Happy Labor Day weekend! We hope that you’re enjoying a relaxing & refreshing time with loved ones as we honor the dignity of laborers and their work.
We were pleased last week to be able to announce the date for Doxacon Seattle 2025. On February 8, 2025 we will once again gather at the Brightwater Center. We’re looking at starting a little later (likely 10 am) and finishing a little later, but those details will be nailed down in the future. In the meantime, mark your calendars – we look forward to seeing you on February 8 for Doxacon Seattle 2025!
September 1 – Christians of both eastern and western traditions today celebrate a Day of Prayer for Creation. Started in 1989 by Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrios I, this practice has inspired Christians of various Churches and communities to re-commit themselves to good stewardship of the gift of God’s creation. Read Patriarch Batholomew’s 2018 message at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America website.
September 2 – On the first Monday of September, Americans celebrate Labor Day. Though it was established federally in 1894, it was recognized by individual states as early as 1885 – the fruit of labor activists building momentum to recognize all those who have done and still do the work that undergirds our country. Read about it at the U.S. Department of Labor.
September 3 – 48 years ago today the Viking Lander 2 touched down on Mars and began taking photos of the surface. It was sent very shortly after the Viking 1 spacecraft successfully landed on the moon (the first to do so) – in fact the Viking 1 lander outlasted its successor by over two years! But the Viking 2 mission was by no means a disappointment. The orbiter worked for just under two years – sending nearly 16 thousand (!) images as it orbited Mars. The lander sent back images for almost four years before turning off when its batteries failed. Read about the entire Viking Project (Viking 1 and 2) at NASA’s website.
September 4 – On this day in 1936, RKO Radio Pictures released Swing Time. The 1930s and 1940s produced many enduring classics of theater and dance, but Swing Time is arguably one of the best. Starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, it showcases not only their on-screen chemistry but their supreme dancing chops. Read Roger Ebert’s review several decades later.
September 5 – Today is the birthday of Michael Keaton (1951). Though he is known for a great number of works, DC fans may especially remember him as the first to portray Batman in a stand-alone movie (ie, not part of a television series or a serial). Though he only starred in two movies (making a return in 2023 movie The Flash), his portrayal of the Dark Knight helped kick-start not only the renewal of interest in future Batman movies but the super hero genre overall. Read a retrospective at Thought Catalog.
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