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The holiday season is just around the corner. Pretty soon, wreaths and twinkle lights will adorn houses, Santas will ho-ho on downtown corners and the smell of hot cocoa will waft through the air. If you’re looking for ways to join the festivities, look no further. From Christmas plays and holiday parades to ice rinks and pop-ups, there are countless ways to celebrate this wonderful time of year around the Bay Area. Here’s just a sampling. Après Village & Skate Rink: 4 to 9 p.m. Friday-Sunday through Feb. 25, Four…

Mojang has revealed some of what will be added in patch 1.20 of Minecraft, which includes a camel mob, more decorative blocks, and new ways to craft with bamboo. While a name for update 1.20 is yet to be provided, Mojang has shared that it hopes to increase the ways that players can represent themselves or their creativity in the game. That includes “fancier” hanging signs, which will launch with three different variants and can be crafted for all wood types. Along with the signs, an entirely new wood set for bamboo…

Ann Reardon is probably the last person whose content you’d expect to be banned from YouTube. A former Australian youth worker and a mother of three, she’s been teaching millions of loyal subscribers how to bake since 2011. But the removal email was referring to a video that was not Reardon’s typical sugar-paste fare.Since 2018, Reardon has used her platform to warn viewers about dangerous new “craft hacks” that are sweeping YouTube, tackling unsafe activities such as poaching eggs in a microwave, bleaching strawberries,…

Credit: LucasFilm Star Wars fanatics have crafted a ton of fun, unique content using clips from the film franchise, but that isn’t what we’ve got here today. The latest Star Wars edit to sweep the web is something far more sinister, yet just as impressive. One Star Wars fan has tempted the gods by re-creating Smash Mouth’s all-time classic track All Star using clips from the film series. The outcome is something magical that makes the most of George Lucas’ writing. Fans will recognize moments from all over the…

Image via Marvel Studios There have been plenty of different takes on Thor in Marvel Comics over the years, but in the MCU there has been a small handful. Despite this, one Marvel fan has crafted the perfect cosplay for one of the most obscure Thor variants to show up in the MCU and it might not be who you think. In a post to the Marvel Studios Reddit, one fan unveiled their The Mighty Throg cosplay and it’s everything you’d expect and more. This perfectly crafted look embodies the character perfectly with all…

By Mark Meszoros | (Willoughby, Ohio) News-Herald “Elvis” isn’t your ordinary biopic. The new film about rock ’n’ roll icon Elvis Presley — told through the lens of his two-decade-plus partnership with his increasingly duplicitous manager, Colonel Tom Parker — is an elaborate web of complex shots, outside-the-box editing and exquisitely executed music integration. And you wonder why we don’t get movies from Baz Luhrmann more often? “Elvis” — directed and co-written by the Australian filmmaker whose last big-screen work…

Since its launch in 2005, Etsy has become well known as the place to go for handcrafted, one-of-a-kind items from a wide variety of creators. Unfortunately, over the last few years, that rosy reputation has darkened a bit. To begin with, buyers have been noticing an influx of mass-market goods that are noticeably not handmade. But there has been a lot of discontent online from sellers as well, due both to the increased number of manufactured goods and to increased expenses such as mandatory market plans. The final…