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September 21, 2015 (September 22, 2015)

The Man That Got Away

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Harold Arlen wrote the soundtrack to long nighttime walks on wet streets, to the staring contests we hold with memory out of the windows of our lonely room, to the melancholy […]

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September 17, 2015 (September 17, 2015)

Throwbacklist Thursday

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George Hamilton IV departed the world two years ago today. Unrelated to the actor and tanning phenomenon of the same name, IV, as he was sometimes called, ambled out of […]

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August 28, 2015 (August 28, 2015)

Bird’s birthday brings celebration to Kansas City

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On August 29, 1920 Charles Parker, Jr. was born in Kansas City, Kansas. As Chuck Haddix writes in Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, the jazz icon’s launching […]

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August 24, 2015

Tami Williams receives UWM Research in the Humanities Award

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Tami Williams has received the 2015 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Research in the Humanities Award for her book Germaine Dulac: A Cinema of Sensations. The UWM Office of Research & Graduate School, in announcing the […]

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August 19, 2015 (August 19, 2015)

The world’s a nicer place

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In the 1800s, crowds flocked to watch balloon ascensions for many of the same reasons they go to stock car races. You got to see an odd vehicle do amazing […]

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August 14, 2015 (August 13, 2015)

Pretty Good company for Murphy Hicks Henry

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Murphy Hicks Henry, author of Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass, has been given a Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Musical Association (IBMA). The award is […]

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August 5, 2015 (August 4, 2015)

New in paperback: spotlight on music makers

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This month brings a number of new in paperback releases from the Fall 2015 season including four titles that delve into the deep well of of American music. George Gershwin: […]

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July 22, 2015 (July 20, 2015)

Regina Anderson Andrews biography wins Wheatley Book Award

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Ethelene Whitmire has received  the 2015 Wheatley Book Award for First Nonfiction for her book Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian. The Wheatly Awards are presented by QBR: The Black Book Review and the Harlem […]

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July 8, 2015 (July 14, 2015)

Q&A with The Magic World of Orson Welles author James Naremore

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James Naremore is Chancellors’ Professor Emeritus at Indiana University. He answered some questions about the new Centennial Anniversary Edition of his touchstone work The Magic World of Orson Welles. Q: […]

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July 6, 2015 (June 9, 2015)

Daisy Turner’s words

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Daisy Turner was a woman of many words. The storyteller and poet was a living repository of history. She related the stories of her own family, from the abduction of […]

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May 27, 2015 (May 22, 2015)

Michael Hicks signs Choir biography at BookExpo America

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Author Michael Hicks will be signing copies of his book The Mormon Tabernacle Choir:  A Biography at BookExpo America on Thursday, May 28 at 11am EDT. BookExpo America (BEA) is […]

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March 6, 2015 (March 5, 2015)

From aeromotive to aerospace

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When aviation pioneer Octave Chanute died in 1910, no one could have dreamed that man would not only conquer the air, but venture into outer space. Five years after Chanute’s […]

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