A wind quintet performs music about Josephine Baker, New Orleans and other works with French cultural guideposts-- Click the link to read the preview in the Music section of Picture This Post-- #ImaniWinds #MillerTheatre @columbiauniversity.bsky.social #NYCMusic #NewYorkNOW #PictureThisPostMusic

The largest Japanese Music event ever staged in the US is coming to LA-- click the link to read the preview-- @zipangu.bsky.social #Ado #LAMusic #PictureThisPostMusic @dailyag.bsky.social #CHANMINA #HANA @manwithamission.bsky.social #YukiChiba #10-Feet @rosebowl.bsky.social

People often mock Trumpers as cultists, but the disturbing nature of their beliefs is still underestimated. If you go to Amazon, you can find hundreds of children's books about Trump, including a series depicting him in Bible stories. Here he is at the birth of Christ:

A beautiful musical about a world where time stands still--Almost like Being in Love, Come to Me/Bend to Me , among other classic songs. Click the link to read the preview in the LA edition of Picture this Post- #PasadenaPlayhouse #LATheater #PictureThisPostTheater #musicals #Lerner&Loewe

This was a question I asked Pablo to ask Reps today. You got to listen to her answer because the caption doesn’t do it full justice. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Dropshift Dance celebrates it's sweet sixteen (sweet and salty)- Click the link to read the preview in the Chicago edition of Picture This Post- #ColvinHouse #DropshiftDance #AndreaCerniglia #ChicagoDance #PictureThisPostDance

Where ecology meets art, music, theater and dance-- Click the link to read the preview in the New York City edition of Picture This Post- #Noosphere #NYCDance #PictureThisPostDance #NYCMusic #PictureThisPostMusic #NYCArt #PictureThisPostArt #NYCTheater #PictureThisPostTheater

Free dance and music performances in Chicago parks to celebrate AAPI month. click the link to the preview in the Chicago Picture This Post edition for schedule details etc- @mandalaart.bsky.social #ChicagoDance #ChicagoMusic #AAPIHeritageMonth #PictureThisPostDance #PictureThisPostMusic

for lovers of The Pitt...

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez: “The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🍿

🇧🇷 Brazil is getting serious about protecting the #Amazon🌳 and it’s doing it in an innovative way by linking #environmental enforcement directly to its financial system💰. Banks are now required to check satellite imagery 🛰️ of farms for proof that the clearing was legal before approving loans.

The #UK is actually producing so much #renewable energy 🌞💨 that it sometimes has extra electricity, and now households are being encouraged to use more power during those times ⚡. That could mean cheaper, or even free electricity for things like #charging devices or running appliances 🏠🔌.

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

Gotta love a musical where the main character is the Cat in the Hat-- click the link to read the preview of this family entertainment in the Theater Section of Picture This Post-- #SanDiegoMusicalTheater #DrSeuss #LynnAhrens #StephenFlaherty #PictureThisPostTheater #SanDiegoTheater #musicals

Tap dance, spoken word and live music-- to explore race, immigration and ethnicity- Click the link to read the preview in the New York NOW roundup in Picture This Post. @cuny.edu #CUNYDanceInitiative #GersonLanza #NYCDance #PictureThisPostDance #TapDance #LeonardDavisCenterforthePerformingArts

A Denver gallery creates a showcase of an artist using industrial materials to create abstract surfaces. click the link to read the preview in the Art section of Picture This Post- #KContemporary #MichaelGadlin #DenverArt #PictureThisPostArt #MixedMedia

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Trump Claims Pope’s Election was Rigged

BERNIE: “The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Feels snarky, but fuck it!

Finally, There are Adults in the room.....👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

It's reverse Robin Hood.

Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs. Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026. This is what corporate greed looks like.

Midweek Update #6: The Blockade: Fact And Fiction Among other things - juxtaposing the description of Trump's war as "precise" with the civilian death toll...

The delightful dancing doll.. Click the link to the preview of Coppelia in the Bay Area edition of Picture This Post-- #DiabloBallet #BayAreaDance #PictureThisPostDance #LesherCenterfortheArts #Ballet

Whistling Hens - soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick and clarinetist Natlie Groom perform music by women composers-- click the link to read the preview in the New York NOW roundup of Picture This Post @whistlinghens.bsky.social #NYCMusic @symphonyspace.bsky.social #PictureThisPostMusic #CuttingEdgeConcert

Gov and Mayor agree-- tax on second homes worth >5$million

Now THIS is accurate.

Romanticism -- quintets...Read the preview in the Music section of Picture This Post-- #OrliShanam #AmyBeach #NYCMusic #PictureThisPostMusic @carnegiehall.bsky.social #piano #NewYorkNOW

A psychic, a con artist, a cult leader--she's a new kind of Opera character!- Click the link to read the preview in the New York Edition of Picture This Post-- #ExperimentsInOpera #ElizabethGartman #RogerA.Martinez #JasmineGalante #MattieLevy #NYCOpera #PictureThisPostOpera #PictureThisPostMusic

A very spirited community theater of the Research Triangle brings Shakespeare to the parks--click the link to read the preview in the Theater section of Picture This Post-- @switchtheatreco.org #ResearchTriangleTheater #PictureThisPostTheater #GwendolynSchwinke #ShakespeareInTheParks

TWO RUSSIAN STATE-OWNED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES WERE FOUND TO BE INVOLVED IN A PROGRAM TO KIDNAP UKRAINIAN CHILDREN. IS THAT WHY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REINSTATED OIL SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA LAST WEEKEND? open.substack.com/pub/debamos/...

A story where identity and friendship meet-- Click the link to read the preview in the New York NOW roundup in PIcture This Post- #ChainTheatre #SoopTheatre #AnthonyP.Pennino #MikeKeller #NYCTheater #PictureThisPostTheater #NewYorkNOW #IsabellaBertoni #DonovanCounts #DantePalminteri

They don't perform as characters this time but as themselves. Read this fascinating interview for a look into the creative process. Click to read this Picture this Post Dance section interview-- #WelcometoCampfire #TonyBordonaro #IngridKapteyn #NYCDance #PictureThisPostDance #NewYorkNOW

WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3b tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public' IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated W: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?

BOYLE: The CBO says the big beautiful bill eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans. Are they really all, according to you, illegals and defrauding the system. That's really your position? RUSS VOUGHT: Yes BOYLE: That's laughable!

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Chinese Electrotech is the Big Winner in the Iran War Data - rich, as always, from Krugman's pen... don't miss the musical coda!

The Case Study of Mamdani’s First 100 Days

Interview with author of Cinema on Paper-- who has a keen interest in the under-recognized history of women in film both in front and behind the camera--Click the link to read the interview in the Film section of Picture This Post-- #DwightCleveland #CinemaOnPaper #Assouline #PictureThisPostBooks

Not Season 2- but hockey as an off-Broadway musical. Click the link to read the preview in the New York NOW roundup in Picture This Post-- #6thFloorTheater #DylanMarcAurele #AlanKliffer #NYCTheater #musicals #PictureThisPostTheater #Hockey

Obama Offers to Help Trump Craft Nuclear Deal with Iran

An end to cervical cancer is possible

April 12, 2026 Oh to be a fly on the wall when JD visits the Pope (again..)

How to Impeach the Bastard, for Real open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

The Axis of Autocracy Loses a Wheel Hungary's economic lag-- in a tell-all graph...