At the risk of sounding too lit. mag-esque, the content for this week's tableau reminds me of a poem: "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost.
The well-known analogy of "the road less traveled" occurred to me while dodging sketchy construction workers and falling objects near the site of Varsity Hall's brilliant move. As my Pumas squished into the moist red clay several feet from the sidewalk, these lines appeared in my mind:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
With the Oscars, the bastion of mainstream cinema, looming ahead for our next issue, this week's tableau seems filled with art and entertainment that is slightly off the beaten path. "Culture" is much more than Spielberg and Britney, and there's a lot to discover if you venture outside the mainstream.
This week, skip the Carmike and opt for the South Asian film festival, Tasvir.
If Starbucks is usually your scene, travel to the Downtown Mall to the exotic Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar.
March to the beat of your own drummer with our music reviewers' picks this week: Lagwagon, The Frames, and Sage Francis.
Sometimes you don't have to go far to get a taste of the culturally unique
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