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Maintained by Slightly Overqualified Stagehand @justjennagain.bsky.social 🎭 Advocating for COVID safety on-set and onstage 😷 🚨There is a LONG COVID CRISIS in performing arts🚨 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-PVLP_aQpcp-I2eXvcMOsALLRBD-sFxqdWJOhm
A mask-required reading of After the Whales Spoke, a new play written and directed by Molly Brennan, will be performed at The LAVA Center on 6 June 2026 by @heartofthearts.bsky.social
'After the Whales Spoke' brings COVID-conscious theater to Western Massachusetts
A mask-required reading of After the Whales Spoke, a new play written and directed by Molly Brennan, will be performed at The LAVA Center on 6 June 2026.
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“Like SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, Andes virus is an endothelial infection spread through airborne transmission. Celebrities like Nancy Sinatra calling for mask wearing during the outbreak shows why airborne infection precautions remain essential.” 😷💕
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6mo agoSinger Nancy Sinatra joined the growing list of celebrities urging mask-wearing to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens by @heartofthearts.bsky.social
“Actor Wil Wheaton, best known for Star Trek: The Next Generation, has been public about mask wearing. In 2025, he said he caught COVID after Rose City Comic Con after unmaking. ‘Wow Covid sucks. It sucks so much. Do whatever you can to prevent yourself from catching it.’”
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6mo agoSinger Nancy Sinatra joined the growing list of celebrities urging mask-wearing to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens by @heartofthearts.bsky.social
“Matt McGorry, the actor known for Orange Is the New Black and How to Get Away with Murder, has spoken about living with Long COVID after two COVID infections. He has warned that Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and that avoiding infections is central to prevention.
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6mo agoSinger Nancy Sinatra joined the growing list of celebrities urging mask-wearing to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens by @heartofthearts.bsky.social
“Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social has been a vocal advocate of mask wearing. After the death of her longtime partner Mark Seiler in 2023, Fairchild wrote that he had Parkinson’s, but that Long COVID had taken his life: ‘Hold your loved ones close and please consider wearing a mask.’”
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6mo agoSinger Nancy Sinatra joined the growing list of celebrities urging mask-wearing to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens by @heartofthearts.bsky.social
In September, Sarah Michelle Gellar, best known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, shared a photo wearing a high-filtration respirator mask. This followed Gellar’s 2022 account of a serious course of COVID. ‘I will wear a mask in my shower if that means I don’t get this again.’”
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6mo agoSinger Nancy Sinatra joined the growing list of celebrities urging mask-wearing to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens by @heartofthearts.bsky.social
“In April, Serj Tankian, lead vocalist of System of a Down, was photographed wearing a KN95 mask at Kavat Coffee. The photo was covered by Nu Metal Agenda. The magazine noted that, 6 months earlier, Tankian was photographed wearing a mask while signing autographs.”
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6mo agoSinger Nancy Sinatra joined the growing list of celebrities urging mask-wearing to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens by @heartofthearts.bsky.social
“In October, Tom Hanks was photographed wearing a KN95 mask on the NY subway. He addressed this on Stephen Colbert. ‘I’m doing a play right now so I cannot get sick… I’ve had COVID enough in my life, I don’t need to do that again. So I’m wearing this for health reasons.’”
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6mo agoSinger Nancy Sinatra joined the growing list of celebrities urging mask-wearing to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens by @heartofthearts.bsky.social
“On Wednesday, May 13, singer Nancy Sinatra joined the growing list of celebrities urging mask-wearing to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens. Her post on X, formerly Twitter, read: Unsolicited advice: Wear a mask in public places. #maskup” 😷👢👢💕
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6mo agoSinger Nancy Sinatra joined the growing list of celebrities urging mask-wearing to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens by @heartofthearts.bsky.social
Singer Nancy Sinatra joined the growing list of celebrities urging mask-wearing to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens by @heartofthearts.bsky.social
Nancy Sinatra: “Wear a mask in public places. #maskup”
Singer Nancy Sinatra joined the growing list of celebrities urging mask-wearing to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens.
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“In December 2025, comedian Jon Stewart joked about people wearing masks in workplaces. The social media backlash around the exchange generated the hashtag #oneofthetwo and calls for Stewart to interview a public health expert and correct the record.” 😷💕
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
In Nov 2025, after Tom Hanks was photographed wearing a mask on the subway, in his appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Stephen Colbert promoted it as a ‘disguise.’ Even though Hanks said he wears it for ‘health reasons’ + he had been infected with COVID multiple times.
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
On 18 April, Inspire presents Ron Placone’s Anti-Fascist Pasta Night, a 1-hour stand-up special with ASL interpretation.
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
An invitation from comedian Ron Placone to YOU! Come see his new 1-hour standup special this Saturday, April 18, FREE, over Zoom! This event is part of the Inspire Performing Arts Festival by & for the Airborne Aware
Inspire’s Friday Night Open Mic will take place on 17 April, inviting COVID-conscious artists to share 5-minute sets + will be hosted by comedian @laurenflans.bsky.social
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
“In comedy, the ongoing pandemic continues to disrupt live performance + the health of comics. In September 2025, Steve Martin canceled two tour dates after testing positive for COVID-19. This followed earlier cancellations on the same tour when Martin Short tested positive.” 😷
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
Wake Up and Smell the C*VID by the anonymous collective HEPA (Holy Erotic Propaganda Arson) was a hybrid monologue performance about the impact of COVID/Long COVID on the arts. The play returns at Inspire in an encore presentation on 18 April Registration guinesspig.ghost.io/inspirefesti...
Inspire: A Performing Arts Festival by & for the Airborne Aware, April 15 - 19
Hello, fellow creative and Covid Conscious folks! We are thrilled to announce Inspire: A Performing Arts Festival by and for the Airborne Aware. Inspire is a free, fully virtual line up of events that...
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The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
“Among the featured acts is phytocene (IG), @holo_cene (twt), a Paris-based ambient pop and ethereal artist whose work as moves through pop, trip-hop and electronica. She has become widely known in the airborne-aware community for organizing mask-required concerts in France.” 😷🎶💕
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
Nina Wildflower @ninawildflower.bsky.social, another performer in the COVID-conscious music ecology, is both a musician and a science teacher who advocates for clean air. He also hosts a weekly online open mic for COVID conscious performers. 😷🎶
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
Inspire’s theater program will also include scenes from The Left by Obie award-winning playwright Caridad Svich @csvich.bsky.social. The Left is a choral play about those left behind ‘when all systems + people have failed one another.’ Selections from the play will be broadcast on April 19.
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
Inspire: A Performing Arts Festival by and for the Airborne Aware, a free Zoom festival running 15–19 April 2026, will bring together music, theater + comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences. Registration at @guinesspig.bsky.social's site
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
“At Inspire, COVID-conscious comedian @guinesspig.bsky.social returns with the reader’s theater piece How the Three Little Pigs Almost Learned to Live with the Big Bad Wolf, which reimagines the fairy tale through the normalization of mass infections. The play will be performed April 17.”😷
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
“In theater, the early years of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic opened a wide field of digital performances. However, with the removal of clean-air measures and the taboo of acknowledging the pandemic, it has fallen to COVID-conscious theater-makers to create their own spaces.”😷🎭
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
Inspire: A Performing Arts Festival by and for the Airborne Aware. A free Zoom festival running 15–19 April 2026, will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences. 😷🎭💕
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoA free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
A free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences by Protect the Heart of the Arts
Inspire Festival for the Airborne Aware marks a new chapter in COVID-conscious arts
The free Zoom festival will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences
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Population studies have disaggregated excess deaths by causes and age groups. A Lancet paper examining post-2020 excess mortality reported that, in adults ages 50-64 deaths involving cardiovascular diseases were 33% higher than expected. Nicholas Brendon falls into this cohort.
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoNicholas Brendon’s is the sixth death of a major The WB cast member since 2024. These deaths come when there is also a measurable increase in mortality in the age cohort that made up much of Buffy’s original audience, and the WB era generally... But why? www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Nicholas Brendon’s is the sixth death of a major The WB cast member since 2024. These deaths come when there is also a measurable increase in mortality in the age cohort that made up much of Buffy’s original audience, and the WB era generally... But why? www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Buffy’s Nicholas Brendon’s death is the sixth of The WB stars since 2024
Nicholas Brendon tragically joins a growing list of The WB stars dying young. But why is this happening post-pandemic?
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“Epidemiological data do not become less true or less relevant because someone finds the conversation unpleasant.”
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoBuffy’s Nicholas Brendon’s death is the sixth of The WB stars since 2024 Brendon tragically joins a growing list of The WB stars dying young. But why is this happening post-pandemic? www.thecanary.co/global/world...
“Accepting that COVID has killed tens of millions more people than reported implies a magnitude of institutional failure that is psychologically costly to internalize. Even in a crisis of government legitimacy the belief that the system will alert people to health risks remains”
The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7mo agoBuffy’s Nicholas Brendon’s death is the sixth of The WB stars since 2024 Brendon tragically joins a growing list of The WB stars dying young. But why is this happening post-pandemic? www.thecanary.co/global/world...