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Sunday, March 30, 2025

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

What is a Junk Journal? How to Get Creative With Everyday "Junk"

mymodernmet.com: There are some things, like that receipt for your bagel, many of us classify as “junk.” A scrap of paper or a clothing tag serves a purpose but ultimately finds itself in the garbage or the recycling bin. But there's another place for them: your junk journal. A junk journal is exactly what it sounds like: a book filled with “junk,” or small paper items that you’d otherwise discard. Think ticket stubs, food labels, random stickers—anything can be fodder for a junk journal.

How the LES MISÉRABLES Tour Moves From Venue-to-Venue

www.broadwayworld.com: Since Les Misérables' pre-Broadway run at the Kennedy Center in 1986, it has changed the world of musical theater. Now that it has returned to the Opera House, go behind the touring musical with Production Stage Manager Ryan W. Gardner, who explains how the musical continuously loads in and out of each venue on a tight schedule.

‘The Hunger Games’ New Stage Production Couldn’t Come At A Better Time

www.thedailybeast.com: May the odds be ever in your favor… when trying to get a ticket to the premiere of The Hunger Games: On Stage. On Oct. 20, the dystopian world of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games trilogy will leap from the page onto the stage, making its long-awaited theatrical debut at the Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre in London.

18th Century Pinks - 1700 to the 1730s

The Dreamstress: My posts on 18th century clothing in shades of purple, and the direction of stripes on 18th century sleeves, have been so popular that I thought you might enjoy a whole series on patterns and colours. You can learn so much by just looking at a bunch of images of clothes from any given era with one unifying detail. For my first theme I picked pink.

Family-friendly Events: Crayola Hosts an 'Unretired' Colors Reunion

www.eventmarketer.com: Across its storied 122-year history, Crayola has never revived a collection of retired crayon colors—until now. As part of its year-long Campaign for Creativity, which centers on the vital role that color plays in inspiring creativity, the brand “unretired” eight beloved hues, then marked the occasion with a nostalgic, family-friendly pop-up “reunion” in New York’s Union Square.

 

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