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  • Mel Brooks

    Private Venue

    Mel Brooks wrote, directed, and starred in some of the funniest movies of all time. He even wrote the music for them! As a TV writer, working for the great Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks contributed to perhaps the funniest TV … Continue reading

  • Wedding Ceremony

    Private Venue

     You are seeing this notice because this block of time has been put aside for one of my favorite speaking opportunities! To learn more about my work as a wedding officiant, please click here. I am so blessed and so … Continue reading

  • TV By The Decades: Television in the 1960s

    Private Venue

    TV in the 1960s The 1960s were definitely one of TV's oddest decades! The 1960s began with Westerns dominating the ratings! The old West soap opera Bonanza became the most popular show on the air. One after another competing show … Continue reading

  • America’s Greatest First Ladies

    Lake Forest Library 360 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

      Who were America's Greatest First Ladies? Nobody actually knows! Today, the press and public pay great attention to the President's spouse. However, the Founders did not give the role of the First Lady so much as the Founding Fathers … Continue reading

  • The Mafia And The Building Of Las Vegas

    Private Venue

    Fabulous Las Vegas has gone through several fascinating eras! It was a desert town that grew when the railroads came through. Las Vegas accommodated the railroad workers, a wide-open culture of brothels, saloons, and gambling developed in the dusty desert … Continue reading

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  • Steve Martin

    Lake Forest Library 360 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

    A common cliché in show business is to refer to someone as "one of a kind." Often that is hyperbole. But in the case of Steve Martin, it is literally true! There is no one who has a skill set … Continue reading

  • Wedding Ceremony

    Private Venue

     You are seeing this notice because this block of time has been put aside for one of my favorite speaking opportunities! To learn more about my work as a wedding officiant, please click here. I am so blessed and so … Continue reading

  • America’s Greatest First Ladies

    Zoom

      Who were America's Greatest First Ladies? Nobody really knows! Today, the press and public pay great attention to the President's spouse. However, the role of the First Lady was not given so much as a moment's thought by the Founding … Continue reading

  • America’s Greatest First Ladies

    Zoom

      Who were America's Greatest First Ladies? Nobody really knows! Today, the press and public pay great attention to the President's spouse. However, the role of the First Lady was not given so much as a moment's thought by the Founding … Continue reading