Theaters hit the one-year anniversary of shutdown. How are artists keeping afloat?
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How are artists keeping afloat? Clockwise from top left: Lars Jan, Richard Maxwell, Culture Clash, Daniel Fish, Annie Dorsen and Dael Orlandersmith. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times; Mike Nagle / For The Times; Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times; Tei Blow; Nagle; Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
No sector of the performing arts has been unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic. But I ve been especially concerned about the plight of theater stalwarts, those pioneers and purists who haven t been biding their time in rehearsal rooms, waiting for their Netflix closeups. For directors, playwrights and performance artists whose canvas is the three-dimensional stage, the situation has been unimaginably dire.
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No sector of the performing arts has been unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic. But I’ve been especially concerned about the plight of theater stalwarts, those pioneers and purists who haven’t been biding their time in rehearsal rooms, waiting for their Netflix closeups. For directors, playwrights and performance artists whose canvas is the three-dimensional stage, the situation has been unimaginably dire.
How have they been getting by, creatively and financially? I feared tales of Dickensian hardship, but I came away from my conversations with director Daniel Fish, the performance troupe Culture Clash, playwright and performer Dael Orlandersmith, director and visual artist Lars Jan, director Annie Dorsen and playwright and director Richard Maxwell heartened by their tenacity and resilience.
Families of COVID victims brace for tough holiday without loved ones
KTVU s Jesse Gary reports.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KTVU) - The painful loss of life from COVID is experienced by more than 23,000 families across California.
This has really been a devastating year for us. COVID has changed our family forever, said Carla Collins.
Collins and her daughter, Maria Miller, said the bitterness of the COVID pandemic bit their family in April. Their aunt, 70-year-old Carmen Seron, was the glue that held the clan together.
What they thought was a simple sinus infection worsened, until a diagnosis of coronavirus. Seron was the 47th virus-related fatality in Santa Clara County.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
AILSA CHANG, HOST: A musician and actor - a mentor - an activist - a devoted father - a humanitarian.
GRACIELLA SERNA: That was Noe Montoya. If I were to give you a definition, that would be it.
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Graciella Serna (ph) lived next door to Noe Montoya, who died Thanksgiving morning at his home in Hollister, Calif. He had tested positive for COVID-19 the week before.
CHANG: Serna says his world was one filled with music.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
MONTOYA: (Singing in Spanish).
CHANG: Through the walls, she would hear him play his guitar, an instrument he picked up some 50 years ago, around the time he and Serna first became friends, marching alongside migrant workers sometimes led by Cesar Chavez.
Richard Green
Welcome to KAZU s weekly news roundup for 12/18/20. Here you ll find the top local stories of the week and a few select national stories from NPR.
Monterey County started the week under a new stay-at-home order.
. That’s because ICU capacity in the Bay Area dropped below 15 percent on Wednesday, triggering the state’s Regional Stay Home Order. Santa Cruz County didn’t voluntarily opt into the order (unlike Monterey and some other Bay area counties), but will now have to adopt a list of restrictions. Restaurants can only offer takeout, hair salons and other personal care services must close, and hotels can only accept bookings for essential travel. Staying open are parks and schools with waivers. These restrictions will be in place until at least January 8.