The third in Libby Skala's trilogy of solo shows dramatizing her own family history engages our emotions while respecting our intelligence and leaving us feeling uplifted.
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TV Review: ‘American Experience’ – ‘JFK’
The American Experience examines the life and times of the 35th President of the United States.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker’ by Chuck Haddix
Filled with illuminating anecdotes from the people who knew the man, who saw at his best, who saw him at his worst.
Read More »Interview with Julia Ibbotson, Author of ‘The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen’
"When I told colleagues about our Victorian house, the village and the stories from its history, they begged me to write a book about it – so I did!"
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Treasures of Bruce Lee’ by Paul Bowman
Like a portable museum for true fans of the martial arts legend.
Read More »DVD Review: The Imposter
The Imposter proves that what goes on behind closed doors (and minds) is more horrifying than the scariest horror movie
Read More »Book Review: Desperate Sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the Secret Bands of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War by Les Standiford
Go back in history and view the beginning of the American Revolution through the eyes of its participants.
Read More »Some Thoughts on Jon Meacham’s Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Meacham's Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power has much to teach us about realpolitik.
Read More »Book Review: With Robert Lowell and His Circle by Kathleen Spivack
The best introduction to the world of American poetry in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s you're liable to read.
Read More »An Interview with Kerry Soper About His Book, We Go Pogo: Walt Kelly, Politics, and American Satire
We have met Kerry Soper and he explains why he wrote a biography on Walt Kelly, creator of Pogo, and what he learned in the process.
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