A delightful cool summer evening watching the Metropolitan Opera HD of La Bohème outdoors, but the 12 year-old that lurks in me couldn't help laughing when an ambulance passed on Broadway as Mimi lay dying...

 

After the Leipzig incident, Comrade Lavrov has ordered the Goethe-Institut(s) closed across Russia. The Bundesminister des Auswärtigen should send him a copy. of Faust for his lonely evenings.

 

The Metropolitan Opera 2026 Summer HD Festival featuring Tristan Und Isolde, I Puritani, Eugene Onegin, El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, and La Bohème outdoors in the Plaza

 

After the C-17 carrying John Radcliffe from Riga touched down in Moscow, Maestra Keri-Lynn Wilson fired up the Ukraine 🇺🇦 Freedom Orchestra in a full David Geffen Hall, New York, with a suite from The Mothers of Kherson by Maxim Kolomiiets, followed by Lise Davidsen singing Richard Strauss’s Vier Letzte Lieder. The evening finished with a sumptuous Beethoven #7.

 

Exit pursued by bear 🐻… ‘A Winter’s Tale’ Shakespeare on a fine summer evening, the Public Theatre at the Delacorte Central Park New York

 

Supporting New York Local 79 construction workers in their protest - apart from scab labor, Shitbirds Sephora also platforms Huda Beauty that promotes antisemitic conspiracy theories against Israel. 🇮🇱

 

The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival presenting works with guitar 🎸 - a delightful evening at the Presbyterian Church.