The Smart Set is a weekly feature, compiled and posted by Lauren Cerand, that usually appears Mondays at 12:30 pm, and highlights the best of the week to come. Special favor is given to New York’s independent booksellers and venues, and low-cost and free events. Please send details to Ms. Cerand at lauren [at] maudnewton.com by the Thursday prior to . . .
Language research rebuts Shakespeare: A rose by another name apparently does not smell as sweet.
Sarajevo will name a city square after Susan Sontag. During the Bosnian war, she staged Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot there.
If you enjoyed “Specters of a Young Earth,” Joseph Clarke’s fascinating essay on the Creation Museum, come out to The Kitchen tomorrow night. There he will continue his examination of evangelical architecture, with a brief look at the evolution of the megachurch and its intersections with the history of the American corporate workplace. (Joseph is my brother-in-law. He and I . . .
“I’m a taker-outer. I had to become more of a putter-inner.” Artvoice talks with Greg Ames about writing a novel after stories.