Bob Baker Marionette Theater Raised Enough Funds to Make it Through 2021
Lisa Whiteman
It’s a Christmas miracle for the beloved L.A. institution
The theater moved to a larger new space in Highland Park after losing their longtime home near downtown in 2018. Volunteers and puppeteers renovated the former silent movie theater and had expanded to more programming than ever when they were forced to close their doors in March. The troupe launched a mobile theater on wheels, crafted educational films for the state of California, and created a temporary installation at the Santa Monica Pier, but the financial walls were closing in when they sounded the alarm last month. The theater’s executive director Alex Evans and director of development Winona Bechtle even appeared on several TV game shows enduring harsh physical challenges in an effort to save the theater. In the end, funds came from fans big and small, with an average donation of $50. The funds will keep the theater ru
December 23, 2020 at 12:00 pm
We’ve all spent quite enough time dwelling on the low points of 2020, so we have decided to wrap up the year on a positive note and look back at some of this year’s riding highlights from across the BikeRadar team.
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Perhaps due to an absence of pretty much anything else to do, 2020 has been something of a vintage year for riding for us. From multi-day bikepacking epics to local gravel exploration, we’ve packed in a huge amount of riding throughout the year. We even made videos about some of it.
Here, we run through six of our road, gravel and mountain biking highlights from throughout 2020. If you want to see more like this, be sure to give BikeRadar a follow on Komoot.
As a result of change brought by the coronavirus pandemic,
gasworld launched a compelling and fully interactive new webinars platform to continue to bring the discussion, debate and sense of connection to the global gases industry. Held in what became a customary on-air slot of Fridays at 2:30pm GMT, the webinars brought together speakers and viewers from across the globe to tackle the hot topics of the day for the industry.
Speaking ahead of their launch, Rob Cockerill, Global Managing Editor at
gasworld, said, “This has been an ambition of ours for some time now, and we’re excited to be launching this new programme of webinars, rich in content and at a time when I think there’s clearly a lot of learnings to be taken from this period of pandemic.”
A.G. Perino Offers a Fresh, Approachable Take on Classic Italian-Style Dry and Sweet Vermouth December 22, 2020
Seattle - Precept Wine is proud to announce the launch of A.G. Perino Dry and Sweet Vermouths. Crafted by acclaimed winemaker, Hal Landvoigt, A.G. Perino is 15 years in the making. Inspired by late-night cocktails and conversation at a bar in Dusseldorf, Germany, Precept Founder and CEO Andrew Browne challenged Landvoigt to create a vermouth of exceptional quality and value. What followed was over a decade studying production methods; consulting with expert craftsman, winemakers, and bartenders; and tasting samples from around the world in an epic journey to create the best vermouth for everyday use.