Can't get enough Penelope? Got some great news for you in the form of a brilliant newly available musical: www.joymachinerecords.com/artists/pene...
Penelope: Live at Joe's Pub
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Ellen Chenoweth
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https://solidseam.ghost.io/ excited about dance/performance, quilts, books, Philadelphia
Cape Verde held Spain to a draw, they’re the people’s co-champ.
The air conditioning at the Delaney Hall concentration camp failed today, so now people are roasting inside as temperatures rise above 100 degrees. It's so hot they can't breathe.
Air conditioning fails at Delaney Hall as heat wave leaves detainees struggling to breathe • The Jersey Vindicator
Advocates say temperatures became unbearable inside one housing unit as the region's heat wave intensified.
jerseyvindicator.org
Also let me recommend historian Annette Gordon Reed’s “On Juneteenth” for your summer reading list. I felt vindicated reading that Reed, a Texan, always saw Juneteenth as a Texas celebration. Her dive into the complicated history of Texas, slavery, integration & this holiday is riveting.
Historian on a Revolutionary War documentary: "It was the perfect time to come to Philadelphia if you were a rabble-rouser." Me: "Every time is the perfect time to come to Philly if you are a rabble-rouser."
Mascot's Funny Dance on Baseball Field
ALT: Mascot's Funny Dance on Baseball Field
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Imagine someone has unfathomable talent and brighter-than-the-sun charisma. Now imagine that they spent 99% of their time using those traits to make other people feel loved and special. That was Dito.
Philadelphia Inquirer@inquirer.com · 2mo agoA cofounder of the Pig Iron Theatre Company, he ran the Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret band which, for 15 years, performed monthly at L’Étage in Queen Village.
if you live in New York, you might have seen Dito Van Reigersberg in Oratorio for Living Things, or any number of Pig Iron productions, or as Martha Graham Cracker. If you live in Philadelphia, you saw him in everything, and everywhere. Just an incalculable loss.
Dito van Reigersberg, known as Philly drag performer Martha Graham Cracker, dies
Van Reigersberg helped expand what drag could look and sound like in Philadelphia: theatrical, literary, absurd, deeply musical, and emotionally alive.
out.com
Too many things to cheer at “Radical Americana” at the Clay Studio but “The Day My Sister’s Chain was Stolen” in Roberto Lugo‘s “American Crib: What’s Happening?” knocked my socks off. It’s a whole world framed in a neo-black figure Greek krater (acanthus!); it captured my attention for a long time.
Stopped in to check out the new Philly bus station and was pleasantly surprised!
I love how we’re all trying to just live our lives normally as our gov’t charges the key organization that investigates & dismantles white supremacist groups w fraud and a Texas R1 university just banned all mention/study/and teaching of anything related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
“I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,” Rep Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) said, fighting back tears. The Tucson Democrat described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “It is frightening in there,” Grijalva said. “It is disgusting.”
Surprise inspection finds ICE stuffing migrants 'like sardines' into a facility with no bed, showers
Three lawmakers visited a Mesa ICE facility unannounced and found overcrowding, with 250 detainees packed into rooms "like sardines"
azmirror.com
good morning. our long national nightmare is over.
The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:
Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhat's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Graduate students in the MFA Studio Art program at the University of North Texas are withdrawing their thesis presentations in solidarity with artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, whose exhibition at the school was abruptly cancelled.
University of North Texas Students Withdraw Thesis Shows, Citing Censorship
It’s one of multiple actions in solidarity with artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, whose exhibition of works critical of ICE violence was abruptly shuttered.
hyperallergic.com
The City of Philadelphia has a goal of recruiting 250 new pollworkers this year. Fill out the form here if you're interested! You could be appointed to the role if there is a vacancy in your division, or you may be asked to work somewhere else in the city. vote.phila.gov/working-the-...
Become a Board Worker | Philadelphia City Commissioners
Official website of the Philadelphia City Commissioners.
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oh man, the Walker Art Center is going to be closed on Friday (If you're not from the Twin Cities, this is like MoMA closing in support of a general strike—a very big deal)
Walker Art Center joins growing list of organizations closing on Jan. 23
"This reflects our institutional values to center our community, support our staff, and to approach our work with care and safety in mind," a representative says.
bringmethenews.com
He needlepointed this himself. It's a needlepoint pillow of the actor Ernest Thesiger needlepoint. It took forever and is awesome.
I am sorry, but how is the US going to vote its way out of this?
Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 7mo agoWith an annual budget that is 10 times the size of the agency’s total surveillance spending for the last 13 years, ICE is going on a shopping spree, creating one of the largest, most comprehensive domestic surveillance machines in history. Here’s what they are buying. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Here: the bulletin board in my old office at The New School (😥) and Morgan Bassichis's funny little notes
Every day during Trump’s reign is somehow more disgraceful than what came before. It’s absolutely disgusting watching this.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo agoTrump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
Among the things I hate to leave behind are these bookshelves. We worked with Philadephia Woodworking (woot!) to create adjustable shelves and bottom panels to allow access to wires. ✨ Scribing to the wavy walls of a 200yo house is no joke!
Tear gas being deployed blocks from my home this morning.
Gregory Pratt@royalpratt.bsky.social · 9mo agoVideo of the tear gassing at Roscoe and Harding in Avondale via source.
people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath
Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 10mo agoDo you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?