That’s it, it’s confirmed – everything good will one day be ripped away, and likely sooner than you’d like. Current case in point: the Algonquin Hotel has announced that its magical little Oak Room supper club and cabaret is kaput when the hotel reopens in May after a gargantuan renovation. The hotel’s GM cited “declining audiences”. At the OAK ROOM. Meanwhile, what would you like to bet that people are still talking about Snooki Polizzi in twenty years? Lawn, mine, get off it, etc. (FULL ARTICLE: Terry Teachout, About Last Night, ArtsJournal)