Was your dance-card this full? #tbt to May 20, 1921 for the Haverford Junior Dance, the culmination of Junior Day activities. Looks like this attendee's dance card was pretty full! HC juniors and their dates could look forward to dining on chicken a la king, potatoes Saratoga & meringue glace. #fromthearchives pic.twitter.com/d4CxodmnWo — Haverford Libraries (@HCLibraries) … [Read more...] about Dance-Card From Haverford College, 1921
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Viva Video In Ardmore, ‘The Last Picture Store,’ Closing
Viva Video, the Ardmore video store that billed itself as "The Last Picture Store," has announced that it's going out business at the end of August. We had a great run as Philly's last rental shop, but the die is cast, and in just under two months, 'Viva Video: The Last Picture Store' will be no more.#vivavideo #thelastpicturestore #videostore #rip … [Read more...] about Viva Video In Ardmore, ‘The Last Picture Store,’ Closing
Brian De Palma, Acclaimed Movie Director, Friends Central Lifer
Before he directed "a few movies," Brian De Palma spent some time at Friends Central School on City Avenue. Actually, De Palma spent a lot of time at Friends Central. He started First Grade there in 1946, and graduated from Friends Central in 1958A science nerd From IMDB Won top prize in regional Science Fair in high school. Project was "An Analog Computer to Solve … [Read more...] about Brian De Palma, Acclaimed Movie Director, Friends Central Lifer
Haverford College Radio Station, 1987 – And HBO’S Mare Of Easttown Version
Former Haverford College student, and WHRC DJ, Jennifer Waits, has a nice article on RadioSurvivor.com. She compares the fictitious Haverford College station WWXU, to the station where once upon a time, Waits once spun discs for an audience of dozens.The newer version of the radio station is featured in the HBO series, Mare of Easttown. It turns out … [Read more...] about Haverford College Radio Station, 1987 – And HBO’S Mare Of Easttown Version
St. Joe’s Prof., Tom Coyne, Has Another Best Selling Golf Book
If you search for Golf on Amazon, you'll find 60,000+ books to choose from. And the one that's currently ranked the second best-seller among those 60,000+ plus is called "A Course Called America: Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course." The author of that book is a St. Joe's professor named Tom Coyne. Coyne's … [Read more...] about St. Joe’s Prof., Tom Coyne, Has Another Best Selling Golf Book