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Diep Tran @diepthought.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Some eye opening reporting here with testimonies from staff members at Arena Stage. Kudos to @nicolehertvik.bsky.social and @rjritzel.bsky.social for these multifaceted investigations dctheaterarts.org/2026/07/05/a... www.notus.org/metro/arena-...

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At Arena Stage, artists and staff describe a workplace in crisis

As former Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif exits, starkly different perspectives emerge on what brought instability to DC’s premier regional theater.

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Nicole Hertvik @nicolehertvik.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Palestinian playwright Alaa Shehada denied entry to US forcing Studio Theatre to cancel production of “The Horse of Jenin.” “Never in Studio’s history has politics prevented us from sharing the work of an artist we believe in,” says Studio AD David Muse. dctheaterarts.org/2026/03/21/p...

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Palestinian playwright and performer denied entry to the U.S.

Studio Theatre forced to cancel planned production of Alaa Shehada’s ‘The Horse of Jenin.’ His solo show to screen on film instead.

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Nicole Hertvik @nicolehertvik.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I tried, I really tried to find a silver lining in the news out of WaPo and the Kennedy Center this week. But then I gave myself permission to just be sad. And I thought the rest of my community deserved that grace too. I wrote this hoping it would be a big virtual hug to all of us who are hurting.

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Sarah Marloff @sarahmarloff.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

DC's theater community lost several spaces & events this year. In response, a few theater-makers & two actors turned activists successfully found new stages & launched new festivals to fill the would-be gaps. A great piece from @nicolehertvik.bsky.social washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7708...

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How To Make a Scene: Two Elected Officials Are Shaping the Future of Theater in D.C.

As traditional stages disappear, two hyperlocal officials are making sure artists still have places to perform.

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Nicole Hertvik @nicolehertvik.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

My favorite part of the new Superman movie was when the journalists were fleeing for their lives in a space ship with a monster chasing them and still took the time to have the editor fact check the article before ok’ing it for publishing.

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Nicole Hertvik @nicolehertvik.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Apparently the entire run is sold out, so they are either doing something right and/or people really like the Netflix show. Here is my Washington City Paper review of “Kim’s Convenience” at Olney Theatre Center. It’s a super cute show. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7671...

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Family Is the True Legacy in Kim’s Convenience

Culturally specific but universally relatable, Kim’s Convenience makes intergenerational conflict a laughing matter.

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Nicole Hertvik @nicolehertvik.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Composer Joe Iconis is a kind and humble black-clad unicorn who spreads rainbows of love through words and music. I got to chat with Joe and cast members about the Hunter S. Thompson Musical. Here’s to making the world a better place with your own brand of weirdness. This show is great. Go see it!

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“james adomian” @jadomian.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Time to live life like you’re about to get lovingly preserved for eternity by Mount Vesuvius

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

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Nicole Hertvik @nicolehertvik.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I hadn't planned to write about the shitstorm at the Kennedy Center but in a strange twist of fate, my daughter asked to see Shear Madness last week. So I wrote some words. I guess it's an op-ed? I would love for you to read it and me know what you think. dctheaterarts.org/2025/04/17/t...

Woman in pink MAGA hat watches Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/04/2025

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.

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The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Some provisionally good news: due to the recent court injunctions, the NEA is backing off making grant applicants certify that they don't engage in DEI work or "gender ideology." Unclear what the future holds for any of this, as the injunctions are preliminary. But for now, that's good news.

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DonnaTronna (she/her) @tronna.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Reminder that there are more active cases of measles in the US than there are trans athletes in the NCAA.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt

Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sánchez. Bezos is in a tight fitting shirt, heart-shaped sunglasses, tight white pants, and a white belt. The shirt has a red, gold, and blue pattern in the style of a kitchen backsplash. Sánchez is in a two-piece, sparkly outfit.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

well it has certainly been an amusing prank to let the worst people alive take over the american government for a few weeks, but I think it's probably gone on long enough

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Nicole Hertvik @nicolehertvik.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Please note that Donald Trump was the first president in decades to refuse to attend the Kennedy Center Honors all four years of his last term. This is a man who thinks a Big Mac is artistic.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 08/02/2025

"He is not trying to just ensure white countries stay white. He is trying to destroy brown and black countries. And his destruction of USAID is just the first step in that approach." The ever-astute @eladn.bsky.social on Elon Musk, white globalist

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Elon Musk Isn't a White Nationalist. He's a White Globalist.

How Musk's USAID efforts indicate an ideology larger than we are used to talking about. One we have to adjust to quickly as his power grows.

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Nicole Hertvik @nicolehertvik.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Maryland has lost more print media since 2005 than any other state in the U.S. (not the main idea of this article but as a Marylander that point resonated with me.)

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Nicole Hertvik @nicolehertvik.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

As if life isn’t depressing enough, my teenage daughter has no idea who Bob Dylan is. She thought the new movie starring Timothee Chalamet was about Bob Ross the soft spoken PBS painter. 😳

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

For the first time in its more than 60-year history, the CDC's Weekly Report did not go out as scheduled "This is a concerning precedent that public health messages won't be left to public health professionals and experts, and instead will be potentially controlled by politicians,"

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Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication

MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. today

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Nicole Hertvik @nicolehertvik.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Hello! Just made an account so I have no friends, lol. Who wants to be my friend?! Here is a picture of me at Chichen Itza last month!

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