Shakespeare tells us that life is ‘a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage’- but which stage is that? The Globe Theater was the original site for a lot of Shakespeare’s most famous and influential plays. Shakespeare and his acting troupe, Lord Chamberlain’s Men, decided to build their own theater when […]
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As the old adage goes, “Practice makes perfect.” While “perfect” is subjective, the sentiment remains the same. Knowing the keys on a piano does not land you a solo in Carnegie Hall. Making the high school football team doesn’t secure you a position in the NFL. You may have some raw, innate talent, but it […]
If there’s one profession that seems destined to remain in medieval times and fantasy worlds, it’s blacksmithing. Most people have no need for a sword or battleax, which makes the practice somewhat obsolete. But blacksmithing has not been lost to time or dismissed as something from Dungeons and Dragons. The job is still around and […]
Historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich famously said, “Well behaved women seldom make history.” The further we advance toward eradicating inequality between men and women, the more we notice areas where we need to improve. From the television shows we watch to the books we read and even to prominent job fields, most women grew up with […]