No, really: Missoula hosted a series of 10-minute plays in cars last weekend. “The concept was novel but simple enough. You showed up at the Northside KettleHouse and were handed a map, roughly a 2-mile walking loop around downtown Missoula and the Westside. You headed to a specific car and arrived at an appointed time, hopped into the backseat, and a play began with no introduction.”
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The Woman Who Runs City Lights Has Seen Just About Everything
Elaine Katzenberger runs the bookstore founded by Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and she oversees the publishing wing too – the one made famous in the 1950s for the publication of Allan Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems. She’s glad indie bookstores seem to be holding their own, for now.
So What Happens When You Report Sexual Misconduct On A Hollywood Set?
Actor Sarah Scott says another actor, Kip Pardue, first put her hand on his penis during filming, and then “called her into his dressing room, where he proceeded to masturbate in front of her. ‘I literally froze,’ Scott, 35, recalls. ‘I said, ‘What are you doing?’'” Then it got even worse: “‘This isn’t a #MeToo thing,’ she alleges he responded. ‘I’m not your employer. It’s not like I can fire you.'”
Britain’s Strictly Come Dancing Is Called Out For Having A Day Of The Dead Dance During ‘Halloween Week’
Sure, there was a voiceover saying it was, er, a “tribute” to the Day of the Dead, but “many fans on social media called out the theme and branded it ‘cultural appropriation,’ observing that the Day of the Dead is not the same as Halloween. Others were unhappy with the use of a Calypso song against traditional Mexican traditions.”
Syria’s National Museum Has Reopened, Though Much Of The Country’s Heritage Lies In Ruins
Some might see it as a PR move. “The decision to re-open the museum reflects the government’s desire to assert normalcy, as president Bashar Assad’s forces, with the help of Russian military assistance, have re-gained control of much of Syria.”
Let’s Really Talk About The History Of Blackface And Entertainment In The United States
Even light-skinned African Americans were asked to “cork up” for roles in the 19th century (and on into early movies), because the history of minstrelsy, in which white men clowned in blackface as their interpretation of Southern Blacks, established what “Black” meant in the U.S. But it’s unsettling to watch this history in 2018.
The Pittsburgh Shooter Found His Right-Wing Home Not On Twitter Or Facebook, But On A Different Social Media Site
Not that Twitter and Facebook are very good about limiting threatening posts, but the social network Gab has far fewer restrictions. “Its relative lawlessness has made it a gathering spot for white supremacists and other members of the extreme alt-right.”
You Think ‘The Good Place’ Is About Heaven And Hell, But It’s About The Internet
And that’s both ends of the divine, of course. “The ground beneath the characters’ feet is constantly shifting, just as the show’s very concept shifts with every season — and, to some extent, nearly every episode, a tactic that mimics the immeasurable expanse of online space.”
A British Graphic Novel Author Wants To Create A Woman As Rotten As Scrooge
Well, as Scrooge in the majority of A Christmas Carol, anyway. Posy Simmonds, author of Gemma Bovary and Tamara Drewe, is ready to let her grump loose on the world. “I start in notebooks and was drawing a character who I thought might run an art gallery. I’ve always thought that, with rare exceptions like Mrs Danvers [from Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca], women really aren’t allowed to be total rotters.”
A New National TV Show May Change New York’s Comedy Cellar
The club is trying to remake its image after the Louis CK fiasco. But other things may change as well. “Cameras certainly shift the atmosphere in the room, but they also encourage comics to do more newsy material to get on the air. The producers are adamant that they do not tell comics what to say, and while there is some room for evergreen jokes, the focus here is on what is happening now.”