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At the corner of 31st and Atlantic in Virginia Beach, there is a 34-foot-tall (10 m), 12.5 ton statue of Neptune, Roman god of the Seas. The statue was dedicated on September 30, 2005 during the Neptune Festival Boardwalk weekend. [3]
King Neptune is a large bronze statue located in Virginia Beach, Virginia designed by Paul DiPasquale. It stands at the entrance of Neptune Park on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk at 31st Street, and depicts the mythological god Neptune. [1] The sculpture weighs 12.5 tons [2] and is 34 feet (10 m) [1] [2] tall.
During the festival, the Boardwalk on the north end will not be accessible. Fisherman's parking lot closing. Beginning 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6 through 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20 there will be no ...
The "Indianapolis Museum of Art" now specifically refers to the main art museum building that acts as the cornerstone of the campus, as well as the legal name of the organization doing business as Newfields. [3] The Indianapolis Museum of Art is the ninth oldest [4] [note 1] and eighth largest encyclopedic art museum in the United States.
In September 2020, Indianapolis City-County Council unanimously approved a $155 million bond measure to build a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m 2) ballroom, 93,500 square feet (8,690 m 2) of meeting and pre-function space, and two high-rise hotels developed by Kite Realty, totaling 1,400 rooms. [11]
The line-crossing ceremony is an initiation rite in some English-speaking countries that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. [1] The tradition may have originated with ceremonies when passing headlands, and become a "folly" sanctioned as a boost to morale, [2] or have been created as a test for seasoned sailors to ensure their new shipmates were capable of handling long ...
The five-day festival of Diwali starts October 31 this year. Indianapolis held the city's inaugural event to mark the Hindu festival of lights.
A group of experts and citizens met for "Theatre City Indianapolis 2012" and came up with the idea for an Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival. Central Indiana Community foundation donated seed money and IndyFringe was born. [2] The first year for the festival was 2005. The festival drew 4,775 patrons in its inaugural year.