Publications & Presentations

Monthly Columns: 

• Classic Movie Travels Monthly Columnist for Classic Movie Hub (July 2017-Present)
  • “Vera Zorina” (Dec. 2025).
  • “Gloria Dickson” (Nov. 2025).
  • “Allen Jenkins” (Oct. 2025).
  • “Nick Long, Jr.” (Sept. 2025).
  • “June Marlowe” (Aug. 2025).
  • “Sylvia Sidney” (July 2025).
  • “Helen Chandler” (June 2025).
  • “Marcia Mae Jones” (May 2025).
  • “Robert Harron” (Apr. 2025).
  • “Frank Morgan” (Mar. 2025).
  • “Louise Fazenda” (Feb. 2025).
  • “Clarine Seymour” (Jan. 2025).
  • “Dinah Shore” (Dec. 2024).
  • “Valeska Suratt” (Nov. 2024).
  • “Audrey Meadows” (Oct. 2024).
  • “Ann Rutherford” (Sept. 2024).
  • “Wini Shaw” (Aug. 2024).
  • “Mabel Todd” (July 2024).
  • “Marjorie White” (June 2024).
  • “Beverly Bayne” (May 2024).
  • “Dorothy DeBorba” (Apr. 2024).
  • “Bobby Hutchins” (Mar. 2024).
  • “Jean Darling” (Feb. 2024).
  • “Harry Spear” (Jan. 2024).
  • “Mary Kornman” (Dec. 2023).
  • “Jack Benny” (Nov. 2023).
  • “Red Skelton” (Oct. 2023).
  • “Colleen Moore” (Sept. 2023).
  • “Jackie Cooper” (Aug. 2023)
  • “Robert Rockwell” (July 2023).
  • “Joe Cobb” (June 2023).
  • “Arlene Golonka” (May 2023).
  • “Mickey Daniels” (Apr. 2023).
  • “George ‘Spanky’ McFarland” (Mar. 2023).
  • “Tommy Bond” (Feb. 2023).
  • “Darla Hood” (Jan. 2023).
  • “Lori Nelson” (Dec. 2022).
  • “Clifton Webb” (Nov. 2022).
  • “Betty Compson” (Oct. 2022).
  • “Marcy McGuire” (Sept. 2022).
  • “Betty Grable” (Aug. 2022).
  • “Kay Kyser” (July 2022).
  • “Hoagy Carmichael” (June 2022).
  • “Virginia Dale” (May 2022).
  • “Percy Helton” (Apr. 2022).
  • “Lola Lane” (Mar. 2022).
  • “John Fiedler” (Feb. 2022).
  • “Betty White” (Jan. 2022).
  • “Alice Terry” (Dec. 2021).
  • “Agnes Ayres” (Nov. 2021).
  • “Evelyn Keyes” (Oct. 2021).
  • “Donald Meek” (Sept. 2021).
  • “Guy Kibbee” (Aug. 2021).
  • “Vernon and Irene Castle” (July 2021).
  • “Joan McCracken” (June 2021).
  • “Tom Drake” (May 2021).
  • “Jean Porter” (Apr. 2021).
  • “Lucille Bremer” (Mar. 2021).
  • “Allan Jones” (Feb. 2021).
  • “Doug McPhail” (Jan. 2021).
  • “George Murphy–NY, NJ, and CA” (Dec. 2020).
  • “Mary Carlisle–Hollywood and Beverly Hills” (Nov. 2020).
  • “Anne Shirley–NYC and Los Angeles” (Oct. 2020).
  • “Virginia Bruce–Fargo and Los Angeles” (Sept. 2020).
  • “Hugh Herbert–NYC and Los Angeles” (Aug. 2020).
  • “Ruby Keeler–NY and CA” (July 2020).
  • “Frank McHugh” (June 2020).
  • “Dorothy Dare” (May 2020).
  • “Cliff Edwards” (Apr. 2020).
  • “June Knight” (Mar. 2020).
  • “Gale Storm” (Feb. 2020).
  • “Nell O’Day” (Jan. 2020).
  • “Burl Ives–Illinois, Los Angeles and Valley Forge” (Dec. 2019).
  • “Marion Stadler” (Nov. 2019).
  • “Hal LeRoy–New Jersey” (Oct. 2019).
  • “Adriana Caselotti” (Sept. 2019).
  • “June Haver” (Aug. 2019).
  • “Mae Busch–Melbourne, Australia” (July 2019).
  • “Rosalind Russell–Connecticut and San Francisco” (June 2019).
  • “Leslie Caron” (May 2019).
  • “Fay Bainter–Los Angeles, CA, and Provo, UT” (Apr. 2019).
  • “Dolores Del Rio–Mexico City and Hollywood” (Mar. 2019).
  • “Bert Lahr–New York, NY, and Seattle, WA” (Feb. 2019).
  • “Mel Torme–Chicago” (Jan. 2019).
  • “Danny Thomas–Toledo and Memphis” (Dec. 2018).
  • “Toby Wing” (Nov. 2018).
  • “Ray Bolger–Boston, NY, and LA” (Oct. 2018).
  • “Vivian Blaine–New Jersey, New York” (Sept. 2018).
  • “Billie Burke–New York” (Aug. 2018).
  • “Donald O’Connor” (July 2018).
  • “Jeanette Loff–Idaho, Minnesota, Saskatchewan, Oregon, California, New York City” (June 2018).
  • “Robert Young–Chicago, Seattle, Pasadena, Los Angeles” (May 2018).
  • “Glenda Farrell–Wichita, San Diego, and NY” (Apr. 2018).
  • “Josephine Hutchinson–Seattle, Washington and New York City” (Mar. 2018).
  • “Jobyna Ralston and South Pittsburg” (Feb. 2018).
  • “Jeanne Crain–Inglewood and Los Angeles, CA” (Jan. 2018).
  • “Betty Garrett–Missouri, Washington State, and New York” (Dec. 2017).
  • “Gower Champion, Geneva, Illinois” (Nov. 2017).
  • “Spencer Tracy and Milwaukee, Wisconsin” (Oct. 2017).
  • “Barbara Hale, Chicago, Illinois” (Sept. 2017).
  • “Jane Powell, Portland, Oregon” (Aug. 2017).
  • “Colleen Moore’s Fairy Castle” (July 2017).

• Hometowns to Hollywood Monthly Columnist for TCM Backlot (Jan. 2018-Aug. 2021)
  • “Summer Under the Stars: Eve Arden” (Aug. 2021).
  • “July’s Star of the Month: Elvis Presley” (July 2021).
  • “June’s Star of the Month: Cyd Charisse” (June 2021).
  • “Movie Roberts: Robert Young” (May 2021).
  • “31 Days of Oscar: 42nd Street (1933) (Apr. 2021).
  • “March’s Star of the Month: Doris Day” (Mar. 2021).
  • “February’s Star of the Month: John Garfield” (Feb. 2021).
  • “January’s Star of the Month: Miriam Hopkins” (Jan. 2021).
  • “December’s Stars of the Month: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy” (Dec. 2020).
  • “November’s Star of the Month: Shelley Winters” (Nov. 2020).
  • “October’s Star of the Month: Peter Cushing” (Oct. 2020).
  • “September’s Star of the Month: Dorothy Dandridge” (Sept. 2020).
  • “Summer Under the Stars: Claudette Colbert” (Aug. 2020).
  • “July’s Star of the Month: Tony Curtis” (July 2020).
  • “June’s Star of the Month: Ann Sheridan” (June 2020).
  • “May’s Star of the Month: Edward G. Robinson” (May 2020).
  • “April’s Star of the Month: Jane Russell” (Apr. 2020).
  • “March’s Star of the Month: Joe E. Brown” (Mar. 2020).
  • “Una Merkel: Hollywood’s Best Friend” (Feb. 2020).
  • “January’s Star of the Month: Particia Neal” (Jan. 2020).
  • “December’s Star of the Month: Joan Blondell” (Dec. 2019).
  • “November’s Star of the Month: Bette Davis” (Nov. 2019).
  • “October’s Star of the Month: Paul Muni” (Oct. 2019).
  • “September’s Star of the Month: Sidney Poitier” (Sept. 2019).
  • “Summer Under the Stars: James Stewart” (Aug. 2019).
  • “July’s Star of the Month: Glenn Ford” (July 2019).
  • “June’s Star of the Month: Jane Powell” (June 2019).
  • “May’s Star of the Month: Paul Newman” (May 2019).
  • “April’s Star of the Month: Greta Garbo” (Apr. 2019).
  • “March’s Star of the Month: Fredric March” (Mar. 2019).
  • “The Academy Awards and Plenty of Hope” (Feb. 2019).
  • “January’s Star of the Month: Kathryn Grayson” (Jan. 2019).
  • “December’s Star of the Month: Dick Powell” (Dec. 2018).
  • “November’s Star of the Month: Glenda Farrell” (Nov. 2018).
  • “October’s Star of the Month: Rita Hayworth” (Oct. 2018).
  • “September’s Star of the Month: Dean Martin” (Sept. 2018).
  • “Summer Under the Stars: Dana Andrews” (Aug. 2018).
  • “July’s Star of the Month: Steve McQueen” (July 2018).
  • “June’s Star of the Month: Leslie Howard” (June 2018).
  • “May’s Star of the Month: Marlene Dietrich” (May 2018).
  • “Susan Hayward: The Brooklyn Bombshell” (Apr. 2018).
  • “March Star of the Month: Elizabeth Taylor” (Mar. 2018).
  • “Wings (1927): When Best Picture Took Flight” (Feb. 2018).
  • “January’s Star of the Month: Charles Boyer” (Jan. 2018).

Film Appearances:

• War Movie: The American Battle in Cinema (2023).

Television Appearances:

• TCM Backlot Interview for Turner Classic Movies (June 2016).
• Interview with Ben Mankiewicz for Turner Classic Movies (July 2015).

Books: 

• Hometowns to Hollywood: Volume II (2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood: Volume I (2021).
• Hidden Classics: Forgotten Gems of Cinema (2021) for Classic Movie Blog Association.
• Politics on Film (2020) for Classic Movie Blog Association.
• The Ida Lupino Files (2020) for Cine Suffragette. 
• Femme/Homme Fatales of Film Noir (2019) for Classic Movie Blog Association.
• Outlaws: Depictions of Outlaws in Classic Film (2019) for Classic Movie Blog Association.
• Banned and Blacklisted: Too Hot for Hollywood (2018) for Classic Movie Blog Association.
• Underseen and Underrated: Celebrating Lesser-Known Classic Films (2017) for Classic Movie Blog Association.
• Words! Words! Words! Essays on Writing and Writers in Classic Film (2016) for Classic Movie Blog Association.
• Hollywood on Hollywood: Essays on Ten Films About Tinseltown (2016) for Classic Movie Blog Association.
• The Fabulous Films of the 30s (2015) for Classic Movie Blog Association.
• Planes, Trains, & Automobiles: Classic Films on the Move (2015) for Classic Movie Blog Association.

Periodicals:

• Rebellious Magazine for Women:
  • “That’s a wrap for Furstenberg & film-focused documentaries” (2024).
• The Times of Northwest Indiana (2024):
  • “Author explores the lives of the stars in ‘Hometowns to Hollywood'” (2024).
• The Jack Benny Times:
  • “Rochester and Jack: Breaking Racial Barriers” (2022)
• The Moving Image Journal:
  • “Sights and Sounds Reunited: An Exploration of Information Behavior in the Vitaphone Project Community” (2021).
• The Dark Pages Film Noir Newsletter:
  • “The Life and Legacy of Clifton Webb” (2022).
  • “Alarmingly Subversive: Leave Her to Heaven (1945)” (2022).
  • “A Bitter World: In A Lonely Place (1950)” (2022).
  • “Audrey Totter: Joliet’s Lady in the Lake” (2021).
  • “Glenn Ford: Canadian Star of Noir” (2020).
  • “Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney in Laura (1944)” (2019).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Lana Turner” (2017).
• Palos Verdes Pulse:
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Volume I“ (Sept. 2022).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Myrna Loy” (Aug. 2022).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Buddy Ebsen” (Apr. 2022).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Betty White” (Jan. 2022).
  • “Hollywood History of the Palos Verdes Peninsula: Jayne Mansfield” (Jan. 2022).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Lucille Lund” (Oct. 2021).
  • “Top 5 Classic Film Dogs” (May 2021).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Jean Harlow” (Feb. 2021).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Errol Flynn” (Feb. 2021).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Lana Turner” (Aug. 2020).
  • “Hollywood History in Palos Verdes: Dana Andrews” (Aug. 2020).
• Laurel and Hardy Magazine:
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Mae Busch,” v. 11, no. 4 (2020).
• Nostalgia Digest:
  • “Lucille Ball, After a Fashion” (2024).
  • “The One-Man Team” (2022).
  • “James Stewart: Our (Every)Man in Hollywood” (2020).
  • “Rochester” (2019).
  • “Little Miss Sunshine: The Story of Frances Langford” (2019).
  • “The Wilde Ones: Lyn and Lee Wilde” (2016).
  • “Blondie: From Strip to Screen” (2012).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Quarterly Columnist for Silent Film Quarterly (2016-2017):
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Buster Keaton” (Summer 2017).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Colleen Moore” (Spring 2017).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Oliver Hardy” (Winter 2016).
• Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine:
  • “The Auburn-Cord Deusenberg Museum: It’s a Deusy!” (2014).
  • “Fashion and Jewels of the Jazz Age Sparkle in Gatsby Film” (2013).

Awards:

• Classic Movie Blogger Association (CMBA) Award:
  • Best Profile: “Lucille Ball: Fashion Icon” (2021).
  • Best Film Article. “Rochester and Jack: Breaking Racial Barriers” (2020).

Podcast Appearances: 

• Yesteryear Ballyhoo Revue:
  • “Episode 128.5: TCM Film Festival Recap” (May 2024).
  • “Episode 121: The New Nostalgia Nuts–A Panel about Golden Age of Hollywood Fandom” (Jan. 2024).
  • “Episode 119: The Freshman (1925) or ‘We’re Just a Regular Podcast, Step Right Up and Call Us Speedy'” (Dec. 2023).
• Salt Lake Dirt:
  • “Episode 112: Hometowns to Hollywood” (Apr. 2023).
• Forgotten Hollywood:
  • “Episode 40: Hometowns to Hollywood” (Nov. 2021).
• Milwaukee Mob:
  • “Old School Mob Films” (July 2020).

Guest Blogger Articles:

• Classic Movie Hub:
  • “I Am Max: A Max Linder Docudrama Film” (Oct. 2018).
• “Classic Movie Hub: Classic Movie Travels” (2015):
  • “Classic Movie Travels: Lana Turner, from Wallace, Idaho, to Hollywood, California” (Dec. 2015).
  • “Classic Movie Travels: Francis Farmer, from Seattle to Indianapolis” (Oct. 2015).
  • “Classic Movie Travels: Newton, Massachusetts, and the Great Jack Lemmon” (Sept. 2015).
  • “Classic Movie Travels: The Great Katharine Hepburn of Fenwick, Connecticut” (Aug. 2015).
• “Park Ridge Library: The Rediscovered” Film Series (2014):
  • “Irene Dunne: Introduction” (2014).
  • “The Key (1934): Introduction” (2014).
  • “Remembering Mickey Rooney” (2014).
• “Park Ridge Library: Screen Deco” Film Series (2012):
  • “Forever Dancing: A Preview of Swing Time (1936)” (2012).
  • “Style is Eternal” (2012).
  • “A Screen Deco Reflection” (2012).
  • “The Face of Deco: Dolores Del Rio” (2012).
  • “Sheer Heaven: The Rhythm of Fred and Ginger” (2012).
• “Park Ridge Library: Legends of Laughter” Film Series (2011):
  • “Smile” (2011).
  • “The Legends in Our Modern Time” (2011).

Interviews with Annette:

• “Ava Chats: Hometowns to Hollywood with Annette Bochenek” at the Ava Gardner Museum (Nov. 2023)
• “A Toast to Ava 100” Hello, ENC! interview at the Ava Gardner Festival (Oct. 2023).
• “Hometowns to Hollywood” Zoom interview with St. George Living History Productions (May 2023).
• “Hollywood Kitchen: Oscar Cook-Along 2022” Facebook Live interview and Hollywood Kitchen episode recreating the recipes of classic Hollywood stars who did not win an Oscar. I make Irene Dunne’s Vinegar Chocolate Cake (Mar. 2022).
• “And I ‘Quote'” Zoom interview about the Golden Age of Hollywood (Mar. 2022).
• “Just Talkin'” Zoom interview for Kenosha Community Media (Mar. 2022).
• “Hollywood Kitchen: The Betty White Cook-Along” Facebook Live interview and Hollywood Kitchen episode honoring Betty White (Feb. 2022).
• “Hollywood Kitchen: The Three Stooges & Curly’s ‘N’yuk N’yuk N’yams'” Facebook Live interview and Hollywood Kitchen episode honoring Curly Howard and the Three Stooges. Special guests include author and historian Rick Greene and Bradley Server, grandson of Curly Howard (Nov. 2021).
• “Hollywood Kitchen: The Boris Karloff vs. Vincent Price Guacamole Smackdown” Facebook Live interview and Hollywood Kitchen episode recreating Boris Karloff and Vincent Price’s Guacamole (Oct. 2021).
• “Hollywood Kitchen: Ann Blyth” Facebook Live interview and Hollywood Kitchen episode recreating Ann Blyth’s Blueberry Muffins (Aug. 2021).
• Heartland Film, Instagram Live:
  • “Jimmy Stewart: A Birthday Celebration” (May 2021).
• “Hollywood Kitchen: Oscar Cook-Along” Facebook Live interview and Hollywood Kitchen episode recreating Greta Garbo’s Swedish Meatballs (Apr. 2021).
• “Hollywood Kitchen: Dawn Wells” Facebook Live interview and Hollywood Kitchen episode recreating Dawn Wells’s “Mary Ann’s Famous Coconut Cream Pie” (Jan. 2021).
• “Hollywood Kitchen: Janet Gaynor” Facebook Live interview and Hollywood Kitchen episode recreating Janet Gaynor’s New England Pumpkin Pie (Nov. 2020).
  • Q&A Portion of “Hollywood Kitchen: Janet Gaynor” via Facebook Live (Nov. 2020).
• “Glazier Interviews Bochenek” Facebook Live interview and piano concert (Oct. 2020).
• “Regina Dominican film festival to mark 60th year” for the Chicago Tribune (Apr. 2019).
• “Classic Movie Bloggers Association” Interview for Classic Movie Blog Association (Feb. 2017).
• TCM Backlot Interview for Turner Classic Movies (June 2016).
• “Stardust Melodies” Interview for Stardust Melodies (Mar. 2016).
• Interview with Ben Mankiewicz for Turner Classic Movies (July 2015).

Press Mentions: 

• Riverside-Brookfield Landmark:
  • “River Forest Reads: The Roaring Twenties on film” (Oct. 2025).
• Pontiac Daily Leader:
  • “AI, Oz, and ghost paintings: Prairie Creek Library’s fall lineup” (Sept. 2025).
• The Mix:
  • “‘T.J. Hooker’ and ‘Star Trek’ Star James Darren Dead at 48–‘He Was Always So Cool'” (Sept. 2024).
• Broadway World:
  • “The Mandel JCC announces 44 new films premiering at 33rd Annual Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival” (Jan. 2023).
• Sun Sentinel:
  • “Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival opens January 21, 2023” (Jan. 2023).
• Boca Raton Observer:
  • “The 33rd Annual Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival” (Jan. 2023).
• Florida Weekly:
  • “Mandel JCC announces film festival” (Dec. 2022).
• WTWO 2 Terre Haute:
  • “New exhibit at Red Skelton museum caps off festival” (June 2022).
• Tristate News:
  • “Red Skelton festival happening this week in Vincennes” (June 2022).
• Easy Reader & Peninsula:
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Library” (June 2022).
• Harbor County News:
  • “From Page to Picture” (Mar. 2021).
• Hinsdale Living Magazine: 
  • “Laugh With Me” (2020).
• Chicago Tribune:
  • “Based on the Book” (Jan. 2021).
  • “Afternoon At the Oscars” (Jan. 2020).
  • “St. Charles Public Library Presents A Night at the Oscars” (Jan. 2020).
  • “Regina Dominican film festival to mark 60th year” (Apr. 2019).
  • “Arcada offers silent film series” (Dec. 2018).
• Daily Herald:
  • “Master of the movie gimmick: Learn about William Castle’s cult classic films at St. Charles Public Library” (Sept. 2025).
  • “A Night at the Oscars” (Mar. 2022).
  • “Behind the scenes of Hollywood history” (July 2021).
  • “Palatine library event March 2 explores ‘The Irish in Hollywood'” (Feb. 2020).
  • “See Buster Keaton as “The Navigator” Jan. 7 at the Arcada” (Jan. 2020).
  • “Horror classics to bring spooky thrills to silent film series” (Oct. 2019).
  • “See silent horror-comedy film Oct. 8 at the Arcada” (Oct. 2019).
  • “Silent film fundraiser to benefit Catlow Theater in Barrington” (Apr. 2019).
• Kane County Chronicle:
  • “St. Charles Public Library to present ‘A Night at the Oscars'” (Jan. 2020).
  • “‘A Night at the Oscars’ Lecture by Film Expert” (Jan. 2020).
• The Wilmette Beacon:
  • “Regina Dominican Film Fest Celebration” (Apr. 2019).

Presentations:

• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Prairie Creek Public Library:
  • “Making of a Classic: The Wizard of Oz (1939)” (Oct. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Will County Farm Bureau:
  • “On-Screen Specters: Ghosts in Film” (Oct. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Saints Peter & Paul Greek Orthodox Church Ladies Philoptochos Society: 
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” (Sept. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Staatsburgh Historic Site:
  • “The Public Domain: Class of 2025” via Zoom (Aug. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Chicago Public Library–Dunning Branch:
  • “Esther Williams: Mermaid of the Movies” (Aug. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, The Little Traveler:
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” (July 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Tewksbury Public Library:
  • “Queer in Hollywood: LGBTQIA+ Depictions in Classic Film” via Zoom.
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Lincolnwood Place:
  • “Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense” (Aug. 2025).
  • “A-List Animals” (July 2025).
  • “How’d They Do That?!” (Apr. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Bernards Township Library:
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2025).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom (Mar. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Bridgeview Public Library:
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (Mar. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Flagg Creek Heritage Society:
  • “Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense” (Oct. 2025).
  • “The Hollywood Canteen” (Mar. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Three Rivers Public Library–Minooka Branch:
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” (Mar. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Rochester Community and Technical College:
  • “Elizabeth Taylor: Actress and Activist” via Zoom (Apr. 2025).
  • “The Irish in Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2025).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Feb. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Bloomington Public Library:
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Feb. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Glencoe Public Library:
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Feb. 2025).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Epiphany Evangelical Lutheran Church:
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas: Pt I” (Dec. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Elmhurst History Museum:
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas: Pt I” (Dec. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Wayne Township Senior Center:
  • “On-Screen Specters: Ghosts in Film” (Oct. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, South Holland Historical Society:
  • “Celluloid Road Trip: U.S. Edition” (Sept. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Highland Branch–Lake County Library:
  • “How’d They Do That?!” (Sept. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Fox Lake District Library:
  • “Queer in Hollywood: LGBTQIA+ Depictions in Classic Film” (July 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Riverside Public Library:
  • “Dressing the Stars: Pt I” (May 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Berwyn Public Library:
  • “Making of a Classic: The Wizard of Oz (1939)” (July 2025).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (May 2024).
• War Movie: The American Battle in Cinema (2023) Screening, Gene Siskel Film Center:
  • Featured in Docuseries, Part of Q&A Panel Discussion (Apr. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Retired Ladies of Walgreens:
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” (Apr. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Whiting Public Library:
  • “How’d They Do That?!” (Mar. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, West Chicago Public Library:
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” (Mar. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Luther Village:
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” (Oct. 2025).
  • “Lucille Ball: Queen of Comedy” (Mar. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Winfield Public Library:
  • “Hollywood Valentine: Married in the Movies” via Zoom (Feb. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, University Place:
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” (Oct. 2025).
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” (Feb. 2025).
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” (Jan. 2024).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Messenger Public Library:
  • “A Classic Television Christmas” (Dec. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Chicago Public Library–Edgebrook Branch:
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas: Pt. I” (Dec. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Southold Free Library:
  • “A Classic Television Holiday” via Zoom (Dec. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Chicago Public Library–Uptown Branch:
  • “Bad Boys & Girls: The Characters We Love to Hate” (Dec. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Chicago Public Library–Roden Branch:
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas: Pt. I” (Dec. 2023).
• Indiana Historical Society Holiday Author Fair, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center: 
  • Hometowns to Hollywood: Vol. I & II Book Signing (Dec. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Homewood Public Library:
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (Nov. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Chicago Ridge Public Library:
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2025).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” (Oct. 2023).
• Fowler Theatre Silent Film Festival, Fowler Theatre:
  • “The Phantom of the Opera (1925)” (Oct. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Vol. I & II, Ava Gardner Festival:
  • Book Signing (Oct. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Annual Buster Keaton Convention:
  • “Buster Loved Lucy” video submission (Oct. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Harper College:
  • “Hollywood Style: Icons of Fashion” via Zoom (Mar. 2024).
  • “Latinx in Hollywood” via Zoom (Sept. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Seaford Public Library:
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Mar. 2024).
  • “The Marx Brothers: A Legacy of Laughter” via Zoom (Jan. 2024).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Beach” via Zoom (Aug. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, River Forest Public Library:
  • “The Roaring Twenties: From Silents to Sound” (Oct. 2025).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” (July 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Union Public Library:
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Beach” via Zoom (July 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Sachem Public Library:
  • “Scrooge Through the Years” via Zoom (Dec. 2023).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2023).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Beach” via Zoom (July 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Berkeley Public Library:
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” (June 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Schaumburg Public Library:
  • “Queer in Hollywood: LGBTQIA+ Depictions in Classic Film” via Zoom (June 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, REAP of Great Neck:
  • “How’d They Do That?!” via Zoom (Aug. 2025).
  • “Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense” via Zoom (Oct. 2024).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” via Zoom (July 2024).
  • “The Marx Brothers: A Legacy of Laughter” via Zoom (Feb. 2024).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Nov. 2023).
  • “The Irish in Hollywood” via Zoom (May 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Rotary Club of Glen Ellyn:
  • “Bombshells: Hollywood’s Leading Ladies” (May 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Tinley Park Public Library:
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Library” (Apr. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Wheaton Public Library:
  • “Bombshells: Hollywood’s Leading Ladies” (Mar. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Clarinda Cady Questers–Palatine:
  • “Hedy Lamarr: A Brilliant Beauty” (Mar. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Warrenville Public Library:
  • “The Evolution of Oz” (Dec. 2025).
  • “The Irish in Hollywood” (Mar. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Downers Grove Public Library:
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Oregon Public Library:
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Oswego Public Library:
  • “How’d They Do That?!” (Mar. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Mahomet Public Library:
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Elk Grove Village Public Library:
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” (Oct. 2024).
  • “A Classic Television Christmas” (Dec. 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, The Stage Left Cafe:
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Beach” (July 2023).
  • “A-List Animals” (June 2023).
  • “Fred and Ginger: Forever Dancing” (May 2023).
  • “Hollywood Style: Icons of Fashion” (Apr. 2023).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” (Mar. 2023).
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” (Feb. 2023).
• The Virtual Jack Benny Convention, International Jack Benny Fan Club:
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Phil Harris” via Zoom (Feb. 2024).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: A Stroll Through Waukegan, IL” via Zoom (Feb. 2023).
• Silent Film Saturday, St. John Cantius Church:
  • “The Last Warning (1928)” (Apr. 2024).
  • “The Navigator (1924)” (July 2023).
  • “The Flapper (1920)” (Feb. 2023).
• Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival, Mandel JCC of the Palm Beaches:
  • “How’d They Do That?!” (Jan. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Town & Country Public Library:
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” via Zoom (Jan. 2023).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Oakton Community College–Skokie Campus:
  • “Dressing the Stars: Part I” (Nov. 2025).
  • “Jack Benny: An Illinois Original” (Oct. 2025).
  • “That’s All, Folks!: The History of Animation” (June 2025).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” (Mar. 2025).
  • “Chicago in the Classics” (Mar. 2025).
  • “The Hollywood Canteen” (Nov. 2024).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Beach” (Aug. 2024).
  • “The Marx Bros.: A Legacy of Laughter” (July 2024).
  • “Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense” (May 2024).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Nov. 2023).
  • “How’d They Do That?!” (Mar. 2023).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (Mar. 2023)
  • “Scrooge Through the Years” (Dec. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Hancock County Public Library:
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas Part I” (Dec. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Beecher Community Library:
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” (Nov. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Palos Heights Public Library:
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas: Part I” (Dec. 2025).
  • “On-Screen Specters: Ghosts in Film” (Oct. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Poplar Creek Public Library:
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” (Oct. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Clarendon Hills Public Library:
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” (Feb. 2025).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” (Oct. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Carol Stream Public Library:
  • “The Polish in Hollywood” via Zoom (Oct. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Chicago Public Library–Austin-Irving Branch:
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” (Oct. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Chicago Public Library–Sulzer Regional Library:
  • “Movie Melodies: The Music of the Gershwins” (July 2023).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Beach” (June 2023).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” (Oct. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, White Oak Library District–Lockport Branch:
  • “Movie Melodies: The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein” (Aug. 2025).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2024).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” (Oct. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Metropolitan Washington Old-Time Radio Club:
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom (Sept. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Syosset Public Library:
  • “The Irish in Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2025).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Mar. 2024).
  • “Hollywood Valentine: Married at the Movies” via Zoom (Feb. 2024).
  • “On-Screen Spectres: Ghosts in Film” via Zoom (Oct. 2023).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Library” via Zoom (Sept. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Chicago Public Library Bucktown Wicker-Park Branch:
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom (Aug. 2022).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Aug. 2022).
• Will Friedwald’s Clip Joint:
  • “The Cyd Charisse Centennial” via Zoom (Sept. 2022).
  • “Esther Williams 101” via Zoom (Aug. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Geneva Public Library:
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” (July 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Sandusky Library:
  • “Making of a Classic: The Wizard of Oz (1939)” via Zoom (Nov. 2025).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “Mermaids in the Movies” via Zoom (July 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Somerset County Library System of New Jersey:
  • “The Evolution of Oz” via Zoom (Oct. 2025).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” via Zoom (Feb. 2025).
  • “Movie Melodies: The Music of Cole Porter” via Zoom (Aug. 2024).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2023).
  • “Historic Change: Anna May Wong” via Zoom (May 2023).
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part II” via Zoom (July 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Torrance Public Library:
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Library” via Zoom (June 2022).
• Silent Film Society of Chicago Fundraiser, The Sanfilippo Foundation:
  • “Peter Pan (1924)” (Dec. 2024).
  • “Christmas with Laurel & Hardy and Friends” (Dec. 2023).
  • “It (1927)” (June 2022).
• Des Plaines Theatre Silent Film Festival, Des Plaines Theatre:
  • “True Heart Susie (1919)” (Dec. 2024).
  • “Parisian Love (1925)” (July 2024).
  • “My Friend From India (1927)” (Dec. 2023).
  • “Womanhandled (1925)” (July 2023).
  • “The Marriage Circle (1924)” (May 2023).
  • “Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)” (June 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Newberry Library:
  • “Scrooge Through the Years” via Zoom (Dec. 2025).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” via Zoom (Aug. 2025).
  • “Lucille Ball: Queen of Comedy” via Zoom (Apr. 2025).
  • “Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense” via Zoom (Oct. 2024).
  • “The Poles in Hollywood: From Pola Negri to Richard Boleslawski” via Zoom (Aug. 2024).
  • “Everybody Dance!: Classic Cinema’s Top Dancers” via Zoom (Apr. 2024).
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” via Zoom (Nov. 2023).
  • “The Irish in Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “Behind the Movie Magic: Iconic Moments in Classic Film” via Zoom (Nov. 2022).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom (Sept. 2022).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” via Zoom (June 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Santa Fe Public Library:
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” via Zoom (May 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Dickinson Hall Senior Center:
  • “Emerald Roots: Baum, Chicago, and the Road to Oz” (Sept. 2025).
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” (Feb. 2025).
  • “A Classic Television Christmas” (Dec. 2022).
  • “Bad Boys & Girls: The Characters We Love to Hate” (Aug. 2022).
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” (Apr. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Crestwood Public Library:
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” via Zoom (Apr. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Deerfield Public Library:
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” via Zoom (Nov. 2022).
  • “How’d They Do That?!” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Tippecanoe County Public Library:
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” (Mar. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Poughkeepsie Public Library:
  • “Queer in Hollywood: LGBTQIA+ Depictions in Classic Film” via Zoom (June 2025).
  • “Hollywood Valentine: Married in the Movies” via Zoom (Feb. 2025).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” via Zoom (Mar. 2024).
  • “On-Screen Spectres: Ghosts in Classic Film” via Zoom (Oct. 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Library” via Zoom (Apr. 2022).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Lake Villa Public Library:
  • “Making of a Classic: The Wizard of Oz (1939)” (Oct. 2025).
  • “Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales in Film” (July 2025).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” (Oct. 2024).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (June 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Mid-Continent Public Library:
  • “Making of a Classic: The Wizard of Oz (1939)” (Dec. 2025).
  • “Tinted Tales: Coloring the Silver Screen” via Zoom (Oct. 2025).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” via Zoom (Aug. 2025).
  • “Dressing the Stars” via Zoom (July 2025).
  • “The Three Stooges: Legends of Slapstick” via Zoom (May 2025).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2025).
  • “Comics to Classics” via Zoom (Jan. 2025).
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas: Pt II” via Zoom (Dec. 2024).
  • “The Hollywood Canteen” via Zoom (Nov. 2024).
  • “Latinx in Hollywood” via Zoom (Oct. 2024).
  • “Queer in Hollywood: LGBTQIA+ Depictions in Classic Film” via Zoom (June 2024).
  • “Historic Change: Anna May Wong” via Zoom (May 2024).
  • “Hollywood Style: Icons of Fashion” via Zoom (Apr. 2024).
  • “Backwards in Heels: The Legacy of Ginger Rogers” via Zoom (Mar. 2024).
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas: Pt I” via Zoom (Dec. 2023).
  • “Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense” via Zoom (Oct. 2023).
  • “Celluloid Road Trip: International Edition” via Zoom (June 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “Sitcom Spotlight: I Love Lucy” via Zoom (Feb. 2023).
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” via Zoom (Jan. 2023).
  • “A Classic Television Christmas” via Zoom (Dec. 2022).
  • “Scrooge Through the Years” via Zoom (Nov. 2022).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2022).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Beach” via Zoom (Aug. 2022).
  • “That’s All, Folks!: A History of Animation” via Zoom, afternoon (July 2022).
  • “That’s All, Folks!: A History of Animation” via Zoom, evening (July 2022).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom, afternoon (Mar. 2022).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom, evening (Mar. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Vernon Area Public Library:
  • “Hollywood Style: Icons of Fashion” (Sept. 2025).
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” (May 2024).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” (Feb. 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
• Patio Theater Silent Film Festival, The Patio Theater, (2022-Present):
  • “Nosferatu (1922)” (Mar. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Escape Velocity Brewing:
  • “Geek Talks: Hollywood Style Icons” (Feb. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Joliet Public Library:
  • “Hollywood Valentine: Married at the Movies” via Zoom (Feb. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Bronxville Public Library:
  • “Making of a Classic: The Wizard of Oz (1939)” via Zoom (Nov. 2025).
  • “A-List Animals” via Zoom (Sept. 2025).
  • “Tinted Tales: Coloring the Silver Screen” via Zoom (June 2025).
  • “A Night to Remember: The RMS Titanic on Screen” via Zoom (Apr. 2025).
  • “Elizabeth Taylor: Actress and Activist” via Zoom (Feb. 2025).
  • “The Hollywood Canteen” via Zoom (Nov. 2024).
  • “On-Screen Specters: Ghosts in Film” via Zoom (Oct. 2024).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Mar. 2024).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2023).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Beach” via Zoom (July 2023).
  • “Hobbywood: Pastimes of the Stars” via Zoom (Jan. 2023).
  • “Dressing the Stars” via Zoom  (Sept. 2022).
  • “Everybody Dance!: Classic Hollywood’s Top Dancers” via Zoom (Aug. 2022).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Library” via Zoom (July 2022).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
  • “Hollywood Valentine: Married at the Movies” via Zoom (Feb. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Crete Public Library:
  • “Hollywood Goes to Space” (May 2024).
  • “How’d They Do That?!” via Zoom (Sept. 2022).
  • “Hollywood Valentine: Married at the Movies” via Zoom (Feb. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Palos Park Public Library:
  • “How’d They Do That?!” via Zoom (Jan. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Eventbrite:
  • “Buster Loved Lucy” via Zoom (Sept. 2023).
  • “On-Screen Specters: Ghosts in Classic Film” via Zoom (Jan. 2023).
  • “A Classic Television Christmas” via Zoom (Dec. 2022).
  • “Scrooge Through the Years” via Zoom (Dec. 2022).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” via Zoom (Sept. 2022).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Beach” via Zoom (Aug. 2022).
  • “Sibling Stars of Classic Hollywood” via Zoom (July 2022).
  • “Judy Garland: A Centennial Celebration” via Zoom (June 2022).
  • “Jimmy Stewart: Hollywood’s Everyman” via Zoom (May 2022).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
  • “Jack Benny: An Illinois Original” via Zoom (Feb. 2022).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom (Jan. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Flossmoor Public Library:
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2024).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Mar. 2024).
  • “A Classic Television Christmas” via Zoom (Dec. 2023).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part II” via Zoom (Feb. 2022).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” via Zoom (Jan. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Bartlett Public Library:
  • “Emerald Roots: Baum, Chicago, and the Road to Oz” (Nov. 2025).
  • “Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense” (Dec. 2024).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (Apr. 2024).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” via Zoom (Jan. 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Award History” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
  • “Hollywood Style: Icons of Fashion” via Zoom (Jan. 2022).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Lisle Library District:
  • “Chicago in the Classics” (Jan. 2025).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” (Feb. 2024).
  • “A Classic Television Christmas” via Zoom (Dec. 2022).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
  • “Frank Sinatra: The Legacy of Ol’ Blue Eyes” via Zoom (Dec. 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Elmhurst Public Library:
  • “Jimmy Stewart: Hollywood’s Everyman” (Aug. 2025).
  • “The Marx Bros.: A Legacy of Laughter” (Aug. 2024).
  • “Jack Benny: An Illinois Original” (May 2024).
  • “Hollywood Style: Icons of Fashion” (Feb. 2024).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” (Mar. 2023).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” via Zoom (Nov. 2022).
  • “Judy Garland: A Centennial Celebration” via Zoom (June 2022).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” (Mar. 2022).
  • “Movie Melodies: The Music of Cole Porter” via Zoom (Oct. 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Fountaindale Public Library:
  • “Comics to Classics” via Zoom (Oct. 2024).
  • “How’d The Do That?!” (May 2024).
  • “That’s All, Folks!: The History of Animation” via Zoom (Oct. 2023).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Library ” via Zoom (Apr. 2023).
  • “The Irish in Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Beach” via Zoom (July 2022).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” via Zoom (Dec. 2021).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2021).
• Escapism: Finding Solace During the Great Depression Exhibition, Evansville Museum:
  • “Lovely to Look At: The Glamour and Influence of Hollywood’s Golden Age” (July 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Addison Public Library:
  • “Matinee Idols: Hollywood’s Leading Men” via Zoom (Jan. 2022).
  • “Bombshells: Hollywood’s Leading Ladies” (Oct. 2021).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” via Zoom (July 2021).
• Arcada Theatre Silent Film Festival, Arcada Theatre,  (2018-Present)
  • “Go West (1925)” (Jan. 2025).
  • “The Busher (1919)” (Aug. 2024).
  • “The Battle of the Sexes (1928)” (Mar. 2024).
  • “The Red Mill (1927)” (July 2023).
  • “Saturday Afternoon (1926) & Soldier Man (1926)” (Oct. 2022).
  • “Battling Butler (1926)” (Aug. 2022).
  • “Tell it to the Marines (1926)” (June 2022).
  • “Casey at the Bat (1927)” (Apr. 2022).
  • “Harrison Ford & The Nervous Wreck (1926)” (Feb. 2022).
  • “Harry Langdon & His First Flame (1927)” (Jan. 2022).
  • “The Goat (1921); Sherlock Jr. (1924)” (Mar. 2020).
  • “Girl Shy (1924)” (Feb. 2020).
  • “The Navigator (1924)” (Jan. 2020).
  • “Kid Boots (1926)” (Nov. 2019).
  • “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)” (Oct. 2019).
  • “The Cat and the Canary (1927)” (Oct. 2019).
  • “Buster Keaton in Three Ages (1923)” (Sept. 2019).
  • “Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality! (1923); Laurel & Hardy in Liberty (1929)” (Apr. 2019).
  • “Douglas Fairbanks in The Nut (1921)” (Mar. 2019).
  • “Harold Lloyd in Safety Last (1923)” (Jan. 2019).
  • “Laurel & Hardy in Big Business (1926); Buster Keaton in The General (1926)” (Dec. 2018).
  • “Silent All-Stars Night: Charlie Chaplin in A Day’s Pleasure (1919); Buster Keaton & Fatty Arbuckle in The Bell Boy (1918); and Harold Lloyd in High and Dizzy (1921)” (Nov. 2018).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, CJE-Tamarisk NorthShore:
  • “Hollywood Valentine: Married in the Movies” (Feb. 2025).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Mar. 2024).
  • “Hedy Lamarr: A Brilliant Beauty” (Apr. 2022).
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” (July 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Hamilton East Public Library:
  • “Tinted Tales: Coloring the Silver Screen” (June 2025).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Actress Spotlight” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
  • “A-List Animals” via Zoom (June 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Maine Township MaineStreamers:
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” via Zoom (May 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Niles Senior Center:
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” (May 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Thomas Ford Memorial Library:
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” (Feb. 2024).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Apr. 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Prairie Trails Public Library:
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2022).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom (May 2022).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” via Zoom (Aug. 2021).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture” via Zoom (Apr. 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Baltimore County Public Library:
  • “Historic Change: Anna May Wong” via Zoom (May 2025).
  • “The Irish in Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2025).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Library” via Zoom (Nov. 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Actress Spotlight” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “Hollywood Valentine: Married in the Movies” via Zoom (Feb. 2023).
  • “Queer in Hollywood: LGBTQIA+ Depictions in Classic Film” via Zoom (June 2022).
  • “Scrooge Through the Years” via Zoom (Dec. 2021).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2021).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom (Mar. 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Carmel Clay Public Library:
  • “Celluloid Road Trip: U.S. Edition” via Zoom (Mar. 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, NA’AMAT USA:
  • “Dressing the Stars: Part I” via Zoom (Mar. 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Northbrook Woman’s Club:
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Feb. 2022).
  • “An Afternoon at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Feb. 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Eisenhower Public Library:
  • “Matinee Idols: Hollywood’s Leading Men” via Zoom (June 2021).
  • “Bombshells: Hollywood’s Leading Ladies” via Zoom (June 2021).
  • “James Stewart: Hollywood’s Everyman” via Zoom (Jan. 2021).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Lemont Public Library:
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas Part I” via Zoom (Dec. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, St. Anne’s Women’s Club:
  • “Catholic Leading Ladies” via Zoom (Oct. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Northbrook Public Library:
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” (Apr. 2023).
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” via Zoom (Sept. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Rolling Meadows Library:
  • “Hollywood Valentine: Married at the Movies” via Zoom (Feb. 2022).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture” via Zoom (Aug. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Morton Grove Public Library:
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” (May 2023).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” via Zoom (May 2022).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” via Zoom (Aug. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, CJE SeniorLife: 
  • “Movie Melodies: The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein” via Zoom (Oct. 2025).
  • “Movie Melodies: The Music of Irving Berlin” via Zoom (Aug. 2025).
  • “Hollywood Style: Icons of Fashion” via Zoom (June 2025).
  • “Movie Melodies: The Music of Cole Porter” via Zoom (May 2025).
  • “Elizabeth Taylor: Actress and Activist” via Zoom (Apr. 2025).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture Part I” via Zoom (Mar. 2025).
  • “Jack Benny: An Illinois Original” via Zoom (Jan. 2025).
  • “Mythology in the Movies” via Zoom (Sept. 2024).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” via Zoom (Dec. 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Nov. 2023).
  • “Bad Boys & Girls: The Characters We Love to Hate” via Zoom (Aug. 2023).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” via Zoom (June 2023).
  • “Dressing the Stars” via Zoom (Feb. 2023).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” (Aug. 2022).
  • “Everybody Dance!: Classic Cinema’s Top Dancers” via Zoom (May 2022).
  • “Matinee Idols: Hollywood’s Leading Men” via Zoom (Nov. 2021).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (July 2021).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom (Mar. 2021).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Laurel & Hardy” via Zoom (Oct. 2020).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: The Marx Brothers” via Zoom (July 2020).
  • “Jack Benny: An Illinois Original” via Zoom (June 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, North Shore Congregation Israel:
  • “Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess” via Zoom (Jan. 2025).
  • “Lucille Ball: Queen of Comedy” via Zoom (Jan. 2024).
  • “Jack Benny: An Illinois Original” (May 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
  • “Fred and Ginger: Forever Dancing” via Zoom (July 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Patty Turner Center:
  • “Backwards in Heels: The Legacy of Ginger Rogers” (Apr. 2025).
  • “The Hollywood Canteen” (Sept. 2024).
  • “A Classic Television Christmas” (Dec. 2023).
  • “The Marx Brothers: A Legacy of Laughter” (May 2023).
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” (Dec. 2022).
  • “Movie Melodies: The Music of Irving Berlin” (Dec. 2021).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: The Three Stooges” via Zoom (June 2021).
  • “Movie Melodies: The Music of the Gershwins” via Zoom (Mar. 2021).
  • “Hollywood Valentine: Married in the Movies” via Zoom (Feb. 2021).
  • “Sitcom Deep-Dive: The Honeymooners” via Zoom (Jan. 2021).
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas Part I” via Zoom (Dec. 2020).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: The Marx Brothers” via Zoom (Nov. 2020).
  • “Lucille Ball: Queen of Comedy” via Zoom (Sept. 2020).
  • “Bad Boys & Girls: The Characters We Love to Hate” via Zoom (July 2020).
  • “Bombshells: Hollywood’s Leading Ladies” (Jan. 2020).
  • “Hedy Lamarr: A Brilliant Beauty” (Aug. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, North Shore Senior Center:
  • “Frank Sinatra: The Legacy of Ol’ Blue Eyes” (June 2022).
  • “Matinee Idols: Hollywood’s Leading Men” via Zoom (July 2021).
  • “Hollywood Style: Icons of Fashion” via Zoom (July 2021).
  • “Bombshells: Hollywood’s Leading Ladies” via Zoom (June 2021).
  • “A-List Animals” via Zoom (Apr. 2021).
  • “Sibling Stars of Hollywood” via Zoom (Feb. 2021).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” via Zoom (Dec. 2020).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” via Zoom (Oct. 2020).
  • “Bad Boys & Girls: The Characters We Love to Hate” via Zoom (May 2020).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” (Jan. 2020).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Laurel and Hardy” (Oct. 2019).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (July 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Palatine Public Library:
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2024).
  • “James Dean: Hollywood’s Rebel” via Zoom (Nov. 2021).
  • “A-List Animals” via Zoom (May 2021).
  • “Sibling Stars of Hollywood” via Zoom (Apr. 2021).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2021).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” via Zoom (Nov. 2020).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” via Zoom (May 2020).
  • “The Irish in Hollywood” (Mar. 2020).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (Aug. 2019).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: The Silent Clowns; Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd” (May 2019).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: The Marx Brothers” (Apr. 2019).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Laurel and Hardy” (Mar. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Cook Memorial Public Library:
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2025).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Feb. 2024).
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” via Zoom (Oct. 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas Part I” via Zoom (Dec. 2021).
  • “The Roaring Twenties: From Silents to Sound” via Zoom (Aug. 2021).
  • “Silent Clowns: Chaplin, Keaton, & Lloyd” via Zoom (July 2021).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Apr. 2021).
  • “Dressing the Stars: Part I” via Zoom (Jan. 2021).
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” via Zoom (Aug. 2020).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” via Zoom (May 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Westmont Public Library:
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Library” (May 2022).
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” (Mar. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Glenview Public Library:
  • “The Evolution of Oz” (Oct. 2025).
  • “Queer in Hollywood: LGBTQIA+ Depictions in Classic Film” (June 2024).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2021).
  • “Darlings of the Depression” via Zoom (Oct. 2020).
  • “The Irish in Hollywood” (Mar. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Naperville Public Library (95th St. Library):
  • “Latinx in Hollywood” via Zoom (Sept. 2025).
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” (Mar. 2025).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” via Zoom (Jan. 2021).
  • “An Afternoon at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Chestnut Square at The Glen:
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas Part II” (Dec. 2022).
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas Part I” (Dec. 2022).
  • “That’s All, Folks!: The History of Animation” (July 2022).
  • “How’d They Do That?!” (Apr. 2020).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Mary Lubko Center:
  • “An Afternoon at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2020).
  • “Bombshells: Hollywood’s Leading Ladies” (July 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Winnetka-Northfield Public Library:
  • “Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense” via Zoom (Oct. 2025).
  • “Chicago in the Classics” via Zoom (July 2025).
  • “Hollywood Valentine: Married at the Movies” via Zoom (Feb. 2025).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” via Zoom (Sept. 2024).
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” via Zoom (Aug. 2024).
  • “Hollywood Goes to Space” via Zoom (Mar. 2024).
  • “The Roaring Twenties: From Silents to Sound” via Zoom (Jan. 2024).
  • “Bombshells: Hollywood’s Leading Ladies” via Zoom (Nov. 2023).
  • “How’d They Do That?!” via Zoom (Mar. 2023).
  • “Hollywood Style: Icons of Fashion” via Zoom (Nov. 2022).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
  • “Dressing the Stars: Part I” via Zoom (Feb. 2021).
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas Part I” via Zoom (Dec. 2020).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2020).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2019).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (Sept. 2018).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Cary Area Public Library:
  • “Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess” (Sept. 2025).
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” (Jan. 2024).
  • “The Women Who Built Hollywood” (Mar. 2023).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Apr. 2021).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2020).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” (Sept. 2019).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, St. Charles Public Library:
  • “Gimme a Gimmick!: The Films of William Castle” (Oct. 2025).
  • “Lucille Ball: Queen of Comedy” (May 2022).
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas Part I” via Zoom (Dec. 2020).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Jan. 2020).
  • “1939: Cinema’s Greatest Year” (Oct. 2019).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, New Buffalo Township Library:
  • “Ladies of Laughter: Great Comediennes” (June 2023).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” (Oct. 2021).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” via Zoom (Apr. 2021).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” via Zoom (June 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Winnetka Women’s Exchange:
  • “An Afternoon at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Jan. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Helen Plum Library:
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2025).
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas Part I” (Dec. 2023).
  • “Movie Melodies: The Music of the Gershwins” via Zoom (July 2022).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” via Zoom (Mar. 2021).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” (Jan. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Roosevelt University:
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (Jan. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Park Ridge Public Library:
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” (Feb. 2024).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Jan. 2020).
  • “An Afternoon at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Film Series, Arlington Heights Memorial Library (2015-2019):
  • AHML Teen Film Fest Judge (Aug. 2022).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Bob Hope and The Cat and the Canary (1939) (Oct. 2019).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Marilyn Monroe & Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)” (Aug. 2019).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Eleanor Powell & Born to Dance (1936)” (Apr. 2019).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: The Marx Brothers & A Night at the Opera (1935)” (Aug. 2018).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy & Sons of the Desert (1933)” (June 2018).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Bing Crosby & White Christmas (1954)” (Dec. 2017).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: June Allyson & Good News (1947)” (Aug. 2017).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Jane Powell & Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)” (July 2017).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Red Skelton & Bathing Beauty (1944)” (June 2017).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: James Stewart & It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)” (Dec. 2016).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Myrna Loy & The Thin Man (1934)” (Nov. 2016).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Frank Sinatra & High Society (1956)” (May 2016).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Lana Turner & Ziegfeld Girl (1941)” (Apr. 2016).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Katharine Hepburn & Bringing Up Baby (1938),” (Apr. 2016).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Tyrone Power & Love is News (1937)” (Nov. 2016).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Carole Lombard & My Man Godfrey (1936)” (Oct. 2015).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Irene Dunne & The Awful Truth (1937)” (Sept. 2015).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, The Windy City Film Fanatics:
  • “A Classic Hollywood Christmas Part I” via Zoom (Dec. 2020).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Des Plaines History Center:
  • “Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense” via Zoom (Oct. 2025).
  • “A Hollywood Halloween” via Zoom (Oct. 2020).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (Sept. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Polish American Cultural Club:
  • “Pola Negri: The Polish Femme Fatale” (Sept. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Oak Brook Public Library:
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Beach” (July 2022).
  • “Fred and Ginger: Forever Dancing” (Aug. 2019).
• Red Skelton Festival, Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy:
  • “In the Footsteps of Stars: Hometowns to Hollywood” (July 2024).
  • “Classic Hollywood Hoosiers” and Hometowns to Hollywood: Volume I book signing (June 2022).
  • “Introduction: DuBarry Was a Lady (1943)” (July 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Bernard Weinger JCC of Chicago:
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (July 2019).
• The Catlow Theater and Silent Film Society of Chicago Collaborations, Catlow Theater:
  • “Laurel and Hardy in Do Detectives Think? (1927); Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)” (May 2019).
  • “Buster Keaton in The Haunted House (1921); Charlie Chaplin in The Kid (1921)” (Apr. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Film Series, Barrington Area Library (2018):
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Leslie Caron & An American in Paris (1951)” (Apr. 2019).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Hugh Martin & Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)” (Dec. 2018).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Elmwood Park Public Library:
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (June 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Wilmette Public Library:
  • “Betty White: A Lifetime of Laughter” via Zoom (Nov. 2022).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Judy Garland” (June 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Lincolnwood Public Library:
  • “Lucille Ball: Queen of Comedy” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (Apr. 2019).
  • “Silent Clowns: Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd” (June 2018).
• Regina Celebrates Reel Women Film Festival, Regina Dominican High School:
  • Theodora Goes Wild (1936) Introduction and Panel Discussion Moderator (Apr. 2019).
  • After Parkland (2018) Panel Discussion Moderator (Apr. 2019).
  • Wadjda (2012) Introduction and Panel Discussion Moderator (Apr. 2019).
  • The Trouble With Angels (1966) Introduction and Panel Discussion Moderator (Apr. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Lake Bluff Public Library:
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” via Zoom (Feb. 2023).
  • “A-List Animals” via Zoom (Aug. 2021).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Algonquin Area Public Library:
  • “Dynamic Duos: Classic Comedy Partnerships” (July 2019).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Fremont Public Library:
  • “Making of a Classic: The Wizard of Oz (1939)” (Nov. 2025).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” (Feb. 2025).
  • “Queer in Hollywood: LGBTQIA+ Depictions in Classic Film” (June 2024).
  • “Hollywood Goes to Space” (July 2023).
  • “Bad Boys & Girls: The Characters We Love to Hate” (Feb. 2023).
  • “Hollywood Style: Icons of Fashion” (Nov. 2021).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (Feb. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Niles-Maine District Library:
  • “A Classic Television Christmas” (Dec. 2025).
  • “The Irish in Hollywood” (Mar. 2024).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” via Zoom (Mar. 2022).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2019).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Prospect Heights Public Library:
  • “That’s All, Folks!: The History of Animation” via Zoom (Aug. 2025).
  • “Queer in Hollywood: LGBTQIA+ Depictions in Classic Film” (June 2025).
  • “Queer in Hollywood: LGBTQIA+ Depictions in Classic Film” (June 2024).
  • “Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense” via Zoom (Oct. 2023).
  • “Frank Sinatra: The Legacy of Ol’ Blue Eyes” (July 2023).
  • “The History of the Hollywood Musical” via Zoom (Aug. 2022).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” via Zoom (Aug. 2021).
  • “Everybody Dance!: Classic Cinema’s Top Dancers” via Zoom (May 2021).
  • “Jimmy Stewart: Hollywood’s Everyman” (Dec. 2019).
  • “Chicago: The First Hollywood” (July 2019).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Feb. 2019).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: The Marx Brothers” (Dec. 2018).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Indian Trails Public Library District:
  • “Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense” (Oct. 2024).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” (Mar. 2024).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Best Picture Spotlight” (Mar. 2023).
  • “Based on the Book: From Page to Picture, Part I” via Zoom (Jan. 2022).
  • “A Night at the Oscars: Academy Awards History” via Zoom (Apr. 2021).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Elizabeth Taylor” (June 2019).
  • “Jack Benny: An Illinois Original” (Sept. 2018).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Mount Prospect Public Library:
  • “Queer in Hollywood: LGBTQIA+ Depictions in Classic Film” via Zoom (June 2025).
  • “Hollywood Goes to the Library” (Mar. 2023).
  • “Jack Benny: An Illinois Original” (July 2018).
• Hometowns to Hollywood Presentations, Arlington Heights Woman’s Club:
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: June Allyson” (Oct. 2017).
  • “Hometowns to Hollywood: Frank Sinatra” (Sept. 2016).
• Chicago Art Deco Society:
  • “Fashions and Jewels of the Jazz Age” (May 2013).

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