“The Lumber Baron” Family-friendly Historic Fiction

Rated PG. Drama. Runtime 2 hours.

At the turn of the century lumber was a booming industry in a savage land. Upon the unexpected death of his father, Daniel Rimsdale returns home to try to salvage the floundering family lumber business, find out who killed his father, and save his family from financial ruin. However, he meets heavy resistance from others who will stop at nothing to become the new Lumber Baron.

“Tuscaloosa” Coming-of-Age during the Civil Rights Era Film

Rated PG 13. 1 hour 41 minutes, Drama IMDB Vietnam war protests and racial tension is sizzling in the late summer heat of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Billy Mitchell (Devon Bostick, Diary of a Wimpy Kid), a recent college graduate, spends the summer working on the lush grounds of an old world mental institution run by his …

Rant Ahead – Dear fellow artists, the world owes you nothing

Rant ahead: Dear fellow artists – no one owes you anything.Stop with placing your artistic life on others having to appreciate it or pay you just because YOU decided “I am going to be an artist and now the world owes me”That’s not how life works in any job.Am tiring of whining artists, excusing themselves …

Columbia Heights Library adds Monday night Conversation Circle meeting

Adult services librarian Cortni O’Brien and Paul Cram The Columbia Heights Library recently announced the addition of a Monday night Conversation Circle meeting. Conversation Circle is a program for new English speakers to practice their language skills with other native and non-native speakers in an informal gathering. Similar to the Thursday afternoon meeting, learners will …