On PSFK, I've posted today about a home decor and carpet store transforming part of its showroom into a spa and theater to feature Indian culture for a month.
The store will present an incredibly impressive speaker series with many big names. Writers, visionaries, musicians, filmmakers, and artisans are all heavily featured.
A store is doing this? Is this is a sign of things to come? It really caught my attention because it is so unusual. The store features items from India, and they are not its primary inventory. It is a local store with a few others around the country, and it has flexibility to tap into an interested market and try to educate and enlighten.
Now if only some big store would feature a regular writers series, featuring published and unpublished authors...I love it when the small cafes do it, but I believe that artists and writers are cultural treasures and should be treated as such. The larger community should promote and support them regularly.
I ditto your sentiments.
I don't ever recall a local biggie doing anything. Ever.
Posted by: S William Shaw | February 12, 2007 at 02:39 PM
Fantastic idea! Don't you wish you could start it? Why don't you suggest it?
Posted by: Maryam in Marrakesh | February 12, 2007 at 05:49 PM
Steve — Hmmm...perhaps this IS a trend beginning.
Maryam — I wish I could start it. I think I will suggest it. You're giving me some great encouragement. I'm going to put this on my DREAM BIG list. Thanks!
Posted by: KG | February 12, 2007 at 10:22 PM