Third Coast Creatives

Recently Chicago and the National Hockey League (NHL) lost one of it’s iconic superstars. More importantly, the world lost a true gentleman.   Chicago  Blackhawks legend and Hockey Hall of Fame forward Stan Mikita passed away after a long illness.   Mikita spent his entire storied 21-year NHL career with the Blackhawks. He retired in 1980.     “Stan made everyone he touched a better person,” Blackhawks Team President Rocky Wirtz said. “Stosh will be greatly missed but never forgotten.”   Hockey Hall of Famer Stan Mikita  Mikita is generally regarded as the best center of the 1960s.   He remains the Blackhawks all-time scoring leader and all-time leader in assists.   Mikita is the first player in NHL history to win the Hart (League MVP), Art Ross (League Scoring Leader), and Lady Bing (Sportsmanship & Gentlemanly Play) trophies in one year and the only player to win all three in consecutive years.   Former teammate and fellow Blackhawk Team Ambassador Bobby Hull described Mi

A couple of weeks ago, my wife, my daughter and I had the awesome pleasure to see a video presentation of Bandstand, presented by Fathom Events.   Fathom had shot video of two live performances of this Broadway musical to put together an amazing video presentation of this live event.   The presentation is then shown in several movie theaters across the country.   Thus, we were able to watch a Broadway show on a Tuesday evening at a local theater for a fraction of the cost of a Broadway ticket. Bandstand is an original musical composed by Richard Oberacker with book and lyrics by Oberacker and Rob Taylor.   Directed and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton), the show opened on Broadway on April 26, 2017, running 24 previews and 166 performances.   The show closed on September 17, 2017.   The musical tells the story of a group of veterans returning to the United States after World War II.   The veterans struggle to settle into a normal life while dealing with the lin