The Golden Age of Television was about family comedy, and Joe Connelly penned classic shows that are still syndicated today. Not Really Hollywood is an entertaining calamity of adventures through the eyes of his son Rick Connelly, “The Real Beav.” Joe’s son was the inspiration for Leave It to Beaver, but he was not part of the…
Tag: Books
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
PebbleCreek author featured at Los Angeles Festival of Books
David Wilson PebbleCreek resident David Wilson was a featured author at the prestigious Los Angeles Times 2015 Festival of Books. The two day event, which drew over 150,000, was held April 18 and 19 on the campus of the University of Southern California. Dr. Wilson was on the panel, “Whose Life is it Anyway? Approaches…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Bookworms Book Club celebrates 10th Anniversary
Cheryl Skummer The Bookworms Book Club, started April 2005, celebrated its tenth anniversary at Diane Warcholak’s with champagne, strawberries and cookies. We have read 110 books, had 10 holiday luncheons with book exchanges, had various authors call to discuss book, gone downtown to see To Kill a Mockingbird after reading Mockingbird about Harper Lee. One fall we…
Features, October 2014
Check Out – Check In – October 2014
Janet Mills Secret Rooms – A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess and a Family Secret by Catherine Bailey. Five rooms in the castle basement housed records of the family from the time that the first Manners was appointed a duke in the 11th century. The castle, his home, was Belvoir Castle in…