Born on this day – Tomaso Albinoni:

Tomaso Albinoni

Composer

June 8, 1671 – January 17, 1751

Recommended reading - In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper (2016):

In Sunlight or In Shadow:

Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper (2016).

Edited by Lawrence Block.

ISBN: 9781681772455

Description:

A truly unprecedented literary achievement by author and editor Lawrence Block – a newly commissioned anthology of seventeen superbly crafted stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper.

"Edward Hopper is surely the greatest American narrative painter. His work bears special resonance for writers and readers, and yet his paintings never tell a story so much as they invite viewers to find for themselves the untold stories within."

So says Lawrence Block, who has invited seventeen outstanding writers to join him in an unprecedented anthology of brand-new stories: In Sunlight or In Shadow. The results are remarkable and range across all genres, wedding literary excellence to storytelling savvy.

Contributors include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Justin Scott, Kris Nelscott, Warren Moore, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, and Lawrence Block himself. Even Gail Levin, Hopper’s biographer and compiler of his catalogue raisonée, appears with her own first work of fiction, providing a true account of art theft on a grand scale and told in the voice of the country preacher who perpetrated the crime.

In a beautifully produced anthology as befits such a collection of acclaimed authors, each story is illustrated with a quality full-color reproduction of the painting that inspired it.

Toni Morrison, on writing:

Writing is really a way of thinking – not just feeling but thinking about things

that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.

– Toni Morrison.

On this day in music history - Street Angel, by Stevie Nicks (1994):

The album Street Angel,

by Stevie Nicks,

was released on June 7, 1994.

On this day in movie history - The Prophecy: Uprising (2005):

The Prophecy: Uprising,

directed and written by Joel Soisson,

based on a story by John Sullivan,

was released in the United States on June 7, 2005.
Music by Joseph LoDuca.

Cast:
John Light, Sean Pertwee, Dan Chiriac, Boris Petroff, Alin Cristea, Kari Wuhrer, Florinel Popescu, Dan Astileanu, Doug Bradley, Georgina Rylance, Catalina Alexandru, Jason London, Ichim Luceafarul, Flori Truscan, Claudia Templeton, Alexandru Virgil Platon, Adrian Ciobanu, Adriana Butoi, Mihai Verbintschi, David Aparu, Smaranda Popescu, Stephen Billington, Snowy Highfield, Nick Phillips, Nelu Caragea, Lucian Iordache, Dicu Aurel, Adrian Pavlovschi, Vasilescu Valentin.

On this day in movie history - Delusion (1991):

Delusion,

directed by Carl Colpaert,

written by Carl Colpaert and Kurt Voss,

was released in the United States on June 7, 1991.
Music by Barry Adamson.

Cast:
Jim Metzler, Jennifer Rubin, Kyle Secor, Jerry Orbach, Robert Costanzo, Tracey Walter, Barbara Alyn Woods, Amanda Horan Kennedy, Angelina Fiordellisi, Raymond Singer, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Kevin West, Darryl Cox, Bob McCracken, Pat Reilly, Frankie Maiolo, Tamara Landry, Rudolph Willrich, Brendan McKane, John W. Hart, Rachel Gebler, Chitra F. Mojtabai, Robert Moore, Carol Lang, Laura Lang, Craig Sexton, Richard Jordan, Seth Willenson, Kristin Stuart, Albert Albala, James Magowan, Charles Ayers, Jeffrey Madison, Maria Gulezian, Roxanne Thompson, Tony Markes, Marc James, Lurezia Covacevich, Suzan Nesbit Hiett, Tracy Collins, María de Souza.

On this day in movie history - Armored Car Robbery (1950):

Armored Car Robbery,

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Gerald Drayson Adams and Earl Felton,

based on a story by Robert Leeds and Robert Angus,

was released in the United States on June 7, 1950.

Music by Roy Webb and Paul Sawtell.

Cast:
Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley, Steve Brodie, Don McGuire, Don Haggerty, James Flavin, Gene Evans.