America’s Got Talent 2017 Mandy Harvey

November 15, 2019June 25, 2023

Music of the Week: May 20, 2022: Lavinia Meijer plays Philip Glass: Metamorphosis II

May 20, 2022June 25, 2023

Another beautiful “minimalist” piece of music for this week, the mesmerizing Metamorphosis II by Philip Glass, originally composed for solo piano. This is an exceptional version for the harp adapted and performed by Dutch harpist

Food for the Soul Audio: The Art of Survival

April 16, 2020June 25, 2023

Nina Heyn is Your Culture Scout – the author of the Food for the Soul column and the creator of the Food for the Soul podcast. Every year, Nina spends an inordinate amount of time

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

March 17, 2017September 10, 2022

Related Reading: St. Patrick’s Day on Wikipedia

Let’s Go to the Movies: January 24, 2019

January 22, 2019June 25, 2023

In Let’s Go to the Movies, I will review All the Queen’s Horses. The documentary tells the story of the city comptroller of Dixon, IL (pop. 15,733) — Rita Crundwell, who stole $53 million from