Libraries are among the best possible public investments. They promote knowledge, education, culture, and community engagement, while also serving as democratic spaces that empower individuals, foster learning, and contribute to the overall well-being of communities. In Haruki Murakami’s surrealist masterpiece novel Kafka on the Shore, this is how the 15-year-old protagonist who lives in a library describes the experience of opening […]
Without a doubt, music is the most common universal language of humanity, and there’s nothing that unifies people as music does. Modern music halls, which have their roots in taverns and coffee houses in Europe in the 18th century, kept evolving for the last 300 years to meet the changing needs of the musical zeitgeist, larger crowds, and […]