Like so many things in American life, this momentous and catastrophic event should teach us a lot but has instead gone down the memory hole.
The brilliant writer offered unblinking insight into hard-luck characters on the fringe of society, yet his own inner world remained elusive during his short life.
The recent controversy over country singer Luke Combs’s surprise hit cover obscures the deeper history of Chapman and her cultural movement in powerful ways.
In the 1979 cult classic The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, a down-on-their-luck basketball team called the Pittsburgh Pythons is desperate for a change of fortune. They lose constantly, despite being led by the legendary Julius “Dr. J” Erving, and in a strange twist they turn to an astrologer (Stockard Channing) for help…
The Fourth of July Hmong Freedom Celebration, known simply by attendees as J4, is the largest gathering of Hmong people in the United States. Since the late 1970s, tens of thousands of Hmong from across the United States and the world gather in St. Paul, Minnesota for the annual summer sports and culture festival.
My close friend who lived to 81 worked on a Ph.D. in history until five months past her […]
Panic in Echo Park provides a fascinating slice-of-life take on 1970s LA, as well as Hollywood’s awkward effort to be more inclusive and with-it.
They say that comedy is tragedy plus time; one could say the same for nostalgia, but in any case, the key ingredient is time.