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 ...

Even if you’ve never watched the 1965 animated television special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” based on Charles Schulz’s beloved comic strip, “Peanuts,” chances are you’ve heard songs from the film’s ...

AKRON, Ohio – Akron’s Goodyear Theatre will host “A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage” on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m.

It’s great music to hear anytime, but especially this time of year. It’s the late jazz composer Vince Guaraldi’s joyful music for the Charlie Brown TV specials. His song, “Linus and Lucy” has become ...

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 ...

Fifty years ago, A Charlie Brown Christmas made its television debut, starting a holiday tradition that’s right up there with chestnuts roasting on an open fire and leaving cookies out for Santa. And ...

At the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California, visitors bring characters to life using a light table. © Charles M. Schulz Museum, Santa Rosa, CA / photo ...