Mara Kante learned to disappear the way most people learn to drive, slowly at first, then all at once, until…
October 3rd, 1970 was a Saturday. Janis Joplin woke up in her room at the Landmark Motor Hotel in Los…
In the summer of 1970, Janice Joplain went back to Port Arthur, Texas. She had not been back in years,…
The era of Hollywood’s Golden Age—stretching roughly from the 1930s through the 1950s—is often remembered through a haze of nostalgia,…
There are friendships that happen in the margins, in the hallways, and green rooms, and parking lots, and borrowed spaces…
In the glittering, high-octane world of international music, few figures loom as large as Andre Rieu. As the “Waltz King,”…
In the fall of 1970, a young musician stood in the wings of a concert stage and watched Janis Joplin…
In the golden twilight of a career that has captivated millions across the globe, Andre Rieu, the world-renowned Waltz King,…
Monterey, California, June 17th, 1967. In the wings of the outdoor stage at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, Janis Joplin was…
The sun beats down relentlessly on the manicured practice fields of Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph. For Kansas…