For its 100th production, Philadelphia's all-comedy theater company is staging its annual “This Is The Week That Is” spoof on current events. The cast of "This Is The Week That Is," rehearse at Plays ...
Over the past 145 years, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” has been used to celebrate July 4th, sell cereal and astound movie audiences. It’s been sampled and spoofed, with popping balloons ...
I applaud the decision of some U.S. orchestras to strike Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” from their July 4 concert programs. This musical composition is a tribute to the military might of Tsarist Russia ...
Selling the burning of Washington to Washingtonians turns out to be not so easy. This summer marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. Why, one might ask, is a war that began in Canada in 1812 ...
The War of 1812 is regarded as a relatively small war that barely registers in the minds of today’s Americans or in British history books. However, for the United States, this small war had great ...
Dec. 21, 1812: Capt. Issac Whittemore and the crew of the 283-ton brig Charon had been scouring California’s coast for “soft gold”: extraordinarily lush otter pelts. Sitting at anchor in Refugio Bay ...
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