Arts Club Extras

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The chemistry of murder

The solving of the 1850 murder of Gustave Fougnies in Belgium changed the history of toxicology and helped lay the foundation for modern forensic science.

Source: Wired

From the New York Times Archives

This 1983 article from the New York Times reports on the opening of the first university program in the U.S. to prepare students for a career in toxicology.

Source: The New York Times

Interview with author Khaled Hosseini

On the importance of staging more stories from Afghanistan, Hosseini says, “the more diverse the artistic menu that we have to choose from, the richer we all are for it.”

Source: American Theater

Afghan women in the shadow of war

A generation of women have grown up in Afghanistan since the Taliban were toppled from power in 2001, but many are haunted by memories of their brutal, misogynist rule.

Source: The Guardian

Ashlie Corcoran on directing the show

Ashlie directed The Birds & the Bees as part of her final season as Artistic Director at the Thousand Islands Playhouse and talks about the show in this interview with The Morning Show CKWS.

Source: YouTube

The bees in decline

Since the late 1990s, beekeepers around the world have observed the mysterious and sudden disappearance of bees, and report unusually high rates of decline in honeybee colonies.