See if Y’all Like this Shakespeare

Let me recommend to you an event that runs through June 17th. It takes you outside in the evening, provides you and the kids with some culture. And it costs you nothing–except a well-deserved free will donation.
It’s Collaborative Arts’ production of ”As You Like It”, the Shakespeare chesnut that is presented with an updated southern twang. 
The shows start just [...]

Tracking Light Rail that Works

There’s a lot of debate over Charlotte’s  partly-completed light rail system. The politics are a matter for WFAE’s news department to cover, not this intrepid blogger.
 
But let me take a moment to recount a personal experience last week. I was whisked around a bustling mega-city  by  light rail—cleanly, quickly and very economically.
 
It was in Athens, Greece. [...]