For a brief week, the Seattle International Film Festival was able to bring Manchester International Festival’s production of Macbeth to the Uptown Theater in Seattle. As a part of a series called National Theater Live (which includes Othello with Adrian Lester and Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller), this production stars the illustrious…
Category: Education
Libraries and Kids: The Only True Magic
True Story: I remember getting my library card more vividly than I recall getting my driver's license. My best memories of childhood were going to the library with my mom and checking out armfuls of books, which she would read to me for hours on end. At two, I am told, I would stand on…
Happy Birthday, PBS!
On Sunday, November 3, PBS turned forty-four years old. Wow. That's a lot of numbers. I'd have to count with this vintage piece from Sesame Street a bunch of times to count THAT high!
PBS's mission, from the beginning, has been to "inform and inspire the diversity reflected in the American audience." Astonishingly, even…
New to eNotes: Annotated eTexts!
For a long time at eNotes, we've displayed eTexts on the site--entire works that anyone can access for free. But recently we've worked to make them even better. Welcome to our all new Annotated eTexts! What's an Annotated eText? Have you ever underlined words or made notes in the margins of your books while reading…
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eNotes' TAs have been busy answering questions for the past month. And now you can see just how many on the brand new TA Leaderboard here.Simply click on the far right tab labeled "TA Leaderboard" to see who's at the top.The TA with the most answers of the month receives a $50 bonus on top…
No Child Left Inspired: Parent-Teacher Night Blues
Last night I attended Parent-Teacher night with my eighth grade son. It was depressing. For two hours, I, my son, and several hundred other parents were herded from classroom to classroom where we were introduced to the variety of TEKS tests our children would endure this year. TEKS, the acronym for the assessment "Texas Essential…
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The World According to Isaac Asimov
If you're anything like the average employee at eNotes headquarters, you're probably still drooling over the forthcoming generation of Apple iPhones. So allow me to ease you out of your reverie with a fun retrospect of how our bright future was predicted near perfectly almost 50 years ago. Image via Cinema…
Why We Love the New eNotes Study Guide Pages
eNotes' study guides have a new look! Check out our top 3 reasons why they're new and improved: 1. Quick and easy access to the information you need most 2. Homework Help on the study guide page 3. Find what's trending in every subject But enough gushing from us! Why not check them out for…