February 2023 Magazine

From L to R: Laurence Cotton, Vada Manager, Kevin White, Zelie Pollon, John de Graaf, Greg Davis, Jennifer Ekstrom

The Politics of Beauty by Barbara Lloyd McMichael It isn’t every day that a federal bureaucrat gets featured in a film half a century after his service in the nation’s capital and more than a decade after his death. But filmmaker John de Graaf felt that Stewart Udall’s story needed to be heard by a new generation.

John de Graaf’s documentary Stewart Udall and The Politics of Beauty captures Stewart Udall’s enduring legacy of environmental justice. Bring this film to your community today!

Ken Burns Discusses his New Photographic History of America by Robin Lindley 
The engaging and often moving photographs in Our America are the product of years of Mr. Burns’ extensive research and meticulous curation from tens of thousands of images.

A Sweetheart of a Deal for Valentine’s Day! 
The Heart of Yonkers by Patricia Vaccarino is much more than a love story and recounts a time in American culture that can never be recaptured. The kindle version of The Heart of Yonkers is free on Amazon, from Sunday Feb 12 through Tuesday, Feb 14. Get it in print for free too.

Book Review: An Elephant in My Kitchen by Patricia Vaccarino 
You will fall in love with An Elephant in my Kitchen. Francoise Malby-Anthony’s book is a continuing saga of the mission to save animals who are perpetually in danger.

A Debt Ceiling Holds Our Economy Hostage by Nick J. Licata 
If Congress doesn’t raise the ceiling, one of the political parties threatens to bring our economy to a halt. That is not a sensible way to run a government. Read now!

In Rainy Day Thoughts by E.G. Singer, we travel with him to the homeland of his grandparents—to the city of Kyiv in the Ukraine.

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