A Brief History On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, a limited number of you have a chance at watching a virtual screening of Sound of Metal at 7:30PM. The film is an awards-worthy drama from first-time director Darius Marder. The film features both high-caliber performances and innovative craftsmanship, leading this film to be a major awards contender. The film uses the specific story of a musician losing his hearing to tell a more universal, emotionally uplifting story of adapting to whatever life experiences may come our way. It stars Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke. Digging Deeper To reserve a spot for…
Browsing: November 17
A Brief History On November 17, 2019, we celebrate another one of those made up holidays (actually, ALL holidays are made up holidays), National Homemade Bread Day. Obviously, the fact that we have to have a day to celebrate homemade bread means Americans have gotten away from baking bread at home and almost exclusively buy bread from stores and bakeries. The subject of bread brings up certain questions, which we will try to answer! Digging Deeper What Was the Greatest Thing Before Sliced Bread? A topic so important, we have previously addressed this question in its own article. A partial…
A Brief History On November 17, 1858, Denver, Colorado, the town that bills itself as “The Mile High City” because of its elevation of 5280 feet above sea level, exactly 1 US mile, was founded. Denver became the capital of the State of Colorado when Colorado was admitted to the Union as the 38th State in 1876, and today the Denver metropolitan area has fully one half of all of Colorado’s population. A “Big League City” today, Denver boasts the Major League (National League) Rockies of baseball, the Broncos of the National Football League, the Nuggets of the National Basketball…
A Brief History On November 17, 2017, the DC Comics inspired superhero action movie Justice League makes its nationwide premier in theaters across the USA. Featuring some of our favorite comic book superheroes, such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg, a struggle to save the world by forming an impressive coalition of heroes comes across the screen in large, vivid color, with enough action to keep even narcoleptics awake! Digging Deeper With a first-rate cast of Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ben Afleck, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller and Ray Fisher as our heroes, the film has the…
A Brief History On November 17, 1993, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution establishing the North American Free Trade Agreement, normally referred to as NAFTA, a trade treaty between the United States, Canada and Mexico that has generated bitter political debate ever since. The agreement became effective as of January 1, 1994. Digging Deeper The trade treaty replaced a previous trade agreement between the US and Canada called the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (effective January 1, 1988), and serves to reduce or eliminate barriers to trade between the US and its neighbors, creating a free trade…
