by JP Dean | Jan 22, 2026
Presented by Greg Pizzino Join us for a brief historical overview of America’s most popular entertainment at the turn of the century, from its origins in the concert saloons to its eventual end at the hands of the motion picture. Greg Pizzino is an author,...
by JP Dean | Jan 16, 2026
Presented by Fiona Finnigan While the sun was never setting on the British Empire, and the Victorians and Edwardians were busy making art in Europe and the United States, what were people in the rest of the world doing? Also making art. We will look at some of the...
by JP Dean | Jan 13, 2026
Presented by Fiona Finnigan The Victorians and Edwardians had many ways of seeing their world, and even more ways of depicting it in art. From the drama and emotion of Romanticism, to the hard-nosed reality of Realism, to the strange, esoteric world of the Symbolist,...
by JP Dean | Dec 31, 2025
Presented by Greg Pizzino An exploration of steam era frauds, fakers, and practical jokers. From faked artifacts like the Cardiff Giant and falsified oddities like the “Feejee Mermaid” to famous pranksters Theodore Hook and Horace de Vere Cole, we’ll...
