Travel Stories, Cruise Reviews, and Cultural Adventures

A troupe of actors makes its way across the U.S., as silent movies give way to the talkies. Side trips to Paris and London, with a stop in rural Montana, plus a love triangle, drug addiction, show biz flair, loyalty tested, gunslingers, jealousies and dreams. Critics praised the tone, detail, intricate relationships and colorful rendering of place, period and interesting people.

More than five decades after Little Big Man transformed the Western movie genre, Christine "Cookie" Myers returned to celebrate the film's enduring legacy. As a 20-year-old cast member during production and a featured speaker at the Little Big Man Symposium, she shared behind-the-scenes memories of one of Montana's most influential films.

Christene Meyers palys for weddings, funerals, birthdays, celebrations -- good times and sad times -- our family has cherished music. It goes with me on the road. I've played piano quintets and barroom stride, on cruise ships, in saloons, barns and former brothels, grand concert halls, basements, penthouses and living rooms. I've played for hundreds - even three thousand -- and I've played for myself alone, to cheer up. I played on a keyboard in the glory days of the 747 fir