A Brief History On June 13, 2010, country music singer and actor, as well as sausage impresario, Jimmy Dean, died at the age of 81 while watching television in his Virginia home. Dean sang some notable hit songs, including “Big Bad John,” but he also recorded a not-so-great hit song in 1972, “Who Put the Leaving in Your Eyes.” Over the many decades since people have been recording songs, many of those songs have been about eyes, or had the word “eyes” in the title or prominently featured that particular body part(s) in the lyrics. Today we take a look…
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A Brief History Biographical musical drama fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Elvis on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 7:00 PM at Cinemark At Valley View and XD in Valley View, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to https://wbtickets.com/HISTORY16ELVIS. Passes are first-come, first-serve. The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience. Therefore, seating is not guaranteed. So, please arrive early! Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Also, fans are encouraged to come dressed in your best Elvis inspired looks to pay tribute to…
A Brief History Historical drama fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Downton Abbey: A New Era on Monday, May 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM at Cinemark At Valley View and XD in Valley View, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to http://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/DOWNTONHHERA16. Passes are first-come, first-serve. The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience. Therefore, seating is not guaranteed. So, please arrive early! Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture event Downton Abbey:…
A Brief History On April 25, 2019, NBA (National Basketball Association) Hall of Famer, John Havlicek, died in Jupiter, Florida at the age of 79. Born in 1940, Havlicek was already 6 years old when the NBA was born. We use this occasion of the passing of an NBA (and Ohio State University) legend to talk about the evolution of the NBA. Digging Deeper In June of 1946, the Basketball Association of America was formed as a major league of professional basketball in the United States and Canada. The BAA started out as a competitor of the already established (1937)…
A Brief History Epic historical fiction action fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see The Northman on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 7:00 PM at Cinemark At Valley View and XD in Valley View, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to https://focusfeaturesscreenings.com/NORTHHHVV20. Passes are first-come, first-serve. The theater is overbooked slightly to ensure a full audience. Therefore, seating is not guaranteed. So, please arrive early! Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows…