Marina Ovsyannikova, an employee of Russia's state-run Channel 1, burst onto the live broadcast of the network's most-watched news show on Monday evening, yelling "Stop the war!" and holding up a sign that said "They’re lying to you here." nyti.ms/3JbomRK

This excerpt is from the biography by Emiko Tokunaga, titled "Yuriko, an American Japanese Dancer: To Wash in the Rain, to Polish in the Wind." out of print.

I’ll bet this husband really wanted to kick some ass last week after the disrespectful comments and insults directed at his wife last week. Instead of reacting, he comforted his wife and assured her that everything is okay. #Oscars #ToxicMasculinity #WillSmith

Still. Somber. This morning’s subway ride.

Women in their Sunday best. Marshall, Texas. 1899, by Gabriele Münter, known as a German expressionist painter, she was also a photographer who spent a period of time in the U.S. #WomensArt

Tho it’s not mandatory and it’s a pain, I’m masking it for my flight today. For myself, for others.

For #AAPIHeritageMonth here's a story of Mel Wong, wonderful @MerceTrust dancer who created his own blend of performances. Pictured here in his yo-yo solo, an early example of dances of cultural identity wendyperron.com/mel-wong-1938-… ph K. Bubriski @DanceStudies

Honored and thrilled to have the trust of the Morrison estate. Hippolyta’s Babymama is going to do it justice. #sula HBO

“America is not a mythical kingdom ruled by fickle gods or black magic. Our fate is not in the stars. It is in ourselves. It is within our power to stop schools from becoming killing fields. We have simply decided not to do it,” ⁦Maureen Dowd⁩ says. nytimes.com/2022/05/28/opi…

A thread of artists photographed for the Black Arts Legacy project, in collaboration with 2A full stories/interviews/podcasts on blackartslegacies.crosscut.com

The United States we know today was built with the labor of enslaved Black Americans. The last were not freed (officially) until 19 June 1865. Let us celebrate— and never forget.

Y’all. Colombia just elected its first Black vice president, Francia Márquez. She ran with Gustavo Petro, the country’s new and first left wing president.

SDC mourns the passing of Member Sir Peter Brook. In the Winter 2015 SDC Journal, he said, “the lesson of theatre is that everything that has meaning takes place in the present. And that is the only thing.” May we honor you and the work you made in the present and beyond.

A baby went to a 4th of July parade & left an orphan. The way we’re living in this country makes zero sense..

In this piece games, he also included an incident of police brutality…probably a first in modern dance.

BREAKING: Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, has been convicted of contempt of Congress after defying subpoenas from the Jan. 6 committee. He faces up to two years in prison when he’s sentenced. apnews.com/article/capito…

Talley Beatty's iconic "Mourner's Bench" (1947) was given a striking, striving, soulful performance by @TaylorStanley in his Dichotomous Being program Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival — with thunder & driving rains adding to the vehemence. Ph Danica Paulos

Dance History Photo of the Week: Raven Wilkinson in Les Sylphides w Ballet Russe, 1957. Also danced with Dutch National. Mentor to Misty Copeland . She met racism with grace and integrity. See @Ballet_Review Fall 2007

Martha's Vineyard resident with some words

If actors are going to be held criminally liable for trusting a prop master or AD, SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity need to immediately issue new guidelines giving actors the right to refuse handling any functioning weapon without losing a job.