In a world of digital streaming and instant media, the importance of live entertainment is becoming less and less acknowledged. In the 1760’s, many people turned to circuses for entertainment; traveling troupes of acrobats, clowns, and other performers would travel around the globe, providing pleasure to a world routinely shaken by misfortune. Even earlier, inContinue reading “A Night Under the Big Top: A Review of “Circus Olympus””
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This Month in History: January Edition — From Brilliant Sarcophagi to Bloody Sunday
King Tut’s Sarcophagus on display in the Grand Egyptian Museum (Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP/Getty Images). The month of January boasts the dates of many influential historical events. Here’s the story of three of those occasions, now with even more background and exciting details! January 3, 1924 – British Egyptologist Howard Carter found the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun inContinue reading “This Month in History: January Edition — From Brilliant Sarcophagi to Bloody Sunday”
This Month in History: November Edition — Cosmonaut Canines, Withering Walls, and Mysterious Masked Men
As the month of November continues, several significant historical events have celebrated and will celebrate their anniversaries. Here are just a few of the hundreds of notable events that have happened in November over the years. November 3, 1957 – Soviet Russia launched the world’s first inhabited space capsule, Sputnik II, which carried a dogContinue reading “This Month in History: November Edition — Cosmonaut Canines, Withering Walls, and Mysterious Masked Men”
Casting Calls, Curtain Speeches, and Closing Nights: What Life Looks Like for the Cast and Crew of Bishop Kelly’s Theater Productions
The cast and crew of Bishop Kelly’s Fall Play, Alice; or the Scottish Gravediggers, demonstrate their “General Stupefaction” faces (Bishop Kelly Theater Arts). Chances are that if you’re a student at Bishop Kelly, you’ve heard of this school’s Theater Arts program. Whether it’s from announcements over the PA before closure prayer, your teachers offering extraContinue reading “Casting Calls, Curtain Speeches, and Closing Nights: What Life Looks Like for the Cast and Crew of Bishop Kelly’s Theater Productions”
This Month in History: October Edition – From Attempted Assassinations to Riotous Radio Plays
We’re halfway through the month of October, and we’ve already passed the anniversaries of several notable historical events. Here’s a recap of those significant dates, and some more events that occurred later in this month! October 8, 1871 – The Great Fire of Chicago erupts If you read last month’s edition, you know that aContinue reading “This Month in History: October Edition – From Attempted Assassinations to Riotous Radio Plays”
This Month in History: September Edition— From Brilliant Blazes to Tampered Tylenol
The month of September has been host to many important events in the past; here are a few notable dates from this month in history. September 2, 1666: The Great Fire of London begins Back in the mid-sixteen-hundreds, London was practically a bundle of hay ready to combust; most houses were made of wood, aContinue reading “This Month in History: September Edition— From Brilliant Blazes to Tampered Tylenol”
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