Each Indiana Jones adventure transports us to places of high adventure and intrigue, where the secrets of earlier times are discovered one clue at a time. Archaeologists dig up the […]
Jerusalem: Holy – and Wholly Complex – City
Why can Jerusalem be thought of as a city of both joy and sorrow? And what does it mean to be at the intersection of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? Jerusalem, […]
Immigrant State: Jersey’s Influential Gate
New Jersey has a big story about immigration, packed into a small state. Many may not immediately think of New Jersey, but it is a gateway state that holds an […]
Philosophy as a Way of Life
Simon Critchley once said, “philosophy should form human beings, not just inform them.” Unlike many contemporary branches of philosophy, the ancients understood this humanities discipline as a way of life. […]
LOL, a Philosophical Look at Comedy
Chuckle. Chortle. Snicker. Cackle. Guffaw. Laughter. We usually recognize comedy by the laughter which accompanies it, but is that all there is to it? What is the true nature of […]
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Preservation and Grace, an American Legacy
She was a Kennedy. She was an Onassis. She did not define herself by her husbands. Realizing that future generations would need the insights of the past for guidance, her […]
Rosa Parks: First Lady of Civil Rights
On a December day in 1955, this tired seamstress and NAACP secretary refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery Alabama Bus. Rosa Parks’ story will serve to remind […]
Theodore Roosevelt: “American in the Arena”
Bringing his vigorous persona (and his boisterous family) to the White House, “TR” helped catapult the U.S. into a new century. War hero to Nobel Peace Prize winner, naturalist to […]
Ichabod Crane, Washington Irving, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The presenter brings an all new adaptation of this horror story written by Washington Irving. The interactive one-man interpretation of the story of the headless horseman draws the audience into […]
Martin Luther King Jr.: “A Man of Conscience”
Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the world’s greatest orators, as well as a pastor, activist, and humanitarian. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his work […]