Over the weekend, we played a bunch of video games. NPR has a story on how gaming is shifting from hack & slash to storytelling, and they make some good points. (Meanwhile, I'm still trying to build a bookshelf in Minecraft.)

On the other hand, some current stage productions are all about the hack & slash. How do they make all that fake blood? 

 In Florence, Italy, there’s a group of talented women making pianos. 

 The Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts is opening, and it looks stark and amazing.