Dec 17th, 2008 · Cultural icon and former pinup queen Bettie Page died last week at the age of 85. Page rocked cultural norms between 1949 and 1957 with her suggestive poses. Sadie Stein, of the blog Jezebel, offers a remembrance of Page and why, for many, she is a heroine.
Dec 6th, 2008 · The man credited with coining the phrase "sci-fi" died this week at the age of 92. Host Andrea Seabrook has this remembrance of Forrest J. Ackerman.
Nov 16th, 2008 · Liane Hansen speaks with Saveur magazine contributor Christopher Hall about the Messe du Souvenir de la Charcuterie Francaise — the French Mass of Remembrance for Sausage Makers. Today marks the 200th celebration of the event at St. Eustache Church in Paris.
Sep 29th, 2008 · Actor, businessman and philanthropist Paul Newman died Friday at the age of 83. Steve Inskeep has a remembrance.
Sep 19th, 2008 · Henry Z. Steinway, the great-grandson of the founder of the legendary piano-making company, died Thursday in New York. He was 93. He was the last of his family to run the company that was started in 1853. The company was sold to CBS Corp. in 1977. Steve Inskeep has this remembrance.
Sep 11th, 2008 · The first of three major Sept. 11 remembrance sites was dedicated Thursday outside of Washington. The Pentagon Memorial is a two-acre park built along the path of the American Airliner that crashed into the building, killing 184 people.
Sep 5th, 2008 · In our remembrance of movie trailer announcer Don LaFontaine on Wednesday, we played a wrong clip. Today, we set the record straight and add a little confusion to the mix.
Jun 11th, 2008 · As a child devouring homemade madeleines, Elizabeth Tannen didn't realize there was anything unusual about her father's twist on the classic French treat or that it had a literary connotation. Years later, with a madeleine pan from her dad, she developed a few twists of her own.