FOUND: The only known film of Louis Armstrong in a recording studio. (video)
NEW YORK (AP) — The Louis Armstrong House Museum has acquired the only known film of the great jazz musician …
History
Alice asked, “How long is forever?” The White Rabbit responded, “Sometimes, just one second.”
An original 1865 edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Lewis Carroll fantasy that went on to become one of the most …
Lesser-known Broadway musicals can be magical, too.
One autumn a long time ago—when I was just two months short of turning eleven—there opened on Broadway a musical with a plot set …
“Pay up, you blowhard.”
Those are the words that Dr. Giuseppe Rossi, the surgeon who saved Andy Warhol’s life, wrote on the outside of an …
Brutalist Architecture. A new book is in the works.
Reyner Banham defined Brutalist buildings as being “1, Formal legibility of a plan; 2, Clear exhibition of Structure; and 3, Valuation …
You think this year’s Presidential candidates are odd?
They are. But, it’s not a new phenomenon. There have been some real pips who’ve run for President. Harold Stassen …
Not the best question to ask a gay guy: “So what does your wife do?”
I’m a writer in the financial services and asset management industry. Some years ago, a new manager came to lead …
Happy New Year, 1949. Burns and Allen style.
“Blow your little horn, dear.” Enjoy their low-key humor. But know that while their comedy was simple and often silly, …
Classic books, cocktails, and connections.
I’m a long-time fan of Abe’s Books. Their emails and posts are imaginative, clever, and—for book loves—totally engaging. (Abe’s also …
Sicilian cuisine coming to Baltimore. Classy Sicilian.
Italian food speaks to me like the very tiny cake spoke, in currents, to Alice, “Mangiami.” A few weeks ago …
Herbie Butterworth has a pet. A pet that’s perfect for Halloween. Listen.
Herbie Butterworth says, “This here fly is 8 inches long.” Typically, flies are just a minor annoyance. They’re constantly searching for …
Halloween treat: Agnes Moorehead in Sorry, Wrong Number
Essentially a spellbinding one woman show, the radio version of Sorry Wrong Number—penned by mystery and suspense writer—Lucille Fletcher, is a grueling, …
NASA publishes entire Apollo photo archive to Flickr.
More than 8,400 high-resolution photographs captured during NASA’s Apollo moon landings have been released on Flickr, featuring every single image taken …
Football changed television. September 21, 1970.
When television viewers across the country tuned to ABC TV on this September Monday night 45 years ago they were treated …
A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Procol Harum’s Robin Trower coming to Maryland
First, your reference point. A music video produced before there was such a term. Converted from an original Scopitone 16mm …
FBI releases footage connected to Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist.
UPDATE, JUNE 2O, 2017 — I’m fascinated by art forgery and art heists. Regarding the forgers, it’s their personalities and motives …
Hear Reese Witherspoon read the first chapter of Go Set a Watchman
The newspaper, The Guardian, is a self-described center-left British national daily. Founded in 1821 as a local paper replacing the …