An hour into a group analysis of Plato’s Republic, led by Blaine Swen, they’re hung up on the definition of beauty. If we think someone’s beautiful, but our friend doesn’t, is that person truly beautiful?, they wonder. More...
William Shakespeare was best loved, not by the highbrow cultural elitists of his time, but by the poor slobs who comprised the bulk of his audience. The groundlings, as they were known, occupied the equivalent of today's nosebleed section... More...