Should You See Hereditary? (Short Answer: YES) Hereditary received the low grade of D+ from CinemaScore, a movie tracking company that polls viewers during weekend debuts. The score contradicts the critics, who overwhelmingly loved the movie. So, what gives? Horror films are a tough genre to rate and to critique.Continue Reading
Top 10 2018 Horror Movies for Summer (So Far) These are movies that had theatrical releases. Watch for a listing of movies that premiered via streaming services. Number 1 and 2 are in order; however, the remaining films are merely listed. (Note: The listing was compiled using IMDb.com and variousContinue Reading
#MuseumMonday is The Ringling Circus Museum The portrait of Merle Evans sits in The Ringling Circus Museum in Sarasota, Florida. Evans was the circus bandleader who led “Stars and Stripes Forever” when the infamous Hartford Circus Fire of 1944 broke out. Painter Donald L. “Rusty” Rust created the portrait inContinue Reading
Murder Is Her Hobby: The Nutshell Studies Return to Baltimore Heiress, crime novel enthusiast, and miniature hobbyist, Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962) created 20 miniature dioramas depicting real crime scenes. Nineteen survived and were recently highlighted in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery’s “Murder is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner LeeContinue Reading
#FunFactFriday: Haunted Al Capone Goes to the Atlanta Penitentiary Infamous mob boss Alphonse “Al” Gabriel Capone entered the Atlanta Penitentiary on this day, May 4th in 1932. His stay was brief, as he was then transferred to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in 1934. Despite popular belief, Capone was jailed for carryingContinue Reading
Grave Gardening: Conserving America’s Garden Cemeteries Prior to 1830, families buried their dead in local church cemeteries or family cemeteries. In 1831, Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts became the first modern public cemetery. It was a “garden cemetery,” whereby landscape designers incorporated water features and plants amongst the graves.Continue Reading
#FunFactFriday April 20, 1841 Our #FunFactFriday factoid is that on this day April 20, 1841, Edgar Allen Poe published the first modern detective short story titled “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” in Graham’s magazine. This started a new genre whereby an outsider (non-police officer) solves the case. Poe calledContinue Reading
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