Taming of the Shrew Katharine, the Shrew, was the eldest daughter of Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua. She was a lady of such an ungovernable spirit and fiery temper, such a loud-tongued…
Broadway PlayCopenhagenOff-Broadway PlayDinner with Friends Play RevivalA Moon for the MisbegottenActor in a PlayDerek Jacobi, Uncle VanyaActress in a PlayEileen Heckart, The Waverly…
Director/Writer: Morgan J. Freeman Samuel Goldwyn Films; R; 87 minutesRelease: Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, John Heard, Christina Ricci/99Cast: Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, John Heard…
The world's most famous ship sunk on April 15, 1912
by Beth Rowen
The Ship vs. The Film
• Titanic, the ship, was one of the largest movable objects ever built, measuring in at…
Last NightMay 1865Where were you last night? I watched at the gate;
I went down early, I stayed down late.
Were you snug at home, I should like to know,
Or were you in the coppice wheedling…
James Poyas, pictured here in a daguerrotype taken shortly before his death in 1850, was one of many Ball men to father children by slaves.The black descendants of Ball slaves interviewed for…
Frederick and Catherine There was once a man called Frederick: he had a wife whose name was Catherine, and they had not long been married. One day Frederick said. 'Kate! I am going to work in…
