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magic, in entertainment: (Encyclopedia) magic magic, in entertainment, the seeming manipulation and supernatural control of the natural ...
Phaeacia: (Encyclopedia) Phaeacia Phaeacia , in Greek mythology, island of Scheria (location unknown). It was inhabited by a ...
East Peoria: (Encyclopedia) East Peoria East Peoria, city (1990 pop. 21,378), Tazewell co., N central Ill., on the Illinois ...
Burbank: (Encyclopedia) Burbank Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the ...
Stephen Heller: (Encyclopedia) Heller, Stephen Heller, Stephen , 1814–88, French pianist and composer, b. Budapest. Heller ...
Sir Harry Lauder: (Encyclopedia) Lauder, Sir Harry Lauder, Sir Harry , 1870–1950, Scottish baritone. His original name was ...
jongleurs: (Encyclopedia) jongleurs jongleurs , itinerant entertainers of the Middle Ages in France and Norman England. Their ...
Twelfth Night: (Encyclopedia) Twelfth Night Twelfth Night, Jan. 5, the vigil or eve of Epiphany, so called because it is the 12th ...
Calypso, in Greek mythology: (Encyclopedia) Calypso Calypso , nymph, daughter of Atlas, in Homer's Odyssey. She lived on the island of ...
picnic: (Encyclopedia) picnic picnic, social gathering at which each participant generally brings food to be shared. The ...
music hall: (Encyclopedia) music hall. music hall. In England, the Licensing Act of 1737 confined the production of legitimate ...
the Bowery: (Encyclopedia) Bowery, the Bowery, the [Dutch Bouwerie=farm], section of lower Manhattan, New York City. The ...
Branson: (Encyclopedia) Branson Branson, city (1990 pop. 3,706), Taney co., SW Mo.; inc. 1904. The primarily residential ...
Malibu Beach: (Encyclopedia) Malibu Beach Malibu Beach , resort and residential area (1990 est. pop. 10,000), S Calif., W of Los ...
Oscar Hammerstein: (Encyclopedia) Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar , 1846–1919, German-American operatic impresario. In ...