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The Roles of Vera Reynolds
Celebration today of silent star Vera Reynolds (1899-1962) — not to be confused with Vera Ralston! Reports conflict about where Reynolds was originally from Nebraska or Richmond Virginia. Steve...
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The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity on this...
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Oddments: Several Items of News Concerning Friends of This Blog
Every so often (pretty rarely, in fact) it happens that a number of news items accrue that I’d love to tell the readers of this blog about, and so I bundle them together into their own succotash of a...
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Turning Another Page
Well, our projected three part celebration of Geraldine Page (see my 100th birthday post here) got an unexpected 2.5 installment when we had the honor and privilege of attending a performance of...
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The National Museum of the American Indian Is Still There: But For How Long?
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity on this...
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Buddy Big Mountain: The Native American Ventriloquist
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity on this...
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On “Plymouth Adventure” and Other Bad Mayflower Takes
All claims (by others) to the contrary, I am at most a partial historian, though I have been at it since childhood, when I was a 13 year old Junior Member of the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society of...
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A Bio-Pic About Squanto
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity on this...
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Memorializing Crazy Horse
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity on this...
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For Native American Heritage Day: A Finding Aid to the Corresponding Section...
The day after Thanksgiving is always Native American Heritage Day, a day, I guess, when things are even more Native American Heritagey than they are during Native American Heritage Month, which is all...
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A Meeting Near a Statue
November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity on this...
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Happy Felton: From the Orchestra Pit to the Dugout
Yes, I know this photo makes him seem more like “Sinister Felton” but it was the best photo I could find of Francis “Happy” Felton (1907-1964), prior to the guise he was best known for during the last...
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Woody Allen: More TV Work (1960-72)
November 30 (it turns out) is the birthday of Woody Allen (b. 1935). We used to think it was December 1, but Allen’s recent memoir set the record straight. I originally planned a highly ambitious post...
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100 Years Ago in Berlin: The Launch of the Kabarett der Komiker
The Kabarett der Komiker (the Cabaret of Comedians, often shortened to “Kadeko”) was a Berlin variety venue which throve especially during the Weimar Era. It was founded on December 1, 1924, by a trio...
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R.I.P. Marshall Brickman
How odd to learn one day after Woody Allen’s birthday (from Eve Golden, natch) that one of Allen’s prime collaborators has passed on. Marshall Brickman (1939-2024) was a behind-the-scenes figure,...
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On Comden and Green and Company
This story begins with a New York cabaret act based in Greenwich Village in the late ’30s and early ’40s called The Revuers. We’ve written about two alum of this unusual act: Judy Holiday and Leonard...
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It’s CyberMonday: Perfect Time To Complete The Trav S.D. Section of Your Library
Well, today is an ideal time to pick up one of my works for that show biz loving loved one in your life as a holiday gift. Major online bookdealers are offering 40-50% off today for CyberMonday — I...
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The Bob Dorough Centennial
Having already written about Schoolhouse Rock creators Jack Sheldon and Blossom Dearie, it’s only right that we mark the centennial birthday of contributor even more imported to that educational...
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When Travis Stewart Made the News
With son Cashel at an N-YHS opening. I don’t know of any other photos of me on the job there. When working on the piece about my recently deceased colleague Kathleen Hulser I did some googling to...
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The Spirit of Barbara Fritchie
December 3 was the birthday of Barbara Fritchie (1766-1862). I don’t expect that you will know the name off the bat but I hope you at least possess a vague sense that you have encountered it before....
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