(Editor’s Note: This column — penned by Todd Tarbox, author and editor of two Welles-related books — first appeared in the Colorado Springs Gazette. It is reprinted with the kind permission of its author.) By TODD TARBOX Since March 13, when the World Health Organization characterized the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, the Coronavirus tsunami has […]
By RAY KELLY For decades, Todd Tarbox has assisted Orson Welles biographers and scholars by providing them access to the archive of his late grandfather, Roger “Skipper” Hill, headmaster at the former Todd School for Boys. In 2013, Tarbox published Orson Welles and Roger Hill: A Friendship in Three Acts, a play recounting the two […]
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group of Maryland will publish “Marching Song” in August.
Updated on June 9 with video of unveiling at end of post. __________________ A bronze sculpture of Orson Welles will be dedicated on Friday, June 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the late actor-director’s adopted hometown of Woodstock, Illinois. It will be placed near a 118-foot long mural, located along the Main Street Pedway adjacent to Classic Cinemas […]
By RAY KELLY A bronze sculpture of Orson Welles will be dedicated on June 8 in Woodstock, Illinois, where the celebrated actor-director was educated at the former Todd School for Boys. It will be placed near the 118-foot long mural, located along the pedway adjacent to Classic Cinemas Woodstock Theatre. The colorful mural honors Welles […]
A gala is set for September 29.
Those wishing to donate can find more details at woodstockmural.org/support
Orson Welles was educated at the Todd School for Boys in Woodstock.
The literary journal, SubtleTea, has published an in-depth interview with Todd Tarbox.
The City Council responded positively to the proposal.
Welles considered Woodstock his hometown.
Due from Harper Collins on Nov. 17, the book cover Welles’ life up to the filming of “Citizen Kane.”
An excerpt from “One Man’s Time And Chance – A Memoir of Eighty Years 1895-1975.”
Vincent Longo made presentations in both cities.
McBride visiting sites connected to Welles’ childhood.
Welles’ 42-minute workprint got a surprise showing in Woodstock.
Kodar told some wonderful stories for the crowd of 150 at the Off the Rails restaurant near the town square.
Tickets and more information may be obtained at welleswoodstock.com
Events are planned throughout the month.
With Orson Welles’ 100th birthday celebrations planned in New York, Indiana, Illinois, Arizona and Spain, it is fitting that his birthplace of Kenosha, Wisconsin, will also celebrate the late filmmaker’s centenary. Nita Hunter and the Citizen Welles Society have put together a month-long tribute for May that recalls Welles’ Wisconsin childhood, radio success, political activism […]
