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Be An Organizer What Does It Mean to Take On the Work of Organizing?

Once again, @starhawk-spiral.bsky.social is a practical inspiration in these times.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump is planning to hand over major shares of TikTok to his billionaire pals.

Understand this: Trump-friendly billionaires could control even MORE of what you watch — all while lining their own pockets.

"You speak o' the people
As if you were a god to punish, not
A human of their infirmity."
-Coriolanus, Act III, sc 1

There’s this wonderful thing called Tuesdays At 9 where they read new works at Chicago Dramatists. Actors show up early and get cast on the spot. My favorite part is how loud everybody cheers for whoever reads stage directions. I wish I’d discovered this lovely event years ago! It is free!

Becoming Human Again: Gifting Cultures and Decolonizing More lessons from O.U.R. Ecovillage

"...the shift we are trying to make is from seeing the world as a collection of objects to be acquired, and instead understand it as a web of relationships to be nurtured."
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In today's new episode @kaydaly.bsky.social joins me to discuss Shakespeare's world view as represented in his comedies and comic characters. Out now. #theatre #theatrehistory #podcast #Shakespeare #comedy

Saturday matinee #theatre treat is a version of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge Theatre. It's an immersive performance which The Guardian described as "joyous", so I'm looking forward to mixing happily with the characters.

Black and white photo of a Black man in Jacobean costume. He has a black beard and moustache. He holds a scroll with one hand and with the other the handle of his sword, tucked into his belt.

Black and white photo of a Black man in Elizabethan costume. He has a black beard and holds a curved sword. There is a Roman urn and a pillar in the background.

Black and white photo of a Black man in Jacobean costume. He has a long white beard and reaches with his hand for something beyond the frame.

Happy birthday to Ira Aldridge (1807-1867) - the first Black theatre manager-actor in the UK.

Here he is playing the title role in Othello, Aaron in Titus Andronicus, and King Lear.

#IraAldridge #BlackArtist #Theatre #Actor #Othello #Aaron #Titus #KingLear #BlackTheatre #BlackLivesMatter

Today's episode is a welcome return for @kaydaly.bsky.social as we discuss Ben Jonson's world view and draw some comparisons with Shakespeare and a couple of 1990s comedies. Out now #podcast #BenJonson #theatre #theatrehistory #comedy

Was The Importance of Being Earnest the most scandalous opening run of all time? How Oscar Wilde’s greatest play kicked off his tragic fall from grace

By Ben Jureidini

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The Importance of Being Earnest at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/844

#Books #Literature #Theatre

'How are we OK with this?' Hazem Shammas on how artists have been silenced Shakespeare's Coriolanus has drawn parallels to Trump. But for its star Hazem Shammas, it has brought up the failures of the arts community in relation to the war in Gaza.

Coriolanus star Hazem Shammas on the futility of making art at a time of crisis #art #theatre
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Handwritten print, black ink on white paper reading “this is precisely the time when artists go to work. Not when everything is fine, but in times of dread. That’s our job.” - Toni Morrison

Rolling up my sleeves… #art #theatre #protest

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Welcome to Mary Oliver Garden Welcome to Mary Oliver Garden, home of Italian-adjacent cuisine and poignant observations about the human condition as it intersects with the natur...

"We invite you to step across the threshold of ordinary life into a world of exquisite writing, spiritual luminescence, and fried lasagna."

"A smale remembrance": Elizabethan Posy Rings | Folger Shakespeare Library Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

Posy rings, engraved on the inside with small verses, were very popular in Shakespeare's time - and receive mentions in both "Hamlet" and "The Merchant of Venice." Folger Artistic Fellow Leah Hampton looks at posies in the Folger vaults. www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...

Ten years of feminist theatre in ten plays Hannah Greenstreet on a decade of absolute bangers

As her book on feminist forms is published, Hannah Greenstreet (@hgreenstreet1.bsky.social) writes about ten influential plays from the last decade - and what they tell us about changing politics, tastes, and trends

Such an amazing night! Many thanks to the audience, cast and creatives that made our 1st Radically Miscast #Shakespeare reading of the summer a smashing success!
#portersofhellsgate #lathtr #theatre #theater #playreading #losangelestheatre #rms

Elon is building a satellite cage around the world so only those with access and wealth will be able to see the stars.
We are being robbed of the night sky and the shared humanity that has come from staring into the night sky and being humbled by its vastness over our time as a species.

Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon An analysis of thousands of forest plots reveals an underappreciated link between animal biodiversity and carbon storage

An analysis of thousands of forest plots reveals an underappreciated link between animal biodiversity and carbon storage

"One sorrow never comes but brings an heir
That may succeed as his inheritor."
-Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act I, sc4
#shakespeare

Protesters in Los Angeles are shifting their tactics as ICE detentions spread fear Activists have shifted to rapid responses instead of mass demonstrations, and social media is filled with videos of arrests on city streets and outside Home Depots.

"...Residents of sprawling L.A. County are zeroing in on their own blocks and neighborhoods to show their opposition to Trump’s mass deportation efforts." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

Our summer reading series Radically Miscast Shakespeare returns! Our 1st offering is 12th Night, at the Madnani Theater in Hollywood. Free and open to the public!
Our season theme: The Stranger's Case.
#theatresky #theatersky #lathtr #latheatre #shakespeare #free #portersofhellsgate #losangeles

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ChatGPT requests reportedly use 10x more electricity than Google searches. (via TIME)

No, the Trade Federation Is Not at War with Naboo, but We Are at War with Its Means of Waging War, and Maybe We’ll Also Assassinate the Queen and Murder All of the Gungans, We’re Not Sure Yet “Vance says U.S. ‘not at war with Iran, we’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program.’” — NBC News - - -You heard the news straight from the Neimoidian...

"Think about it: Why broker peace, when you can give in to your basest urges and plunge a whole system into war?"

The costs of restricting abortion? More than $130 billion per year. A new report quantifies the costs of rising abortion restrictions three years after Dobbs.

Abortion restrictions have had disastrous health consequences for pregnant women & infants

But a new report published ahead of tomorrow's 3-year anniversary of the overruling of Roe shows they're also expensive, leading to $133 billion in annual estimated economic losses

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The Older Adults Conquering Loneliness Through Storytelling In weekly small-group conversations, Life Story Club participants — many homebound or isolated — share their lives and build lasting bonds.

I love this.
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Narciso Barranco, the father of three Marines, was mercilessly beaten by masked and unmarked ICE agents. We need every American to speak out against ICE's violations of civil liberties. If your state has a Democratic Attorney General, urge them to fight back on ICE overreach: www.bluestatedefianc...

YouTube video by Porters Of Hellsgate Porters of Hellsgate Edward III Roundtable

If you missed Thursday's livestream on Edward III, here's the recording! Miranda Johnson-Haddad leads a fabulous discussion on this rarely performed Shakespeare play.
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#shakespeare #edwardiii #theater #theatre #lathtr #hff25 #portersofhellsgate