Patrick Emerton
@patrickemerton.bsky.social
Books, Journalism, Movies, Music, Art, Critters, Plants, Oceans
INTERVIEW | Maria Alyokhina, Russian punk activist: The price of political art was prison www.bbc.com/audio/play/w... @pussyriot.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
INTERVIEW | Maria Alyokhina, Russian punk activist: The price of political art was prison www.bbc.com/audio/play/w... @pussyriot.bsky.social
BROOKLYN | Moor Mother debuts her new band. Pussy Riot disrupts with raw power. Two uncompromising forces. One charged night—in the round—preceded by a conversation with Laurie Anderson & Nadya Tolokonnikova [DEC 2: 322 3rd Ave] festival.powerhousearts.org/festival-per... @pussyriot.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BROOKLYN | Moor Mother debuts her new band. Pussy Riot disrupts with raw power. Two uncompromising forces. One charged night—in the round—preceded by a conversation with Laurie Anderson & Nadya Tolokonnikova [DEC 2: 322 3rd Ave] festival.powerhousearts.org/festival-per... @pussyriot.bsky.social
LONDON! Heads up! Following the success of its Ring Cycle in 2025, in April 2026 Regents Opera will be staging Salome by Richard Strauss conducted by Ben Woodward and directed by Mark Ravenhill. www.ticketsource.co.uk/regents-opera
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
LONDON! Heads up! Following the success of its Ring Cycle in 2025, in April 2026 Regents Opera will be staging Salome by Richard Strauss conducted by Ben Woodward and directed by Mark Ravenhill. www.ticketsource.co.uk/regents-opera
CHICAGO! Nadya Tolokonikova's “Police State” opens tomorrow! visit.mcachicago.org/events/perfo... @pussyriot.bsky.social @mcachicago.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
CHICAGO! Nadya Tolokonikova's “Police State” opens tomorrow! visit.mcachicago.org/events/perfo... @pussyriot.bsky.social @mcachicago.bsky.social
Grecia Quiroz, the wife of Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan who was assassinated during Day of the Dead celebrations, assumed her husband's job on Wednesday, vowing to carry on his crusade against organized crime. www.reuters.com/world/americ... @reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Grecia Quiroz, the wife of Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan who was assassinated during Day of the Dead celebrations, assumed her husband's job on Wednesday, vowing to carry on his crusade against organized crime. www.reuters.com/world/americ... @reuters.com
Ten years ago this film debuted on Nov 3 - SPOTLIGHT - it spoke for millions who could not, exposed deep corruption, championed journalism, and opened the gates for justice - it was an honor to be on it from script to Oscar - little did I suspect that its lessons would need repeating.
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ten years ago this film debuted on Nov 3 - SPOTLIGHT - it spoke for millions who could not, exposed deep corruption, championed journalism, and opened the gates for justice - it was an honor to be on it from script to Oscar - little did I suspect that its lessons would need repeating.
Sand Mandala Creation begins at Tibet House US - NYC on November 3! Open to the public and will be livestreamed from November 3-9, 11am-4pm ET. shop.thus.org/products/san...
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sand Mandala Creation begins at Tibet House US - NYC on November 3! Open to the public and will be livestreamed from November 3-9, 11am-4pm ET. shop.thus.org/products/san...
The edge where art becomes activism, resistance becomes ritual, and protest becomes aesthetic -- Heidi Zuckerman speaks with Nadya Tolokonnikova. open.spotify.com/episode/0dzU... @pussyriot.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The edge where art becomes activism, resistance becomes ritual, and protest becomes aesthetic -- Heidi Zuckerman speaks with Nadya Tolokonnikova. open.spotify.com/episode/0dzU... @pussyriot.bsky.social
NewFest Announces 2025 Award Winners -- Grand Jury Award for U.S. Narrative Feature: “Fucktoys,” written, directed by and starring Annapurna Sriram deadline.com/2025/10/newf... @deadline.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
NewFest Announces 2025 Award Winners -- Grand Jury Award for U.S. Narrative Feature: “Fucktoys,” written, directed by and starring Annapurna Sriram deadline.com/2025/10/newf... @deadline.com
Performance | Nadya Tolokonnikova: POLICE STATE | Nov 25–30 @mcachicago.bsky.social | Tolokonnikova will transform the Edlis Neeson Theater into both a prison and a sanctuary. visit.mcachicago.org/events/perfo... @pussyriot.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Performance | Nadya Tolokonnikova: POLICE STATE | Nov 25–30 @mcachicago.bsky.social | Tolokonnikova will transform the Edlis Neeson Theater into both a prison and a sanctuary. visit.mcachicago.org/events/perfo... @pussyriot.bsky.social
GIRLS & GODS | A doc by Inna Shevchenko of FEMEN. The film features conversations with figures, including feminist activists, priests, imams, rabbis & theologians to explore the relationship between feminism & religion. Trailer: vimeo.com/1065503867 @pussyriot.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
GIRLS & GODS | A doc by Inna Shevchenko of FEMEN. The film features conversations with figures, including feminist activists, priests, imams, rabbis & theologians to explore the relationship between feminism & religion. Trailer: vimeo.com/1065503867 @pussyriot.bsky.social
Victoria Woodhull -- The first woman to run for president, the first female stock broker on Wall Street, a journalist, a spiritualist, a suffragette, and free love advocate -- if you don’t know about her, seek her out, and wish her a Happy B’day🎂
September 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Victoria Woodhull -- The first woman to run for president, the first female stock broker on Wall Street, a journalist, a spiritualist, a suffragette, and free love advocate -- if you don’t know about her, seek her out, and wish her a Happy B’day🎂
RELEASE THE FILES | Alex Acosta admitted that in 2007 he didn't even read the Epstein victims statements, but he believed that they weren't strong enough. He then arranged a plea deal, which allowed Epstein to continue preying on women and girls for years.
September 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
RELEASE THE FILES | Alex Acosta admitted that in 2007 he didn't even read the Epstein victims statements, but he believed that they weren't strong enough. He then arranged a plea deal, which allowed Epstein to continue preying on women and girls for years.
Fragments of the Chinese Diaspora Converge in Stephanie Shih’s Mosaic Sculptures www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/step...
September 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Fragments of the Chinese Diaspora Converge in Stephanie Shih’s Mosaic Sculptures www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/step...
Dante Alighieri wrote about a volcanic crater considered to be the portal to Hades. Anish Kapoor explored this notion in a new entrance to the Monte Sant’Angelo subway station in Naples www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/anis...
September 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Dante Alighieri wrote about a volcanic crater considered to be the portal to Hades. Anish Kapoor explored this notion in a new entrance to the Monte Sant’Angelo subway station in Naples www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/anis...
A heart breaker, an eye opener, and a soul lifter.... see this!
September 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A heart breaker, an eye opener, and a soul lifter.... see this!
The 9 best movies at the Toronto International Film Festival according to the Los Angeles Times include the powerhouse that is Tessa Thompson and the fearless Nina Hoss in HEDDA [PIC Tessa Thompson, left, Nina Hoss and Imogen Poots in the movie “Hedda."] www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
September 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The 9 best movies at the Toronto International Film Festival according to the Los Angeles Times include the powerhouse that is Tessa Thompson and the fearless Nina Hoss in HEDDA [PIC Tessa Thompson, left, Nina Hoss and Imogen Poots in the movie “Hedda."] www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
The 10 best films at TIFF according to The Toronto Star include gritty realist Benny Safdie’s bruising saga of mixed martial arts brawling, THE SMASHING MACHINE, with Dwayne Johnson. [PIC Dwayne Johnson stars as an MMA fighter in “The Smashing Machine.”] www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
September 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The 10 best films at TIFF according to The Toronto Star include gritty realist Benny Safdie’s bruising saga of mixed martial arts brawling, THE SMASHING MACHINE, with Dwayne Johnson. [PIC Dwayne Johnson stars as an MMA fighter in “The Smashing Machine.”] www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
According to Vogue, the 10 movies to get excited about include BLUE MOON, a witty, piercing study of creative decline, focused on the Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart. [PIC: Margaret Qualley and Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon, in theaters on Oct 17.] www.vogue.com/article/best...
September 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
According to Vogue, the 10 movies to get excited about include BLUE MOON, a witty, piercing study of creative decline, focused on the Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart. [PIC: Margaret Qualley and Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon, in theaters on Oct 17.] www.vogue.com/article/best...
PET PEEVE | Dear writers and speakers of English, it’s not “4-D chess,” it’s “3-L chess” -- the fourth dimension is time -- what you’re trying to describe is chess that is played on three levels.
September 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
PET PEEVE | Dear writers and speakers of English, it’s not “4-D chess,” it’s “3-L chess” -- the fourth dimension is time -- what you’re trying to describe is chess that is played on three levels.
KK Park in Myawaddy, Myanmar is the frontline of a multibillion-dollar criminal fraud industry fuelled by human trafficking and brutal violence. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
September 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
KK Park in Myawaddy, Myanmar is the frontline of a multibillion-dollar criminal fraud industry fuelled by human trafficking and brutal violence. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
This is Yulia Svyrydenko, the prime minister of Ukraine. She took this picture from one floor above her office. Today saw the largest attack ever on Kyiv by Putin -- over 800 drones and a dozen missiles. The city is burning.
September 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is Yulia Svyrydenko, the prime minister of Ukraine. She took this picture from one floor above her office. Today saw the largest attack ever on Kyiv by Putin -- over 800 drones and a dozen missiles. The city is burning.
I BELIEVE VICTIMS: Katie Johnson v. Donald J. Trump (5:16-cv-00797) -- APR 26, 2016 / She was 13-years-old
September 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I BELIEVE VICTIMS: Katie Johnson v. Donald J. Trump (5:16-cv-00797) -- APR 26, 2016 / She was 13-years-old
Lisa Phillips is a survivor of Epstein and Maxwell, and today she speaks for victims everywhere -- Epstein and Maxwell were serial predators and international sex traffickers -- secrecy is not protection, it is complicity www.youtube.com/@fromnowonpod
September 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Lisa Phillips is a survivor of Epstein and Maxwell, and today she speaks for victims everywhere -- Epstein and Maxwell were serial predators and international sex traffickers -- secrecy is not protection, it is complicity www.youtube.com/@fromnowonpod
Epstein/Maxwell survivor Teresa J. Helm, Survivor Services Coordinator at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation -- Epstein and Maxwell were serial predators and international sex traffickers -- secrecy is not protection, it is complicity endsexualexploitation.org/about/staff/...
September 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Epstein/Maxwell survivor Teresa J. Helm, Survivor Services Coordinator at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation -- Epstein and Maxwell were serial predators and international sex traffickers -- secrecy is not protection, it is complicity endsexualexploitation.org/about/staff/...