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rjritzel.bsky.social
Journalist: Arts, culture, health, etc. Bylines: Globe and Mail, New York Times, Dance Magazine, Baltimore Sun and many more. Cancer and stroke survivor somehow still here. [email protected] https://what-if-arts.ghost.io/
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Sarasota please come get you congressman. Don't you have a hurricane or two he can help you clean up from?

Should be the best thing since, "You'll be Back."

A+ trolling of Ric Grenell here.

Had the best time talking shirtless sword-fighting with PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL star Ramin Karimloo. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/f75338a...

Fabulous Ramin Karimloo Q&A by @rjritzel.bsky.social in today's Globe. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre...

For effs sake just fund journalism.

Noem is right. Abe Lincoln did suspend Habeas Corpus. And got assassinated for it.

For the second time in three months, I am arguing with a copy editor that the phrase "at stage door" should be allowed in performing arts stories.

As the Jake Tapper/Biden-is-old discourse continues... re-upping my @washingtonian.com story -- including audio! -- on the apparent frail state of DC congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. www.washingtonian.com/2025/05/02/e...

Tenants at Navy Yard’s Foundry Lofts were right—they were overcharged for utilities for nearly two years. Suzie Amanuel breaks down the fallout: NDAs, pulled flyers, and a consumer alert from the AG.

The nonprofit Washington Housing Conservancy has grossly mismanaged Crystal House, an 880-unit apartment complex it bought with $381 million from Amazon. This @arlnow.bsky.social report barely scratches the surface. www.arlnow.com/2025/05/19/n...

Last night I dreamed that Cynthia Nixon did the chaperone role in OH, MARY! and imho my subconscious does pretty good casting.

Need an "inside Israel's unprecedented effort to buy the public Eurovision vote" explainer story STAT.

Really loving our new weekly national tradition of asking the Supreme Court "hey, are there laws?" and getting back "I guess," 7-2 with Alito and Thomas dissenting

He sounds as delightful as Hurricane Helene.

All in favour of companies reversing dumb rebrands.

Kinda like my 73-year-old dad dosed off during the second half of my niece's dance studio recital Saturday. But not.

Honestly hats off to the Saudi foreign ministry for doing their homework

The Maryland legislators who Lincoln threw in jail to keep them from voting for Maryland to secede -- the only other time a president deliberately suspended habeas corpus -- would like a word.

My last show at Source! 😭 @constellationdc.bsky.social , so sorry the bid wasn't taken. You did such great work to try to make that happen.

no-bid tender controversies regularly cause huge political scandals in countries like ukraine

Goddammit I was walking by the LOC tonight around 6 with a friend visiting from out of town, and said how glad I was that Trump had not interfered with Hayden who so many people agree has done great work.

He will not hear all the people sing: Grenell threatens retribution after LES MIS producers allow performers a chance to sit out the night Trump attends.

www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/p... Trump appointee Grenell wants those who are sitting out Les Mis night Trump attends to be shamed & fired

i have very high expectations for specials and promotions from the pizzeria industry if the pizza ball guy wins. they better not disappoint us here

Very excited to see Melissa Errico debut her new cabaret "Story of a Rose," based on the World War I life and times of her great aunt. Tonight! @ 7:30 in Alexandria. doughboy.org/the-story-of...

🎶 Looked so alive, turns out I'm not real Just something you paid for How much was I made for 🎶

Arts orgs! If your 2025 NEA grant was cancelled or terminated, please mark if off on this handy Google doc created by @robdeemer.bsky.social. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

NEA Cuts data points so far (datasheet listed below): # of impacted orgs: 425 Amount of grant funding: $12.1M % of total cuts from Theatre, Music, and Dance: 38.7% Amount of grants from T/M/D: $4.7M 72% of cuts come from 10 states (in order): NY, CA, TX, MA, PA, WA, MN, IL, MO. bit.ly/4kc2Qi1

Really important work from @robdeemer.bsky.social tracking the precise impact of the NEA cuts. $12.1M in losses so far... bit.ly/4kc2Qi1

There are approx. 10,000 reasons why Trump's ludicrous movie-tariffs plan would not and should not work. But should some iteration somehow become reality, it would swiftly destroy Canada's multi-billion-dollar film (and television) industry. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/ar...

Fight the patriarchy, let Good Cheer run in the Preakness. www.si.com/onsi/horse-r...

Shakespeare, Henry VI and Perkins Coie for the win.

Apropos of nothing in particular, here are some interviews with NPR and PBS journalists about how they got their start.

My spring arts picks for @wcp.bsky.social include an landmark show coming to @georgemasonu.bsky.social this weekend: the opera LOVING V. VIRGINIA. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7603...