I’d never heard of the International Opera Theater until today, when one of my coworkers told me about them. But apparently they adapt Shakespeare’s plays into chamber operas, and, what’s more, their version of The Winter’s Tale is going to be performed here in Philly on June 22nd and 24th. I am intrigued, not least […]
… still internetless at home, still blogging from computer labs and the public library, and still fed up with the whole situation. The longer posts I’ve been contemplating will have to wait (again). Can anyone recommend me an ISP that actually does its damn job? In lieu of profound thoughts and well-honed prose, I’ll just […]
One of the mailing lists I’m on drew my attention to the American Council of Trustees and Alumni’s "Vanishing Shakespeare" report. There’s been some conversation about it on The Valve, too. Quite a lot of this report triggered my skepticism reflexes. In particular: The claim for an "assault on Shakespeare" at colleges and universities.* The […]
The only consolation for the fact that the air is full of pollen right now, making me sneeze and curse every time I go outside to enjoy the gorgeous weather, is that everyone else is suffering too. It’s like a constant Greek chorus of sneezes. In other news, the History of the Book project continues […]
I’m posting this from the iSchool’s main computing lab, in the interval between finishing a statistics midterm and whisking off for a night out. (I still don’t have access to teh internets at home. I miss you, internets.) This is just to say that I really enjoyed Falstaff, and if anyone reading this is still […]
According to Steven Bell in Inside Higher Ed a few weeks ago, "academic librarians are the nice guys of higher education." We agree with each other too much. Instead of engaging in any kind of intellectually rigorous back-and-forth exchange on controversies in our profession, we avoid sounding like we disagree. I’m of multiple minds on […]
The reason I haven’t been posting very much lately is that Earthlink’s wi-fi network in my area has been down for over two weeks, and all they’ll tell me over the phone is "They’re working on it," and that it’ll be fixed in a few hours or a few days, which it never is. Dear […]