Santana
Performance: ‘Soul Sacrifice’ at the Woodstock Festival

In this video, Santana and his band perform “Soul Sacrifice” at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. The passion and connection to the music is seen in both the band and the crowd as Santana plays his guitar solo and a young Woodstock audience grooves to the music.

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Memorable Performances of the 1969 Woodstock Festival

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Some of the most unforgettable performances of the 1969 Woodstock Festival are commemorated. In this video, the reason that certain performances were so memorable are explained and clips of these artists playing for the Woodstock crowd are shown. An array of artists from folk singer Richie Havens to rock legend … Continue reading

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[Blog] 9 Facts About the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival

“Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration.” -Richie Havens 1. The idea for Woodstock came from Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld who were record company executives that wanted to raise money to build a recording studio in the town of Woodstock in upstate New York. 2. The … Continue reading

Loretta Young
Beverly Washburn Describes Working With a Legend

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Beverly Washburn, one of the stars of “The Loretta Young Show,” talks about her experience working on the set with beloved American actress Loretta Young. She states that everybody on set got along just like a family and that Young was like a second mother to everyone. Washburn goes on … Continue reading

Helen Gurley Brown
Revolutionizing the Self-Made Woman

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The legacy of Helen Gurley Brown, former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, is remembered after she passed away at the age of 90 on August 13, 2012. Gail Sheehy, a journalist who knew Brown very well, recalls the type of person she was–claiming that Brown turned her back on the conventional … Continue reading

Helen Gurley Brown
Cosmopolitan’s Editor-in-Chief on Men, Money & Success

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Joan Burnie, a columnist and associate editor at Cosmopolitan UK, describes what it was like to meet the former editor-in-chief of the magazine Helen Gurley Brown who passed away at the age of 90 on August 13, 2012. Burnie describes each of her visits to the office as “royal” and … Continue reading

Julia Child
A Food Stylist on Her Friend Julia Child

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Sara Moulton, a friend of American chef Julia Child and a food stylist on Child’s show, “The French Chef,” talks about the kind of person that Child was. Moulton describes her as an inspiration and talks about the most important lessons she learned while working for Child, such as learning that cooking is all … Continue reading

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[Text] Vonnegut’s Letter to Students: ‘Practice Any Art…Make Your Soul Grow’

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“You will find that you have already been gloriously rewarded for your poem. You have experienced becoming, learned a lot more about what’s inside you, and you have made your soul grow…” When English teacher Ms. Lockwood assigned her students at Xavier High School to correspond with a well-known author … Continue reading

Julia Child
Getting ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking’ Published

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Senior editor and vice president of Knopf Publishing House Judith Jones talks about discovering American chef Julia Child’s cookbook. The book, which Jones named “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” was something that no other publisher would have worked with it during that time. According to Jones, other publishing houses … Continue reading

Julia Child
Americans Find Good Food

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Beloved chef and television personality Julia Child talks about her 1963 cooking show, The French Chef. Child says that her show helped introduce Americans to adventurous and delicious foods, as well as techniques to make cooking easier. She explains that, before her show, people were not so keen to trying … Continue reading