- Cozy-up inside Boston's historic Omni Parker House Hotel for an animated reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Actor Al LePage, in full Victorian dress, will present the story in the very room Dickens gave the first American reading of his timeless classic in 1867. Catch one of the four performances between November 26th and December 5th. Tickets are $18.67 and can be purchased online at brownpapertickets.com. Proceeds from the event will go to The Greater Boston Food Bank.
- The amenities at these airports leave us begging for flight delays. Matador's "20 Best Airports to be Stranded" includes Hong Kong International with its nine-hole golf course, 3D movie theater, and, yes, this is not a typo, free Wi-Fi. [Matador]
- Yale University and the Government of Peru have come to an agreement to have several artifacts from Machu Picchu returned by early 2011. After a lengthy dispute over whether the artifacts were removed from the country legally, the University has agreed to the return archaeological materials that were excavated by Hiram Bingham III nearly a century ago. [Inside Higher Ed]
Photo: Courtesy of the Omni Parker House
The Radar: Dickens Reading, Best Airports to be Stranded, Artifacts Returned
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