Monthly Archives: April 2011

Moruzzi Book Signing at Festival of Books on Saturday 1-3pm

I’ll be signing both of my books – “Havana Before Castro” and “Palm Springs Holiday” – at the Gibbs Smith booth (Booth 911) at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books being held at USC this year.  I’ll be there from … Continue reading

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The Twist Riot at the Peppermint Lounge

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The Twist started out as a dance fad in 1959, but two years later Life Magazine wrote about a “dingy Manhattan nightspot named the Peppermint Lounge [that had] quickly became the most jammed joint in town.” According to Life, “Before … Continue reading

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