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Friday, September 17, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

WEAR A MASK – WASH YOUR HANDS – WATCH YOUR DISTANCE

https://www.cmu.edu/coronavirus

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Worth a Look

Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Academy Museum curators bring women's stories to the surface

Los Angeles Times: During the silent era, there were plenty of female editors. They were called “cutters,” and because the work was meticulous and time-consuming, it was considered akin to sewing, and paid accordingly.
Posted by David at 9/08/2021 12:08:00 PM

Black on Broadway: How Black Talent Is Fueling the Revival of the Great White Way

www.theroot.com: This was how our audience was greeted back to Broadway. Finally, after 16 months without an audience in the space, the theatre was filled with this incredible energy. It was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced; a moment met with explosive energy from our audience that will forever be etched into my memory.
Posted by David at 9/07/2021 12:41:00 PM

Disabled and clinically vulnerable shut out from return of live music and theatre

Music | The Guardian: Performers and audiences who are clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) are being shut out of the arts due to a lack of ongoing safety provisions, according to a number of people within the sector who cite a “two-tier” cultural reopening.
Posted by David at 9/08/2021 12:03:00 PM

Los Angeles Anti-Racism Theatre Standards

LA ARTS: The LA Anti-Racist Theatre Standards were created by a diverse collective of LA theatre artists dedicated to true equity and looking to create lasting, systemic change in our institutions and community. Inspired and influenced by the work of We See You White American Theatre, we drafted the following list of standards and practices that are specifically geared towards the Los Angeles theatre community, a community that has often had incredible leadership and contributions from our BIPOC theatres, and yet, as a whole, has failed to represent the diversity of Los Angeles.
Posted by David at 9/09/2021 09:51:00 AM

Plus-Size Dancer Colleen Werner Is Challenging Ballet to Celebrate All Body Shapes

Dance Magazine: In an industry with strict physique expectations, Colleen Werner is forging an alternate path—an adult dance experience that celebrates body diversity. While studying to become a clinical mental health counselor in Nashville, she's simultaneously dancing with Black Sheep Ballet, a virtual company that aims to bring ballet to more diverse audiences.
Posted by David at 9/06/2021 01:36:00 PM

Friday, September 10, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

WEAR A MASK – WASH YOUR HANDS – WATCH YOUR DISTANCE

https://www.cmu.edu/coronavirus

Sunday, September 05, 2021

Worth a Look

Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

New Actors' Equity Association policy shows how much society fails Bay Area actors

Datebook: In July, the union Actors’ Equity Association surprised the theater industry, including many of its own members, with a new “Open Access” policy. Effective immediately, it said, any actor or stage manager who has been paid for any gig could join — no matter the theater company, no matter how meager the wage or honorarium.
Posted by David at 8/31/2021 12:42:00 PM

Let's Talk Hair Event

Actors' Equity Association: On June 30, Equity’s diversity and inclusion department hosted “Let’s Talk Hair,” a discussion of the context of the April resolution passed by council to include hair texture as a protected characteristic in union contracts.
Posted by David at 9/03/2021 12:55:00 PM

Sarah Paulson playing Linda Tripp in fat suit problematic, experts say

www.usatoday.com/story/life: If you didn't recognize Paulson in the trailer for Ryan Murphy's upcoming FX series "Impeachment: American Crime Story" it's likely because the Emmy-winner looks noticeably heavier in the role – thanks both to weight gain and additional prosthetics, according to the Los Angeles Times. This has renewed the controversy regarding actors adorning fat suits.
Posted by David at 9/02/2021 09:22:00 AM

IATSE Updates Members on Contract Talks: 'We Remain Very Far Apart'

Variety: IATSE told members on Tuesday that little progress has been made in recent negotiations on the basic agreement with the major studios, and that the two sides “remain very far apart.”
Posted by David at 9/01/2021 10:06:00 AM

Black Theatre United, Theater Industry Leaders Outline Widespread, Historic Reform Agreement In “New Deal For Broadway”

Pittsburgh in the Round: Black Theatre United, the nonprofit advocacy organization that’s taken a leading role in the move for greater equity, diversity and inclusion on Broadway, has released a comprehensive, industry-wide agreement on wide-scale reform that includes increased training, expanded casting efforts, the naming of theaters for Black artists and a pledge for producers to “never assemble an all-white creative team on a production again, regardless of the subject matter of the show.”
Posted by David at 8/31/2021 12:49:00 PM

Friday, September 03, 2021

Weekly DP Wrap-Up

WEAR A MASK – WASH YOUR HANDS – WATCH YOUR DISTANCE

https://www.cmu.edu/coronavirus

Sunday, August 22, 2021

I guess I didn't really get too far upping the posting tempo... We have an unplanned two week gap between summer camp and school. Oops. Gonna have to come up with some programming... The military wind down on TV is really hard to watch... I have a new boss again, the third in two years. Things here at the SOD have been a little turbulent... While we were briefly away the neighbor cut down a whole bunch of trees on the property line I really wanted cut down. There's a bonus... We're watching "The Rook" on Starz. So far it is really engaging. Anything on that channel that isn't "Outlander" is a bonus... The boy swam every day at camp this summer and you can really see the difference watching him in a pool - even if he didn't get to their deep water test... I do not appear to be able to grill chicken without giving it a healthy char. Perhaps that's a skill I should develop... We have seven days until classes start. I have a lot to do in the next seven days... The Steelers are 3-0 so far in the pre-season. I am remembering they were like 6-0 last year in the regular season. That 3-0 probably doesn't mean much... I read a book called "Binti" last week. It was pretty decent. I think I got the title off a list to expand the kind of author I was reading. It seems like a worthwhile exercise... Our PTM Welcome Back Party got cancelled/postponed over Delta concerns. It was the right call but still kinda sucks. I'm waiting to hear about the full SOD Welcome Back Party now... It looks like Delta is also going to put the kibosh on any bus commuting for the time being. I hope DR is OK with my bike in the hallway... I shouldn't be allowed to do home repairs. After I finish them I spend a lot of energy concerned the repair will fail. It almost never happens but that doesn't change my response... After searching for a new trunk organizer I settled on a milk crate - a snazzy collapsible milk crate, but still a milk crate. I'm a little bummed the new car doesn't have much in the way of hidden storage... This is traditionally the week we race to finish class materials before the copier breaks. For a couple semesters I haven't done any hard copy and haven't had to deal with the copier. I think I'll make that a tradition...

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Ellipses...

Well, here we go again: PPS changed the first day of school adding a two week delay... I used to really think storms were cool. Then I bought a house... Getting used to driving the new car, but I still think I need lessons on how to work everything... I haven't been bringing my office stuff back to my office yet. I guess there's still part of me that wonders whether we're really coming back in person... If anyone has a source for in-stock N95 or KN95 masks sized for children I would really appreciate knowing about it... My office computer monitor has become intermittent. I wonder if leaving it unused for the better part of a year has anything to do with it... If I had to choose between the reconciliation infrastructure bill or the For the People Act I would pick the latter over the former. Guess we'll have to watch and see... I watched The Suicide Squad on HBOMAX. I think it is better than the earlier film, but I still think they haven't quite figured out what to do with that content... I still haven't archived my 2021 documents. There's part of me that still feels like we're just finishing up the 2019-2020 summer... The news out of Afghanistan is really unfortunate... I really hit a home project hard in June but I slowed down a lot in July. I've pretty much just stopped here in August. I should get back on it... I also took on a writing project in June. I made a little dent at the beginning but really hit the skids after that. That one needs a jump start too... I like the idea of Pluto TV. It is nice to have TNG and Classic Who on tap, but it really seems like the Who titles are significantly limited and the TNG episodes have this annoying habit of backing up 15 minutes. It is really unwatchable... I really hope we don't wind up with a PA version of the AZ "fraudit." We really don't need that... The bike is proving hard to park at work. Popular consensus is you shouldn't lock up and leave an e-bike outside, but finding a spot in Purnell is difficult... Did you see there was a football game last week? I wasn't ready for football yet. Here we go...

Friday, July 23, 2021

Ellipses...

I've been putting things on my calendar for September. We're only halfway through precollege, but it is seriously time to be thinking about the fall... The Olympic Opening Ceremonies are tonight - well on TV tonight, they were actually this morning. I caught a snip of some real cool drones... I should have made myself the instructor for Applying to College. As it turns out I wind up sitting through every session. Might as well have gotten some dollar bills... Ripl3y has decided she is a fan of Blue Slide Park. We live like right around the corner from the new Wightman park, but when I say "do you want to go to the park?" she says "Blue Slide Park!" So we go to Blue Slide... If I were making book on the return to school this fall I think I would judge there to be a 30% chance it isn't going to happen the way people are currently planning. I hope it lands on the 70% side... At some point I am going to have to move back into my office. I was there the other day and suddenly realized how much stuff I had brought home. It is functional, but there's a lot of stuff I need in my basement... Fetterman emails and asks for money like every day. It still feels early for that but I guess they know what they're doing... Now that we struck the patio from the backyard we're going to try to improve the drainage. That's making an unfortunate trades coordination project for me. I think I finally got it sussed out today. This way I can worry about what will go wrong rather than worry about not getting it set up... I bought a new car, well a 2020 but that's a big step up from the 2009 I've been driving. In my head I think this is maybe the last gasoline car I'll probably own... The neighbor's house got hit by a falling tree. All of a sudden clear cutting all the trees starts to make sense. It is more than two weeks later and there are still dozens of roofers and gutter guys and tree service trucks in the neighborhood. Trees are pretty when they aren't falling on your house...

Thursday, July 01, 2021

Ellipses...

Long time no type... It is the second child's birthday today. I think a good time was had by all. There was singing of "Happy Birthday" well into bedtime... I think the CFO is going to take the hit. He would have rolled by now if he were going to... So far, rainy days at camp don't seem to be any worse than sunny days at camp - at least if you listen to our camper. That's a real achievement for a camp... A donor endowed the grad program I attended so as to make it tuition free in perpetuity. Briefly I had the thought: "would it have been so hard to make that retroactive for 20 years?" But then I realized that wouldn't be long enough. I am old... It would be nice, when ordering a half sheet cake that they would tell you that the printed graphic frosting is formatted for a quarter sheet cake. Then maybe you could tell them to fill in the empty space. Just saying... The garage looks better than it has in months - maybe years. If anyone asks, that's what I did with June... I've finally joined the ESTA TSP Rigging Working Group. I probably should have done it a decade ago. I guess I had other plans (that didn't come to pass)... You would think a year's worth of free PTM magazines would be a large pile. It really isn't... It occurred to me yesterday that my relationship with rain really changed at some point. I think it was when I bought a house... I need a series of YouTube videos or something to teach me the features of the car that replaced the Xterra. I feel like I am not making proper use of it... I've been to campus twice this week. It is really sleepy. The vending machine in the student lobby is empty... I though they told us that Citizen's United made it so there was more money in the system than anyone could need. But they still keep sending emails looking for my $3... Maybe tomorrow I will post a birthday photo... I don't remember how long these posts need to be to be worthwhile. Let's guess this long...

There are no bad ideas

Friday, September 17, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Worth a Look

Academy Museum curators bring women's stories to the surface

Black on Broadway: How Black Talent Is Fueling the Revival of the Great White Way

Disabled and clinically vulnerable shut out from return of live music and theatre

Los Angeles Anti-Racism Theatre Standards

Plus-Size Dancer Colleen Werner Is Challenging Ballet to Celebrate All Body Shapes

Friday, September 10, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, September 05, 2021

Worth a Look

New Actors' Equity Association policy shows how much society fails Bay Area actors

Let's Talk Hair Event

Sarah Paulson playing Linda Tripp in fat suit problematic, experts say

IATSE Updates Members on Contract Talks: 'We Remain Very Far Apart'

Black Theatre United, Theater Industry Leaders Outline Widespread, Historic Reform Agreement In “New Deal For Broadway”

Friday, September 03, 2021

Weekly DP Wrap-Up

Sunday, August 22, 2021

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

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Friday, July 23, 2021

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Thursday, July 01, 2021

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