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Oh, Canada! A Week in Alberta
Friday, August 17th, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Living Around
Day 1 The Frolik family had its annual Park Getaway trip together and this year we (by “we” I mean myself, my parents, my brother
Unbroken: Laura Hillenbrand’s Story of Survival
Sunday, August 5th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
As a child, Louie Zamperini was a whirlwind. The son of Italian immigrants, he was born in Olean, New York, but grew up in Torrance,
Kirk Douglas’s I Am Spartacus!: Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
Kirk Douglas was born in my hometown, Amsterdam, New York. Growing up, my mother would tell me stories about sitting next to Issur Danielovitch in
Starting Over, Comprende?Beginning a New Life in Mexico
Friday, May 18th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
Here’s the pitch: Two technology executives, living the good life in Portland, Oregon, their home with $1 million views of Mt. Hood and Mt. St.
Fire and Ice—Hindenburg and Titanic At the National Postal Museum
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. Fire and Ice, Robert Frost What is it about the two disasters—the Hindenburg
The Big Apple Circus Presents Dream Big
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
It would’ve been hard to do something else, to as it were, run away from the circus and become an accountant. Samuel West The six
Coming Home
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
by Stacey Walz on Living Around
It is the afternoon of June 29, 2011 and I’m standing in my vacant German flat. The movers left just minutes earlier with our countless
Voca People—Talented Aliens Sing Earthly Songs
Monday, July 4th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around
Billed as Blue Man Group meets Glee!, the off-Broadway show Voca People is actually B-52’s meet the Coneheads. Energetic musicians meets wise-guy aliens. Huh, you
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