Today is the 153rd birthday of the larger-than-life Molly Brown. If Thelma Ritter, Tammy Grimes, Debbie Reynolds, Cloris Leachman and Kathy Bates play you in
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Happy 120th Birthday Alexander Calder
Today is the 120th birthday of Alexander Calder. I am lucky enough to live in a city where I can visit (and walk through) an
Happy 151st Birthday Molly Brown
Today is the 151st birthday of the larger-than-life Molly Brown. If Thelma Ritter, Tammy Grimes, Debbie Reynolds, Cloris Leachman and Kathy Bates play you in a
Happy 208th Birthday PT Barnum
Today is the 208th birthday of the man who created The Greatest Show on Earth: P.T. Barnum. The man had hustle. He has this phrase
Happy 73rd Birthday Debbie Harry
Today is the 73rd birthday of the singer/actor/rebel/badass Debbie Harry. Blondie’s album Parallel Lines is still one of my very favorite albums to this day.
Happy 101st Birthday Irving Penn
Today is the 101st birthday of the photographer Irving Penn. His images are so very distinctly his. They are hauntingly beautiful and capture something just
Happy 103rd Birthday Barbara Pepper
Today is the 103rd birthday of the character actress who’s picture you will see and think “Oh my God, ya, her!” Barbara Pepper is one
Goodbye April, Hello May
I read I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara. I finished it three days
Happy 86th Birthday Halston
Today is the 86th birthday of Halston. He is one of the first luxury designers to produce a mainstream main street line that let everyone woman
Happy 132nd Birthday Edward Weston
Today is the 132nd birthday of the photographer Edward Weston. His images are hauntingly beautiful. The world is a better place because he was in
Happy 131st Birthday Chico Marx
Today is the 131st birthday of the oldest Marx Brother: Chico Marx. The world is a better place because he is in it and still
Happy 117th Birthday William H. Johnson
Today is the 117th birthday of the artist William H. Johnson. His primitive style of painting African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance has become the
