A Brief History On November 22, 2021, we take a look at the three major motion pictures based on the 1965 Frank Herbert science fiction novel, Dune, along with the television miniseries on the same topic. Digging Deeper The first effort to produce a Dune themed motion picture came as early as 1973, with the Alejandro Jodorowsky proposed film prepared to feature an incredible cast of major stars and celebrities, including Orson Welles, Salvador Dali, Hervé Villechaize (the actor that played “Tattoo” on the television series Fantasy Island), Gloria Swanson, Geraldine Chaplin and Mick Jagger. Music would be supplied by…
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A Brief History On November 15, 2021, jury instructions and final arguments occurred in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, an 18 year old defendant who was 17 years old when he shot and killed two rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin and wounded another in a clear case of self-defense. After the unrest across the United States regarding police shootings of African Americans, numerous cities experienced protests that turned into riots, complete with vandalism, arson, looting, and violence. In August of 2020, Kenosha, Wisconsin became one of those venues of unrest and the scene of the now infamous confrontation that cost…
A Brief History Biographical crime drama fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see House of Gucci on Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 7:00 PM at Silverspot Cinema Pinecrest in Orange Village, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to http://uareleasingscreenings.com/HHGUCCI18. 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 House of Gucci is inspired by the shocking true story of the family empire behind the Italian fashion house of…
A Brief History Biographical drama fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see King Richard on Monday, November 15, 2021 at 7:00 PM at Regal Crocker Park Stadium 16 & IMAX in Westlake, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to http://wbtickets.com/KINGHISTORY15. 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 King Richard stars Will Smith as Richard Williams the father of Venus and Serena. Armed…
A Brief History On November 8, 1837, Mary Lyon founded Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later became Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Earlier, Lyon had founded Wheaton Female Seminary, also in Massachusetts. Despite the title word “Seminary” in the colleges founded by Mary Lyon, she was neither a clergy person nor creating a school for future clergy, although she was indeed a devout Christian. Today we take a look at some religious beliefs that are likely to confuse, confound or perhaps totally discombobulate those persons not of that particular set of beliefs. (No value judgements are made or…