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History of the Minors: There’s No Equal Rights in Baseball

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Eleanor Engle and the 1952 Harrisburg Senators Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, History, Sports | Tagged baseball, baseball history, Eleanor Engle, George Trautman, Harrisburg, Harrisburg Senators, Island Park, minor league baseball, women in baseball | 13 Comments

History of the Minors: When the Mighty Babe Struck Out in Chattanooga

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Jackie Mitchell and the Chattanooga Lookouts Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, History, Sports | Tagged Babe Ruth, baseball, Chattanooga Lookouts, Jackie Mitchell, Joe Engel, Lou Gehrig, minor league baseball, Minor leagues, New York Yankees, Tennessee | 5 Comments

History of the Minors: Was This the Worst Team Ever?

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Ken Dowell

1926 Reading Keystones Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, History, Sports | Tagged baseball, baseball history, Charles Sweeney, Frank Sigafoos, International League, minor league baseball, reading, Reading Keystones | 14 Comments

History of the Minors: Ty Cobb’s Side Hustle

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Ken Dowell

The New Haven Colonials Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball, History, Sports | Tagged Babe Ruth, baseball, Eastern Leag;ue, George Weiss, history, minor league baseball, New Haven Colonials, sports, Ty Cobb | 9 Comments

Seasons Change

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Kittatinny State Park, Newton, N.J. Continue reading →

Posted in Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged fall foliage, hiking trails, Kittatinny State Park, Lake Aeroflex, New Jersey, Newton | 8 Comments

The Gentle, Dreamy Abstractions of Agnes Pelton

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist, Whitney Museum of American Art Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged abstract painting, Agnes Pelton, art, painting, Phoenix Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art | 10 Comments

Montclair Film Festival 2020: Movies That Make You Want to Go Out and Vote

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Election-time fare in the pandemic cinema. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged documentary, film, film fesstivals, Freeland, Montclair Film Festival, movie reviews, movies, Nomadland, Surge, The New Corporation, Us Kids | 7 Comments

Montclair Film Festival 2020: Best Of

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Hate, love and Zappa Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged documentaries, Down a Dark Stairwell, Farewell Amor, film, film festivals, Montclair Film Festival, movie reviews, movies, My Name is Sara, Two of Us, Zappa | 10 Comments

A Brief History of Racial and Social Injustice Drawn and Painted

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Artists’ views of bigotry, violence and labor unrest in America. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, History | Tagged art, Depression, history, labor, Louisville Flood, Memorial Day Massacre, Norman Rockwell, painting, racism, Sacco and Vanzetti, Scottsboro Boys, social justice, Warhol, Whitney Museum of American Art | 12 Comments

From Germany to New Jersey: Colonial Ironworkers

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Long Pond Ironworks State Park and Historic District Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Greenwood Lake, Hassenclever Iron Trail, Hewitt, hiking trails, Long Pond Ironworks, New Jersey, New Jersey State Park, Peter Hassenclever, Ringwood | 5 Comments

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