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A recent study by the National Endowment for the Arts shows a
distressing decline in the rate of literary reading among all age
groups, education levels, race/ethnicities and both men and women. The
study says, "At the current rate of loss, literary reading as a leisure
activity will virtually disappear in half a century." And there's more
to it than that:
1) 43% of literary readers perform volunteer and charity work compared
to only 17% of non-literary readers.
2) 49% of literary readers attend a performing arts event compared to
17% of non-literary readers (includes theater, music, and dance)
3) 44% of literary readers visit an art museums compared to 12% of
non-literary readers
Read the depressing report at http://www.nea.gov/pub/ReadingAtRisk.pdf.
It seems as though these statistics should be of concern to Mensans.
Finding that
the Dallas Area has a rich cultural environment, we set about finding
ways to take advantage of it. We
invite North Texas Mensa to join us in enjoying plays, concerts,
receptions, art talks etc.
Tom and Betty Jane Ferguson
bookies@gte.net
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