Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

FYI: “Buena Vista Social Club” is a musical production that had an off-Broadway run at the Atlantic Theater Company in 2023 and then transferred to Broadway in 2025, opening at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The musical is set in Havana and spans from the … Continue reading →

Why have so many aviation disasters occured on this day (9 August) in history? Via Wikipedia; links in the original:

According to Wikipedia (footnotes omitted; links in the original), “Rififi (French: Du rififi chez les hommes) is a 1955 French crime film adaptation of Auguste Le Breton‘s novel of the same name. Directed by American blacklisted filmmaker Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais as the aging gangster … Continue reading →

As a footnote to two of my scholarly papers with Alain Alcouffe–one on “Adam Smith in the City of Light“; the other on “Adam Smith in the Salons of Paris“–I have been meaning to repost this recent entry from another … Continue reading →

I just heard this catchy song for the first time in Panama City Beach last week, but according to Google’s A.I. assistant, it was released over three years ago on 29 June 2022!

I am reposting this recent entry from one of my favorite blogs, Remembering Singapore: Singapore’s Most Recognisable Logos, Then and Now (Part 1)