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Oscar 2013 – A Season of Firsts
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
by Woman Around Town on Playing Around
There will be many firsts at the Oscars this year. Seth MacFarlane will host for the first time. For the first time in 31 years,
Jackie Maxwell Talks About Directing Arena Stage’s Good People
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Jackie Maxwell, artistic director of Canada’s Shaw Festival, was sitting in the Toronto Airport waiting to board a flight for Ireland to visit her mother.
Politics, History, And Heroes Make Great Reading
Sunday, November 18th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Reading Around
The founding fathers were real flesh and blood human beings. The men who landed on the beaches on D-Day were our fathers, brothers, uncles. And
Lincoln – Fighting to Abolish Slavery and Save the Union
Friday, November 9th, 2012
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around
We all know that Abraham Lincoln served as President during the most tumultuous period in American history, and we all know that Lincoln was a
Give Me Liberty, And Give Me Books
Friday, June 29th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Reading Around
Wouldn’t it be great if for just one day, we could put aside politics, and the enmity that goes with it, to just enjoy Independence
Five Places for Holiday Magic This Christmas
Monday, December 5th, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Living Around
Washington D.C is one of the most beautiful and exciting cities in the world. It has a magic and glamour uniquely its own; and that
Woman Around Town: Amanda Foreman—
British View of the Civil War
Monday, July 11th, 2011
by Robin Weaver on Woman Around Town
This year as we mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War, there’s no better place to get a fresh perspective
Woman Around Town: Louise Mirrer—Making History Matter
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
by Robin Weaver on Woman Around Town
Louise Mirrer, CEO and President of the New York Historical Society (NYHS), wrote her Ph.D. dissertation based on a mid-14th century Spanish chronicle that focused
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