Today is the 97th birthday of the musician and composer that contributed the soundtrack to the America experience: Leonard Bernstein. His work spans four decades
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Happy 91st Birthday James Baldwin
Today is the 91st birthday of the poet James Baldwin. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss
Happy 111th Birthday Margaret Bourke-White
Today is the 111th birthday of the photographer Margaret Bourke-White. I didn’t know a lot about her before I started to research on iconic photographs
Happy 98th Birthday I. M. Pei
Today is the 98th birthday of the architect I.M. Pei. I first witnessed his work in person with the I. Magnin on Pine, the store
Happy Birthday Yoko Ono
Today is the 82nd birthday of Yoko Ono. First, let’s think about how it is strange to attach an age to her, and now let’s
Happy Birthday Jackson Pollock
Today is the 103rd birthday of Jackson Pollock. Some of his art pushes some people’s definitions of art because they do not see it as
Happy Birthday Andreas Feininger
Today is the 108th birthday of the photographer Andreas Feininger. His photography of New York City makes the viewer fall in love with the buildings
Happy Birthday Henry Miller
Today is the 123rd birthday of the author Henry Miller. I first was introduced to him through Arthur Miller, they were practically next to each
Happy Birthday Oscar Niemeyer
Today is the 107th birthday of Oscar Niemeyer, perhaps the last of the real modernist architects. His buildings look like film sets of what mid-century designers
Happy Birthday Louis Prima
Today is the 103rd birthday of Louis Prima. NAME: Louis Prima OCCUPATION: Actor, Trumpet Player, Singer, Songwriter BIRTH DATE: December 7, 1911 DEATH DATE: August
