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Life Imitates Chess

Reflecting on his career as a chess Grandmaster and a member of Russia's political opposition, Garry Kasparov found that the same strategies used to win his game can lead to success at the office.

Purchase How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom at amazon.com.

Weigh in: What have you learned by playing chess?

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Creating a New American Theater

Theodore Mann co-founded the Circle in the Square theater in 1951, and he's been there to guide it ever since. His memoir tells the story of how off-Broadway theater was born, recounting the Circle's most memorable productions, including work by playwrights like Thornton Wilder, Jules Feiffer, and Terrence McNally and actors like Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Al Pacino, Vanessa Redgrave, and James Earl Jones.

Purchase Journeys in the Night: Creating a New American Theatre with Circle in the Square at amazon.com.

Weigh in: Tell us what you have seen at Circle in the Square.

Event: Theodore Mann will be speaking with Robert Klein
Monday, November 5 at 7 pm
Lincoln Square Barnes & Noble
1972 Broadway, at 66th Street

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PERFORMA 07

PERFORMA founder RoseLee Goldberg describes PERFORMA 07, the second visual art performance biennial she has curated and directed, featuring 100 shows by more than 90 artists working with 30 cultural institutions over 25 days.

Performa '07 runs from October 27 to November 20.
Learn about the festival and see a complete schedule of events at performa-arts.org, or call 212-366-5700 for information.

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Please Explain: Shari'a (Islamic Law)

Shari'a can touch every aspect of an observant Muslim's life, but most non-Muslims' familiarity with Islamic law begins and ends with news items about veiling or jihad. We will find out what Shari'a is, what its context is within Islam, how it works in contemporary practice, and much more with Professor Frank Griffel from the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University, and Professor Bernard Haykel from the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.

Call us at 212-433-WNYC or post your questions and comments here.

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