"SHENANDOAH" AND THE ATTIC OF OUR PAST

A shrill song is stuck in our heads. Once it plays out, we should listen to the old tunes.

FOLKIESThe AtticOctober 8, 2018Folk music, Music, Shenandoah, Shenandoah National Park Comments

ART FROM THE ALLEYS -- THE ASHCAN SCHOOL

American art was pretty and pink until The Ashcan School took the streets as its canvas.

ART-ISHThe AtticOctober 8, 2018Ashcan School, Glackens, Robert Henri, John Sloan, American Art Comments

THIS IS LONDON!

Radio news was dead on arrival until Edward R. Murrow went live from the rooftops of London.

History, HEROESThe AtticOctober 5, 2018Edward R. Murrow, Hear it Now, World War II, London Blitz, Radio Comments

MISS MITCHELL'S COMET

Alone on an island rooftop, Maria Mitchell’s telescope “swept” the stars. Could a woman calculate the clockwork of heaven?

DREAMERSThe AtticOctober 3, 2018Maria Mitchell, Astronomy, Vassar, Comets Comments

THE SOUL OF A MAN

The guitar growls, moans, weeps. A bass riff surrenders to a squeal of pain. . .

FOLKIESThe AtticOctober 2, 2018Blues, Music, Folk musicComment

LANGSTON HUGHES -- "LET AMERICA BE AMERICA AGAIN"

How Langston Hughes touched bottom during the Depression and wrote an American anthem.

BOOK-ISH, DEMOCRACYThe AtticOctober 1, 2018American dream, Lit, People of Color Comments

BACK TO "HARLAN COUNTY, USA"

Coal miners distrusted Barbara Kopple until she hunkered down with them -- for three years -- and came home with a living, breathing masterpiece.

THE CHICKEN WHO SAVED BASEBALL

Baseball was a fading relic. Then a Chaplinesque college kid put on a chicken suit.

Humor, WITSThe AtticSeptember 14, 2018San Diego Chicken, Baseball, Ted Giannoulas, San Diego Padres Comments

IN THE ORCHARD OF DOLORES HUERTA

Single mother of seven, Dolores Huerta left her teaching job and went into the fields. The United Farm Workers was born.

REBELSThe AtticSeptember 4, 2018History, Women, 1960s, People of Color Comment

THE MYTH OF THE MILL GIRLS

History’s Mill Girls were models of labor. Until they went on strike and sowed the seeds of the Labor movement.

REBELSThe AtticAugust 30, 2018Mill girls, Lowell, Textile history, Labor Comments

CAMPING WITH JOHN AND TEDDY

When the president and the naturalist camped in Yosemite, America got greener.

FLYING THE WRONG/RIGHT WAY

Took off for L.A. Landed in Ireland. Was “Wrong Way” Corrigan confused or just clever?

DREAMERSThe AtticJuly 10, 2018Wrong Way Corrigan, Airplane travel, Adventure Comment

SILENT SENTINELS

Women had marched, picketed protested for 70 years. Then the Silent Sentinels were jailed, tortured, force fed. And you’re too busy to vote? (As seen in “Iron Jawed Angels.”)

VICTORIA FOR PRESIDENT -- IN 1872

"They cannot roll back the rising tide of reform. The world moves."

WHY WE LAUGH, OR DO WE?

"In America, there are two kinds of travel -- first class and travel with children."

-- Meet Robert Benchley.

Humor, Arts &, WITSThe AtticMay 2, 2018Humor, American Originals, Lit Comments

THE MAD POTTER OF BILOXI

"Would y'all like to see my Daddy's pottery?" The garage door opened to reveal reds, blues, yellows, and genius.

ART-ISHThe AtticApril 10, 2018George Ohr, Pottery, Art Pottery Comments

KINDER, COOLER, SMARTER

NOW IN OUR TENTH YEAR!

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