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Connecticut’s Gem of a Place With a Movie Star Name
The clock outside the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center says it’s nearly time for a show. I spend a lot of time at The Kate because I’m a true believer in the arts. The world is a better place...
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Hepburn Stamp Unveiled at The Kate
Actress Katharine Hepburn was given quite a birthday gift today, her own 44 cent U.S. Postal Stamp. Hepburn would have been 103 years old today. The photo used on the stamp is from a publicity shot...
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Pat Keogh Is The Sound Man
Pat Keogh has been making music for as long as he can remember. A graduate of the University of Connecticut and the Berklee School of Music he is a former member of “Kool and The Gang.” He was on tour...
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If It’s From Yesterday, They’ll Have It
Remember When is a shop that might remind you of going into your Grandmother’s attic there are all sorts of treasures here to go thru. On Main in Torrington, Connecticut the place is chocked full of...
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Live From The Kate It’s The Academy Awards!
I for one think Academy Awards Day should be a national holiday, kind of like the Super Bowl is these days. As an old Hollywood fan and the Vice President of the Board of Trustees for the beautiful...
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It’s A Gem Of A Place With A Movie Star Name
Big doings at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (The Kate) in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, we now have a outdoor marquis to tell you about all the wonderful events gong on! This may not be the...
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He Has A Front Row Seat At The Academy Awards
He was just in from the Telluride Film Festival and just about headed out to the Toronto Film Festival, and so it goes for Woodbridge, Connecticut’s Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter‘s new Chief...
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Susan Granger~ Child Actress, Entertainment Reporter, Movie Critic
Some of you may remember, Susan Granger who was an entertainment reporter in the late 1970′s for what was then WNCH-TV (which of course is now WTNH-TV (abc). Granger is now, and has been for a long...
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“It’s A Wonderful Life”~ A Live Radio Play
It’s pretty much Christmas year ’round for Bridgeport, Connecticut playwright, Joe Landry. Around the actual holidays things really get ramped up thanks to a play he wrote some twenty years ago. Joe...
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Eartha Kitt’s “Kitt”
The legendary entertainer Eartha Kitt called Connecticut home for many years until her death on Christmas Day in 2008. She had just one child, whom she named “Kitt.” Daughter Kitt talked about the...
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Connecticut’s Iconic Actress, Katharine Hepburn
I have written tons of blog posts on Connecticut’s own Katharine Hepburn in large part because I thought she was sensational in that she was her own person. I am a founding board of trustees member of...
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A Talk On Katharine Hepburn Hollywood Career
Katharine Hepburn’s Hollywood Career: An Overview with Jeanine Basinger Wednesday, May 28 │ 5:30 – 7:00 pm $5 CHS members │ $10 non-members │ tickets available at the door Taking place at the...
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Waterbury, Connecticut’s Rosiland Russell
Academy Award nominee, Actress Rosiland Russell was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on June 4, 1907. She was one of seven children born to James Edward and Clara A. (née McKnight) Russell. According to...
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Mel Wax and Hopeless Pictures
You may never have seen this animated show on the Independent Film Channel, I hadn’t until someone pointed it out to me but I’m sure glad I found it. There were not very many episodes made…but the few...
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Connecticut’s Gem of a Place With a Movie Star Name
The clock outside the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center says it’s nearly time for a show. I spend a lot of time at The Kate because I’m a true believer in the arts. The world is a better place...
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Hepburn Stamp Unveiled at The Kate
Actress Katharine Hepburn was given quite a birthday gift today, her own 44 cent U.S. Postal Stamp. Hepburn would have been 103 years old today. The photo used on the stamp is from a publicity shot...
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A Tribute To Actor Jack Lemmon By His Son, Chris At “The Kate” ~ June 20
“Twist” is based on Chris Lemmon’s book “A Twist of Lemmon” which tells the story of a beloved Hollywood icon, his dad, Jack Lemmon. Jack starred in over 60 films, was nominated for 8 Academy Awards...
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And The Oscar Goes To….Art Carney
In 1975 actor Art Carney won an Oscar for the best performance by an actor for the movie “Harry And Tonto.” That year he was up against Albert Finney for the “Orient Express,” Dustin Hoffman for...
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Coming Fall 2016 ~ “Remembering Katharine Hepburn”
Coming in the fall of 2016, my second book, Remember Katharine Hepburn. I am so pleased to continue t educate new generations about the legacy of the most iconic actress of the 20th century. Hepburn...
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Its All About Judy Garland In Goodspeed’s “Chasing Rainbows”
This is the story behind Goodspeed‘s now-playing “Chasing Rainbows.” The production is about Judy Garland as a child actress up thru the point at which she lands the part of Dorothy in the “Wizard of...
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