Chaplin The Musical is a good – but not great Broadway production. However, I have been attending Broadway plays and musicals for 3 decades and I have rarely seen a better performance than that given by Rob McLure in the … Continue reading
“Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” Julia Child Julia Child was the first celebrity chef on television. Her influence was so great that her kitchen has been preserved in the Smithsonian Institute! An entire generation … Continue reading
I often speak to audiences comprised of older adults. It is always a joy for me to hear their enthusiastic response to presentations about history! Just as enjoyable for me, however, is listening to their stories. In 2012 I did a presentation … Continue reading
“My Darling Clementine” A powerful film about the moment when a frontier becomes a civilization – and a community decides to live under the law. On the surface, this 1946 John Ford classic film is simply one of the greatest Westerns ever … Continue reading
This marvelous little movie is about what happens when traditional American values are confronted by the realities of a changing economy. The plot sounds like it was “ripped from the headlines,” but the film is now 22 years old. While … Continue reading