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FrizziToon: It's Abe's birthday! Honest!
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- Published on Sunday, 09 February 2014 16:52
- Written by Donn Frizzi
Frizzi: It was 50 years ago that day
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- Published on Thursday, 06 February 2014 18:39
- Written by Donn Frizzi
Sometime in January of 1964, I was a 6 year old kid riding in the back seat of our 1955 Plymouth Plaza. We were living in the Brentwood borough of Pittsburgh at the time. We were either going to or from a grandparent's house. Or we were going to the store. My mother didn't drive at the time, so my father had to drive us everywhere, which was...
Towery on Fiction: A good rule to live by
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 January 2014 15:44
- Written by Terry Towery
Authors note: This is one of an occasional series of articles on fiction writing by Peorian Terry Towery,
a novelist and journalist. His debut novel, the psychological thriller "The Final Victim" is about to go on submission, which means it will be pitched by
his agent to acquisition editors at the...
'Seasonings: The Essays of Jerry Klein' to be performed at Museum
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- Published on Wednesday, 05 February 2014 15:56
- Written by The Peorian
Roberta Koch tells the story of how she was feeling rather blue one day when she happened across one of Jerry Klein's columns in which he encouraged readers to look at the positive aspects of life.
"I did and you know, it changed my attitude. It gave me a new way of looking at things. And really, a lot of Jerry's writing can...
FrizziToon: The State of the Bieber
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- Published on Monday, 27 January 2014 15:08
- Written by Donn Frizzi
FrizziToon: Is this for real? Hmm
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- Published on Tuesday, 04 February 2014 17:54
- Written by Donn Frizzi
Wyman: And the nominees are ...
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- Published on Thursday, 16 January 2014 17:36
- Written by Tim Wyman
The nominations for the 86th annual Academy Awards to be presented on March 2 have been announced.
Let the controversies begin their swirling.
Honestly, people. I am shocked that anyone feigns to be shocked themselves at anything the Academy does. If the history of the Oscars has taught us anything, it is that there will be that some films and actors will...
'Oliver' takes the stage at Peoria Players
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- Published on Monday, 03 February 2014 16:18
- Written by Paul Gordon
Peoria Symphony to celebrate movies in concert
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- Published on Thursday, 16 January 2014 13:36
- Written by Paul Gordon
With the Oscar nominations out and American filmdom gearing up for its biggest party of the year, the Peoria Symphony Orchestra will celebrate movies at its next concert, Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Peoria Civic Center.
"Matinee at the Movies" will feature some of the best known songs from a variety of films, including "Titanic," "Gone With the Wind," "The Sound of Music,"...
