@marklarson.bsky.social
Author of “Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater” and “Working in the 21st Century: An Oral History.” Currently working on a book-length conversation with Broadway composer John Kander (“Chicago”, “Cabaret”, New York New York” and many others)
ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
We wouldn’t be here if SCOTUS had allowed the January 6th trial to go forward as scheduled.
08.04.2025 05:14 — 👍 42162 🔁 11285 💬 1155 📌 575IN CHICAGO
Daley Plaza
12-2pm
Citizens United, which allowed unlimited corporate, interest-group, and individual spending on elections, triggered plenty of dire predictions. But even the most pessimistic among them fell short of imagining American reality today. ICYMI @jilldlawrence.bsky.social:
15.03.2025 12:00 — 👍 723 🔁 212 💬 44 📌 14Last night, after a wonderful dinner with three friends, including one who joined us remotely from Mexico, at Bill and Bernardine's, Bill handed us this card as we were leaving. I want both to keep it close and pass it on.
11.03.2025 14:00 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0That's wonderful news!
28.02.2025 22:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"'Working in the 21st Century' is a worthy successor to [Studs] Terkel’s seminal book ['Working']. As with the original, a soulfulness is palpable in every story, marking each interviewee as both special and ordinary."
rb.gy/2wl8c1
We expected better from her?
26.02.2025 14:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0At today's briefing, WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who has banned the AP from covering Presidential events, was bragging about the success of Trump's anti-immigration efforts by citing a report from... the AP.
She then went on to brag about a Judge refusing to block her banning of the AP.
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
22.02.2025 22:14 — 👍 79524 🔁 17244 💬 1293 📌 1015The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow
The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow
The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow
The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI
The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
14.02.2025 03:29 — 👍 26835 🔁 9798 💬 16 📌 18Democrats? Republicans? Helloooo?
13.02.2025 20:11 — 👍 15 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 2It is hard to imagine someone more disqualified to run our intelligence agencies than Tulsi Gabbard.
11.02.2025 15:43 — 👍 17648 🔁 3134 💬 1318 📌 180Bernie Sanders: "For Mr. Musk and his fellow oligarchs, the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, and dreams of ordinary people are simply an impediment to what they the oligarchs are entitled to. And that is really what they believe -- they are entitled to all the wealth and power they have."
11.02.2025 20:57 — 👍 8032 🔁 2058 💬 165 📌 67Yes, it is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
I don’t know the word, either, but we’re certainly going to need one.
08.02.2025 23:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The places we’re pulling foreign aide dollars from now are the places we’ll be forced to send American soldiers to risk their lives in ten years.
03.02.2025 00:30 — 👍 361 🔁 87 💬 15 📌 2Amazing!!! From @deadder.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
'They will not break us': Chicago becomes an epicenter of resistance amid Trump's immigration crackdown www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/02/c...
02.02.2025 15:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0"A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself."
–– Maya Angelou
#BlackHistoryMonth
My statement on the FBI Purge that puts at risk the safety, well-being and national security of the American people.
01.02.2025 04:36 — 👍 31187 🔁 9438 💬 7633 📌 994Three times a charm!
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