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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Additions That Really Added Up by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia -- Fifty years ago this week, Wildcat opened with one of the most beloved stars of the era: Lucille Ball. Composer Cy Coleman and lyricist Carolyn Leigh certainly gave h…

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Can You Say The Zulu and the Zayda? by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia " Might you indulge me in a personal story? It's Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1965 around 5 p.m., and I'm returning home from school -- but not before I stop at Harvard University's "C…

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

A New "Twelve Days of Christmas" by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia -- It may be the song that many people most dread during the holiday season: "The Twelve Days of Christmas." For one thing, the song is certainly is longer than "Rumson C…

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

40 Reasons to Be Thankful by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia -- Thanksgiving is upon us, so let's get in a thankful mood. Here's hoping that you indeed have a great deal for which to be thankful: health, relatives, friends, a job y…

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Mind Games by Peter Filichia

Oh, the drums go bang, and the cymbals clang, and the horns...

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Good-Natured Fun by Peter Filichia

He doesn’t have a stove; only a hot plate. But here’s betting that he has...

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A Delicious Chocolate Soldier by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia -- Long before one play by George Bernard Shaw (Pygmalion) became a musical (My Fair Lady in 1956), there was another: GBS's 1894 play Arms and the Man became the Oscar S…

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

The Overture Is about to Start by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia -- Everyone I know who got the recently released Arkiv CD of What Makes Sammy Run? has said the same thing to me: "What an overture!" Yes, it is, and for three good re…

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