Stories

What if actors and backstage workers who live in Inwood could walk home from work? That’s part of the appeal of the new, Lin-Manuel Miranda-supported, permanent buildling for the People’s Theatre: Centro Cultural Inmigrante on 206th Street. - The New York Times

At the event, about workers’ rights and the upcoming Olympics in L.A., “protesters from the Fair Games Coalition — wearing Jedi robes and Jar Jar Binks masks and carrying lightsabers — rallied together outside the new museum.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

Why not? Her creator sure did - and, originally, Death on the Nile was supposed to be a Marple mystery, so Miss Marple can travel. - The Guardian (UK)

The watchmaker inscribed words about Fort Sumter being attacked, and then wrote, “Thank God we have a government.” - NPR

So much art was planned to be decommissioned. For instance: “The removal plan targeted 15 artworks in the African Lounge. ... The lounge’s textiles, artwork and a carved wood sculpture from Ghana representing Africans’ grief over Kennedy’s death were removed without public explanation.” - The New York Times

“Do not whine to Kathy Griffin about cancel culture. She’s lived through it, not the version stand-up bros claim to have suffered during their latest Netflix specials.” - Salon

CNN is not OK with press passes being revoked: “We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do our reporting without hindrance or interference from the government and this ban is an illegal assault on this fundamental right.” - CNN

“Life on Earth has evolved in two phases: first, biological, then cultural. But we may now be on the verge of the next critical juncture in the history of life.” - The Guardian (UK)

Sure, they started with Miss Marple and the written word, but “the Small Murder Town really came into its own with the advent of film—and not just any film. Small Murder Towns thrive on the small screen; this is a trope that was made for television.” - Reactor

At the least, the very least, create a burner account for the email you use to log into the device, and prefereably all of the streaming services as well. - The Verge

So who’s on for 2027? (Hint: Look to a serious underdog.) - Vulture

“For decades, many residents  didn’t even know about the blockbuster musical that put their city on the map for global audiences. Those who did often dismissed it as kitsch.” - The New York Times

The Editors Guild wanted a much larger credit, but hey, the editors still "see the more modest allocation as a positive first step.” - Variety

The boycott is because of “the ‘appalling’ ongoing killing in Gaza, the national broadcaster has said.” - The Guardian (UK)

“The paintings were among many looted from Goudstikker by the Nazi Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering in 1940 and later recovered by Allied forces who returned them to Dutch officials.” - The New York Times