This 20-foot-tall No. 2 pencil was once a beloved 180-year-old oak tree. Now it’s the star of a bizarrely wholesome ritual.

by handing out purple pencils on what would have been his 67th birthday. Rachel Hyman said she flew from Chicago on Friday for the event, which a friend told her about. “Some man is sharpening a ...

Residents will gather Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall (6-meter-tall) pencil was sculpted out of a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall (6-meter ...

Throngs of people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-feet-tall pencil was sculpted out of ...

MINNEAPOLIS – More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall (6-meter-tall ...

More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil. The 20-foot-tall (6-meter-tall) pencil was ...

More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a sunlit apartment-turned-art-studio tucked in the Santa Marta senior living community, 99-year-old ...

Colorful displays of the iconic and beloved video game, PAC-MAN, can be seen at the “Journey through the maze: 45 years of PAC-MAN” exhibit at the Great Park in Irvine on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

"Everybody knows a pencil. You see it in school, you see it in people's work, or drawings ... have been his 67th birthday. Rachel Hyman said she flew from Chicago on Friday for the event, which a ...