“It’s one of the many Murphy’s Laws of theatregoing that as soon you finally get to the front of the concessions line at intermission and purchase your drink, the lights begin to flash. Inevitably, you are left with a sad choice: Put the drink down, or be déclassé and down it.” Why shouldn’t audiences be able to bring their drinks into the theatre?
Tag: 04.15.08
Video Games In Public Libraries?
“Looking for new ways to attract young people, more than three quarters of the nation’s public libraries support gaming, including card games and online activities, according to a study coming out this week.”
Next Chapter For Arab Lit?
“To communicate its strength and scope, every culture needs interpreters whom outsiders will trust. And, in the half-millennium of suspicion and conflict that followed the downfall of Moorish civilisation in Spain, the absence of such honest brokers has bedevilled every stage of the perpetually rocky relationship between the Arab and European worlds.”