A Brief History Computer-animated monster comedy fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Hotel Transylvania: Transformania on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 7:00PM! For your chance to watch a virtual screening, please log on to http://amazonscreenings.com/HT4historyandheadlines. The link is good for the first 25 people who click on it. Digging Deeper Tips for Amazon Virtual Screenings: Amazon Studios Virtual Screening AmazonScreenings.com How To RSVP + What to Expect Log-in or create a user account with AmazonScreenings.com, then redeem the code to RSVP for the screening. You’ll receive an automatic confirmation…
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A Brief History On January 3, 2022, we take a look at the latest movie in the Matrix movie franchise, The Matrix Resurrections that we screened shortly after its release (December 22, 2021). Having watched all 3 of the previous Matrix movies (all starring Keanu Reeves as Neo), and even going so far as to re-watch them all in succession prior to screening the latest edition, we felt prepared to make an appropriate analysis of the new edition in the film franchise. Digging Deeper Several things jump right out at you when you see this new film. First, “Neo,” aka…
A Brief History Hello, everyone! I am Dr. Zar. Today, I wish all of my family, friends, colleagues, students, and subscribers a Happy New Year, Bonne année, and Frohes neues Jahr! Digging Deeper To learn more about some notable events that happened on this day in history, please visit the category for today’s day on our website: https://www.historyandheadlines.com/category/january/january-1/. You can also watch a brief overview of these events in a video on our YouTube channel. Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: What are you most looking forward to in 2022? Also, do you have a New Year’s resolution that…
A Brief History Today, January 27th, 2021 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day, we commemorate the tragedy of the Holocaust, the genocide that resulted in the deaths of 6 million Jews and 11 million others. Digging Deeper This playlist presents a variety of videos by myself and my colleagues on the history of anti-Semitism before, during, and after the Holocaust. The preceding videos have covered just some of the tragic history of anti-Semitism. It is our hope that through education, we can help prevent such tragedies from occurring again. Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: What can…
A Brief History On January 25, 1881, 2 of the great names in the annals of inventions teamed up to form the Oriental Telephone Company. Harnessing the invention of Alexander Graham Bell for commercial purposes, Bell teamed with Thomas Edison, the Anglo-Indian Telephone Company and the Oriental Telephone Company of New York to form the new enterprise to sell telephones and related equipment in the Mediterranean and Near East areas as well as India and the Far East. Bell became the first to patent the telephone in 1876, providing the first method of long-distance voice transmission. Prior to his invention,…