PRINTRemembrance of a city’s past
Staff
November 22, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CST
A Shakespearean sonnet supplied the title for Marcel Proust’s famous book on memory, A Remembrance of Things Past. Coincidentally, the Bard also supplied the name of a Columbia institution, the beloved pizza joint that has fed legions of starving students and locals for more than 30 years. In this issue, old-school residents summon a remembrance of a Columbia past (“Back in the day”). The town might not look the same anymore, but memories of the city’s character (and characters) remain.
As the city changes, Columbia’s support for the arts has helped shape the landscape. Since 1997, the One Percent Program has helped bring additional sculpture, painting and more to the streets. Our Arts department takes you on a tour of some of the public art displays that color our city (“Art in the open). From a parking garage to a fire station to a courthouse, public art bounds, and we show you where to take in the local culture.
One characteristic of local culture perks me up. The overabundance of wonderful coffee, I suppose, is necessary to fuel a college town, and for that I am thankful. I’ve been an addict since last millennium, but Columbia’s newest coffeehouse, Kaldi’s, has taught me I still have much to learn (“Good to the last drop). Cupping, a process coffee connoisseurs use to play snooty, will soon come to town at weekly demonstrations.
I wonder what the Bard would have to say about coffee. Wait a minute, how did he write all those plays?
