Monday, December 26, 2016
C Fields Fest continues! Come see me and Dr. Harriet Fields (W.C.’s only granddaughter, a global health advocate) as we present the neglected 1935 WC Fields classic Man on the Flyin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 25, 2016
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:04AM[SHARE]We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:04AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 24, 2016
I snapped this on the wall of the Lambs Club last month during Fields Fest. It’s by the pin-up artist Alberto Vargas, a favorite of both the Mad Marchioness and myself.Filed under: Art…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:12PM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Ruth Chatterton (1892-1961). Born and raised in New York City, Chatterton was only a teenager when she secured her first professional stage work with a stock company…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:04AM[SHARE]We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:48AM[SHARE]Friday, December 23, 2016
Klondike Kate (Kathleen Eloise Rockwell, 1873-1957) was a real person! She was the toast of Dawson, Yukon during the Gold Rush, performing in saloons, the Savoy Theatrical Company, and the P…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:06PM[SHARE]We had a quiet milestone earlier this week, and I was happy to get to share it with the people who were there. We presented a semi-staged reading of our holiday (play? radio play? screenplay…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:33AM[SHARE]We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 22, 2016
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 21, 2016
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 20, 2016
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AM[SHARE]We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AM[SHARE]Monday, December 19, 2016
We got a badly needed lift yesterday, as well as a much overdue dose of Christmas spirit, and a highly welcome injection of “red sauce” directly into our veins, at Cristina Fonta…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:04PM[SHARE]We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:18PM[SHARE]We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 18, 2016
Today is the birthday of George Kirke Spoor (1872-1953). Starting in 1894, Chicago-based Spoor was among the very earliest of motion picture exhibitors in the world. His first device, the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AM[SHARE]This new series of posts came out of the stunning realization that I have family in all 50 U.S. states. My ancestors lived in 14 of them, all on the eastern seaboard or adjacent, and I have …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 21, 7pm  at the Kraine Theatre: $10 GLEN HEROY is SANTA CLAUS by way of W.C. FIELDS! NOAH DIAMOND & MATT ROPER as MARX BROTHERS! JENNIFER HARDER does MAE WEST as K…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AM[SHARE]We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 17, 2016
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:18AM[SHARE]Friday, December 16, 2016
Filed under: Ballroom/ Big Band/ Swing, Christmas, Music, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Holiday Tea at THree, Nighthawks, Park Avenue Plaza, Vince Giordano
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:04AM[SHARE]We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2016
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AM[SHARE]Filed under: African American Interest, Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: benefit, Black Lives Matter, Bunny Buxon, burlesque, Golden Lady Burlesque, Parkside Lounge, Rabbit Hole …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 14, 2016
This new series of posts came out of the stunning realization that I have family in all 50 U.S. states. My ancestors lived in 14 of them, all on the eastern seaboard or adjacent, and I have …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AM[SHARE]We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 13, 2016
In the midst of darkness, light persists — Gandhi We are exceedingly glad to get word of this wonderful sounding holiday event. As someone who spent a good part of his adult life in Pr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:24AM[SHARE] We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:18AM[SHARE]Monday, December 12, 2016
A little post occasioned by the fact (blogged about earlier) that today is the birthday of Pennsylvania. A you may have noticed, we have been intensely focused of late on a certain famous Pe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:42PM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Max Terhune (1891-1973). Originally from Indiana, Terhune was a ventriloquist, whistler, animal imitator, juggler and magician in the last days of vaudeville (early …
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