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Windmill Island
Windmill Island Gardens is a municipal park located in the city of Holland, Michigan. It is home to the 251-year-old windmill De Zwaan, the only authentic, working Dutch windmill in the United States. History In 1964, the City of Holland purchased the windmill De Zwaan from a retired miller in the town of Vinkel in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands. The windmill was shipped from the Netherlands to the port of Muskegon, Michigan on the ship '' Prins Willem van Oranje''. It was brought by truck from Muskegon to its present location on Windmill Island. Reconstruction of the mill began in 1964 and the park opened in April 1965. The island, formerly farmed by Henry F. Koop, was chosen because of the favorable wind conditions there. Although originally a peninsula, a manmade canal turned the land into an artificial island. Before the arrival of De Zwaan, it was known as Hyma Island. On April 10, 1965, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands became the first visitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Macatawa
Lake Macatawa, historically known as Black Lake, is a lake in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Geography The lake is about long with a maximum width of and a surface area of . The average depth of the lake is variable but generally less than , excluding a navigation channel of fixed depth that crosses the lake to allow deep draft ships to access the dock at the City of Holland. The lake occupies portions of Park Township, Holland Township, and the City of Holland. The lake contains two bays of significant size: Big Bay, and the smaller Pine Creek Bay to the east. The lake is the drowned river mouth of the Macatawa River (formerly known as the Black River), which feeds into the lake's eastern end in the City of Holland. Other tributaries include Pine Creek, which feeds into Pine Creek Bay, and Winstrom Creek, which feeds into Big Bay. The lake discharges into Lake Michigan at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers channel near Holland State Park. The lake and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulip Time Festival
Tulip Time Festival is an annual festival held in Holland, Michigan. Tulip festivals are held in many cities around the United States of America that were founded or largely inhabited by Dutch settlers. It has been held every year (except 2020) in mid-May since 1929 and is currently the longest running tulip festival in the United States. The festival currently runs from the first Saturday in May through the second Sunday. Activities at the celebration include three parades, fireworks, a Dutch Market, various shows and concerts, a craft fair, klompen dancing, and street scrubbing. The city of Holland has thousands of tulips lining the streets and in special tulip gardens throughout the city. History Tulip Time's roots can be traced to a 1927 community beautification project. Lida Rogers, a biology teacher at Holland High School, suggested Holland adopt the tulip as its flower due to the city's close ties to The Netherlands. In 1928, City council approved funding to import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uninhabited Islands Of Michigan
The list of uninhabited regions includes a number of places around the globe. The list changes year over year as human beings migrate into formerly uninhabited regions, or migrate out of formerly inhabited regions. Definitions The exact definition of what makes a place "uninhabited" is not simple. Nomadic hunter-gather and pastoral societies live in extremely low population densities and range across large territories where they camp, rather than staying in any one place year-round. During the height of settler colonialism many European governments declared huge areas of the New World and Australia to be ''Terra nullius'' (land belonging to no one), but this was done to create a legal pretext to annex them to European empires; these lands were not, and are not uninhabited. While some communities are still nomadic, there are many remote and isolated communities in the less populated parts of the world that are separated from each other by hundreds or thousands kilometres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leaf-Chronicle
''The Leaf-Chronicle'' is a newspaper in the state of Tennessee, founded, officially, in 1808. First appearing as a weekly newspaper under various names as early as 1808 and eventually as the ''Clarksville Chronicle'', the current name is the result of a subsequent merger, in 1890, with the ''Tobacco Leaf'', named for the area's predominant agriculture, agricultural crop. (See Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, pg. 817) ''The Leaf-Chronicle'' is published daily in Clarksville, Tennessee. ''The Leaf-Chronicle'' achievement that has perhaps received the greatest acclaim in recent years is its continuing to publish every day after downtown Clarksville and its printing plant received a direct hit from a powerful tornado in January 1999. History In 1808, The ''Clarksville Chronicle'' newspaper started publication. However, no editions earlier than 1811 seem to be extant today. Later, ''The Tobacco Leaf'' appeared as a result of the area's reputation as a center for tobacco growing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WXMI
WXMI (channel 17) is a television station licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, serving West Michigan as an affiliate of the Fox network. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, the station maintains studios on Plaza Drive (near M-37) on the northern side of Grand Rapids, and its transmitter is located southwest of Middleville. History The station signed on the air on March 18, 1982, as an independent station under the call sign WWMA, standing for "West Michigan's Alternative" (as it was the first locally based independent station in the market not associated with a religious organization). The station was founded and originally owned by Heritage Broadcasting Company. Approximately a year after signing on, additional shareholders bought control of the station and changed the call sign to the current WXMI on August 15, 1983. In 1987, WXMI signed an affiliation deal to become the market's Fox affiliate; it joined the network on April 9, 1987, when Fox expanded its pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Holland Sentinel
''The Holland Sentinel'' is a newspaper published six days a week in Holland, Michigan, United States, founded in 1896. It is published by Gannett. The newspaper covers most of Ottawa County, including Holland, Beechwood and Zeeland, as well as northern Allegan County, Michigan, including Douglas and Saugatuck. History Originally an afternoon paper published six days a week, the ''Sentinel'' moved to Saturday mornings and then added a Sunday edition in the late 1980s. In the late 1990s, the paper adopted a morning format for all seven days. Before adopting the name ''The Holland Sentinel,'' it was called ''The Holland Evening Sentinel'' (1928–1977), and before that the ''Holland Daily Sentinel.'' The paper was formerly owned by Stauffer Communications, which was acquired by Morris Communications in 1994. Morris sold the paper, along with 13 others, to GateHouse Media in 2007. In 2019, GateHouse announced it was acquiring Gannett to become the country's largest newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 166,722 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tennessee, fifth-most populous city in Tennessee. It is the principal city of the Clarksville metropolitan area, which consists of Montgomery County, Tennessee, Montgomery and Stewart County, Tennessee, Stewart counties in Tennessee and Christian County, Kentucky, Christian and Trigg County, Kentucky, Trigg counties in Kentucky. The city was founded in 1785 and incorporated in 1807, and named for General George Rogers Clark, frontier fighter and American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War hero, and brother of William Clark (explorer), William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Clarksville is the home of Austin Peay State University; ''The Leaf-Chronicle'', the oldest newspaper in Tennessee; and neighbor to the Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Fort Campbell, United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Nashville had a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of United States cities by population, 21st-most populous city in the United States and the fourth-most populous city in Southeastern United States, the Southeast. The city is the center of the Nashville metropolitan area, home to 2.1 million people, and is among the fastest growing cities in the nation. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779 when this territory was still considered part of North Carolina. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Macfadyen
David Matthew Macfadyen (; born 17 October 1974) is an English actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he Breakthrough role, gained prominence for his role as Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright's ''Pride & Prejudice (2005 film), Pride & Prejudice'' (2005). He gained wider recognition for playing Tom Wambsgans in the HBO drama series ''Succession (TV series), Succession'' (2018–2023), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards, two British Academy Television Awards, BAFTA TV Awards, and a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award. Macfadyen made his television debut in 1998 as Hareton Earnshaw in ''Wuthering Heights (1998 film), Wuthering Heights''. He portrayed Tom Quinn (Spooks), Tom Quinn in the BBC One spy series ''Spooks (TV series), Spooks'' (2002–2004, 2011), and Edmund Reid, Inspector Edmund Reid in the BBC mystery series ''Ripper Street'' (2012–2016). For his role in ''Criminal Justice (British TV series), Criminal Justice'' (2009), he received the British Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gael García Bernal
Gael García Bernal (; born 30 November 1978) is a Mexican actor and filmmaker. He is known for his performances in the films ''Amores perros'' (2000), ''Y tu mamá también'' (2001), ''Bad Education (2004 film), Bad Education'' (2004), ''The Motorcycle Diaries (film), The Motorcycle Diaries'' (2004), ''Babel (film), Babel'' (2006), ''Coco (2017 film), Coco'' (2017), ''Old (film), Old'' (2021), and ''Cassandro (film), Cassandro'' (2023). He has also played music conductor Rodrigo de Souza in the television drama series ''Mozart in the Jungle'' (2014–2018), and has starred in the Disney+ special ''Werewolf by Night (TV special), Werewolf by Night'' (2022). García Bernal was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of a young Che Guevara in ''The Motorcycle Diaries'' in 2005, and in 2016 won his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for ''Mozart in the Jungle''. He and fellow actor Diego Luna founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian and American actress and producer. Known for Nicole Kidman on screen and stage, her work in film and television productions across many genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses since the late 1990s. List of awards and nominations received by Nicole Kidman, Her accolades include an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and six Golden Globe Awards. Kidman began her career in Australia with the 1983 films ''Bush Christmas'' and ''BMX Bandits (film), BMX Bandits''. Her breakthrough came with lead roles in ''Dead Calm (film), Dead Calm'' and the miniseries ''Bangkok Hilton'' (both 1989). She came to international prominence with a supporting role in ''Days of Thunder'' (1990) followed by leading roles in ''Far and Away'' (1992), ''To Die For'' (1995), ''Batman Forever'' (1995), ''Practical Magic'' (1998), and ''Eyes Wide Shut'' (1999). She received consecutiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland (film)
''Holland'' is a 2025 American psychological thriller film directed by Mimi Cave, written by Andrew Sodroski and starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew Macfadyen, and Gael García Bernal. The story follows a woman (Kidman) who thought she had the perfect family life, but it turns out to be a twist after she sets out to find out if her husband (Macfadyen) is cheating on her, leading to unexpected consequences. The film premiered at the South by Southwest Festival on March 9, 2025, and was released on Amazon Prime Video on March 27, 2025. It received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. Plot In 2000, Nancy, a teacher in the small Midwestern town of Holland, Michigan, lives a stereotypical middle-class existence with her husband Fred, an optometrist, and 13-year-old son Harry. Due to frequent absences, Nancy suspects Fred of living a double life. She notes Fred keeps Polaroid photos when they do not own a Polaroid camera, and he has been going to more out-of-town conferences than w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
