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Arts & Entertainment
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A Word of Adice from Yout Elder
by Garrison Keillor
Remembering the Sundance Kid
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Bulletin from Downtown St. Paul
by Garrison Keillor
Remembering a Legend
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Superman Movie
by Rusty Wright
Where's My Guitar, Darling?
by Garrison Keillor
A Poet Reflects on Poetry
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Night at the Opera
by Garrison Keillor
Oh, the Places I Will Go!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
On the Road to Roanoke
by Garrison Keillor
Remembering an Image Bearer
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Lessons from 'The Boys in the Boat'
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Bringing People Along with Me 101
by Garrison Keillor
Bob Barker, Come On Down!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Remember a Musical Legend
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Show Goes On in the Shenandoah Valley
by Garrison Keillor
A Bad Play Let's You See You Have a Good Day
by Garrison Keillor
The Paper Bag Poet Rhymes Again
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
He Did Know Jack!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Music as a Means of Detecting a Heart
by Garrison Keillor
Big George Foreman Movie
by Rusty Wright
A Man Called Otto (Revisited)
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Johnny Cash Movie
by Rusty Wright
A Classic Movie with a Timeless Message
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Goodbye Mrs. Potts
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Yes, Virginia, There is a . . .
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Forget About Songwriting: Try Fiction
by Garrison Keillor
Remembering the King!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Elvis Movie
by Rusty Wright
The Great Watkinso
by James N. Watkins
A Poetic Month
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Future of Escapism As I See It
by Garrison Keillor
American Underdog Movie
by Rusty Wright
Respect, the Movie
by Rusty Wright
Academy Award Afterthoughts
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Week Away Musical
by Rusty Wright
The Envelope Please
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Remembering a Lesser-Known Carroll
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
On the Street Where We Lived
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Reading
by Dan Seagren
Three Chords and the Truth
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
And the Oscar Goes to . . .
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Remembering the Queen of Soul
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Bestsellers
by Dan Seagren
101 World's Greatest Books
by Dan Seagren
Celebrities
by Dan Seagren
Good Night, Sweet Prince
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Spotlight on Spotlight
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
An Eagle Has Landed
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Force Awakens Universal Questions
by James N. Watkins
Two Views of My World
by Howard Whitaker
Lessons from Back to the Future
by James N. Watkins
War Room Movie
—Facing life's problems with the power of prayer
by Rusty Wright
Shark Tank
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
AD TV Series: The Bible Continues . . . in Prime Time
by Rusty Wright
Unbroken
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Clack Has Lost His Click
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Robin William's Lifelong Search for Love
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
America's Got Talent
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Caged Bird is Finally Free
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Pen and Brush
by Dan Seagren
A Tribute to Mike Kellogg
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Dear Abbey, Downton's Done
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Toast to a Dimpled Temple
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Final Salute to Sid
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Silencing a Prophet
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Bring Him Home
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Gospel According to Oscar
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Gospel According to Downton
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Finding God in "It's a Wonderful Life"
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
From Wall Lake to Moon River
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Before the Final Rose
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
In Memoriam
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Silent Movies Can Be Extremely Loud
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Vow
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Billy O'Reilly?
by Dan Seagren
Dolphin Tale
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Poets Paint with Words
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Fan Fiction
by Dan Seagren
By the Time He Gets to Phoenix
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Toast to Oprah's Success
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
On Choosing a Book
by Dan Seagren
Secret Millionaire
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Love to Read?
by Dan Seagren
The Sheen Has Lost His Luster
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Lessons from a Stammering Monarch
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
My Promise Kept
by Dan Seagren
Book Covers
by Dan Seagren
America's Got Talent? So Do You!g
—9/19/2010
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Undercover Boss
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Book (of Eli) Review
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Seeing the Blind Side
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
This is It! (Let's Hope)
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
David Letterman's Jacket
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Ken Burns' America
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Tribute to a One-Armed Organist
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Mourning the Jackson's Fifth on the Fourth
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
John and Kate Plus Hate
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Sidekick in the Spotlight
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Mr. Trump and Miss California
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Reality TV vs. Real Life
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Another Soap is Down the Drain
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Call it a Terminal Illiness
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Treasure in Life's Trash
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
John Travolta's Dave with Sorrow
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Wonderful Life
by Dan Seagren
A Cultural Necessity
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Goddess Worship
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Remembering Private Presley
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
In Praise of a Counter-Culture
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Portrait of "The War"
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Tenor of Our Grief
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
High School Musical
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Worshipping a Dead King
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Lamenting for Lindsay and Her Friends
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Time is Right
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The American Idol Battle Royal
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Sticks and Stones (and Hurtful Words)
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Idol Worship
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Gibson's Fall from Grace
by Greg Asimakoupoulos

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