This weekend I had the opportunity to go on a behind-the-scenes visit to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre at an event sponsored by the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation (LAHTF). We were led from lobby to basement to backstage and on up into the inner sanctum of the special VIP seating. It was quite a thrill.
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Yesterday I walked over to my branch library and applied for my Los Angeles library card. I couldn’t leave without perusing the bookshelves, and there in the “973” category of the Dewey decimal system I found an illustrated book for adults called Frontier Living.
Call me “easy to please,” but I thought this was terrific! (I also loved the fact that the 1961 copyright pre-dated zip codes; the book was published in “Cleveland 2, Ohio.”)
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Most of us love going to the movies. Whether we are there to be entertained, enlightened, or to be exposed to other worlds, we love sitting in the darkened theater to “be told a new story.”
National Park Week Celebration Continues: The Movies 100 Years Ago Read More »
Every April 15 Americans face a day of tax reckoning. (When April 15 is a Sunday as it was this year, then the filing deadline is April 16, and this year the fact that Washington, D.C. is celebrating Emancipation Day as a holiday today has moved the filing deadline to April 17.)
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How did Friday the 13th become a day surrounded by superstition? In checking into the background of it, I was surprised to learn that Friday itself has long been viewed
Friday the Thirteenth in America Read More »
The United States Constitution is one of the most influential political documents of all time, and it is the cornerstone that supports our liberty.
Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, or an interested citizen, what if you could explain the Constitution and the disagreements that led to its crafting in about an hour?
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