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

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

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

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

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