A Brief History On November 13, 2017, in the United States we celebrate the annual chance for unmarried spinsters to catch themselves a husband in the Sadie Hawkins Day race for freedom. Started by cartoonist Al Capp in his Lil Abner cartoon back in 1937, the race pits unmarried women against eligible bachelors, with the only rule being if she catches him, she keeps him! Digging Deeper The story in the comic strip is about a 35 year old denizen of Dogpatch, unmarried at that advanced age and facing spinsterhood. Her father, a big deal in those parts (major potato…
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A Brief History Superhero fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland to see Justice League on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 7:00 PM in Valley View, Ohio! Please visit WBTickets.com and enter the code JLadvance1 for the chance to download a pass. Passes are limited and seating is first-come, first-served and not guaranteed. Please arrive early to increase chance of entry. Digging Deeper Justice League is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name, consisting of Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the…
A Brief History On November 12, 1985, fans of Mixed Martial Arts fighting got an early Christmas present when the little girl that would grow up to become the hottest ring girl in MMA was born. Penelope Lopez Marquez was born (appropriately) in Las Vegas, Nevada, although you would know her better as Arianny Celeste. Today the lovely miss turns 32 years old and looks 10 years younger. Digging Deeper Celeste made her debut as an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ring girl in 2006, of course in her native Las Vegas. She went on to great acclaim for her beauty…
A Brief History Dark comedic drama fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland to see Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri on Monday, November 13, 2017 at 7:00 PM at Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio! Please visit http://www.foxsearchlightscreenings.com/3BBJCU for the chance to download a pass. Passes are limited and seating is first-come, first-served and not guaranteed. Please arrive early to increase chance of entry. Digging Deeper THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a dark comedic drama from Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh (IN BRUGES). After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder…
A Brief History On November 11, 1993, a sculpture honoring the women that served in the Vietnam War was dedicated at the site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The two acre site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was established in 1982, and consists of “The Wall,” “The Three Soldiers,” and since 1993, the “Vietnam Women’s Memorial.” Digging Deeper The Vietnam Women’s Memorial is a sculpture by Glenna Goodacre (nee Maxey), of Lubbock, Texas. She is a graduate of Colorado and has lived in New Mexico since 1983. (She is now 78 years old.) The sculpture consists of…