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Summer Palace (颐和园)
The Summer Palace (颐和园, Yiheyuan) is a large imperial garden in Beijing's northwestern suburbs, laid out around Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, first built in 1750 and inscribed by UNESCO in 1998.
Summer Palace (颐和园) (2006 film)
Summer Palace (颐和园) is Lou Ye's 2006 China-France romance drama about lovers Yu Hong and Zhou Wei from 1987 to 2001 against the Tiananmen backdrop; it competed at Cannes 2006, was banned in mainland China, and drew five-year bans on Lou Ye and Nai An.
Summer Paralympic Games
Summer Paralympic Games, also called the Paralympics, elite quadrennial sport competition for athletes with impairments; first held Rome 1960, co-located with Olympics since Seoul 1988, governed by the IPC, next Los Angeles 2028.
Summer Rae
Summer Rae (Danielle Moinet, born 1983) is an American wrestler and valet, WWE 2011–2017; Fandango's dance partner, NXT's first female call-up, released 2017, Royal Rumble 2022.
Summer Rental
Summer Rental is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and starring John Candy as Jack Chester, whose family vacation in Florida leads to a sailing race.
Summer Rose (盛夏芬德拉)
Summer Rose (盛夏芬德拉, Midsummer's Vendela) is a 2025 Chinese vertical-screen micro short drama, 82 episodes, starring Liu Xiaoxu and Guo Yuxin, a contract-marriage romance spin-off of Shen Qing Yin Yi that reached 4.4 billion plays on Hongguo and Douyin.
Summer Sanders
Summer Sanders (born 1972, Roseville, California) is an American swimmer and broadcaster; at Barcelona 1992 she won 200m butterfly and medley relay gold, 200 IM silver, 400 IM bronze, then became a TV host.
Summer savory
Summer savory (Satureja hortensis) is an annual mint-family herb from southeastern Europe to western Asia with mild, peppery, thyme-like leaves; the classic bean herb of European, Acadian, and Newfoundland cooking, milder than winter savory.
Summer School (1987 film)
Summer School is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner, in which gym teacher Freddy Shoop, played by Mark Harmon, is blackmailed into teaching summer remedial English.
Summer Set Music and Camping Festival
The Summer Set Music and Camping Festival, also known as Summer Set Festival, was an EDM and camping festival held from 2012 to 2017 in Somerset, Wisconsin.
Summer Snow
Summer Snow (Nu ren si shi, 女人，四十。) is a 1995 Hong Kong Ann Hui comedy-drama starring Josephine Siao and Roy Chiao about caring for a father-in-law with Alzheimer's; it won the Berlin Silver Bear and six Hong Kong Film Awards. Distinct from the 2014 American and 2015 Korean films of the same title.
Summer solstice
The summer solstice, also called the estival or aestival solstice, is when Earth's axis tilts most toward the Sun, giving the Northern Hemisphere its longest day around June 21.
Summer Sonic Festival (サマーソニック)
Summer Sonic Festival (サマーソニック) is an annual Japanese music festival held each August in the Tokyo and Osaka areas since 2000, known for booking international rock and pop acts alongside Japanese artists.
Summer Stock
Summer Stock (1950) is an MGM musical directed by Charles Walters, starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in their third and final pairing, known for "Get Happy" and Kelly's newspaper dance.
Summer time in Europe
Summer time in Europe: EU-wide daylight saving under Directive 2000/84/EC, clocks forward last Sunday of March, back last Sunday of October; 1916 German origins, 1980 harmonization, and the stalled 2018 proposal to abolish clock changes.
Summer Time Rendering (サマータイムレンダ)
Summer Time Rendering (サマータイムレンダ) is Yasuki Tanaka's time-loop SF suspense manga, serialized on Shonen Jump+ 2017–2021 in 13 volumes, set on Hitogashima modeled on Tomogashima, Wakayama; adapted into a 25-episode 2022 OLM anime streamed by Disney.
Summer Universiade in the Cold War era (1975–1989)
The Cold War-era Summer Universiade covers the eight World University Games editions from Rome 1975 to Duisburg 1989, with participation rising from 617 people to a peak of 5,575 at Zagreb 1987.
Summer vacation
Summer vacation: the extended summer break between school years. OECD averages about 14 weeks of total vacation yearly; length, dates, and learning effects vary by country and district.
Summer Walker
Summer Walker (Summer Marjani Walker, born 1996, Atlanta) is an American R&B singer on LVRN/Interscope, known for the Over It trilogy: Over It (2019, No. 2), Still Over It (2021, No. 1), and Finally Over It (2025), with four Grammy nominations.
Summer Wars (サマーウォーズ)
Summer Wars (サマーウォーズ) is a 2009 Japanese animated film by Mamoru Hosoda, his first original feature after The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, in which math prodigy Kenji Koiso and the Jinnouchi family fight the rogue AI Love Machine in the virtual world OZ; it won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Animation Film.
Summer with Monika
Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika) is Ingmar Bergman's 1953 Swedish drama starring Harriet Andersson and Lars Ekborg, adapted from Per Anders Fogelström's novel, famous for Monika's direct look into the camera and its influence on the French New Wave.
Summerfest
Summerfest is an annual multi-genre music festival on Milwaukee's Lake Michigan lakefront, first held in 1968, drawing about 800,000 people each summer as the self-described world's largest music festival.
Summerfolk
Summerfolk (Дачники, Dachniki) is a four-act play by Maxim Gorky about newly prosperous Russians spending a summer at their dachas, completed in 1904 and first staged in St Petersburg that November.
Summerland (TV series)
Summerland (2004-2005) is an American WB family drama created by Stephen Tolkin and Lori Loughlin, who stars as Ava Gregory raising her three orphaned nephews and niece in California; 26 episodes, canceled after season 2.
Summerlin, Nevada
Summerlin, Nevada: a 22,500-acre master planned community on the western Las Vegas Valley edge, begun 1990 on Howard Hughes land, named for Jean Amelia Summerlin, home to about 127,000 residents.
SummerSlam
SummerSlam, "The Biggest Party of the Summer," is WWE's annual August premium live event, second only to WrestleMania. Debuted 1988 at Madison Square Garden; two nights since 2025; 2026 in Minneapolis.
SummerSlam (1988)
SummerSlam 1988, also SummerSlam '88, was the inaugural SummerSlam pay-per-view held August 29, 1988 at Madison Square Garden; the Mega Powers (Hogan and Savage) beat the Mega Bucks (DiBiase and Andre) after Miss Elizabeth's skirt distraction, and the Ultimate Warrior ended Honky Tonk Man's record Intercontinental reign.
SummerSlam (1991)
SummerSlam 1991, the fourth WWF SummerSlam pay-per-view, held August 26, 1991 at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Known for the Savage-Elizabeth wedding and Hogan & Warrior beating Slaughter's Triangle of Terror.
SummerSlam (1992)
SummerSlam 1992, also WWF SummerSlam '92, was a WWF pay-per-view on August 29, 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London; the first outside North America, drawing 80,355, with British Bulldog beating brother-in-law Bret Hart for the Intercontinental Championship.
SummerSlam (1993)
SummerSlam 1993, the WWF's sixth annual SummerSlam pay-per-view, held August 30, 1993 at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan; Lex Luger beat WWE Champion Yokozuna by count-out after the Lex Express tour, so the title did not change hands.