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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 1d

Tulsa Oklahoma 1967-- a gang battle turned feel-good musical on Broadway- Click the link to find the preview in the Picture this Post Broadway roundup-

#Outsiders #NYCTheater #Broadway #PictureThisPostTheater #AdamRapp @justinlevine.bsky.social #JamestownRevival #musicals

Outsiders on Broadway - Preview

WHEN: Thru September 13, 2026 WHERE: Bernard B Jacobs Theatre 242 West 45 Street New York NY 10036 TICKETS: For more information and tick

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 1d

Check out the picture preview of a unique exhibit of works by an artist who endured 2 decades in prison and now takes on the prison industrial complex. Click the link to see this Picture This Post Art Section preview--

#CenterforArtandAdvocacy #GilbertoRivera #NYCArt #PictureThisPostArt #Prisons

Center for Art and Advocacy Presents Gilberto Rivera: Jailbirds - Preview

A spokesperson describes the event as follows: “...Jailbirds, an exhibition featuring new and recent work by Gilberto Rivera (2022 Center Fellow), whose prac

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 1d

Music renders borders as imaginary-- Read both the review of the film and a preview of a NY event celebrating the FANDANGO--Timely! Click the link to read the stories--

#NewSchoolforSocialResearch #NewSchoolCollegeofPerformingArts #NYCMusic #Film #PictureThisPostMusic #ArturoOFarrill #Fandango

New School Presents "Fandango at the Wall” - Preview

A spokesperson describes the event as follows: “...From Arturo O'Farrill: "Fandango at the Wall is the concert version of the Fandango Fronterizo gathering,

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 1d

Poking fun at grease thru an updated TikTok lens--Click the link to read the preview in the Picture This Post Theater section--

#Theater555 #Grease #Parody #musicals #NYCTheater #PictureThisPostTheater @jackplotnick.bsky.social #AshleyMarinelli @lenagabriellemusic.bsky.social #VisceralEntertainment

VAPE! THE GREASE PARODY Off-Bway - Preview

WHEN: October 30, 2025 - January 4, 2026 WHERE: Theater 555 555 W 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 TICKETS: $39+ For more information and

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 2d

For those of us who love the pace of Gilbert and Sullivan musicals-- click the link to read the preview of this upcoming performance in NY...

#NYGilbertAndSullivan #NYCTheater #musicals #GilbertAndSullivan #PictureThisPostTheater #operetta #JamesMills #JosephRubin @huntercollege.bsky.social

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Presents The Yeomen of the Guard - Preview

WHEN: October 25-26, 2025 WHERE: Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College E. 68th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues near Lexington New York, NY 10065

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 2d

When you think about it-- Dracula really does lend itself to a dance interpretation...Click the link to read the preview in the Dance Section of Picture This Post magazine.
#NewOrleansBallet #NewOrleansDance #PictureThisPostDance #BramStoker #HorrorStory #OrpheumTheater #ballet

New Orleans Ballet Theatre Presents DRACULA - Preview

A spokesperson describes the event as follows: “...Inspired by Bram Stoker’s novel, this ballet goes into the mind of the protagonist, Jonathan Harker, on

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 2d

Check out the pictures and video in this preview-- Johan Inger choreography to music by American composers..Click the link to the picture preview...

#GibneyDance #NYCDance #PictureThisPostDance #JohanInger #NYLiveArts @keithjarrettorg.bsky.social #SamuelBarber #TomWaits #PictureThisPostMusic

Gibney Company Presents Johan Inger’s World - Preview

A spokesperson describes the event as follows: “...This year’s Gibney Company Up Close program is bound together not only by Inger’s choreographic voice,

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 2d

Halloween Timing! live music...classic story...
@laopera.bsky.social #LAOpera #LAFilm #classicalMusic #LAMusic #PictureThisPostMusic #PIctureThisPostFILM #UnitedTheater #PhantomOfTheOpera

LA Opera Presents PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Picture Preview

WHEN: Oct 30- 31, 2025 WHERE: The United Theater on Broadway (formerly The Theatre at Ace Hotel) 929 S. Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90015 TI

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 4d

How Can We Share a Country If We Don’t Share a Reality?
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How Can We Share a Country If We Don’t Share a Reality?

Note from the author: An earlier version of this piece appeared under a different title.

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 5d

The synopsis of this play -- an Armenian in the 20's and his descendant trying to build his social media following-- reminds of the capitalism tell-all "Barbarians at the Gate"- Click the link to read the preview in the Picture This Post Theater section-

#SecondStageTheater #TaleneMonahan #theater

Second Stage Theater Presents MEET THE CARTOZIANS - Preview

WHEN: October 29 - December 7, 2025 WHERE: Signature Theatre Company 480 W 42nd St New York, NY 10036 TICKETS: For more information and t

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 5d

15 artist/mothers speak to their resilience in both roles showcased in this exhibit. Click the link to read the full preview in the Picture This Post Art section-

#ChicagoArt #ChicagoMuseums #ChicagoCulturalCenter #DCASE #PictureThisPostMuseums #PictureThisPostArt #Motherhood #AubreyIngmar #art

Chicago Cultural Center Presents NOT A SOFT THING - Preview

WHEN: October 25, 2025 - March 22, 2026 For more information visit the Chicago Cultural Center website. WHERE: Chicago Cultural

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 5d

DUET by sisters accompanied by a live Carnatic quartet direct from India. Click the link to read the preview in the Picture This Post Dance section-

#BroadStage #LADance #SantaMonicaEntertainment #IndianDance #PictureThisPostDance #AparnaRamaswamy #AshwiniRamaswamy #OrangeCountyDance #IndianDance

Ragamala Dance Company Presents ANANTA, THE ETERNAL - Preview

WHEN: October 25, 2025 WHERE: Broad Stage 1310 11th St. Santa Monica, CA 90401 TICKETS: For more information and tickets visit

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 5d

An updated look at women and friendship in today's world. Click the link to read the Picture This Post Theater sectiion preview article--

@boomerangtheatreco.bsky.social #LiaRomeo #NYCTheater #OffBroadway #PictureThisPostTheater #KatieBirinboim #TheaterLab #PurvaBedi @davidcarlactor.bsky.social

Boomerang Theatre Company Presents THE LUCKY ONES - Preview

WHEN: October 24 – November 9, 2025 WHERE: TheaterLab 357 W 36th Street New York, NY TICKETS: $30+ For more information and tickets vi

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 5d

Who was Who in Weimar Germany (video)
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When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 5d

Plenary Power: The Final Step in Trump’s American Autocracy
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Plenary Power: The Final Step in Trump’s American Autocracy

How the Insurrection Act could become the 21st-century Enabling Act, with six justices and the GOP standing by…

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 5d

A musical of 2 different stories about the life ALMOST lived...Click the link for more details in the Picture This Post Theater preview--

#CityCenterStage #JeffreyScharf #JimmyCalire #NYCTheater #OffBroadway #PictureThisPostTheater #PeterPan #JMBarrie #QuinteroBrothers #musicals #BryanFenkart

Center Stage Hosts "REUNIONS" - Preview

WHEN: Oct 24 – Dec 14, 2025 WHERE: City Center Stage II 131 W. 55th Street New York, NY 10019 TICKETS: $29+ For more information and t

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 5d

Someone knows Dracula is real but even his wife doesn't believe him..Click the link to read this Picture This Post Theater section preview-

#A.R.T/NewYork #Dracula @patricialynn.bsky.social @jacobtitus.bsky.social #DavidIsraeli #NYCTheater #PictureThisPostTheater #OffBroadway #MilesPurington

A.R.T./New York Presents The Truth About Transylvania - Preview

WHEN: October 24 - November 1, 2025 WHERE: A.R.T./New York Theatres 502 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019 TICKETS: $15+ For more infor

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 6d

Among other explorations-- a reminder of first love's complications. Click the link to read the preview in the Picture This Post national theater section--

@orderchaos.bsky.social #PhoenixTheater #PictureThisPostTheater #BroadwayTours #DavidLindsayAbaire
#MarkAlanClemente #ShariWatts #AndrewCupo

Order Chaos Theater Presents Kimberly Akimbo - Preview

WHEN: October 10–26, 2025 WHERE: Herberger Theater Center’s Kax Stage 222 East Monroe Street Phoenix, AZ 85004 TICKETS: $29.70+ For

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jenny @jenny1lk.bsky.social · 6d

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 7d

Why ‘Recession’ Is a Garbage Metric
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Why ‘Recession’ Is a Garbage Metric

Consider two economies.

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 7d

Check out this "chamber band" with many composer musician members. Click the link to the Picture This Post Music section story for details--

#UChicagoPRESENTS @alarmwillsound.bsky.social #ChicagoMusic #NewMusic #PictureThisPostMusic

UChicago Presents Alarm Will Sound - Preview

WHEN: Fri, October 24, 2025 7:30 PM WHERE: Logan Center Performance Hall 915 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 TICKETS: $43+ For more informat

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Picture This Post @picturethispost.com · 7d

Ingots We Trust
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Ingots We Trust

Are soaring gold prices telling us something important?

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