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The Kennedy Center Honors Take Wing

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The Kennedy Center Honors and Blackwing Pencils The Kennedy Center Honors, which recognizes a select few recipients for their sterling contributions to culture through a lifetime in the performing arts, airs tonight on CBS throughout the United…

The Blackwing Sessions: Christian Tamburr

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Today, Studio 602 at Pencils.com is proud to introduce our first Blackwing Featured Musician and the inaugural episode of The Blackwing Sessions, a series that will showcase how using a Blackwing pencil inspires art and facilitates the creative…

From Blackwing to Blue Eyes – Happy Birthday Frank Sinatra

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From Blackwing to Blue Eyes - Happy Birthday Frank Sinatra The 1950s were a turbulent decade for legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra. Early years saw him lose his voice due to vocal chord hemmoraging, he divorced his first wife and entered…

Christmas Carols: Creating the Sounds of the Season

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Christmas Carols: Creating the Sounds of the Season “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…Jack Frost nipping at your nose…” Chances are you are probably singing the rest by now; ”The Christmas Song” is one of the most popular Christmas…
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Pursuing Your Passions: Lessons Learned from Walt Disney

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Pursuing Your Passions: Lessons Learned from Walt Disney Walt Disney once said of the origins of his most famous character, “Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at…

When Words Aren’t Enough: Music in Film

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When Words Aren't Enough: Music in Film There is a story surrounding composer John Williams and the score for “Schindler’s List,” one of the most moving and memorable instances of music in film. As both director Steven Spielberg and Williams…

Pencils and Pop Culture: Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio Never Goes Away

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Pencils and Pop Culture: Joltin' Joe DiMaggio Never Goes Away "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you..." There is an aura that surrounds the life of Joe DiMaggio that doesn't occur with any other baseball…

The 15 Best Baseball Songs Ever Written

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The 15 Best Baseball Songs Ever Written The World Series is underway and while pundits across the globe examine Tony LaRussa's bullpen management or Nelson Cruz's ability to hit a fastball from Arlington to El Paso, I'm going to focus on baseball's…
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Mookie Blaylock and Lead Balloons: The Inspiration Behind 11 Famous Band Names

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The Inspiration Behind 11 Famous Band Names For many bands, the most difficult part of the creative process is not composing songs or writing lyrics, it is coming up with a band name that represents the band as a whole. Since a band’s name…

Lyricists: The Sung and the Unsung

Lyricists: The Sung and the Unsung Most people associate songwriting with the act of writing lyrics when, in fact, that is only one of element involved in writing a song. A songwriter is defined as “a person who writes the words or music…