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About the Great Exhibition Road Festival

The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a free annual celebration of science and the arts each summer in South Kensington, with an online programme throughout the year.

Sign up to the Imperial College London events emails to get updates about the Festival and other public events or follow us @ExRdFestival on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

The Festival is brought to you by: Imperial College London | Royal Commission of the Exhibition of 1851 | Discover South Kensington | Natural History Museum | Royal College of Music | Science Museum | V&A | Goethe-Institut London | Royal Albert Hall | Royal College of Art | The Royal Parks | Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) | Kensington + Chelsea Art Weekend | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | Westminster City Council

The Great Exhibition Road Festival is supported by Huawei, Lead Technology Sponsor

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Cindy Bruna cut a glamorous figure as she attended the screening of Armageddon Time during the 75th Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals in France.

The French model, 27, wore a pale pink mesh maxi dress as she walked the red carpet on Thursday.

Her voluminous garment featured many ruffled details, the train of the dress sweeping the floor behind her.

Star power: Cindy Bruna, 27, looked glamorous in a pink tiered mesh maxi dress at the Cannes Film Festival screening of Armageddon Time on Thursday

She added a touch of sparkle to her look by opting for a dazzling diamond necklace and a pair of matching earrings.

The fashionista wore swipes of makeup to highlight her pretty facial features and tied her dark locks into a neat bun.

Cindy struck a number of poses on the red carpet, glancing at the dozens of paparazzi lenses trained on her.

Glitterati: The model attended the event during the 75th Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals in France

In style: Her attire featured lots of ruffle detailing, with the dress’s train sweeping the floor behind her

Development on Armageddon Time was originally announced in 2019, when it was revealed director James Gray would write and direct the feature film.

The American period drama film is described as a coming-of-age story about growing up in Queens in the 1980s and stars Anne Hathaway.

The film will center on the filmmaker’s experience at Kew-Forest School in Queens, New York, where former President Donald Trump was an alumnus.

In detail: The fashionista wore swipes of makeup to highlight her pretty facial features and wore her hair in a neat bun

Dazzling: She added a touch of sparkle to her look by opting for a dazzling diamond necklace and a pair of matching earrings

Producer Rodrigo Teixeira previously spoke to Variety about the inspiration behind the semi-autobiographical film.

“It’s a personal story for James. You have everyone from the Trumps looking after this school and the students going to this school,” he said.

Teixeira added, “James is back in UKTN world with this movie.”

Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Strong, Michael Banks and Jaylin Webb also star alongside Anne.

New films: The annual two-week event in Cannes will feature highly anticipated films, including Armageddon Time (pictured by Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins in the film)

A sweet incentive turned sour after restaurants were not able to successfully fulfill the “overwhelming demand” prompted from Grubhub’s ‘FREELUNCH’ promotion in New York City on Tuesday.

The promotion, which occurred between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. ET on May 17, allowed New York City residents to use the promo code FREELUNCH at checkout in the Grubhub app for up to $15 off their order.

Eager customers immediately took advantage of the deal, but restaurant owners were ill-prepared for what was to come.

“We were hit right at 11 AM with 25 times our normal amount of orders with no way to deliver them,” Chad Vignuelle, the owner of Harlem Public on Broadway and 149th Street, told Yahoo Finance. “We use a third-party delivery company whose drivers were so slammed they just would shut off their app because they could not deal with the amount of orders.”

Vignuelle added that “I have no idea who thought it would be a good idea to offer free lunch to one of the largest metropolitan cities in the world, during the same exact 3-hour timespan. It’s unbelievable really.”

According to Vignuelle, restaurant owners like himself were not notified about the promotion “or the magnitude of what it would be” with enough time to make adjustments.

Following the influx of orders, Vignuelle said he received angry calls from customers yelling about not receiving their orders.

“They don’t understand the underlying problem of this is that there are just simply not enough drivers in the city to deliver all of these orders,” he said. “The customers then call Grubhub and demand and receive their refund. All that means is we don’t see the money on the orders that were all made but failed to be delivered.”

In a statement to Yahoo Finance, a spokesperson for Grubhub said: “To help businesses prepare for yesterday’s promotion, we gave advance notice to all restaurants in our network, which included multiple forms of communications across various platforms. We also increased driver incentives to help support demand.”

The spokesperson noted that the app saw an “unprecedented demand” in the three-hour window. The ‘FREELUNCH’ promotion was redeemed six times higher than a similar promotion 2021, “which had a higher promotion value” with the app averaging 6,000 orders per minute. In total, more 450,000 orders were successfully filled using the promotion.

“Even with that preparation, there was unfortunately strain on some restaurants due to the unprecedented demand,” the Grubhub spokesperson said. “However, we’ve already been hearing from many of our partners about how this was a success and a positive boost to their business. We have great learnings to help us optimize and mitigate this in the future.”

Brooke DiPalma is a producer and reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow her on Twitter at @BrookeDiPalma or email her at bdipalma@yahoofinance.com.

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Cindy Bruna cut a glamorous figure as she attended the screening of Armageddon Time during the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in France.

The French model, 27, wore a baby pink tiered mesh floor-length gown as she walked the red carpet on Thursday.

Her voluminous garment featured plenty of ruffled detail, with the train of the dress sweeping the floor behind her.

© Provided by Daily Mail Star power: Cindy Bruna, 27, looked glamorous in a baby pink tiered mesh floor-length gown at the Armageddon Time screening at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday

She added a touch of sparkle to her look by opting for a dazzling diamond necklace and a pair of matching earrings.

The fashionista wore lashings of make-up to highlight her pretty facial features and fastened her dark locks up in a neat bun.

Cindy struck a number of poses on the red carpet, glancing back at the dozens of paparazzi lenses trained on her.

© Provided by Daily Mail Glitterati: The model attended the event during the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in France




© Provided by Daily Mail In style: Her garment featured plenty of ruffled detail, with the train of the dress sweeping the floor behind her

Development on Armageddon Time was initially announced in 2019, when it was revealed that director James Gray would be writing and directing the feature.

The American period drama film is described as a coming-of-age story about growing up in Queens in the 1980s and stars Anne Hathaway.

The film will be centred on the filmmaker’s experience at the Kew-Forest School in Queens, New York, where former president Donald Trump was an alumnus.

In the detail: The fashionista wore lashings of make-up to highlight her pretty facial features and wore her hair up in a neat bun

© Provided by Daily Mail

Producer Rodrigo Teixeira previously spoke to Variety about the inspiration behind the semi-autobiographical film.  

‘It’s a personal story for James. You have the whole world of the Trumps dealing with that school and the students who go to that school,’ he said. 

Teixeira added: ‘James is back in the independent world with this film.’

Also starring alongside Anne include Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Strong, Michael Banks and Jaylin Webb.

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The mark of a vibrant town is an equally vibrant town square — and towards that end, a major Houston suburb will break ground next year on a game-changing city center.

A new hub dubbed Memorial Town Square is coming to the bustling Memorial City/77024 area at Barryknoll Lane and Gessner Road, MetroNational, the Houston-based developer, announced.

Plans call for a transformation of Memorial City’s 300 acres, a reimagining of the 1.7 million square-foot Memorial City Mall, new multi-family residential units, an office tower, and office and co-working spaces. Specifically, the 27-acre, 190,000 square-feet of retail in the new Memorial Town Square will debut in 2025; construction will begin in 2023, per a press release.

Visitors can expect more than 40 aspirational and emerging food and lifestyle brands; some 35 percent will be food and beverage, ranging from chef-driven restaurants to fast casual food experiences — all with al fresco dining — per MetroNational.

To enhance the walkability experience, the town square will provide valet and convenient parking, electric car charging stations, private outing and corporate event planning, car washing, and rentals for strollers and baggage, wheelchairs, umbrellas, and cell phone chargers.

Adding to the town square aesthetic, the destination promises walkable streetscapes, lush landscape and a town square centered around expansive green space, all meant to host art, entertainment, and experiential events.

As for the nuts and bolts, MetroNational tasked Gensler as design architect; Office of James Burnett as landscape architect; RSM Design for environmental graphics and wayfinding; RUE as leasing consultant; and Pacific Retail Capital Partners as development consultant. 

“MetroNational has been working towards this day for more than 25 years,” said Jason Johnson, president of MetroNational, in a statement. “Memorial Town Square was designed for the community with the hope that they would one day consider it a part of their daily lives — hence the name. Memorial Town Square gives a nod to the small town feel that only Houstonians know and understand. Houston may be a metropolitan city; however, Houstonians enjoy having a place that feels like it is all their own.”

Some people go through life without ever having a mentor, but the Native SOAR program is working to change that for Indigenous students — whether they’re in kindergarten or doctoral students.

“It’s a recruitment, mentoring and professional development hub that serves our Indigenous students, all the way from kindergarten to graduate students, as well as Arizona educators,” said Native SOAR Director Amanda Cheromiah. 

Native SOAR (Student Outreach Access and Resiliency) is a University of Arizona program providing multigenerational mentoring that is culturally grounded in Indigenous teachings and ways of knowing.

“We center the needs of Indigenous students and provide highly engaging and effective programming for Indigenous students, families and educators at no cost,” the program’s website says.

Before the pandemic hit in 2020, Cheromiah said they were serving about four schools in-person, but they had to adjust to online services amid COVID-19. The opened the program up to students from more than 140 schools across the Southwest.

“With the pandemic, we learned that we have the capacity to serve beyond Indigenous students and really get involved with our Arizona educators who serve Indigenous students,” Cheromiah said, adding they launched their teacher mentoring program virtually.

“The pandemic really caused us to think bigger,” she said. Doing so led the program jto expand to providing professional development services in addition to culturally appropriate curriculum.

With the help of a grant from the Arizona Department of Education, the Native SOAR program at the University of Arizona hopes to expand its mentoring program and provide more quality services to Indigenous students and Arizona educators, both in person and online.

On Tuesday, the Arizona Department of Education announced it had awarded two grants to programs that serve Native American students and families in the state.

“In reviewing data from past years, we know that our Native students deserve more targeted support,” State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman said in a press release. 

“My administration is committed to ensuring that Native students have additional holistic resources inside and outside of the classroom,” she added. “These investments reflect that priority, and we are proud to invest in additional resources for Native communities.”

Native SOAR is one of the recipients, along with the Akimel O’Otham Pee Posh Charter School.

Native SOAR was awarded $1.2 million and Akimel O’Otham Pee Posh Charter School was awarded $598,000.

The grant for the Akimel O’Otham Pee Posh Charter School will be used to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on Gila River Indian Community families by providing high-quality books to establish home libraries for all enrolled preschool and kindergarten students, according to the press release.

“The Gila River Indian Community is a book desert,” Jagdish Sharma, Principal of Akimel O’Otham Pee Posh Charter School, said in a press release. 

“Our serving area has faced the scarcity of quality published content among Native American homes,” Sharma added. “This funding will help close the learning gap created by the pandemic in our community.”

As part of the grant, Cheromiah said Native SOAR will have two years to spend the funding. She said it will be aimed at closing the digital divide in tribal communities and providing mentoring to both students and teachers.

As part of the program, young Indigenous students receive a tablet, providing them access to technology that often isn’t readily available to them.

“The grant will help us to continue creating healing and innovative spaces to encourage students and communities that they are loved, and they are brilliant leaders,” she said. “We look forward to transforming Indigenous education to better serve our communities in this pandemic era.”

Both the grants were funded from funds made available by the American Rescue Plan and are part of Arizona’s ARP School and Community Grantees, according to the Arizona Department of Education. 

All the applications part of the grantee program went through a rigorous state procurement process, and all funded projects share the goal of supporting schools, students, educators and families, the website states.

The department awarded 26 grants in total. For more information on the program, visit www.azed.gov.