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Ode to Beethoven: Why We Love Him More Than Ever

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 01.21.2013 | Arts
Read More: Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Life After 50, Classical Music, Wqxr, Beethoven's Ode to Joy, Symphony, Beethoven Awareness Month, Peanuts Cartoon Strip, Charles M. Schulz, Beethoven, Video, Arts News
Barbara Hannah Grufferman

I am a Beethoven groupie. If he were alive today, I would follow him on Twitter, subscribe to him on Facebook, download his music and never miss a promo appearance on Letterman.

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Show Me a Picture

Don Meyer, Ph.D. | Posted 11.20.2012 | College
Read More: Habitudes, Think About It, Tim Elmore, Valley-Forge-Christian-College, Charles M. Schulz, College News
Don Meyer, Ph.D.

Pictures stick. We remember pictures long after words have left us. They give traction. We remember the stories in a long speech, not the words. They paint a picture.

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Close and Not-So-Close Encounters With Famous Authors

Dave Astor | Posted 07.23.2012 | Books
Read More: Barbara Kingsolver, Ernest Hemingway, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Leo Tolstoy, Herman Melville, France, Cartoonists, Isaac Asimov, Novels, Emile Zola, Alexandre Dumas, Paul Cezanne, Mark Twain, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, John Updike, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles M. Schulz, Books News
Dave Astor

Literature fans love "encounters" with living or dead authors. These might involve seeing novelists at book signings, listening to them give a talk, or visiting homes/museums connected with famous authors of the past.

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The Complexity of a Fantastic Four

Dave Astor | Posted 03.20.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Stan Lee, Superheroes, Snoopy, Comics, Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men, Bil Keane, Broadway, Pop Culture, The Family Circus, Batman, Movies, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Peanuts, Garfield, Cartoon, Heath Ledger, Jack Nicholson, Jerry Robinson, The Joker, Charles M. Schulz, Celebrities, Entertainment News
Dave Astor

During a single year of the not-great Harding presidency, four great cartoonists came into the world. Two of those 1922-born men died recently -- "The Family Circus" creator Bil Keane in November and the Joker creator (some say co-creator) Jerry Robinson in December.

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PHOTOS: 'Peanuts' Cartoonist's Wine Country Estate Hits The Market

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.05.2011 | San Francisco
Read More: Charles Schulz, Charles Schulz Estate, Charles Schulz House, San Francisco Real Estate, Charles Schulz Home, Charles M. Schulz, San Francisco News

You may not have created the world's most popular, influential and beloved comic strip (grossing more than $1 billion in the process), but now that th...

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The 5 Most Valuable Finds On 'Antiques Roadshow'

Daily Finance | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Antiques, James Henry Beard, Antiques Roadshow, Peanuts, Pbs, Charles M. Schulz, Arts News

Few people get rich from PBS's highly-rated Antiques Roadshow, but that doesn't stop thousands of people from scouring their grandma's attic for that ...

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Free Flick Fridays: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Tribeca | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Charlie Brown, Charles Schulz, Peanuts Comic Strip, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charles M. Schulz, Free Flick Fridays, Tribeca Film, Entertainment News
Tribeca

What's the true meaning of Christmas? Your good old friend Charlie Brown is about to find out in this smart, earnest, and adorable classic.

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Good Grief! Comic Characters Leave Newspapers for a Day

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Comics, Theron Heir, Dan Piraro, The Boondocks, Same-Sex Marriage, Dagwood Sandwich, Comic Strips, B.D., Surge, Are We Having Fun Yet, Bailout, Beetle Bailey, Real-Estate Agents, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Hector Cantu, Bizarro, Single-Payer Plan, Bil Keane, Pearls Before Swine, The Family Circus, Doonesbury, Sgt. Snorkel, Mutts, Earl the Dog, Darrin Bell, Rachel Maddow, Mark Tatulli, Zippy the Pinhead, Foreclosures, Economic Downturn, Lasagna, Cartoons, Newspapers, President Obama, Jim Davis, Economy, Hi and Lois, Rudy Park, Keith Olbermann, Mort Walker, National Health Insurance, Carlos Castellanos, Cul De Sac, Cafe Con Leche, Failing Newspapers, Dagwood Bumstead, Green Room, Legacy Comics, Blondie, Iowa Same-Sex Marriage, Bill Griffith, Dilbert, Peanuts, Stephan Pastis, Calvin and Hobbes, Bernard Madoff, Scott Adams, Snoopy, Matt Richtel, Deborah Harry, Death of Newspapers, Garry Trudeau, Cathy Guisewite, Recession, Jan Eliot, Bill Watterson, Good Grief, Aaron McGruder, Shrinking Comics, Iraq War, Vermont Same-Sex Marriage, Afghanistan, Richard Thompson, Charlos Gary, Charles M. Schulz, Cathy, Lio, Baldo, Garfield, Comedy News
Dave Astor

Given that most newspapers still don't publish weekday comics in color, my mistake was putting today's cartoon guests in the green room rather than the black-and-white room.

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Schulz Son Slams New Bio Of Late Father

Editor & Publisher | Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Schulz and Peanuts, David Michaelis, Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts, n.c. Wyeth, Media News

After one of "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz's sons read an advance copy of the epic new biography of his late father, he quipped to author David ...

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