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The Girlhood and Cinema film series continues showcasing the diverse roles of girls as cinematic storytellers with Peter Bogdanovich’s masterful period picture Paper Moon (1973; PG). Set in Depression-era Missouri and Kansas, it’s the story of a young con artist (then-10-year-old Tatum O’Neal) and her dad (real-life father Ryan O’Neal) as they build a grifting career. Tatum won an Oscar in her first film role. The University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Erin Hamer-Beck leads a subsequent discussion.

In an industry—local television news—that churns through on-air talent with nearly every ratings dip and shift in management, Al Wallace carved a more than three-decade career as a sports anchor and reporter at Kansas City’s WDAF. He saw baseball’s Royals through three World Series and football’s Chiefs through their own (lesser) triumphs and tragedy.

Recorded by Dylan Thomas in 1952 and published in book form two years later, A Child’s Christmas in Wales endures as one of the Welsh poet’s most popular works in prose. It’s a wistful reminiscence of Christmas from the viewpoint of a young boy, capturing all aspects of the season.