Senior centers and kids’ organizations searching for instructional material to help them develop or produce programs for the holidays will find Holiday Skits & Contests a useful resource. The book is the brainchild of TV producer... Read More

Drama is a glamorous profession that attracts and demands the gifted to work as actors, directors, or producers. However, drama can also be an educational tool with therapeutic value which can help students to overcome physical or... Read More

The man who invented it hated it and wouldn’t have one in his house; alarmists predicted it would ruin our eyes, corrupt our morals, and probably rot our teeth. The great educator and philosopher Robert Hutchins, tongue firmly in... Read More

Groundbreakers in the film industry often remain unfamiliar names to the average moviegoer. Attracted to popular actors and high-budget productions, fans of commercial cinema are often oblivious to the imaginative leaders behind the... Read More

During her months in a Gestapo prison in 1936, the young labor activist Gisa Peiper follows a thread of poetry, trying to steady herself: “Remember this also when you grow old. / Remember there is art, there is poetry. / Remember a... Read More

Developed nations thrive on money, fame, and success. Fuel for the ego, these three attributes lead to material enrichment as well as happiness. That’s what we’re conditioned to value as we mature. Imagine obtaining the wealth and... Read More

Feeling responsible for the accidental death of a family member is an agonizing condition. Surrounded by a haze of remorse, the survivor inflicts self-punishment or wallows in despair. A tortured mind is not fertile terrain for... Read More

Novels and movies are so closely knit in the present-day entertainment industry that it seems strange to think of a time when the two arts were not entwined. While few would now bat an eye at the film adaptation of F. Scott... Read More