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Pat Arnow
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Lynn Nottage is not pretentious. When she spoke at Tulane University in New Orleans recently, one theater student asked her about how she unwinds. Nottage said, “I watch television.” What do you watch? “My favorite is the Great British Baking Show,” she admitted. She likes that the bakers compete because they love to bake. “All they win is a plate,” Nottage said. Another student asked what was her favorite Shakespeare play. Nottage paused, and paused a little more. Finally, she admitted she didn’t care for Shakespeare, “Reading Shakespeare is like taking medicine,” she said. We went to see Nottage speak at Tulane because I saw Sweat on Broadway last year and thought it was excellent. (It should have won the Tony! Sweat was robbed!) This year at the Signature Theater, I saw Fabulation, or the Miseducation of Undine, also excellent. A few days after Nottage spoke, we saw a student production of Intimate Apparel. The words rose above the sometimes awkward production. Her plays are pointed, political, layered, witty. See her work whenever you can!

Chewbacchus, first parade of the Mardi Gras season in New Orleans. Krewes of proud Sci-fi nerds.

Gulls try to steal a fiddler crab from the beak of an ibis.

Carlina Rivera, NY City Council member, spoke to a meeting of some 100 residents of the East Village and the Lower East Side who are terrified about a plan to close and demolish our East River Park and rebuild it from scratch. We are meeting to find a better way to make our neighborhood flood resistant while keeping the park. “We have to make the park for us,” Rivera said. #eastriverpark

Part of Pier 35 park on the Lower East Side is finally open giving wonderful views of the East River. It was supposed to be completed by 2013. It’s still not done. This is why I worry about the planned 3-year timeline for closing and rebuilding East River Park. Fat chance. Help keep parts open while park gets hurricane protection. #oureastriverpark #eastriverpark #lowereastside #thelodown

Blue Wave crèche with Michelle Obama in a Nancy Pelosi red coat playing Mary and Nancy Pelosi herself surfing in to ring in the new House. Joesph is played by Bullwinkle. Merry Christmas! #nancypelosi #bluewave #christmas #manger #creche

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