#The Pearl on Granville

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Gallery: Slow Pulp @ The Pearl - Vancouver, BC Date: October 13, 2023 Photographed by: Danielle Costelo

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Though women were still occasionally accused of witchcraft, and persecuted, in Regency England and though the range of legal punishments for women still included whipping and burning at the stake, a gentler ethos had begun to prevail. Women, it was felt, required protection, both the physical protection of fathers, brothers and husbands and protection on the part of society from the defilements of worldliness. The older generation of aristocratic women notorious for their sophisticated amorality was dying out. Byron's confidante Lady Melbourne died in 1816, Lady Bessborough was aging. Women such as these, with their convenient but passionless marriages, their lovers and illegitimate children, their public roles as cultivated hostesses and political patronesses were gradually disappearing. In their place were women who, though they might not always adhere to it, subscribed to a far more confining moral code and had no public roles to speak of.

"Lady Holland once told me," Lady Bessborough wrote to Lord Granville, "all women of a certain age and in a situation to achieve it should take to politics - to leading and influencing." That advice had been offered decades earlier. By 1813, the number of prominent women exerting political influence was exceedingly small. Decorous patriotism was replacing partisan intrigue. A ladies' subscription was organized to pay for a monument to Wellington, "to be formed of the cannon taken by the duke in various engagements," the subscription to be sponsored by the Duchess of York. Raising funds to commission war memorials, to rescue soldiers' widows and children from destitution, or to aid the Waterloo wounded, were permissible activities for women. Yet even in undertaking charitable endeavors they ran into opposition. Wilberforce would not accept help from any women in his antislavery campaign, insisting that such work was "unsuited to the female characters as delineated in Scripture."

Opposition to slavery was scripturally sound; what was unsuitable was the appearance, in women active in the arena of the world, of immodesty. St. Paul had defined the female character in the New Testament, and anyone who might have forgotten what he wrote there had only to read Hannah More's study of his doctrine published in 1815. Women, St. Paul taught, ought to "adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array." They ought to keep silence, "for it is not permitted unto them to speak," lest they usurp men's authority. "Let the women learn in silence with all subjection," he cautioned. Let them learn from men, their divinely ordained superiors, whose primacy had been established beyond question at the time of creation. Adam was virtuous, Eve sinful; women suffered from an inherent weakness and sinfulness, and so ought to try to redeem their deficiency through living modest, quiet, passive lives "in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety."

More herself, of course, breached St. Paul's precepts by usurping male authority and immodestly presuming to teach others. But at least she refused membership in the Royal Society of Literature, saying it would be inappropriate for a woman to belong, and her prefaces were full of shamefaced apologies for her presumption in writing.

Female morality went hand in hand with religious piety, and immoral women, the Evangelists taught, deserved punishments that were akin to penance. Among those Wilberforce condemned as immoral were divorcées, many of whom sought freedom from their husbands in order to marry their lovers. (Divorce was a relatively rare phenomenon, and limited to the aristocracy, since a special act of Parliament was necessary to institute it.) His Proclamation Society made strenuous efforts to pass a bill in the House of Lords making a divorced woman guilty of a crime if she married her co-respondent. The bill passed the Lords, but not the Commons. Still, divorced women bore a weightier stigma in the Regency than they had a generation earlier, and many Evangelicals thought that a divorcée ought to shut herself away from society and devote the rest of her life to repentance.

If divorcées were expected to immure themselves like anchoresses, women conspicuous for their virtue were all but deified. That a morally weak woman should triumph over her infirmities was thought to be a near miraculous achievement, especially in an age when wickedness was on the rise. Byron recorded with amusement how his friend Wedderburn Webster talked on and on about his wife's good qualities, ending his harangue by asserting that "in all moral and mortal qualities," she was "very like Christ." (The poet had reason to doubt Webster's judgment of his wife, for she had made an un-Christlike proposition to him.)

Webster was deceived, but in seeing his wife in beatific terms he was not unique. Men spoke of the women they respected as superhuman, angelic beings, pure and untainted, uncorrupted by any stain of vice. And once they became accustomed to seeing them that way, it was only natural for men to want to keep them pure by screening them off from contamination. Hence the bowdlerization of the classics, the sanitizing of fairy tales, the increasing segregation of women from worldly pastimes. Card playing, which had been the usual evening entertainment, was abandoned and piano playing and singing took its place. Women began to make a point of leaving the room when the men made jokes, even innocent ones. They toned down their dress; the more serious-minded of them put aside their jewels and wore diamond or amethyst crosses. More and more the lives of women were becoming closed in by a narrowing circle of propriety. They were defined as either well-bred or ill-bred, pious or impious, pure or impure. There was no middle ground, at least in theory, and only by strenuous efforts at self-improvement could they attain the propriety, purity and piety that mad them truly worthy.

Carolly Erickson, Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England

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01. A Charlie Brown Christmas - Intro 02. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) 03. Sally Fletcher - White Christmas 04. Dina Washington - Ole Santa 05. James Brown - Santa Claus, Santa Claus 06. Brook Benton - Soul Santa 07. Charles Brown - Christmas Blues 08. Binky Griptite & The Dee Kays - Stoned Soul Christmas 09. Lowell Fulsom - I Wanna Spend Christmas With You 10. Glenna Bell - Be My Valentine On Christmas 11. Marvin Gaye - Christmas In The City 12. Amos Milburn with Charles Brown - Christmas Comes But Once A Year 13. Herb Alpert - Let It Snow 14. Winston Groovy - Merry Christmas 15. The Granville Williams Orchestra - Santa Claus Is Ska-ing To Town 16. Billy May - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Mambo 17. Pearl Bailey - Jingle Bells Cha, Cha, Cha 18. Four Imperials - Santa's Got A Coup de Ville 19. Beginning Of The End - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas 20. Milly & Silly - Getting Down For Christmas 21. Jimmy Reed - Christmas Present Blues 22. Vernon Garrett with Sir Stan & The Counts - Christmas Groove 23. Funk Machine - Soul Santa 24. Harvey Avenue Band - Let's Get Together For Christmas 25. Black On White Affair - Auld Lang Syne 26. Jimmy Jules & Nuclear Soul System - Christmas Done Got Funky 27. The Staples Singers - Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas? 28. James Brown - Merry Christmas Baby 29. Freddy King - Christmas Tears 30. William Clarke - Please Let Me Be Your Santa Claus 31. Lightning Hopkins - Santa Baby 32. Carey Bell - Christmas Train

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No.10 is Professor Hardy (or Miss Hardy in this AU)!, A.k.a. the first oc witchsona

Miss Tammy Hardy is a beast keeping teacher at Hexside, and despite not teaching either one of the nerds (this was later broken when Fred begged her to let him take beast keeping classes), she is still close with them as she is often put in charge of mixed-track classes. She is arguably closest to Gogo, but the latter has her doubts on Hardy's motive of giving her extra support at school.

Hardy used to be in the oracle track as well while in Hexside, and was close friends with Wendy Wower, Trevor Trengrove and a boy named Bob Aken. But when Granville resigned, she was forced to stick with either beast keeping or oracle, and she picked the former. Her life went from bad to worse following an incident which Trevor stole Wendy's abominations essay a year later, resulting in Tammy mauling Trevor and being arrested afterwards. The incident tore the bond between her and Wendy, and they didn't talk until fifteen years before the series' events, when Tammy called her friend to congratulate her on getting her own crystal ball show.

Trivia: Hardy's palisman Pearl exists in the Monogatari series as well. You'll meet her in the City of Monsters arc!

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MODO-LIVE & Club 90’s Presents – One Direction Night Date: 15-Jun-2024 Event: Legal Age 19+ (Valid Photo I.D. Required)MODO-LIVE s Presents:One Direction NightSaturday, June 15, 2024The PearlVancouver, BC Location: The Pearl Address: 881 Granville Street Vancouver V6Z 1K7 Get tickets for this event on: TicketMaster All tickets sold through this site are 100% safe via Ticketmaster and The…

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Granville Entertainment District x Vancouver.

With many of [JFL Vancouver]'s events hosted at the Vogue Theatre and The Pearl located in the heart of [Granville Street] or at the nearby Orpheum Theatre and Queen Elizabeth Theatre, hitting up one of the many bars and restaurants on Granville [...] makes it extra convenient for a night out meeting up with friends before a show.

Comedy festival scheduled from Feb. 15–24.

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Beer Events 1.1

Events

Guinness trademark 1st used (1764)

Ale Brewers Association of the States of New York and New Jersey founded (1830)

Westmalle beer 1st for sale (1861)

Cleveland Brewery burnt to the ground (Ohio; 1865)

Eagle Brewery changed its name to DG Yuengling & Son (1873)

Bass red triangle became 1st trademark registered in England (1876)

Brewmasters Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity (1881)

Brewmasters Association of Cleveland and Vicinity (1886)

Apparatus for Making Malt patented by Justin Whitney (1889)

Frederick Pabst died (1904)

Prohibition begins in Iceland, lasting until finally repealed in 1988, 73 years later (1915)

Beer became legal in Vermont after Prohibition (1934)

Carling Brewing took over Heidelberg Brewery (Washington; 1959)

Process in the Manufacture of Beer and the Like patented by Erik Krabbe and Kenneth W. Wendt (1963)

Schaefer Brewing patented a Crowned Bottle Rejection Pin (1963)

Federal Excise Tax on beer doubled (1991)

American Beer premiered (1996)

Twisted Pine Brewery merged with Peak to Peak Brewing, Colorado (1997)

California bars, clubs and card rooms were made smoke free (1998)

International Trappist Association founded (1998)

Miller's infamous "Catfight" ad 1st aired (2003)

Peter Austin dies (2014)

The last human being to be born on earth is killed in a bar fight at the age of 25, in “ The Children of Men,” by P.D. James (2021)

Breweries Opened

Privat-Brauerei Zötler (Germany; 1447)

Kiliaen Van Rennselaer Brewery (Albany, New York; 1649)

Joseph Huber Brewing Co. (Wisconsin; 1845)

Stroh's Brewery (Michigan; 1850)

Miller Brewing (Wisconsin; 1855)

Stevens Point Brewery (Wisconsin; 1857)

August Schell Brewing (Minnesota; 1860)

Straub Brewery (Pennsylvania; 1872)

Joseph Schlitz & Co. Brewing (Wisconsin; 1874)

F.W. Cook Brewing

Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing (Ohio; 1885)

Pabst Brewing/Pearl Brewing (Texas; 1886)

F.X. Matt Brewing/Saranac Brewing (New York; 1888)

Grand Rapids Brewing (Michigan; 1893)

John Wagner Sons brewing (Ohio; 1896)

Arlington Brewing (Virginia; 1897)

Fresno Brewing (California; 1900)

Gund Brewing (Ohio; 1900)

Simon Linser Brewing (Ohio: 1901)

Aberdeen Brewing (Virginia; 1902)

G. Heileman Brewing (La Crosse, Wisconsin; 1902)

Schmulbach Brewing (West Virginia; 1902)

Brasserie Henri Funck (Luxembourg; 1905)

Dixie Brewing (Louisiana; 1907)

Elora Brewery Ltd. (Canada; 1934)

Cervceria India (Puerto Rico; 1938)

Cold Springs Brewing (Minnesota; 1974)

Florida Brewery (Florida; 1975)

Redhook Ale Brewery (Washington; 1982)

Prarie Inn Cottage Brewery (British Columbia, Canada; 1983)

Bridgeport Brewing (Oregon; 1984)

Granville Island Brewing (British Columbia, Canada; 1984)

Kessler Brewing (Montana; 1984)

Pyramid Ales Brewery (Washington; 1984)

Truckee Brewing (California; 1985)

Vancouver Island Brewing (British Columbia, Canada; 1985)

Abita Brewing (Louisiana; 1986)

Sprecher Brewing (Wisconsin; 1986)

Bandersnatch Brewing (Arizona; 1987)

Black Star Brewing/McKenzie River Partners (California/Montana; 1987)

Devil Mountain Brewery (California; 1987)

Golden Pacific Brewing (California; 1987)

Humboldt Brewery (California; 1987)

Union Brewery (Nevada; 1987)

Bull City Brewery & Cafe (North Carolina; 1988)

Port Arthur Brasserie & Brewpub (Ontario, Canada; 1988)

Tracks Brewpub (Ontario, Canada; 1988)

Bison Brewing (California; 1989)

Pacific Northwest Brewing (Washington; 1989)

Breckenridge Brewery & Pub (Colorado; 1990)

Clark's Crossing Brewpub (Saskatchewan, Canada; 1990)

Fitzpatrick's Brewing (Iowa; 1990)

Great Western Brewing (Saskatchewan, Canada; 1990)

Irish Times Pub & Brewery (Florida; 1990)

Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe (California; 1990)

McMenamin's Brewery (Oregon; 1990)

Pacific Western Brewing (British Columbia, Canada; 1990)

CEEP Barney's, Ltd. (Ontario, Canada; 1991)

Edgefield Brewery (Oregon; 1991)

Idle Spur Crested Butte Brewery (Colorado; 1991)

Great Lakes Brewing (Ontario, Canada; 1992)

Oxford Brewing (Maryland; 1992)

Preston Brewery/Embudo Station (New Mexico; 1992)

Unibroue (Quebec, Canada; 1992)

Andrew's Brewing (Maine; 1993)

Glatt Bros. Brewing (Canada; 1993)

Kelly's Caribbean Bar & Grill (Florida; 1993)

Downtown Joe's Brewery & Restaurant (California; 1994)

Frontier Brewing (Iowa; 1994)

Gray Brewing (Wisconsin; 1994)

Toisnot Brewing (North Carolina; 1994)

Bear Brewing (British Columbia, Canada; 1995)

Heartland Brewing (New York; 1995)

Motor City Brewing Works (Michigan; 1995)

Thomas Kemper Brewery (Washington; 1995)

Clipper City Brewing (Maryland; 1996)

Don Gambrino's Brewpub (Florida; 1996)

Firehouse Brewery & Restaurant (Ohio; 1996)

Gravity Brewing (Pennsylvania; 1996)

Madison Brewing Pub & Restaurant (Vermont; 1996)

Michigan Brewing (Michigan; 1996)

Saw Mill River Brewery (New York; 1996)

Silo Brewpub (Kentucky; 1996)

Texas Cattle Co. Border Grille & Brewery (Georgia; 1996)

Breakers Brewing (New Jersey; 1997)

Brewery at Ninth Square (Connecticut; 1997)

Copper City Brewing (Arizona; 1997)

Essex Brewing (Connecticut; 1997)

Franklin County Brewing (Vermont; 1997)

Hinesburg Brewing (Vermont; 1997)

Kelly's Brewery (New Mexico; 1997)

Saints Brewing (Iowa; 1997)

Smaragda's Table (South Carolina; 1997)

Starview Brewing (Pennsylvania; 1997)

Timberland Brewing (Oregon; 1997)

Wild Hare Brewing (Montana; 1997)

Windemere Valley Brewing (Canada; 1997)

Yellowstone Valley Brewing (Montana; 1997)

Trumer Brauerei (California; 2004)

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Dior Prestige.

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Slow Pulp - "Broadview"

Chicago based dream-rockers, Slow Pulp, will release their new album, Yard, on September 29th through ANTI-. "Broadview" finds the band exploring a rustic folk sound with themes of regret and nostalgia. You can see them live on a North American tour starting in October. they will play the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in Saint Paul on Thursday, October 5th. W/ Babehoven

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Slow Pulp Tour Dates:

Wed. Oct. 04 - Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo - Backroom %

Thu. Oct. 05 - Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam Hall %

Fri. Oct 06 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown %

Sun. Oct. 08 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall % - SOLD OUT

Tue. Oct. 10 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court & [Early Show]

Tue. Oct. 10 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court % [Late Show] - SOLD OUT

Thu. Oct. 12 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos %

Fri. Oct. 13 - Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl on Granville %

Sat. Oct. 14 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theatre %

Mon. Oct. 16 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel %

Wed. Oct. 18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom %

Fri. Oct. 20 - San Diego, CA @ Voodoo % - SOLD OUT

Sat. Oct. 21 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room % - SOLD OUT

Sun. Oct. 22 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge %

Tue. Oct. 24 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall %

Wed. Oct. 25 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada %

Thu. Oct. 26 - Austin, TX @ The Parish %

Sat. Oct. 28 - Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory %

Sun. Oct. 29 - Durham, NC @ Motoco %

Mon. Oct. 30 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage %

Tue. Oct. 31 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry %

Wed. Nov. 1 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom % - SOLD OUT

Fri. Nov. 3 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall % - SOLD OUT

Sat. Nov. 4 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom %

Mon. Nov. 6 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz %

Tue. Nov. 7 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern %

Fri. Nov. 10 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater %

Sat. Nov. 11 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall %

Wed. Nov. 29 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club #

Thu. Nov. 30 - Liverpool, UK @ Jimmy’s #

Fri. Dec. 1 - Glasgow, UK @ The Hug and Pint # - SOLD OUT

Sat. Dec. 2 - Dublin, IR @ The Workman's Club #

Mon. Dec. 4 - Manchester, UK @ YES (Basement) # - SOLD OUT

Tue. Dec. 5 - Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew #

Wed. Dec. 6 - London, UK @ The Garage #

Thu. Dec. 7 - Brighton, UK @ The Green Door Store #

Sat. Dec. 9 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Upstairs

Sun. Dec. 10 - Antwerp, BE @ TRIX #

Mon. Dec. 11 - Paris, FR @ L’International #

Wed. Dec. 13 - Berlin, DE @ Badehaus Szimpla #

Thu. Dec. 14 - Leipzig, DE @ Conne Island #

Fri. Dec. 15 - Schorndorf, DE @ Manufaktur #

Sat. Dec. 16 - Munster, DE @ Gleis 22 #

% w/ Babehoven

# w/ PACKS

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Gallery: Babehoven @ The Pearl - Vancouver, BC Date: October 13, 2023 Photographed by: Danielle Costelo

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Chicago-via-Madison quartet Slow Pulp released their newest offering "Doubt" this week. The single is lifted from their upcoming record Yard, which is set to release on September 29 via ANTI-. The laidback indie track spans just under 2.5 minutes long and the lush instrumentals add the perfect touch of summer. While the lyrics tackle self-doubt and looking to others to validate our own insecurities, the instrumental brings a brightness that pairs uniquely well.

“In my process to fight against self-deprecation, I found this strange new pattern popping up where I fished for critiques from others,” says lead singer Emily Massey. “I wanted people close to me to validate the things I hated about myself. Self-doubt had found a home in me, it felt safer to stay in this familiar negative space than to like myself. I thought if others shared that with me I wouldn’t have to do the work to change.”

Slow Pulp Tour Dates (New Dates in Bold): Wed. Oct. 04 - Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo - Backroom % Thu. Oct. 05 - Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam Hall % Fri. Oct 06 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown % Sun. Oct. 08 - Denver, CO @ Globe Hall % Tue. Oct. 10 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court % - SOLD OUT Thu. Oct. 12 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos % Fri. Oct. 13 - Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl on Granville % Sat. Oct. 14 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theatre % Mon. Oct. 16 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel % Wed. Oct. 18 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom % Fri. Oct. 20 - San Diego, CA @ Voodoo % Sat. Oct. 21 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room % Sun. Oct. 22 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge % Tue. Oct. 24 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall % Wed. Oct. 25 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada % Thu. Oct. 26 - Austin, TX @ The Parish % Sat. Oct. 28 - Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory % Sun. Oct. 29 - Durham, NC @ Motoco % Mon. Oct. 30 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage % Tue. Oct. 31 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry % Wed. Nov. 1 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom % - SOLD OUT Fri. Nov. 3 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall % Sat. Nov. 4 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom % Mon. Nov. 6 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz % Tue. Nov. 7 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern % Fri. Nov. 10 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater % Sat. Nov. 11 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall % Wed. Nov. 29 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club # Thu. Nov. 30 - Liverpool, UK @ Jimmy’s # Fri. Dec. 1 - Glasgow, UK @ The Hug and Pint # - SOLD OUT Sat. Dec. 2 - Dublin, IR @ The Workman's Club # Mon. Dec. 4 - Manchester, UK @ YES (Basement) # Tue. Dec. 5 - Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew # Wed. Dec. 6 - London, UK @ The Garage # - VENUE CHANGE Thu. Dec. 7 - Brighton, UK @ The Green Door Store # Sat. Dec. 9 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Upstairs Sun. Dec. 10 - Antwerp, BE @ TRIX # Mon. Dec. 11 - Paris, FR @ L’International # Wed. Dec. 13 - Berlin, DE @ Badehaus Szimpla # Thu. Dec. 14 - Leipzig, DE @ Conne Island # Fri. Dec. 15 - Schorndorf, DE @ Manufaktur # Sat. Dec. 16 - Munster, DE @ Gleis 22 #   % w/ Babehoven # w/ PACKS

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: new Dior ♔ Prestige La Micro-Huille De Rose Advanced Serum ♔ Deluxe Sample ♔.

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Egyptian Revival Tiaras

Diamond Lotus Tiara by Boucheron, 1876

Lady Granville’s Beetle Parure Tiara by S.J. Phillips, 1884/5

Egyptian Tiara by Carlo & Arthur Giuliano, circa 1900 

Peridot, Ruby, & Enamel Lotus Flower Tiara

Coral Winged Tiara

Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom’s Lotus Flower Tiara by Garrard, 1923 

Begum Aga Khan’s Lotus Halo Tiara by Cartier, 1934 

Carnelian Lotus Aigrette Tiara

Turquoise Palm Leaf Tiara by Cartier, 1936 

Tiara Motifs 20 of ∞

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Tickets to Jordan Hart with Special Guests - VANCOUVER

Jordan Hart with Special Guests Date: 28-Apr-2024 Event: Legal Age 19+ (Valid Photo I.D. Required)MODO-LIVE, Programme present…Jordan Hartw/ Special Guests Sunday April 28th, 2024PearlVancouver, BC Location: The Pearl Address: 881 Granville Street Vancouver V6Z 1K7 Get tickets for this event on: TicketMaster All tickets sold through this site are 100% safe via Ticketmaster and The Ticketmaster…

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LGBTQIA+ Historical Romance Novels w/ Ghosts, Vampires, and Other Gothic Delights!

Graveyard Sparrow by Kayla Bashe (f/f)

Katriona Sparrow, dubbed the Mad Heiress by most of London’s upper class, is the deceptively fragile ward of a foreign nobleman. She can’t stand making small talk with strangers, but she’s unparalleled when it comes to deciphering the dead. On a routine investigation, though, something goes horribly wrong, leaving Katriona catatonic in an upscale hospital and a serial killer with an artistic bent stalking London’s most vulnerable.

Enter Anthea Garlant, a young witch and academic ostracized from polite society for traveling the world without a chaperone.

She devises magical accommodations to protect Katriona from the side effects of her abilities — but as she grows more and more attached to the other woman, her professional façade begins to slip. Will they be able to stop the man who turns beautiful dead women into works of art — the man who is closer to Katriona than anyone suspects?

In The Valley of the Earth by RR Pearl (The Watchers #1) The only thing more dangerous than their chemistry…is their enemies! Mild-mannered Xenoarcheologist Dr. Alec Coimhead and his best friend, Dr. Clemy Armistead, are certain that they have just found the ancient location of an apocryphal battle between demons and angels. Whisked away on a rollicking adventure, Alec finds himself under the watchful eye of Rafe, a taciturn mountain of a man with a mysterious past.

Working with the enigmatic Praesidium, which claims to have protected humanity for generations, Alec clashes with his ethereally handsome bodyguard. As the New Watchers pursue the rambunctious pair across the globe, Alec and Rafe will have to battle ancient terrors and mythical creatures come to life. Racing to the ancient tomb of a fallen angel, Alec and Rafe may lose it all - and each other - to save the world. The Watchers: In The Valleys Of The Earth is the first book in an MM Action Adventure paranormal romance series.

Heart of Stone by Johannes T. Evans

The year is 1764, and following a glowing recommendation from his last employer, Henry Coffey, vampire, takes on a new personal secretary: young Theophilus Essex. The man is quite unlike any secretary - or any man, for that matter - that Henry has ever met. — ‘Heart of Stone’ is a slowly unfolding period romance between a vampire and his inimitably devoted clerk: lushly depicted in flowing, lovingly appended prose, we follow the slow understanding these two men grasp of one another, and the cross of their two worlds into each other’s.

Henry Coffey, immortal and ever-oscillating between periods of delighted focus upon his current passion project, is charming, witty, and seems utterly incapable of closing his mouth for more than a few moments; in contrast, Theophilus Essex is quiet and keenly focused, adopting an ever-flat affect, but as time goes on, he relaxes in his employer’s presence.

Craving resounding intimacy but with an ever aware of the polite boundaries for their situation, Coffey and Essex perform a slow dance as they grow closer to one another, and find themselves entangled.

The Strange Case of the Big Sur Benefactor by Jess Faraday (f/f and m/m)

Billiwack, California, 1884. When translator Rosetta Stein comes across her rival, Bartholomew Vincent, under attack by weird, raven-headed man-beasts behind the infamous Puckered Rosebud Gentleman’s Club, she senses opportunity. She rescues him in exchange for a crack at the commission he stole from under her nosea strangely inscribed artifact found by Big Sur bigwig George Taylor Granville in the Santa Lucia mountains. Misfortune has stalked Vincent from the moment he took on the project, and he’s only too happy to share it. In the meantime, a lady marshal has come to Billiwack, investigating rumors of strange, unlicensed weapons, and she can’t seem to decide if she’d rather kiss Rosetta or arrest her. And Vincent is suffering romantic complications of his own, in the forms of Rosetta’s charming layabout brother, and an amorous professor who won’t take God, no! for an answer.

The Harvest Moon by Joshua Ian (Darkly Enchanted Romance #1)

England, 1834. On the night of a harvest moon, in the shadows of late autumn, Malcolm comes across a quaint village tucked away in the forest. It seems the perfect spot for a weary traveller to lay his head, and maybe find a little company. But there is dark magic afoot, and lots of local gossip swirls around the seductive titian-haired weaver, Daniel. All Malcolm seeks is a night’s pleasure. He never suspected he would have to worry about losing his life. Or his heart.

The Ghost of Hillcomb Hall by Joshua Ian (Darkly Enchanted #2)

England, 1910. Landscape designer Jonas Laurence arrives at the cheerless and fog enswathed Hillcomb Hall, home to the Earl of Stanley and his family, to renovate their crumbling gardens. With a great storm crashing all around, his time is at the mercy of the house’s odd and mysterious occupants. Captivated by the hauntingly attractive portrait of Lord Stanley’s ancestor, which constantly seems to watch and taunt him, Jonas’s dreams become weird and distressing. And his waking moments are consumed by the strange stories and weird atmosphere of the manor estate. Ghostly visits in the night leave Jonas no choice but to accept his attraction to the otherworldly spirit from the painting. But is this affaire de coeur real? Or it all just a trick of the mind, a sinister game being played by the inhabitants of Hillcomb Hall?

Kinship and Kindness (Paranormal Society Romance Book One) by Kara Jorgensen (transmac MC)

Bennett Reynard needs one thing: to speak to the Rougarou about starting a union for shifters in New York City before the delegation arrives. When his dirigible finally lands in Louisiana, he finds the Rougarou is gone and in his stead is his handsome son, Theo, who seems to care for everyone but himself. Hoping he can still petition the Rougarou, Bennett stays only to find he is growing dangerously close to Theo Bisclavret.

Theo Bisclavret thought he had finally come to terms with never being able to take his father’s place as the Rougarou, but with his father stuck in England and a delegation of werewolves arriving in town, Theo’s quiet life is thrown into chaos as he and his sister take over his duties. Assuming his father’s place has salted old wounds, but when a stranger arrives offering to help, Theo knows he can’t say no, even if Mr. Reynard makes him long for things he had sworn off years ago.

As rivals arrive to challenge Theo for power and destroy the life Bennett has built, they know they must face their greatest fears or risk losing all they have fought for. With secrets threatening to topple their worlds, can Theo and Bennett let down their walls before it’s too late?

The Death Under the Dark Arches by Selina Kray (Stoker and Bash #3) Sing a song of sixpence A stage full of fright One two-faced blackbird Won’t last the night

When a phantom presence lures Hieronymus Bash into a deadly game, threatening to kill one of the players at his beloved Gaiety Theater each day until famed actor Horace Beastly returns to the stage, London’s premier consulting detective is on the case. The trouble? Horace Beastly is Hiero’s alter ego and the true object of this murderous obsession. When the current star of the show is struck down, Hiero has to risk everything by stealing back the spotlight.

After a golden summer together, DI Tim Stoker would do everything in his power to protect the man he loves. But a specter from his own past proves an unexpected, and perhaps fatal, distraction.

Scheming prima donnas, grudge-fuelled critics, and an axe-wielding theater ghost are all out for blood. Will Hiero and Tim unmask this menace before the final curtain call, or are they past the point of no return?

Secrets of Milan by Edale Lane (The Night Flyer Trilogy #2) (f/f)

Some secrets are meant to stay hidden.

While Florentina as the Night Flyer searches for a mysterious underworld organization that has attempted to murder the woman she loves, Maddie struggles to deal with the danger Florentina is courting. Her brother, Alessandro, has become the most prominent merchant of Milan, but the Night Flyer uncovers a secret so shocking it could destroy them all.

Secrets of Milan is the second book in Edale Lane’s Night Flyer Trilogy, a tale of power, passion, and payback in Renaissance Italy.

The Gentleman Attraction: a short victorian mm paranormal romance by Connor Peterson

Emerson Mallory never mixes business and pleasure. His eyes might wander but he certainly wouldn’t risk his professional reputation over a tryst. Not even for a silver-haired scoundrel who clearly knows his way around a bedroom and makes his heart race with just one look.

When a flirtatious train ride turns into a weekend in close quarters, Bennet Clarke doesn’t agree that it would be best to leave their attraction at the door. He gave up worrying about human sensibilities the night he became a vampire centuries ago, and right now he wants more than one taste of Emerson’s charm and unnerving ability to see past his cavalier masks.

Their host has a few secrets of their own and a madcap plan that requires Emerson to enlist Bennet’s help. When the inevitable happens, Emerson begins to think that maybe Bennet’s way of looking at things isn’t so bad. Bennet, however, is faced with a dilemma. Keep up the ruse, or confess that Emerson has no idea who he’s gotten involved with.

Amidst the flurry of activity surrounding their host, the two men will have to keep their affair secret, plan a successful party, and decide if forever is too much to ask.

The Faerie Hounds of York by Arden Powell

England, 1810. The north is governed by a single rule. Faerie will take as it pleases.

William Loxley is cursed. A pale and monstrous creature haunts his dreams, luring him from London to the desolate, grey landscape of his forgotten childhood. There, it will use him to open a door to Faerie—a fate that will trap Loxley in that glittering, heathen otherworld forever.

His only hope of escaping the creature’s grasp lies with John Thorncress, a dark and windswept stranger met on the moors. The longer Loxley stays in Thorncress’ company, the harder it becomes to fight his attraction to the man. Such attraction can only end in heartbreak—or the noose.

But Thorncress has his own bleak ties to Faerie. They come creeping in with the frost, their howls carrying on the winter wind. If Thorncress’ past catches up with him before they can break the curse, then Loxley will not only lose his soul. He’ll lose Thorncress, too.

Best Laid Plaids by Ella Stainton (Kilty Pleasures #1) 

Scotland, 1928 Dr. Ainsley Graham is cultivating a reputation as an eccentric. Two years ago, he catastrophically ended his academic career by publicly claiming to talk to ghosts. When Joachim Cockburn, a WWI veteran studying the power of delusional thinking, arrives at his door, Ainsley quickly catalogues him as yet another tiresome Englishman determined to mock his life’s work. But Joachim is tenacious and openhearted, and Ainsley’s intrigued despite himself. He agrees to motor his handsome new friend around to Scotland’s most unmistakable hauntings. If he can convince Joachim, Ainsley might be able to win back his good name and then some. He knows he’s not crazy—he just needs someone else to know it, too.

Joachim is one thesis away from realizing his dream of becoming a psychology professor, and he’s not going to let anyone stop him, not even an enchanting ginger with a penchant for tartan and lewd jokes. But as the two travel across Scotland’s lovely—and definitely, definitely haunted—landscape, Joachim’s resolve starts to melt. And he’s beginning to think that an empty teaching post without the charming Dr. Graham would make a very poor consolation prize indeed…

Where There’s a Kilt, There’s a Way by Ella Stainton (Kilty Pleasures #2)

Sweden, 1930 Two years ago, Dr. Ainsley Graham proved the existence of ghosts, and fell in love–hard to top that. But a trip to Sweden to research at a prestigious University for the summer is nothing to sneeze at, especially since his partner, psychologist Joachim Cockburn, will be teaching alongside him. A change of scenery might be just the thing.

Their idyllic trip to Sweden is interrupted by a ghost with a proclivity for rude hand gestures and graphic curse words–and a ghastly history begging to be investigated. Life among the living is complicated, too, by a gruff professor who can’t take his eyes off Ainsley, and an enticing new job offer for Joachim. What starts as an adventurous trip abroad turns into mayhem, murder, and…a magical moose? And everyone–well, perhaps not the moose–is a suspect in the death of the ghostly young man who brings them

together to expose secrets, loves lost, and a crime that will shock them all. The Harp and the Sea by Lou Sylvre and Anne Barwell (Magic in the Isles #1) In 1605, Robbie Elliot—a Reiver and musician from the Scottish borders—nearly went to the gallows. The Witch of the Hermitage saved him with a ruse, but weeks later, she cursed him to an ethereal existence in the sea. He has seven chances to come alive, come ashore, and find true love. For over a century, Robbie’s been lost to that magic; six times love has failed. When he washes ashore on the Isle of Skye in 1745, he’s arrived at his last chance at love, his last chance at life.

Highland warrior Ian MacDonald came to Skye for loyalty and rebellion. He’s lost once at love, and stands as an outsider in his own clan. When Ian’s uncle and laird sends him to lonely Skye to hide and protect treasure meant for Bonnie Prince Charlie’s coffers, he resigns himself to a solitary life—his only companion the eternal sea. Lonely doldrums transform into romance and mystery when the tide brings beautiful Robbie Elliot and his broken harp ashore.

A curse dogs them, enemies hunt them, and war looms over their lives. Robbie and Ian will fight with love, will, and the sword. But without the help of magic and ancient gods, will it be enough to win them a future together?

Starcrossed by Allie Therin (Magic in Manhattan #2)

When everything they’ve built is threatened, only their bond remains… 1925 New York

Psychometric Rory Brodigan’s life hasn’t been the same since the day he met Arthur Kenzie. Arthur’s continued quest to contain supernatural relics that pose a threat to the world has captured Rory’s imagination—and his heart. But Arthur’s upper-class upbringing still leaves Rory worried that he’ll never measure up, especially when Arthur’s aristocratic ex arrives in New York. For Arthur, there’s only Rory. But keeping the man he’s fallen for safe is another matter altogether. When a group of ruthless paranormals throw the city into chaos, the two men’s strained relationship leaves Rory vulnerable to a monster from Arthur’s past.

With dark forces determined to tear them apart, Rory and Arthur will have to draw on every last bit of magic up their sleeves. And in the end, it’s the connection they’ve formed without magic that will be tested like never before.

Automata by Hayden Thorne (Curiosities #2)

A disastrous incident at a ball in St. Jude threatens to undo Alexej Sauveterre, and his protective adoptive family whisk him off to San Marco, a mythical and romantic city in the water. Born sickly, young Alexej has grown up resigned to the fact that only his family’s immense wealth makes him barely palatable to other gentlemen seeking partners.

The family’s sojourn in San Marco at first promises a much-needed distraction to Alexej when his older brother introduces him to an aristocratic inventor of automata as well as an old school friend who now tours the European continent as a classical pianist. Baseless hope and heartbreak, however, seem to follow Alexej everywhere.

Alexej’s fascination for automata and his hopeless infatuation with Briant Cousineau draw the attention of an entity from the otherworld, one that’s been wandering the globe for unwary souls to claim through cursed wishes. San Marco’s winged lion summons the city’s supernatural guardians in answer, and in the midst of glittering balls, magical clockwork puppets, and lonely dreams, a terrifying fight for Alexej’s soul darkens the streets of a fading city.

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