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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page

Favorite quotes from the “Little House” books

A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling “Little House” series. Wilder’s stories emphasized real life and celebrated stoicism and hard work. They continue to entertain and resonate with millions of ...

Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1951.

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page

10 of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s most inspiring quotes

A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling “Little House” series. Wilder’s stories emphasized real life and celebrated stoicism and hard work. They continue to entertain and resonate with millions of ...

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

10 lesser-known facts about Keith Haring

By Liz Fields Street artist. Prolific AIDS activist. Sexual art pioneer. Keith Haring was all of these things and so much more. In his 31 short years in this world, Haring saw more and achieved more than many. And his legacy — a collection of ...

Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas shares the best advice from his mentors

  The American conductor Michael Tilson Thomas has been the recipient and giver of great advice throughout his life, applicable not only to musicians but to anyone working towards or lucky enough to already be living their dream. "...you're going to have to live your ...

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

3 ways Keith Haring showed the world that art is for everybody

No canvas? No problem! Keith Haring intended for his artwork to be seen by as many people as possible. Disillusioned by the elitist and exclusionary New York City art gallery scene of the 1980s, Haring preferred alternative methods to display his work. His life’s mission ...

Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip

Do you quote Walter Winchell without realizing it?

Walter Winchell was a syndicated columnist, radio news commentator and television host who pioneered the fast-paced, gossip driven, politically charged media culture that dominates today. At the height of his career, Winchell had a combined print and radio audience of 50 million and the power ...

Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip

5 of Walter Winchell’s best insults

  Walter Winchell was a syndicated columnist, radio news commentator and television host who pioneered the fast-paced, gossip driven, politically charged media culture that dominates today. At the height of his career, Winchell had a combined print and radio audience of 50 million and the ...

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

Keith Haring biography and timeline

Between 1980 and 1990, Keith Haring established himself as an art world celebrity and pop culture icon with a distinctive and instantly recognizable style that came to define the decade. "Art is for everyone," he said, and matched his critical and commercial success with a ...

Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip

Walter Winchell and the “trial of the century”

In 1932, a child was kidnapped and murdered. It was the son of Charles Lindbergh, an American hero for being the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic. The resulting trial became one of the biggest stories of the century and Walter Winchell showed ...

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