• Boys and girls, did you know that Marc Chagall ended his life as an egotistical monster. As my mother always said, "If you're going to be a monster, best to be an egotistical one." (The New York Review of Books)
• Is China going up or down? Two differing opinions. (National Interest)

• Winnipeg Hydro, an exhibition by Ian August, opens tonight at 8:00 pm at the Urban Shaman Gallery in Winnipeg. (Things of Desire)