steverhodes.bsky.social
photojournalist in San Francisco. tigerbeat on twitter & instagram (because I’ve been part of PaperTiger TV & couldn’t get my name in 2007 & 2010). Cover photo of choreographer Jo Kreiter after a Flyaway Productions performance of If I Give You My Sorrow
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...I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.”
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John F. Kennedy himself said: “If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which must motivate any true artist, makes him aware that our Nation falls short of its highest potential...
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I will say here that I don’t judge anyone for choosing to go on with their shows; it’s a highly difficult situation for artists right now and everyone has to do what makes the most sense for them in the moment.
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I kept quiet until now because I wanted to make a thoughtful and thought-out decision, but also because it took time to get the new gig set up and I wanted to make it as easy as possible for folks to follow us the 8-minute drive down the street to The Anthem!
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The Kennedy Center show was booked long before the current administration decided to take over this previously bipartisan institution, but I cannot in good conscience play at The Kennedy Center with the change in programming direction forced on the institution by this new board.
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And thank you to my former CNN colleagues @hadasgold.bsky.social @brianstelter.bsky.social and @unbonfromage.bsky.social for entrusting me with their tremendous work over the years. Truly the best team anyone could ask for and I am lucky to have been a part of it
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The mural, located on the west-facing wall of the restrooms adjacent to the N Judah Muni line’s western terminus, is about 40% completed. Fromm expects to finish it mid-March.
📹: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
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Local artist Emily Fromm’s mural, tentatively titled “A History of Play,” will turn the concrete canvas of the beachfront public restrooms into a pastel-colored timeline of the Sunset neighborhood’s history as “a recreational space,” Fromm said.
📹: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
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This is great. But it's worth noting that Alito and Thomas would have upheld the conviction and allowed the execution of a man who not only has a compelling innocence claim, but who even state of Oklahoma concedes did not receive a fair trial.
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I put out this primer yesterday, which may come in handy in future iterations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
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You can read the full story on what the catastrophic loss of honeybees this year means for California's almond and agriculture sector here on @sfchronicle.com bit.ly/41rVtMR