(Reuters) – The global recession manifests itself in big ways and small: most gloomy, some quirky and many reflecting the inventive human spirit. Here is a look at some signs of the times.
* Forget layoffs or holdups, just being identified as bank employees can be risky these days. At a recent performance of the pantomime 'Jack and the Beanstalk' at the Cambridge Arts Theatre in England, the cast reading a list of 'hellos' to the audience welcomed a party from a bank.
Then they joined the audience in booing.
* The drums are silent and the only footfalls at Manhattan's Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre this week are the sounds of movers packing up. The 15-year-old African dance group closed its doors after a rent hike and falling enrollment as the economy soured, owner Djoniba Mouflet said Tuesday.
The centre is still hoping to reopen. It took a cue from Barack Obama's successful White House campaign with a Web site plea to raise money through small donations: "Take action! E-mail and tell your friends, the impact Djoniba Centre had on you & the community. Invite them to make a tax-deductible donation of $2 (1.35 pounds). Imagine if 50,000 people donated $2...! YES, WE CAN!"...More
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