X

Tag Archive for: history

You are here: / history

Posts

Mad Men

Mad Men Water Cooler: “Tea Leaves”

,
Welcome to our weekly "Mad Men" Water Cooler, where we use AMC's hit television show as an lens for exploring creativity in the arts. There will be spoilers from here on out, so read ahead for our take on this week's shenanigans from Don Draper,…
Mad Men

Introducing the Mad Men Water Cooler!

, ,
Welcome to the first of a new series here at Studio 602: The Monday Morning "Mad Men" Water Cooler. Why is a site about pencils devoting so much column time to "Mad Men," you might ask? Well, not only is everyone on staff a huge fan of the show,…

Traces of History: Pencils and the Suffrage Movement

Traces of History: Pencils and the Suffrage Movement My earliest heroes were the women behind the United States suffrage movement. Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, Julia Ward Howe and Lucy Stone weren’t just stuffy figures in a history…

The Walt Disney Family Museum and History of Animation

,
The Walt Disney Family Museum and History of Animation Seventy-two years ago this month, Walt Disney released his second feature-length animated film to the excitement of fans and the dismay of skeptics around the world. Today, Pinocchio is…
Mark Twain

Have You Read Your Mark Twain Today?

,
Have You Read Your Mark Twain Today? Trying to write about Mark Twain on this, the 176th anniversary of his birth, is a distinctly daunting task. For one, the man born Samuel Clemmens is responsible for some of the greatest novels of all…