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Showing posts with label The Entertainers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Entertainers. Show all posts
28 June 2011

The Entertainers: Parlor Games

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By Jennifer Linforth In researching my new novel, I stumbled into the world of parlor games. I needed one for the opening of this book an...
27 June 2011

The Entertainers: Mathematical Water Theater

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By Lisa Marie Wilkinson The Cyclone at Coney Island Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Six Flags Magic Mo...
24 June 2011

The Entertainers: Jugglers and others in the Middle Ages

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By Lindsay Townsend In the Middle Ages, professional musicians and minstrels were highly thought of and ranked in royal and noble household...
22 June 2011

The Entertainers: Buffalo Bill Cody

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By Carrie Lofty As with most legends of the American West, the factual details of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's life...
21 June 2011

The Entertainers: Will Rogers

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By Elizabeth Lane Will Rogers died before I was born.   I never saw any of his movies or heard his voice on the radio.   But I feel as ...
20 June 2011

The Entertainers: Hurdy Gurdy Girls

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By: Jacquie Rogers When a man puts in over sixty hours of backbreaking labor in the mines, or punches cattle from dawn to dark every day,...
15 June 2011

The Entertainers: Mary Pickford

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by Lorelie Brown Last time I was here, I talked about Clara Bow , so I figured with this month’s topic I pretty much had to do Mary ...
14 June 2011

The Entertainers: Disciples of the Pear Garden

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Jeannie Lin The Tang Dynasty was a golden age for the arts in imperial China and the theater was no exception. In the 8th century, Emperor...
12 June 2011

The Entertainers: Women in Restoration Theater

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Anna C. Bowling Come with me on a trip to London, 1660. With the return of Charles II to the throne, England has undergone amazing change...
08 June 2011

The Entertainers: Mae West

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By Delia DeLeest "Give a Man a Free Hand and He'll Run It All Over You." - Mae West First there was theater, then vaudevill...
07 June 2011

The Entertainers: George M. Cohan

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By: Isabel Roman George Michael Cohan became the stuff theatrical legends are made of, so it shouldn't be surprising that he instigat...
01 June 2011

The Entertainers: Famed Poets and Musicians of Moorish Spain

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By Lisa Yarde When the Moors invaded Spain in the eighth century, they brought the classical traditions of a rich culture steeped in the a...