A look at the regional theaters fighting to save their historic art form
Regional theater has been a glory of the American cultural scene for many decades, bringing great plays and musicals to audiences in cities all across the country. But the pandemic and a host of other societal shifts have led to cutbacks, cancellations and closures of theaters. Jeffrey Brown has a…#jeffreybrown #canvas
Source: Reuters: Health - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘Society of the Snow’ Review: J.A. Bayona Blends Visceral Action With Existential Despair in Overlong but Affecting Survival Thriller
The 1972 disaster in which Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 went down in a remote part of the Andes while carrying a rugby team, their friends and family members to a match in Chile has been the subject of numerous books, documentaries and two dramatic features — the 1976 Mexploitation quickie,…#uruguayanairforce #andes #chile #survive #frankmarshalls #hollywood #ethanhawkes #flight571 #showtime #spanish
Source: Reuters: Health - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

U.S. cancels or curtails half of its Antarctic research projects
Marine biologist Michelle Shero had every reason to expect this to be a better year on the Antarctic ice. Since receiving a 5-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2019 to study the reproductive success of Weddell seals in McMurdo Sound, Shero has been sent down for just one, truncated field season. But in January NSF had assured Shero that her team would be deployed in October for a full 4 months, and by June she had packed up and shipped out some $200,000 in equipment and supplies. So Shero, a tenure-track assistant scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, was stun...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

COVID Booster May Transiently Raise Glucose Levels in T1D COVID Booster May Transiently Raise Glucose Levels in T1D
In a small study involving people with type 1 diabetes, most patients experienced mildly elevated glucose levels for a few days after receiving the booster, while a few had more dramatic spikes.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - September 14, 2023 Category: Primary Care Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news

Community Program Tied to ' Dramatic ' Increase in BP Control Community Program Tied to ' Dramatic ' Increase in BP Control
Self-measured blood pressure programs led by community health centers in the National Hypertensive Control Initiative led to significant improvement in control rates in at-risk populations.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - September 14, 2023 Category: Neurology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

‘Uncle Vanya’ Headed To Broadway With New Translation By Heidi Schreck
A Broadway revival of Anton Chekhov’s classic Uncle Vanya, with a new translation by playwright Heidi Schreck, will be staged this spring by Lincoln Center Theater. Lila Neugebauer (The Waverly Gallery) will direct. Uncle Vanya will begin previews at LCT’s Vivian Beaumont Theater on Tuesday, April…#broadway #antonchekhovs #vanya #heidischreck #lincolncentertheater #lilaneugebauer #waverlygallery #lct #tonyawards #shreck
Source: Reuters: Health - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Right-Wing Congresswoman Didn ' t Say Beetlejuice Three Times, Gets Kicked Out Of Theater For ' Causing A Disturbance '
Right-wing Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is known for her advocacy for gun rights and for being a supporter of former President Donald Trump. Boebert found herself in trouble at a recent musical performance of “Beetlejuice.” What Happened: Released in 1988, “Beetlejuice” has become a cult…#laurenboebert #colo #donaldtrump #timburton #hollywood #buelltheatre #denver #colorado #broadway #denverpost
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Woman with whom Texas Attorney General Paxton is said to have had an affair expected to testify at impeachment
A woman with whom Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is said to have had an extramarital affair was expected to give public testimony Wednesday, setting up a dramatic moment in the Republican’s impeachment trial on charges of corruption and bribery. The affair is central to the historic proceedings…#kenpaxton #natepaul #fbi #lauraolson #paxton #olson #texassenate #angelapaxton #donnacampbell #danpatrick
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Belarus Free Theater Is Also a Support Network for Exiles
Yuliya Shauchuk, center, and other members of the Belarus Free Theater rehearsing at the Polish National Opera in Warsaw in July. The leaders of the Belarus Free Theater, who fled the country more than a decade ago, are helping more recent refugees to rebuild their lives while putting on a new…#belarusfreetheater #polish #nationalopera #warsaw #skype #minsk #belarus #nataliakaliada #nicolaikhalezin #easteuropean
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CIA bribed its own COVID-19 origin team to reject lab-leak theory, anonymous whistleblower claims
An unnamed CIA whistleblower has made the dramatic allegation that six analysts there were bribed to reject the theory that COVID-19 resulted from a research-related leak of a new coronavirus, according to a press release today from the office of the Republican leading a congressional investigation into the pandemic. The allegation was strongly rejected in a CIA statement released hours later. A majority of U.S. intelligence agencies has so far concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic mostly likely started when SARS-CoV-2 jumped from an infected animal host into people; a wildlife market in Wuhan, China, has receive...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 12, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Investors Rotate Into U.S. Stocks as China Growth Expectations Dive: BofA Survey
Bank of America's monthly global fund manager survey shows a "dramatic shift in relative exposure," with a record jump in allocations to U.S. equities and a slide out of emerging-market equities as China growth expectations take a tumble. September's survey showed 0% expected a stronger Chinese…#bankofamerica
Source: Reuters: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dramatic video shows Ukrainian special forces battling a Russian Su-30 from small boats at sea. Kyiv ' s forces say they scored a hit, forcing the jet to flee
Ukrainian soldiers on December 18, 2022, stand near damaged Russian military helicopter on Snake Island, another strategically significant location in the Black Sea that was retaken by Ukraine. Michael Shtekel/Associated Press Ukraine on Monday said it had retaken strategically significant…#russian #snakeisland #blacksea #ukraine #michaelshtekel #hur #ukrainians #gur #boykotowers #crimea
Source: Reuters: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘The Critic’ Review: Ian McKellen Makes a Nasty Reviewer Despicable and Entertaining
If you want to give a great actor a role he can sink his teeth into with almost unseemly glee, there can’t be many better ways than to cast him as a critic in a period melodrama. That, at least, seems to be the idea behind “The Critic,” Anand Tucker’s tale of a nefarious theater reviewer in 1930s…#anandtuckers #ianmckellen #mckellen #jimmyerskine #chronicle #davidbrooke #markstrong #brooke #ninaland #missland
Source: Reuters: Health - September 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Instacart clarifies its Snowflake payments in updated IPO prospectus after clash with Databricks
Instacart filed an updated IPO prospectus on Monday and clarified how its contract works with data storage and analytics company Snowflake , after the initial filing appeared to show a dramatic decline in spending on Snowflake's technology. Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman is an Instacart board…#instacart #snowflake #frankslootman #databricks
Source: Reuters: Health - September 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A Matter of Facts — September 2023
sramashwarSeptember 11, 2023From Our PresidentFor those of us involved in the close-knit community field of sexual and reproductive health and rights, conferences are an opportunity to come together as a movement. Convening regularly with colleagues and collaborators, partners and peers from around the world provides us with important insights and chances to connect. To break bread, build bridges and even to let loose.The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 caused event after event to be canceled or postponed. It ’s wonderful to see in-person meetings and events returning. It’s also refreshing to see that hybrid events continue ...
Source: The Guttmacher Institute - September 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: sramashwar Source Type: news

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