Yesteryear

cover of the book, 'Popeye The Sailor: The 1960s TV Cartoons' by Fred Grandinetti
Books

Those ‘Quickie’ Popeye Television Cartoons

Behind the variability of 1960s ‘Popeye’ on TV

By Fred Grandinetti | May 24, 2022
Donna Loren, right, next to Annette Funicello on The Mickey Mouse Club in 1958 - ABC Disney. Whatever happened to Donna Loren, prolific performer in the 1960s, Mouseketeer, and the Dr Pepper girl? Why did she disappear? Is she back?
Nick Thomas

’60s Pop Singer Donna Loren Traded Fame for Family

But what about Act Three?

By Nick Thomas | May 16, 2022
The Tidewater room at the VMHC Our Commonwealth exhibit. The Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) reopened in May 2022 after an extensive renovation, with more space and reimagined exhibits. Photo by Annie Tobey
History

The Reimagined Virginia Museum of History & Culture

Bigger and better than ever

By Annie Tobey | May 13, 2022
Image of the sculpture to remember the victims of Dachau. Travel writer Rick Steves takes us through the Dachau concentration camp, where visitors are reminded: “Forgive, but never forget.”
History

Dachau: Forgive, But Never Forget

The atrocities of a war against ‘many good people’

By Rick Steves | April 26, 2022
Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes in their living room filming Secrets of Soap Opera Lovers - provided by publicist - for article on Bill and Susan Hayes
Nostalgia

Bill and Susan Hayes Still Enjoying the ‘Days of Our Lives’

The soap opera couple are still together, on screen and off

April 22, 2022
As a boy (right), I met an eyewitness (left) to the start of World War I. Travel writer Rick Steves goes beyond the sites and tastes of travel to connect with the people, to look at the history, to change our perspectives and broaden our worldviews.
History

Travel to Broaden Our Worldviews

Rick Steves recalls connecting with locals who lived the history

By Rick Steves | April 5, 2022
Don Murray and Marilyn Monroe in Bus Stop - Twentieth Century Fox
Nostalgia

Don Murray Is Not Riding off into the Sunset

A Western script enticed the 90-plus actor back to the big screen

By Nick Thomas | March 14, 2022
Father and Son, Directors Jason and Ivan Riteman, pose for a portrait at the Hook and Ladder Company 8 Firehouse on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 in New York, NY. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times). For article, Ray Parker Jr. Remembers Ivan Reitman
Nostalgia

Ray Parker Jr. Remembers Ivan Reitman

‘He thought it was a hit when nobody else did – including myself!’

By Jem Aswad, Variety | February 21, 2022
Sharon Gless, left, as Detective Christine Cagney, with on-screen partner Tyne Daly as Detective Mary Beth Lacey – CBS publicity photo.
Books

Sharon Gless of ‘Cagney and Lacey’

Nearly 80 years old, the actor recalls stumbles and successes in her new memoir

By Nick Thomas | February 16, 2022
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin playing Hamburg, Germany, in 1973 | Photograph by Heinrich Klaffs. For article, “Travelin’ Memories with 100 Greatest Rock Songs”
From Our Readers

Travelin’ Memories with 100 Greatest Rock Songs

Boomer reader Steve Cullen shares a list of his favorite music

By Steve Cullen | February 9, 2022

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