Elizabeth Kramer
@artsbureau.bsky.social
Starting to imagine skits with Fred Armisen playing Michael Wolff in social media posts - telling his stories from more unlikely places in his house. From under a bed, in a closet, a shower, a walk-in freezer.
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Starting to imagine skits with Fred Armisen playing Michael Wolff in social media posts - telling his stories from more unlikely places in his house. From under a bed, in a closet, a shower, a walk-in freezer.
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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An incisive essay on the challenges facing present-day art criticism, including a nice shoutout to @arunadsouza.bsky.social. observer.com/2025/08/arts...
The Death of the Full-Time Critic and What It Means for the Future of Art Writing
If we let art criticism become an exclusive club for the well-connected and well-funded, we risk creating an echo chamber that flatters power rather than interrogates it.
observer.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
An incisive essay on the challenges facing present-day art criticism, including a nice shoutout to @arunadsouza.bsky.social. observer.com/2025/08/arts...
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The loss of music listings is "the loss of a world," Gabriel Kahane writes. As a young musician in New York, they were his "bible, syllabus, and road map":
Why No One Knows What’s Happening Tonight
A love letter to music listings
bit.ly
July 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The loss of music listings is "the loss of a world," Gabriel Kahane writes. As a young musician in New York, they were his "bible, syllabus, and road map":
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“A piece of music can express defiance and joy; in dance, the body conveys what words cannot. Even the smallest aesthetic gesture can have outsize resonance in the context of protest.”
I write about culture as a weapon of protest.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I write about culture as a weapon of protest.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
July 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“A piece of music can express defiance and joy; in dance, the body conveys what words cannot. Even the smallest aesthetic gesture can have outsize resonance in the context of protest.”
I write about culture as a weapon of protest.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I write about culture as a weapon of protest.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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A new study shows that music therapy is as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy at helping cancer patients and survivors heal emotionally. https://n.pr/45rG55C
The doctor said 'be happy.' Music therapy can help cancer patients do that
A new study shows that music therapy is as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy at helping cancer patients and survivors heal emotionally.
n.pr
June 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A new study shows that music therapy is as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy at helping cancer patients and survivors heal emotionally. https://n.pr/45rG55C
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NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —
DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs
The youth volunteers who were working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms to distributing supplies for hurricane recovery were suddenly pulled from service. Why? DOGE cuts.
www.wired.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —
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Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated
Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
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🌍NEW PIECE: Our reporter Gretel Kahn explores how Trump’s decision to shut down Voice of America is impacting the African news ecosystem, as Russia and China have been building up their presence in the continent.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/trump-s...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/trump-s...
As Trump silences Voice of America, Russia and China seize the opportunity to reshape Africa’s news ecosystem
Experts warn that the President’s decision to shut down the US international broadcaster is leaving a void that authoritarian regimes are trying to fill.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
April 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🌍NEW PIECE: Our reporter Gretel Kahn explores how Trump’s decision to shut down Voice of America is impacting the African news ecosystem, as Russia and China have been building up their presence in the continent.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/trump-s...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/trump-s...
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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
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hi can I please encourage you to go participate in cultural events, even if it is just to witness & support. it will be good for you and your brain and also for the folks who are making the art. stay curious. ❤️
February 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
hi can I please encourage you to go participate in cultural events, even if it is just to witness & support. it will be good for you and your brain and also for the folks who are making the art. stay curious. ❤️
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@ufw.bsky.social posts around Thanksgiving are some of the best. These farm workers ought to be on everyone's mind at that dinner table.
Parsley can be used to season your Thanksgiving stuffing and soup. Vicente and his coworkers are hard at work harvesting the crop. They tell us the repetitive work is very hard on the body and takes skill to do at the rapid pace needed. #WeFeedYou
November 23, 2024 at 8:18 PM
@ufw.bsky.social posts around Thanksgiving are some of the best. These farm workers ought to be on everyone's mind at that dinner table.