The year is 1985. The AMAs are just wrapping up, and rather than heading to a fun after-party to celebrate their successes, a group of some of […]

In 1993, the movie “Alive” was released in theaters. I was in college and some friends and I went to see it at the dollar theater. I […]

Classical music doesn’t produce a lot of figures who are known in the mainstream. Yo-Yo Ma. Itzhak Perlman. And, of course, Leonard Bernstein. His debut at 25 […]

While there are certain directors or actors whose movies I will watch as soon as they are available, I am less loyal to film studios. The one […]

My family lived near my maternal grandparents, so many of my early memories include them. Summer nights swimming in the pool and listening to the sound of […]

In one of my favorite television shows, “Ted Lasso,” one character asks another if his partner makes him a better man. It is meant to shock him […]

In the early days of what would come to be known as the opioid crisis, someone close to me was caught up in it. They were legally […]

The Choose Your Own Adventure books were first published in 1979, so I grew up with them. I always thought it was fun to see how the […]

About a month ago, I read Cheryl Strayed’s memoir “Wild.” It is about her time hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and is a gorgeous piece of writing, […]

In Arthurian legend, the Knights of the Round Table had a code of chivalry to which they were bound. It included honor, honesty, valor and loyalty. Yes, […]