Rebecca J. Ritzel
@rjritzel.bsky.social
Fellow @rjionline.bsky.social
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Journalist: Arts, culture, health, etc. Bylines: Globe and Mail, New York Times, Dance Magazine, and many more. Cancer and stroke survivor somehow still here. [email protected] https://what-if-arts.ghost.io/
Views = mine
Journalist: Arts, culture, health, etc. Bylines: Globe and Mail, New York Times, Dance Magazine, and many more. Cancer and stroke survivor somehow still here. [email protected] https://what-if-arts.ghost.io/
The few times I've gone to the cinema in the past few years, it's because the films were music-focused, and I wanted an elevated aural experience: MAESTRO, TÁR, WEST SIDE STORY, WICKED.
December 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The few times I've gone to the cinema in the past few years, it's because the films were music-focused, and I wanted an elevated aural experience: MAESTRO, TÁR, WEST SIDE STORY, WICKED.
Dang it! That's insane. Although we've had a bunch of mid-afternoon screenings to. Grateful for a chance to go at non-retired person hours!
December 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Dang it! That's insane. Although we've had a bunch of mid-afternoon screenings to. Grateful for a chance to go at non-retired person hours!
Update: I was one of TWO Sondheim fans at a 6:45 p.m. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG screening and have lost my faith in Missouri humanity.
December 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Update: I was one of TWO Sondheim fans at a 6:45 p.m. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG screening and have lost my faith in Missouri humanity.
The day after Open AI announced ridiculously tech-specific grants to nonprofits too!
OpenAI awards $40.5M to a wide range of nonprofits under new foundation structure
OpenAI has awarded $40.5 million to more than 200 nonprofits in the first round of grants it has made since it rebranded its nonprofit as the OpenAI Foundation in October.
apnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The day after Open AI announced ridiculously tech-specific grants to nonprofits too!
Congrats!
[Checks to see if Baltimore cop cousin has won any awards lately]
[Checks to see if Baltimore cop cousin has won any awards lately]
December 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Congrats!
[Checks to see if Baltimore cop cousin has won any awards lately]
[Checks to see if Baltimore cop cousin has won any awards lately]
That site is so weird. An academic I was interviewing once used it to share a paywalled journal article with me, and it's been sending out emails about *my* writing ever since!
December 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
That site is so weird. An academic I was interviewing once used it to share a paywalled journal article with me, and it's been sending out emails about *my* writing ever since!
Great story, Maddi. And perhaps an headscratching example of Maryland's supermajority Democratic legislature being not-so progressive.
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Great story, Maddi. And perhaps an headscratching example of Maryland's supermajority Democratic legislature being not-so progressive.
I remember watching THE IMITATION GAME in my early 20s and being bowled over when I realized screenwriter was the guy who wrote ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD.
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I remember watching THE IMITATION GAME in my early 20s and being bowled over when I realized screenwriter was the guy who wrote ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD.
In the hallway, Stoppard told a poor 20-something PR assistant he wasn't going to the broadcast press room.
Handler: "Why won't you talk to them? You went to the print press room."
Stoppard: "Because they are writers, my dear. They ask much better questions."
RIP to the real thing.
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Handler: "Why won't you talk to them? You went to the print press room."
Stoppard: "Because they are writers, my dear. They ask much better questions."
RIP to the real thing.
(2/2)
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
In the hallway, Stoppard told a poor 20-something PR assistant he wasn't going to the broadcast press room.
Handler: "Why won't you talk to them? You went to the print press room."
Stoppard: "Because they are writers, my dear. They ask much better questions."
RIP to the real thing.
(2/2)
Handler: "Why won't you talk to them? You went to the print press room."
Stoppard: "Because they are writers, my dear. They ask much better questions."
RIP to the real thing.
(2/2)