Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, known professionally as George Michael, was born on June 25, 1963 in London. He was a member of Wham! from 1981-1986 and then he had a long-lasting solo career. Wham!s songs include “Wake Me Up Before You … Continue reading George Michael Night Thread
Maurice Sendak was born on June 10, 1928. He won the 1964 Caldecott Award for his book Where The Wild Things Are. The New York Times obituary for Sendak (he died on May 8, 2012) begins: “Maurice Sendak, widely considered … Continue reading Maurice Sendak Night Thread
Lisa Cholodenko was born on June 5, 1964. She is a director and screenwriter who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the movie The Kids Are Alright (2010). She has also directed television, including episodes of … Continue reading Lisa Cholodenko Day Thread
Happy Birthday to Johnny Weir, born on this day in 1984! He is an American Figure Skater who went to the Olympics in 2006 and 2010. Since his retirement from skating in 2013, he provides Olympic commentary for NBC. Johnny … Continue reading Johnny Weir Day Thread
Happy Birthday to Gladys Knight, born on this day in 1944. Known as the “Empress of Soul,” she has won 7 Grammys (4 with The Pips) and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and (with … Continue reading Gladys Knight Day Thread
Today is the birthday of author Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952), who wrote over 100 children’s books. She wrote the perennial children’s classic Goodnight Moon (illustrated by Clement Hurd). First published in 1947, the book initially sold poorly, but grew popular … Continue reading Goodnight, Moon: The Night Thread
Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930. Info on her courtesy Wikipedia. Hansberry was the first black female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, highlights the lives of Black … Continue reading Lorraine Hansberry Night Thread
Today is the birthday of author Caroline B. Cooney. She has written an absolutely bonkers number of books, most of them for Young Adults. She writes horror, suspense, and mystery. Fun fact: on her website, she states: “I went to … Continue reading Caroline B. Cooney Day Thread
Happy Birthday (probably), William Shakespeare! Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1564, Shakespeare wrote some of the best-known plays and poems in the English language. I made you a slideshow of Shakespeare adaptations! (If your favorite adaptation didn’t make it into … Continue reading Shakespeare’s Birthday Thread
That’s right, today’s the day I reach 40. I’m hoping this is gonna be a big year for me, trying to change jobs (maybe even professions) and move out to southern California so my chronic pain isn’t so bad (and … Continue reading Sonneta Turns 40 Day Thread
Lois Lowry is an author who was born on March 20, 1937. She has written many Children’s and Young Adult books, including Number The Stars, the Anastasia Krupnik series, and one of my all-time favorites, The Giver. Lowry won the … Continue reading Lois Lowry Night Thread
Beloved by math nerds everywhere, π (pi) is a mathematical constant that begins with the numbers 3.14. So we celebrate it today, 3/14. (Sorry to those of you who write today’s date 14/3. You might want to celebrate Pi day … Continue reading Pi Day Night Thread
Judy Blume was born on February 12, 1938 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She is an author known for her children’s and young adult novels including Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, Deenie, and the “Fudge” books. Blume was one … Continue reading Judy Blume Day Thread
If you could only see how blue her eyes can be when she says / when she says she loves me… Tonic is an alternative / rock band, formed in 1993 by Emerson Hart and Jeff Russo. Other members of … Continue reading Tonic (the band) Day Thread
Actress Tina Majorino was born on February 7, 1985. As a child, she starred in such films as Corrina, Corrina and Waterworld. In her adult years, she appeared in Napoleon Dynamite and Grey’s Anatomy. I remember her best as Mac … Continue reading Tina Majorino Night Thread
seaQuest DSV (in the third season, seaQuest 2032) was a science fiction show that aired on NBC from 1993-1996. It starred Roy Scheider as the captain of a submarine that went on a combination scientific / military expedition under the … Continue reading seaQuest Day Thread
Writer and activist James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902. He was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and was of the first writers of “jazz poetry.” Here’s one of his poems: Harlem What happens to a … Continue reading Langston Hughes Night Thread
That’s right, it’s another post about “Shows with supernatural elements that Sonneta used to watch in the 1990s.” Early Edition was a show that aired on CBS from 1996-2000. The plot is this guy, Gary (played by Kyle Chandler, before … Continue reading Early Edition Night Thread
Forever Knight was a Canadian television show that originally aired on (the U.S. channel) CBS 1992-1996 and later ran on the USA network (which is where yours truly discovered it). There’s also a TV movie that started things off, but … Continue reading Forever Knight Night Thread
Anne Brontë was born on January 17, 1820. She was an author and poet who was somewhat overshadowed by her sisters Charlotte (author of Jane Eyre) and Emily (author of Wuthering Heights). Anne’s works include one of the first feminist … Continue reading Anne Brontë Night Thread
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith was born on December 28, 1934. She has acted on stage, in movies, and on television. You may remember her from such roles as: Mother Superior in Sister Act (1992): Jean in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie … Continue reading Maggie Smith Day Thread
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