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Grammy Awards postponed due to omicron variant
The dramatic rise in the number of Covid-19 cases nationwide continues to force dozens of institutions to change their plans.
The Recording Academy and CBS announced Wednesday they would postpone the 64th annual Grammy Awards ceremony originally scheduled for Jan. 31.
“After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards Show," the academy and the TV network said in a joint statement.
They continued: "The health and safety of those in our music community, the live audience, and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly to produce our show remains our top priority. Given the uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant, holding the show on January 31st simply contains too many risks."
No other details about a future date were available.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
filly wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:31 pm
Will Ron DeSantis ORDER them to keep sailing?
I think he should go on a cruise or two, you know, just to let everyone know how safe they are. Perhaps he could just go on a 'round the world' cruise and not come back?
On Jan. 6, Allegheny County's Court of Common Pleas ordered that no jury trials in any division will take place for the rest of January. The order from President Judge Kim Clark says the temporary suspension of jury trials was in recognition of the "dramatic increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Allegheny County."
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears… To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies." -Octavia E. Butler
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Sundance Film Festival cancels in-person plans as the omicron variant of Covid-19 spreads across the U.S., festival organizers say.
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is proceeding with its 79th edition Sunday night without a telecast, nominees, celebrity guests, a red carpet, a host, press or even a livestream.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
With great regret, the January 15, 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer and Scholarship Breakfast has been canceled.
A growing number of Covid-19 cases in the city, led officials to the decision to not have the event
this year.
If you have purchased tickets already, you can get a refund or donate the money to the Wichita Falls MLK Center scholarship fund.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - Floral Heights United Methodist Church announced Wednesday that its Spirit Day for Women event has been canceled due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Women who purchased tickets for the event will be given refunds, according to event chair Anita Beeks.
Spirit Day for Women was scheduled to take place Jan. 29.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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- parents, students, teachers -- everybody is confused about which schools are open, and it's a daily mess https://washingtonpost.com/education/20 ... ronavirus/
- that thing you love to eat? Can't find the ingredients anywhere
Hang tough, New York. This will pass, and then we'll ready for the next one.
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Officials from the city’s Office of Emergency Management and organizers with the Stock Show & Rodeo canceled the parade in consideration of “the safety risk to spectators and participants."
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Now Is the Winter of Broadway’s Discontent
Curtains are rising again after the Omicron surge caused widespread cancellations, but attendance has fallen steeply. Nine shows are closing, at least temporarily.
The reopening of Broadway last summer, following the longest shutdown in history, provided a jolt of energy to a city ready for a rebound: Bruce Springsteen and block parties, eager audiences and enthusiastic actors.
But the Omicron variant that has barreled into the city, sending coronavirus case counts soaring, is now battering Broadway, leaving the industry facing an unexpected and enormous setback on its road back from the pandemic.
In December, so many theater workers tested positive for the coronavirus that, on some nights, half of all shows were canceled — in a few troublesome instances after audiences were already in their seats.
More and more theaters are now dark. By next Sunday, there will be only 19 shows running in the 41 Broadway theaters. Cast and crew members from shuttered productions are trying to figure out whether they even worked enough weeks to qualify for unemployment; those who do will get less assistance than they did earlier in the pandemic, because the maximum weekly benefit in New York is now $504, down from $1,104 when the federal government was offering a supplement.
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Meghann Cuniff
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Central District of California just announced the trial suspension extension I reported yesterday, and it says COVID infections among courthouse employees as well as probation and pretrial services have increased in the last two weeks. https://bit.ly/3qFXtPa
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace