Matilda Joslyn Gage, L. Frank Baum author, the feminist who inspired The Wizard of Oz

The untold story of suffragist Matilda Gage, the woman behind the curtain whose life story captivated her son-in-law L. Frank Baum as he wrote his classic novel

Wondrous kelp beds harbor a complex ecosystem that’s teeming with life, cleaning the water and the atmosphere, and bringing new hope for the future

Music writing in OLDSTER MAGAZINE on Substack

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Lilith Fair cofounder and singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan performing at the traveling music festival’s stop in Wantagh, New York, on July 15, 1998. Photo by Ebet Roberts—Redferns/Getty Images.

Top 10 rock doc documentaries Sly Stone, Billy Joel, Gregg Allman, John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Clockwise from top left: Stills from Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), Billy Joel: And So It Goes, Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul and One to One: John & Yoko. All via IMDB.

The Ramones performing onstage in circa 1977. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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