Reginald W. Bacon

Reginald W. Bacon is a museum and history professional with specialties in 17th- and 18th-century New England architecture and domestic life --- and early 20th-century music, vaudeville, and circus. His first career as a journalist, editor, and publication designer informs his current museum work. His 35-year career as an acrobatic juggler/unicyclist, comic dancer, and jazz/ragtime musician --- for most of those years performing in dazzling synchrony with his wife L.J. Newton --- informs his performing arts research. He is the author of more than a dozen books on under-the-radar history, architecture, performing arts, music, research methodology, and editorial/graphics topics. For more complete information and to read preview pages, visit the publisher's website (Variety Arts Press).

R.W. Bacon is a graduate of Syracuse University (journalism/sociology) and Harvard (museum studies). Topics of forthcoming projects include early 20th-century popular entertainment, 1920s-30s hot jazz, and acrobatic juggling technique & training.