 This year marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. Boston Public Library has a citywide program to brush up your Shakespeare. It is called All the City is a Stage, a season of Shakespeare. The major shows on the stage are two exhibitions, Shakespeare Unauthorized and Shakespeare's Here and Everywhere. This exhibition is looking at the different people and the different processes that altered and adapted Shakespeare's work. It's an opportunity to look at some very rare, interesting books, but I think at the same time people are finding out that the stories behind Shakespeare's text are themselves very interesting and oftentimes surprising. In the map center, old maps and paintings present where and when Shakespeare's plays are set. This has been a big year to emphasize what has been known for 400 years. His themes and his ideas seem to be applicable again and again across historical periods. There have been a lot of writings about the election saying who would Shakespeare have voted for and why. New Yorker did a parody of Donald Trump as he would give Shakespeare soliloquies to be or not to be. That Shakespeare was a supporter of a strong monarch, but he also was suspicious of power. I don't think he would have voted for anyone who seems diluted. Bostonians do have plenty of time in joining Shakespeare in the city. The exhibition will keep open until the end of March and other activities continue to take place through next June. For BU News Service, I'm Susan G.