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Album: Patsy Cline – The Definitive Collection

Posted by on Oct 21, 2011 in Featured, General, Music | Comments Off on Album: Patsy Cline – The Definitive Collection

Seldom does a voice come along with the expressive soulfulness of Patsy Cline....

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Actor: Gene Kelly

Posted by on Oct 20, 2011 in Actor, Featured | 2 comments

Recently, my wife and I had the opportunity to see Singin’ in the Rain...

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TV Show: See It Now

Posted by on Oct 19, 2011 in Featured, TV Show | Comments Off on TV Show: See It Now

As a brand new medium, everything about television had to be invented from...

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Travel: Sequoia National Park

Posted by on Oct 18, 2011 in Featured, Travel | 1 comment

Ever been somewhere, looked up, and thought, That’s a really big tree....

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Theater: Jersey Boys

Posted by on Oct 17, 2011 in Featured, The Arts, Theater | Comments Off on Theater: Jersey Boys

Were the Four Seasons really that interesting? Maybe. In the hands of writers...

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Sports: Satchel Paige

Posted by on Oct 16, 2011 in Featured, Sports | Comments Off on Sports: Satchel Paige

How many baseball games did pitcher Satchel Paige win? A lot. But it’s...

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Singer: Dion

Posted by on Oct 14, 2011 in Featured, Music, Singer | Comments Off on Singer: Dion

Dion came along during that awkward period between the explosion of rock and...

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Architecture: The Jefferson Memorial

Posted by on Oct 13, 2011 in Architecture, Featured, The Arts | Comments Off on Architecture: The Jefferson Memorial

Thomas Jefferson admired neoclassical architecture, bringing its formal style...

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Music: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Posted by on Oct 12, 2011 in Featured, General, Music | Comments Off on Music: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Take the blues quality of African music. Play it on instruments mostly invented...

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History: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

Posted by on Oct 11, 2011 in Featured, History | 1 comment

Five Marines and a Navy corpsman raised the American flag on the worthless...

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