This week’s photo of the week was submitted by Marisa and is from September 21, 2007 in Westbury, NY
Hanson bring Mmmhops brew to Epcot
Orlando Sentinel
Remember MMMBop? Hanson also has Mmmhops, and the beer is coming to Epcot
Hanson bring pop and hops to Epcot
Hanson have been making road trip-friendly pop for more than 15 years, but they’re not drinking it anymore. The trio that gave us “MMMBop” back in ’97 is still touring, and they’re bringing their craft beer with them during their stop at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival next week.
Yes, they have a craft beer. Plenty of bands have a hot sauce, but Hanson not only has a beer, they have a sense of humor. Their American Pale Ale is called Mmmhops, and it’s been available primarily in the band’s home stomping grounds of Oklahoma since its release last year. The beer will be on sale at the Food & Wine Festival (the only place you’ll find it in Florida), and during a meet-and-greet with the band. Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson will host a beverage seminar at 10 a.m. next Monday (Sept. 29), then sign and sell bottles of Mmmhops at Epcot’s Festival Center until 11 a.m.
How’s the beer? I haven’t had a taste yet, but my collegaues Dewayne Bevil and food editor Heather McPherson got a few sips in during their visit to Epcot last week. “Very drinkable” and “a great starter beer,” says Heather.
Oh yeah – Hanson will also be playing music. Their “Eat to the Beat” concert performances are at 5:30, 6:45 and 8 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Sept. 28-29. Concerts and the signing are free with park admission.
ARTS: Andy Warhol, Hanson, Philbrook — together at last
Images from Andy Warhol’s “Little Red Book,” part of the exhibit “Fever & Flash,” now on display at Philbrook Downtown.
Philbrook Downtown will bring together members of the pop band Hanson and Pop Art icon Andy Warhol when it hosts its monthly Art Recess program, beginning noon Wednesday, Sept. 24, at the facility, 116 E. M.B.Brady St.
Art Recess presents leading figures from the world of art, culture and design in live conversation via Skype. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch to enjoy along with the program.
Wednesday’s event will feature a conversation with Eric Shiner, director of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
Philbrook Downtown is currently showing the exhibit, “Fever & Flash,” an exhibit of Pop Art that includes some of Warhol’s silk-screened prints, along with an album of Polaroid photographs by Warhol that was recently gifted to Philbrook’s permanent collection by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
These images from 1972 document a social gathering of a group of friends, including the artist himself. While Warhol celebrated the glamorous set, his chosen title for the series, “Little Red Book,” was an ambiguous reference to the manifesto by Chinese communist leader Mao Tse-tung.
In addition, the event will feature a special announcement from the band Hanson that relates to the “Fever & Flash” exhibit.
Doors open at noon, when the Hanson announcement set for 12:20 p.m. The conversation with Shiner will begin at 12:30 p.m.
In recent months, Taylor Hanson has been working to create a number of community partnerships in Tulsa, including “The Conversation With…” series and “Food on the Move,” helping to combat hunger in Tulsa and the region.
Admission is free, and those attending will be able to view the “Fever & Flash” exhibit afterward.
For more information: 918-749-7941, philbrook.org.
Trivia Tuesday
The Hanson who has a lego calendar on his desk is Isaac!
What song did Hanson work on with Carole King?
Music Monday
How about Keith Urban’s “Little Bit of Everything” Think Hanson could do it justice?
Fake Music-Video TV Shows We Wish Were Real TV Shows
4. Tinted Windows, “Kind of a Girl”
The one fake episode of the fake UHF show Rock After Dark starred a supergroup featuring Taylor Hanson, Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha, Cheap Trick’s Bun E. Carlos, and Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schelsinger. Incredibly, Tinted Windows was a real band!
Taylor Hanson, former U.S. ambassador kick off new “The Conversation With…” event on hunger
The impact that conversations and community can have on social issues — from their role in bringing an end to apartheid to how that same approach can be used to combat local problems such as hunger — was the focal point Friday of the inaugural “The Conversation With …”
The event, held at the Tulsa Country Club, featured rock musician Taylor Hanson as presenter and a guest of honor, former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Edward Perkins.
“One of the things we hope to do is inspire new ideas,” Hanson said. “Our hope is that we will be led to an idea built on collaboration that can benefit hunger in Tulsa. That idea is the very beginning of the discussion because hunger is the gateway to so many things.”
As the first black U.S. ambassador to South Africa, Perkins was given a unique assignment by President Ronald Reagan to help dismantle apartheid without violence and to make sure Nelson Mandela was freed from prison.
To do so, Perkins said, he went into the various South African communities and urged them to join together to make change.
“We very quickly learned that if we were going to have any success in South Africa, it had to be a community effort,” Perkins said. “I thought it would be useful to get the communities to come out against apartheid en masse.”
Perkins recalled visiting houses of worship from many faiths as well as both the white and black communities, where the residents were in equally bad conditions, urging them to form bonds.
“We cultivated leaders in those communities,” he said, adding that Mandela sent him a letter of encouragement stating that the community approach was the correct approach. “He said ‘We are a rainbow nation and everyone has to work together.’ ”
“The Conversation With …” was also a fundraiser for the Iron Gate soup kitchen and a chance for Hanson to highlight a new collective partnership called Food on the Move, which is designed to take healthy and affordable food into food deserts.
Hanson said that the idea stemmed from talking with Perkins and Connie Cronley, executive director of Iron Gate, about community capitalism, or the commitment to the community by its members from businesses, nonprofits and government.
“We talked about ideas that could come to bear to face hunger differently and that brought the concept of looking at the food deserts that are spread across the city and connecting them with the community,” he said.
Perkins, who most recently served as executive director of the University of Oklahoma’s International Program Center, added that strong communities make strong nations.
“If we have kids who don’t get an education or who don’t get enough to eat, we will have a weaker nation because of that,” Perkins said. “Hungry children do not exhibit their best skills. They do what’s necessary to exist.”
From Backstreet Boys To Dream Street: The Surprising Real Stories Behind Famous Boy Band Names
Boy bands have really odd names when you think about it. Which “back street” are the Backstreet Boys from? Do they even have back streets in Orlando, oh excuse me, I meant O-Town. What’s with that extra apostrophe in ‘N SYNC? And what the hell does BBMak mean anyway? Now that the excitement of the summer tour season has died down, we’ve got plenty of time to obsess over such things. We decided to go past the frosted tips of the story and find out how these boys – Backstreet or otherwise – got their names. Those names that you and your friends screamed over and over all night long at their concerts (and still do when their reunion pulls into town). Certain origins are obvious and make sense while others are guaranteed to have you scratching your head in confusion. Find out the true stories behind the most famous boy bands of all time and impress your friends with levels of fandom usually reserved for stalkers. Don’t judge!
Name: Hanson
Back story: Hanson is band members Taylor, Isaac and Zac’s family name. Fun fact: There are 7 Hanson siblings in total.
Flashback Friday
MMMHops at EPCOT
According to the Disney Food Blog – MMMHops at the Food & Wine Festival at Fife and Drum in EPCOT will be $3.50. (It is assumed it will only be served in 6oz cups)