakers seek to take control of cocaine market. It's a long shot 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Phoenix is about 20% Latino, a working-class enclave on the outskirts of Ashland, which has become a gentrified mecca for Californians, many of them retirees. Californians moved to Oregon for affordable housing. Wildfires left them homeless 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Surfing mecca Huntington Beach, for example, was keeping its famous shoreline fully open. California Labor Day weekend brings heat, fire, virus fears 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z The next day, she received a phone call from Bell Labs, the research arm of AT&T in New Jersey, which was then a mecca for groundbreaking basic research. Myriam Sarachik Never Gave Up on Physics 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z “In the early 20th century, the Rockaways was a huge mecca for hotels,” he said. Is Opening a Hotel in Rockaway Beach Right Now a Good Idea? 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Cut off from the world, sealed unto its smug self, a mecca of culture inevitably stultifies, perpetuating the status quo by rewarding those who court its approval. Opinion | Middle America cannot be forgotten unless it first forgets itself 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z For all of New Orleans’s cultural uniqueness, for all of its ability to be a multicultural mecca in fleeting, festival moments, its struggles and needs are practically the same as every other urban area. Opinion | Remembering Katrina and Its Unlearned Lessons, 15 Years On 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The prospect of starvation looms for carriage horses and other animals normally used in Morocco’s tourist mecca. Morocco’s carriage horses suffer as COVID-19 bars tourists 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z Months later, masks are abundant, and shops in Harajuku, the youth fashion mecca, are increasingly putting them on prominent display. We’ll Be Wearing Masks for a While. Why Not Make Them Nice? 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Though the surge of infections is less severe than neighboring states, Polis recently said he doesn’t want Colorado to “become a mecca of nightlife in the pandemic” if out-of-state visitors flocked inwards. Coronavirus update: States rolling back, delaying reopenings amid pandemic 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z That marked Kansas City as a music mecca. Opinion | Middle America cannot be forgotten unless it first forgets itself 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z The area was nicknamed Dixie when Latter-day Saints settlers tried to make the region a cotton-growing mecca. Utah university to consider dropping ‘Dixie’ from its name 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The center, in a working-class neighborhood, is a mecca for the city’s thousands of working animals. Morocco’s carriage horses suffer as COVID-19 bars tourists 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z With neighboring states closing bars and nightlife, Polis said said he doesn’t want Colorado to “become a mecca of nightlife in the pandemic.” Colorado governor reins in rules on bars, nightlife 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z “This happened in the city known as the black mecca.” Atlanta Mourns Rayshard Brooks in a Sanctuary Imbued With Civil Rights History 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Up in Saratoga Springs, the mecca of New York racing, Jack Knowlton, the managing partner of the stable, was at a party with about half of Tiz the Law’s 35 partners. Tiz the Law Wins an Unusual Belmont Stakes 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z “I call it the mecca,” Rells Jones, 32, said on Saturday afternoon. How a Once-Loathed Brooklyn Arena Became a Protest Epicenter 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The Costa Mesa shopping mecca shuttered briskly in mid-March after a store employee contracted the virus. South Coast Plaza to reopen Thursday after 3-month coronavirus closure 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z In those years, Minneapolis was a mecca for middle-class blacks drawn by integrated schools and a strong white-collar employment base. Opinion | It’s hard to hear ‘Minnesota Nice’ without undertones of irony and despair 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Cancun’s rapid development as a tourist mecca led many away from their communities in search of work only to return years later as crime accelerated. Mexico’s president goes full-steam ahead with Mayan train 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The much smaller territory of Macao passed similar national security legislation in 2009, but the gambling mecca doesn’t share the same political ferment. Deleting Facebook, downloading VPNs: How Hong Kongers are preparing for a draconian law 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z It’s a shopping and dining mecca with a vibrant cultural scene, strong traditions of philanthropy and historic preservation, and mass media and educational institutions largely unfettered by Communist Party dogma and censorship. Hong Kong on borrowed time as China pushes for more control 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z If there is such a thing as an amusement park mecca for both companies, it’s Florida. Nevada casinos to reopen; America in lockdown devours pizza 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Used soap from the Asian gambling meccas is recycled at a facility in Hong Kong. Wanted: hotels' used soap. Reward: fighting coronavirus. The problem: no guests 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z On the Venice boardwalk, social distancing was in short supply as thousands converged on the beach-side mecca for Memorial Day weekend. As California reopens, a silent coronavirus threat still looms 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Many properties have aimed for a June 1 restart in the gambling mecca closed almost overnight in the middle of a hot streak - three consecutive $1 billion months in statewide casino winnings. Disinfected dice: Las Vegas casinos getting ready to roll 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z The reopening of Maryland’s oceanside mecca of bad decisions was banging. Perspective | Ocean City amid a pandemic: No Senior Week, but plenty of reckless behavior 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z The Associated Press is reporting, after aggressive law-enforcement action against so-called social distancing criminals, the New York City Police Department released data indicating racial bias involved in that liberal mecca. Government overreach and the jailing of Shelley Luther 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z The region is also a major cruise ship hub and a mecca for college students on spring break who packed the area’s beaches and clubs. Florida’s 2 biggest counties preparing to reopen 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z The state already approved plans by the world-famous surfing mecca of Huntington Beach, along with Newport Beach and others, to reopen for active use. Orange County beaches approved for active uses by state 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z But the island is most famous, or infamous, as a burial ground: the “mecca of New York City’s friendless dead,” as one turn-of-the-century chronicler, Charles Wilbur de Lyon Nichols, put it. How Covid-19 Has Forced Us to Look at the Unthinkable 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z In Lake Placid, the home of two Winter Olympics and a mecca for winter sports, there are almost no cases. An Upstate N.Y. Backlash Over Virus Shutdown: ‘It’s Not Up Here’ 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z “We are unique and we depend on crowds, and now we’ve become a mecca for major-league sports,” Ms. Goodman said in an interview. Wild Ideas to Bring Back Sports Might Say More About Cities Than Leagues 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z At the same time, Compton emerged as a kind of cultural mecca, spawning a visceral brand of rap that rattled out of car radios. Review: The cowboys of Compton, first a curiosity and then a legacy 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Nestled in the forest behind a guard house just north of the border between New York and New Jersey off Route 9W is one of the world’s greatest meccas for climate change research. The Lab That Discovered Global Warming Has Good News and Bad News 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z With its close proximity to Hollywood and strong ties to the music and fashion industries, L.A. has long been a mecca for social media personalities. Macaroni recipes and hand washing videos. How influencers are adapting to the coronavirus crisis 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Like most minor leaguers, the 24-year-old pitcher, newly assigned to the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, viewed baseball’s preseason as a mecca of opportunity. For the love of the game: Life as a minor leaguer on $8,000 a year 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z In tourist meccas like Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey and South Africa, the effective imposition of a worldwide quarantine is threatening mass unemployment in the hotel, restaurant and tour industries. In World’s Most Vulnerable Countries, the Pandemic Rivals the 2008 Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Once held up as some golden mecca of collaboration, it is actually a sea of headphones and microaggressions over lack of quiet and personal space. Opinion | As the Coronavirus Takes Over Our Lives 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z A century after being one of the densest neighborhoods in the country thanks to waves of immigrants, today’s gentrified Lower East Side is a night life mecca. Coronavirus Has Already Muted One of N.Y.’s Rowdiest Night Life Areas 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z “It’s like mecca for Star War fans. It’s a must see, once in your life-time experience.” For tourists, a last hurrah before Disneyland closes. For service workers outside the park, uncertainty 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z So far, Las Vegas — the nation’s mecca for gamblers, conventions and concertgoers — remains relatively unscathed. Unfazed gamblers, worried showgirls: Las Vegas on edge as coronavirus arrives 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Las Vegas is a gambling mecca, convention hub and tourist destination with about 2.6 million residents that draws more than 40 million visitors a year. Nevada reports its 1st coronavirus case in Las Vegas 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Police in the gambling mecca of Blackpool, U.K., pulled over an 11-year-old who was driving a car around a public parking lot. Police catch 11-year-old Grand Theft Auto fan driving a real car 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z They are the ones that carried the torch to make everybody think we’re a brewing mecca.” Motivation for Molson Coors shooting rampage remains unknown, police say 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z After the demise of the timber industry, Bend became a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts and beer lovers. ‘No way out’: Demographics drive GOP nosedive on West Coast 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Chipmakers and resort operators also slid, as did U.S. casino operators, some of which do business in Macau — the Chinese gambling mecca that shut down for two weeks because of fears around the virus. Stocks plunge as coronavirus infects Wall Street 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z For two decades, Lee Zeidman watched as Kobe Bryant sparked Los Angeles’ imagination and turned Staples Center into one of the world’s basketball meccas. Lakers' first game after Kobe Bryant's passing captured hearts everywhere 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The area known for its stunning red rocks is a mecca for hiking, rock crawling, mountain biking and river running. Tourist-weary Moab launches “Do It Like a Local” campaign 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, after 13 years of nurturing her business, Flore Vegan became a part of Los Angeles’ brunch culture in a hipster mecca, bustling from morning to night. In Silver Lake, a vegan joint tells of how the big fish of gentrification eat the little ones 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Every four years, Iowa becomes the political mecca for news junkies, with the first-in-the-nation caucuses kicking off the presidential nomination process. Multiple winners? New rules for Iowa caucuses threaten to cast doubt on results 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Between Friday and Thursday, the number of Chinese visitors to the gambling mecca of Macao fell more than 80% from a year earlier. Why China can't recover quickly from the coronavirus outbreak like it did with SARS 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z “What we’re building is going to be the mecca of sports betting,” Stevens said. Las Vegas sports books banking on the experience to attract customers 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Russo said she eventually wants North Street to become a sort of mecca for artists. Self-taught artists open new gallery in Cape Cod 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z In 1972, Playboy magazine called Vermont the “dropout mecca of the Northeastern United States” and warned that the “the nation’s alienated young” could “stage a take-over” at the ballot. Bernie Sanders shaped this small city, and it gave him a moonshot to the national stage 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z “The coup,” Zucchino concludes, “transformed Wilmington from an American mecca for blacks to a bastion of white supremacy virulently hostile to its black citizens.” Review | How a mob turned a diverse city into a white-supremacist bastion 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z “This place, which was the center of operations for responding to Fukushima, is now becoming a soccer mecca for our nation, overflowing with children’s smiling faces,” Abe told parliament. Japan’s Abe hopes a dash of Olympics magic will distract from scandals 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Blacks are no longer a majority of the population in Harlem, a famed mecca for black America. In a Crowded New York City, Should Newcomers ‘Go Back to Iowa’? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z “This place, which was the center of operations for responding to Fukushima, is now becoming a soccer mecca for our nation, overflowing with childrens’ smiling faces,” he said. In Olympics-heavy policy speech, Japan PM says Games mark new era for nation 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The Big Onion tour group examines the area’s past, from a 17th century Dutch Village to mecca for black Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: How America is honoring the civil-rights hero 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z But the statewide statistics are skewed by the concentration of doctors in the medical mecca of Greater Boston. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The spectacular string of stellar nurseries forms the largest known wave in the Milky Way and was announced, appropriately, at a scientific conference a stone’s throw from the surf mecca of Waikiki beach in Hawaii. Astronomers discover huge gaseous wave holding Milky Way's newest stars 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Long Beach was once somewhat of a surfing mecca, known for its roaring swells that attracted surfers from across the region. Wave goodbye: Long Beach breakwater won't be removed 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z It’s now a mecca of Latin music and a landmark on the National Register of Historic Places. Shopping for Christmas Tunes with Los Lobos 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Still, the more he thought about it, the more it seemed like a frugal way to come to the mecca of entertainment. No sex in the bunkbeds! Tales from the most intimate sharing economy startup yet 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The same routes that help make the San Joaquin Valley one of the world’s agricultural meccas also help bring in darker forces. Are drug-addicted mothers liable for babies’ deaths? A legal and ethical debate rages 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “There’s hundreds of millions of dollars on that start line. This is the mecca of our industry.” In this fishing tournament, first place could mean a $1-million payday 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z |
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