Pandolfi’s Mattapoisett Diner.
Matt’s Blackboard in Rochester has placed ads for four months, manager Mattos said, but had “no bites.’’
Kate Ross of Kate’s Simple eats in Marion said she hasn’t been able to raise wages to incentivize applicants, noting the price of food and sanitary equipment have “skyrocketed.”
Covid restrictions have eased, but some Tri-Town businesses are facing a new challenge: Finding enough staff to keep them fully operational through the busy summer season.
A diminished workforce in the area is forcing some local restaurants to close on days they would prefer to be open, and others to fill orders less quickly than they would like.
Shá Cage and Elizabeth Carter have been selected as the inaugural recipients of the Lloyd Richards New Futures Residencies, which pair mid-career BIPOC directors and choreographers pursuing institutional leadership with forward-thinking directors, it has been announced by Mark Brokaw, President of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), which is funding the residencies and has overseen the search. In this inaugural year, the Residencies were reserved for Black artists.
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The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation is expected to announce Tuesday a new residency program that will pair Minneapolis-based director Shá Cage with Los Angeles’ Cornerstone Theater Company, and Bay Area director Elizabeth Carter with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Named after the late Tony Award winner who was the first Black person to be nominated for best director, the inaugural Lloyd Richards New Futures Residencies are meant to create a leadership pathway for midcareer directors and choreographers of color. In addition to a yearlong partnership with Cornerstone and OSF, Cage and Carter each will receive a $40,000 grant and health insurance.
ELIZABETHTON â There is a wide variety of programs offered this month at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park, 1651 W. Elk Ave., highlighted by the 27th Annual Siege of Fort Watauga, which is scheduled for May 15-16.
The siege recreates one of the many memorable events that took place at Fort Watauga and Sycamore Shoals during the last quarter of the 18th century. The siege tells the story of Cherokee attack that took place on settlements along the Nolichucky, Watauga, Doe and Holston rivers during the summer of 1776.
The siege of Fort Watauga will be remembered this weekend with 200 re-enactors, portraying frontier settlers, Cherokee and British officials. The event will include living history camps, shops and period vendors. There will be re-enactments of the attack on the fort both days. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.