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Arts in New York to get shot in the arm with celebrity-filled pop-up shows
Peter Marks, The Washington Post
Feb. 8, 2021
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Broadway has been shut down for nearly a year.Photo for The Washington Post by Jeenah Moon
The stages are now set for a reemergence of the performing arts in New York, with the launch Feb. 20 of NY PopsUp, a 100-day rollout of 300 free concerts, recitals, and theatrical and comedy performances in venues across the state.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D, and project organizers on Monday released new details about the arts recovery initiative - by far the most ambitious by any state and first described by the governor in his State of the State address last month. The expanded list of performers includes Tony winners (Idina Menzel, Billy Porter), television stars (Danielle Brooks, Sarah Jessica Parker), comedians (Kenan Thompson), hip-hop and rock stars (Q-Tip, Patti Smith), dancers (Savion Glover, Sara Mearns) and opera singers (Davóne Ti
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of NY PopsUp - an unprecedented and expansive festival featuring hundreds of pop-up performances, many of which are free of charge and all open to the public that will intersect with the daily lives of New Yorkers. This series of events, intended to revitalize the spirit and emotional well-being of New York citizens with the energy of live performance while jumpstarting New York s struggling live entertainment sector, is a private/public partnership overseen by producers Scott Rudin and Jane Rosenthal, in coordination with the New York State Council on the Arts and Empire State Development.
Modern Diplomacy
Published 2 months ago
Earlier reports have mentioned Iran’s nuclear scientist Mohsin Fakhrizadeh’s assassination in several ways, but now Iranian officials say he was murdered with the help of a remotely operated machine gun in the middle of the road. has gone.
However, Iran still maintains its stand that Israel is behind his murder. He was murdered on 27 November.
Iran’s reasoning behind this is very simple that Israel is one of the few countries which has enough reason and ability to carry out such attacks on Iran’s soil. But even more general consensus is that Israel has done this before also. In fact, between 2010 and 2012, at least four scientists associated with the Iranian nuclear program have been killed and a fifth scientist was seriously injured in another attack.