The Iroquois Theatre Fire, Chicago, 1903 When I go to the theatre — and I visit a few times a year — I have always been irritated by the opening act. Not the actual opening act. The dance of the safety curtain. Down it goes. Up again. Then, sometimes, down once more. There have beenContinue reading “The Dance of the Safety Curtain”
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Bath, Michigan: What Remained
On the morning of 18 May 1927, the children of Bath, Michigan, went to school. It was a Wednesday. Bath was a small farming community, the kind of place built from fields, family names and familiar faces. There was a grain elevator and a small drugstore. People knew their neighbours, and most people knew theContinue reading “Bath, Michigan: What Remained”
