https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-edtad-1357d8c CW: Discussion of Suicide/Self-Harm, Substance Abuse For millions of people, Robin Williams will live forever as “Oh Captain, My Captain” and the beloved Genie in “Aladdin.” But the comic genius who rose to meteoric fame after being cast as the charming alien Mork in “Mork and Mindy” and starred in blockbusters like “Mrs. Doubtfire”Continue reading “Robin Williams: Comic Genius, Devoted Friend, and Unwitting Victim to a Devastating Disease”
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Paint Your Palette Blue and Gray: Vincent Van Gogh, Don McLean, & The Starry Starry Night
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iwu7c-1351fa0 CW: Discussion of Suicide/Self Harm Today Vincent Van Gogh is one of the world’s most revered artists, with one of his paintings selling in 1990 for $82.5 million. But Vincent’s life was one of struggle… struggle to decide his career path, to perfect his painting techniques, to find love, to make a name forContinue reading “Paint Your Palette Blue and Gray: Vincent Van Gogh, Don McLean, & The Starry Starry Night”
The Theatre Event That Changed History: Lincoln’s Assassination at Ford’s Theatre
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pgizt-1164a37 April 14, 1865, was “surely one of Abraham Lincoln’s happiest days” but ended with an assassin’s bullet in his brain. Calling on reports from primary documents and other sources, Candy leads Ashley through the night that Booth and his co-conspirators put their murderous plot into action… a plot that called not only for theContinue reading “The Theatre Event That Changed History: Lincoln’s Assassination at Ford’s Theatre”
(Re)Making History in Colonial Williamsburg
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-783fe-1164a2d Once the capital of the Virginia Colony and the center of political, religious, economic, and social life in Virginia, Williamsburg is more commonly known these days for being the site of an immersive living history museum called Colonial Williamsburg. But for scores of filmmakers whose works happen to be set in the 17th century,Continue reading “(Re)Making History in Colonial Williamsburg”
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