Sunny Stalter-Pace
@slstalter.bsky.social
English prof, writing about NYC performance and mobility. Modernist, mom. Work in Progress: The New York Hippodrome: A Kaleidoscopic Cultural History. Pronouns: she/her. https://www.sunnystalterpace.com/hippodrome
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Sunny Stalter-Pace
@slstalter.bsky.social
· Aug 14
Here it is, folks: www.gothamcenter.org/blog/hippodr...
Panic! in the panic room
discord! in the discord
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Panic! in the panic room
Would love it if locals would assess the Los Angeles-ness of my favorite L.A. movies:
1. They Live
2. Miracle Mile
3. Repo Man
4. The part of Valley Girl when they drive into the city and watch the Plimsouls play at the club
1. They Live
2. Miracle Mile
3. Repo Man
4. The part of Valley Girl when they drive into the city and watch the Plimsouls play at the club
the MOST Los Angeles movies ever made:
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Point Break
3. Drive
4. Heat
5. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Point Break
3. Drive
4. Heat
5. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
I'm going to start some new Die Hard discourse
it's wild that Die Hard takes place in Los Angeles because it's possibly the least Los Angeles movie ever made
it's wild that Die Hard takes place in Los Angeles because it's possibly the least Los Angeles movie ever made
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Would love it if locals would assess the Los Angeles-ness of my favorite L.A. movies:
1. They Live
2. Miracle Mile
3. Repo Man
4. The part of Valley Girl when they drive into the city and watch the Plimsouls play at the club
1. They Live
2. Miracle Mile
3. Repo Man
4. The part of Valley Girl when they drive into the city and watch the Plimsouls play at the club
Giving Tuesday roll call: I am a monthly donor to @archive.org, @contingent-mag.bsky.social, and @yellowfund.bsky.social.
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Giving Tuesday roll call: I am a monthly donor to @archive.org, @contingent-mag.bsky.social, and @yellowfund.bsky.social.
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RANDOM REQUEST: If anyone sees or is involved in a production of "A Christmas Carol" this year, can you tell me where the intermission goes? (I am currently writing a play that goes on backstage at "A Christmas Carol")
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
RANDOM REQUEST: If anyone sees or is involved in a production of "A Christmas Carol" this year, can you tell me where the intermission goes? (I am currently writing a play that goes on backstage at "A Christmas Carol")
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One of my fave discoveries when co-curating that exhibit at the Billy Ireland were some truly unhinged early Fletcher Hanks drawings that turned out to be his homework from the W.L. Evans School of Cartooning and Caricature correspondence course.
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
One of my fave discoveries when co-curating that exhibit at the Billy Ireland were some truly unhinged early Fletcher Hanks drawings that turned out to be his homework from the W.L. Evans School of Cartooning and Caricature correspondence course.
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If you're doing holiday shopping, please check out @mayakern.com! Her clothes are so cute and I've been happy with my puchases. She also offers gift cards too, perfect to give if you don't know someone's size! Shop small this holiday season and if you know of other small businesses share them! ❤️
#store
Hi all! We finalized our holiday sale for 2025, here's the details:
Nov 29 - Dec 10 - All November releases (Coelecanths, Oranges, That's A-Moray, Oranges, Waves, Ginkgo, Aurora) 10% off
Nov 29 (Small Business Saturday!) - Everything else 35% off
Nov 30 - Dec 10 - Everything else 25% off
Hi all! We finalized our holiday sale for 2025, here's the details:
Nov 29 - Dec 10 - All November releases (Coelecanths, Oranges, That's A-Moray, Oranges, Waves, Ginkgo, Aurora) 10% off
Nov 29 (Small Business Saturday!) - Everything else 35% off
Nov 30 - Dec 10 - Everything else 25% off
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you're doing holiday shopping, please check out @mayakern.com! Her clothes are so cute and I've been happy with my puchases. She also offers gift cards too, perfect to give if you don't know someone's size! Shop small this holiday season and if you know of other small businesses share them! ❤️
Trend report: all the twenty-something girl relatives I've seen have worn oatmeal-colored vests.
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Trend report: all the twenty-something girl relatives I've seen have worn oatmeal-colored vests.
Geoffrey the giraffe on the wheels of steel
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Geoffrey the giraffe on the wheels of steel
@theresakaminski.bsky.social some dos and don'ts for when you set up your tree :)
Santa Claus temporarily stopped whittling by candlelight and embraced a space age vision of the future during the Cold War. Why? I joined @yourewrongabout.bsky.social to investigate. We talked aluminum, NORAD, department stores, Charlie Brown and The Grinch: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
@theresakaminski.bsky.social some dos and don'ts for when you set up your tree :)
Almost checked out a book at the library, then saw that it had blurbs from Joss Whedon and Neil Gaiman. One of them called it the most romantic thing he'd ever read? Bullet dodged.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Almost checked out a book at the library, then saw that it had blurbs from Joss Whedon and Neil Gaiman. One of them called it the most romantic thing he'd ever read? Bullet dodged.
A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching is the most enjoyable nonfiction book that I read to our now 12yo kid. Recommended!
Looking for a gift for a birding friend or a kid who loves nature? I have 10 books for adults and kids, some bestselling and some award-winning, and you can see them all here: rosemarymosco.com/books
(Note: one of them, Birding Is My Favorite Video Game, is out of print but a new edition is coming!)
(Note: one of them, Birding Is My Favorite Video Game, is out of print but a new edition is coming!)
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching is the most enjoyable nonfiction book that I read to our now 12yo kid. Recommended!
So the thing about Down by Law is it could be 90 minutes of b&w Robby Muller tracking shots of New Orleans with a Tom Waits soundtrack. I would be pretty stoked for that.
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
So the thing about Down by Law is it could be 90 minutes of b&w Robby Muller tracking shots of New Orleans with a Tom Waits soundtrack. I would be pretty stoked for that.
I just raced through the back half of Edith Holler today. Just delightful! A love letter to theaters, to creepy old English stories, and to the feeling of being a writer "armored in layers of dead people."
November 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I just raced through the back half of Edith Holler today. Just delightful! A love letter to theaters, to creepy old English stories, and to the feeling of being a writer "armored in layers of dead people."
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Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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Because every time something is labeled “vibes”, I go look and it’s just Marxism.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Because every time something is labeled “vibes”, I go look and it’s just Marxism.
So is Mary Worth breaking the fourth wall for everyone or just for me?
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
So is Mary Worth breaking the fourth wall for everyone or just for me?
So far, the only problem with the June Havoc memoir is that she alternates between vaudeville stories and narrating the dance marathon she competed in. I want all marathon all the time!
a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .
Alt: a black and white cartoon of a man wearing a shirt that says ' sickos ' . He peers through a window saying "yes...ha ha ha... yes"
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
So far, the only problem with the June Havoc memoir is that she alternates between vaudeville stories and narrating the dance marathon she competed in. I want all marathon all the time!
New archive goal: finding one of the dance marathon "mimeographed daily bulletins" June Havoc talks about. She says there were "bulletins on each day’s activities, the current condition of each dancer, his chances of survival, his background, and future attractions."
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
New archive goal: finding one of the dance marathon "mimeographed daily bulletins" June Havoc talks about. She says there were "bulletins on each day’s activities, the current condition of each dancer, his chances of survival, his background, and future attractions."
Omg the cookies and cream
i would fuck up a whole box of kudos right now
Kudos Bars (1986-2017): A line of chocolate-covered chewy granola bars, marketed as a healthier snack for kids, despite ostensibly being candy bars. Available in flavors like chocolate chip, peanut butter, cookies n creme, and many more. then eventually actual candy variants like Snickers and M&Ms.
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Omg the cookies and cream
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This afternoon I got my first notice that ICE/BP were at Canal & Broad in New Orleans.
I'm so sorry y'all are about to go through this.
I'm so sorry y'all are about to go through this.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This afternoon I got my first notice that ICE/BP were at Canal & Broad in New Orleans.
I'm so sorry y'all are about to go through this.
I'm so sorry y'all are about to go through this.
June Havoc wrote and directed a play called Marathon '33 based on her experience in dance marathons produced by the Actors Studio in late 1963 and early 1964?! www.ibdb.com/broadway-pro...
Betting that Sydney Pollack saw or heard about it before he got the rights to They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Betting that Sydney Pollack saw or heard about it before he got the rights to They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
IBDB.com
The official database for Broadway theatre information
www.ibdb.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
June Havoc wrote and directed a play called Marathon '33 based on her experience in dance marathons produced by the Actors Studio in late 1963 and early 1964?! www.ibdb.com/broadway-pro...
Betting that Sydney Pollack saw or heard about it before he got the rights to They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Betting that Sydney Pollack saw or heard about it before he got the rights to They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
If I were a young, ambitious freelancer right now, I'd pitch a cultural piece on liminal spaces in the Chair Company.
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
If I were a young, ambitious freelancer right now, I'd pitch a cultural piece on liminal spaces in the Chair Company.
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Friends! In May '26 I am leading "A Librarians' Tour of New York" through our Continuing Ed program. Think of it like Study Abroad - At Home! If you're interested in touring NY's amazing book & library world (Grolier, NYPL, Met Museum Lib, Morgan Library & more) w/ me please have a look & sign up!
Librarians’ Tour of New York City
Tour Dates: May 17-23, 2026 Location: New York City, see tour highlights Cost per person: $2,725* for a double room, $3,980* for a single room *Air fare not included, see cost details below for more ...
ischool.wisc.edu
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Friends! In May '26 I am leading "A Librarians' Tour of New York" through our Continuing Ed program. Think of it like Study Abroad - At Home! If you're interested in touring NY's amazing book & library world (Grolier, NYPL, Met Museum Lib, Morgan Library & more) w/ me please have a look & sign up!
His Discord is called Dead Wall Reveries.
WHAT'S up YouTube, it's your boy Bartleby the Scrivener here, coming at you for another day of the I Would Prefer Not To challenge. Be sure to SMASH that subscribe button and hit that bell so you don't miss a single video. If you saw last week's video, you'll know I am now SLEEPING in the office.
Bartleby the Scrivener logging on for another day of bullshit
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
His Discord is called Dead Wall Reveries.
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There’s another wave of author impersonators offering consultations/mentoring for a price. (I got one from “Claire Keegan” telling me I’m very promising!) I’m sure you are great, but I didn’t email to tell you how swell you are. Here’s info on book scams: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/prh-fraud/
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There’s another wave of author impersonators offering consultations/mentoring for a price. (I got one from “Claire Keegan” telling me I’m very promising!) I’m sure you are great, but I didn’t email to tell you how swell you are. Here’s info on book scams: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/prh-fraud/