Israeli forces have launched a new wave of attacks on Gaza, killing at least 83 Palestinians, including 19 near al-Shifa and al-Ahli hospitals, the besieged enclave’s last functioning medical facilities aje.io/uwsj7b
From our Fall Arts Guide: Performance Works Northwest turns 25 this year, and we interviewed founder Linda Austin about the origins and current direction of the beloved Foster-Powell arts space.
The US government’s application portal for Venice Biennale proposals now features Trumpian guidelines emphasizing “American values” and restrictions on promoting DEI.
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From @mondoweiss.net: “The Israeli war cabinet unanimously approved on Sunday the expansion of the Israeli government’s war on Gaza, which reportedly includes plans to reoccupy Gaza indefinitely.”
Scores of National Endowment for the Arts grant awardees, including the Print Center New York, have had part or all of their funding rescinded.
Curator Cheryl D. Edwards told Hyperallergic that the Trump administration labeled an upcoming exhibition of works by Afro-Latino, Caribbean, and African American artists as a “DEI program and event” and withdrew funding for the show.
They’re cutting Medicaid
Jasmine Crockett speaks for me (and multitudes, and oy, WATCH THE VIDEO!)
Breaking news: The Trump administration plans to handpick the reporters who can ask the president questions, breaking decades of precedent in the White House.
Please share this widely. In Coeur D'Alene ID, a woman sitting in her seat at a town hall is violently pried out of her seat and dragged away, cuffed with zip ties, by men who refuse to identify themselves and admit that they do NOT have badges. Wtf? Is this America????
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A young Palestinian man has been killed by an Israeli sniper while inspecting his agricultural land on al-Shaaf Street, east of Gaza City in the northern part of the enclave, according to the Wafa news agency.
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You have questions. Mostly of the "What Can I Do to Resist This Coup?" variety. Choose Democracy has answers. Here's a really handy guide to the how/what/why of organizing... Share widely. Link here: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
They are going to ignore court orders.
If they ignore court orders, the social contract is dead and buried, the constitution is no longer in effect.
It's a rubicon that cannot be uncrossed.
Linda Austin has pursued her singular dance explorations at Performance Works Northwest for the past 25 years, so she has LOTS of interesting things to talk about! www.orartswatch.org/dance-maker-...
I love stage crew choreography.
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
It is Friday afternoon of a wild, wild week. And yet for me a reassuring one. My greatest fear was not of what they would do. It's that we would let them. And I'm seeing a lot of beautiful intransigence. From federal workers. From people all over the country obstructing ICE....
In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.
Feb 6-8 || In Preparation for Disappearances to Come, at PICA. Linda Austin, Allie Hankins, Danielle Ross, Chris Cochrane, and Kevin Bud Jones.
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Upcoming:
Feb 1 || workshop #3 || Seth Nehil + cat ross + Anthony J. Stillabower.
workshop is a series for musicians and artists working in sound to present new and in-progress works and compositions.
Young voters in North Carolina were hit hard by Jefferson Griffin’s 60,000 ballot challenges. Among them: Rhiannon Camarillo, who is involved in voting-rights groups. “I took every step I could to mitigate the risk,” said the 21-year-old Duke student. #ncpol 9thstreetjournal.org/2025/01/21/n...
Feb 6-8 at PICA
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