Special Delivery
The U.S. Postal Service has honored RAY CHARLES with a Forever stamp, and Concord has marked the occasion…
Author: David McGee
Sail On, Friend, Sail On
PHILIP CHEVRON, guitarist-songwriter for THE POGUES, lost his battle with cancer on Oct. 8. Herewith a friend reflects…
Video Moment for the Ages
Capitalizing on the global acclaim for tTHE COMEBACK ALBUM, ERIC BRACE and PETER COOPER have released 'The Greatest…
‘Perhaps the Richest Body of Stories by Any North American Writer of His Generation’
THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA is publishing a two-volume set of John Updike's Collected Stories. CHRISTOPHER CARDUFF, the estate-appointed…
Beethoven’s Day
Composer RICHARD WAGNER was always quick to dash off polemics on various subjects. He first wrote about BEETHOVEN…
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Remade and reimagined (even on a Gilligan's Island episode) many times, Irving Pichel's 1932 classic original of THE…
‘I Will Imagine You Venus To Night’
To his beloved FANNY BRAWNE JOHN KEATS wrote some of the most torrid and revealing love letters in…
Galen Clark
The Yosemite Valley's first Guardian, GALEN CLARK taught others about the mysteries of the giant sequoias and worked…
A Visit with Author/Illustrator Kristi Valiant
JULES chats with author/illustrator KRISTI VALIANT, whose new book PENGUIN CHA-CHA is picking up rave reviews everywhere.
Exquisite
Jazz pianist THOMAS SNOW goes Americana on his memorable new album, FRIENDS, and gets a major assist in…