Arts and Entertainment Hall of Fame.

It wasn't very far from Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre where Herman and Joseph Mankiewicz spent some of their younger years.

Their biographer, Sydney Ladensohn Stern, tells us a story about Herman before they each made their mark in Hollywood for classic movies like "All About Eve" for Joe and "Citizen Kane" for Herman.

After waiting, it seems like forever, Herman received at last a beautiful bicycle as a gift from his parents.

When he wasn't supposed to, he took off for the Osterhout Public Library and parked his bike outside to explore the world of stories inside and found, in the meantime, that his cherished bicycle had been stolen and it was never recovered.

Ladensohn Stern makes a compelling case for the fact that Herman's heartbreak over his prized bike was so deep that he never recovered, but that he finally was able to work out his childhood loss and anguish through the symbol he created in that legendary movie, "Citizen Kane."

Rosebud.

Rosebud the sled became the emblem of that bicycle.

And that's an example of the importance of an entity such as the Luzerne County Arts and Entertainment Hall of Fame, a simple childhood instance, an incident in the life of a creative artist-to-be has touched millions of filmgoers and will continue to do so with its feeling for humanity.

A Hall of Fame can remind us of all the creative individuals with ties to this place and the ways they can show us who we've been and are and can possibly become.