When television producer Lee Mendelson heard jazz pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi's hit single "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" on his car radio, he thought he had found the right composer for the ...

In the early 1960s, budding filmmaker Lee Mendelson made a documentary about baseball player Willie Mays that aired on NBC. When he was looking for his next project, he turned to the newspaper. “I was ...

In 1964, one year before A Charlie Brown Christmas brought cartoonist Charles M. Schulz’s PEANUTS® to TV screens across America, the Vince Guaraldi Trio breathed life into its beloved characters ...

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" is the best Christmas TV special for many reasons: Linus quoting the Bible. The strong anti-commercialism theme. And the great jazz music by pianist Vince Guaraldi. That's ...

STATEN ISLAND,N.Y. -- In The Wings Productions, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tanya Glassman and Executive Producer Adam Glassman, present the award-winning "Peanuts" musical "You're A ...

St. Paul knows how to celebrate Charlie Brown. Statues of “Peanuts” characters are scattered around the city, a permanent homage to native son (and creator of Snoopy, Linus and Charlie Brown), Charles ...

Join Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, and the entire Peanuts gang in a live Christmas event that has been called "a warm holiday tonic," and will "leave families reminded of the true meaning of Christmas." ...