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The Nutcracker Ballet, Holiday Performances, 2024

Bits & Pieces November 20, 2024

The Nutcracker Ballet has become an American holiday tradition. This treasured classic is a magical and spectacular show for the whole family. With Tchaikovsky’s timeless score, it offers a wonderful experience of dance, music,...

Old Fashioned Appalachian Thanksgiving Dinner

Food November 18, 2024

I grew up proud of my American family with Northern England and Scotland roots. The Woods migrated from England in the 1600s and settled...

America’s Big Holiday Parades, 2024

Bits & Pieces November 13, 2024

Thanksgiving and Christmas parades have become an annual family tradition, where thousands enjoy the community holiday spirit. Parades include tree lightings, floats, large balloons,...

Grace Kelly: Icon of Fashion, Hollywood, and Royalty

Fashion November 11, 2024

A true-life fairy tale, a princess in Hollywood who met and married a real prince and became the Princess of Monaco. Grace Kelly had...

Old Fashioned Holiday Cocktails and Libations

Drinks November 6, 2024

Have an old fashioned theme for your holiday parties serving old holiday drinks and cocktails, it will make your event fun for everybody. Since...

Dean and the Singing Blue Jeanne’s

Music November 4, 2024

“There are eight million stories in the naked city….and this is one of them.” That was the tag line of a popular noir-ish TV...

Bruce J. Wood Haiku Poems

Bits & Pieces October 30, 2024

Haiku is a celebration of beauty of the present moment. I have a love affair with haiku poetry and have written hundreds of haiku poems...

Film Noir Horror Movies

Movies October 28, 2024

Who doesn’t like a good old-fashioned horror movie that curls your toes and sends chills up your spine? I once heard a psychologist say...

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fashion Style

Bits & Pieces October 23, 2024

I grew up with film director Alfred Hitchcock movies. Our family would have movie night, load up on popcorn, soda, and candy, and see...

The Seductive Sirens of Screams on the Silver Screen

Film October 21, 2024

In the dark, twisted world of horror, power often lies not in the fangs of monsters or the weapons of killers, but in the...

Halloween Classical Music – Part Two

Music October 16, 2024

Night On Bald Mountain A demon orchestrates dancing ghosts at the Witch’s Sabbath on Bald Mountain. Dramatic music by Modest Mussorgsky (18939- 1881). It was...