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Mosaic Theater Company will participate in the nationwide reading of #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence, seven winning short plays in a nationwide competition for middle and high school students. On December 14, 2020 — the eight-year remembrance of the shootings at Sandy Hook — the winning works will be livestreamed by Mosaic as well as by 49 other theaters and schools across the country and abroad.Update: Mosaic Theater’s #ENOUGH readings from December 14, 2020, are now available on Vimeo:A panel of nationally recognized dramatists — Lauren Gunderson, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Robert Schenkkan, David Henry Hwang, and Karen Zacarías — selected the plays out of 184 submissions from 23 states and three countries in #ENOUGH’s call for teens to write 10-minute plays that confront the issue of gun violence. The plays, all written by high school students, tackle gun violence through different lenses, from the threat of and anxiety over school shootings, police shooting, community violence, and race to gun culture in American history.The seven winning #ENOUGH playwrights, clockwise from top left: Sarah Schecter, Azya Lyons, Adelaide Fisher, Elizabeth Shannon, Olivia Ridley, Debkanya Mitra, and Eislinn Gracen.Mosaic Theater Company is eager to promote this vital, international conversation and the youth…

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Late last year we got some good news: HBO had bought a late-night pilot and a stand-up special from Sarah Silverman. But 2020 is getting in one last gut punch with this news: HBO did not pick up the pilot to series. Which I think is really rude of it, honestly, but so be it. Silverman revealed this development talking to The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead on Friday’s episode of Two Friends: A Nice Time Hanging Out With People Who Know Each Other Well. “I’m less sad than I was about , but I felt like, Wow. I feel they needed this show, to be honest,” Silverman said. “But it’s their channel; they can do whatever they want. Who cares.” But the company is still expecting a special from Silverman, which is not done yet. “I’ve never booked a special before having a special. I don’t even do specials!” she said. “I’ve done three specials in my whole career because I don’t even ever think about it until some place goes, ‘You wanna do a special?’ and I’m like, ‘Oh, yeah.’” Meanwhile, Winstead went to a lot of trouble to film her new special, Corona Borealis, currently available on Vimeo…

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral arguments last week in a case brought by Southern California Christian pastor Jim Domen against the video sharing platform, Vimeo. At issue is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which members of Congress and the FTC Chairman have said they plan to amend.Domen initially sued in June 2019. Vimeo filed a motion to dismiss, arguing the CDA gave it immunity even if the claims of discrimination were true. Oral arguments were heard in federal court in January, and Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron of the Southern District Court of New York granted Vimeo’s dismissal, citing the CDA.On Dec. 10, Domen’s attorney, Robert Tyler at Tyler & Bursch, LLP and president of Advocates for Faith & Freedom, a nonprofit religious liberty firm, argued that Congress in 1996 did not intend to immunize social media and internet platforms from legal prosecution if they intentionally and discriminatorily banned individuals and groups from their platforms based on race, sexual orientation or religion.A former homosexual and now Christian pastor married to a woman with three biological children, Domen alleges that Vimeo targeted him and his organization, Church United, because…

The Mid-Continent Public Library is offering a range of virtual events. Many events require advance registration at https://www.mymcpl.org/events/virtual-events. If the event is a Zoom event, click on the event and register. An email invitation will be sent to you. If you want to attend a non-Zoom virtual event, just click on that event and there will be a link to the library’s Facebook page MCPL360 at https://www.facebook.com/mcpl360/. If you have questions as to how to attend an event, call 816-252-7228 and select the option for technology support.Upcoming events include: Sunday• Virtual Storytime:MCPL360): 10 to 10:20 a.m. Join library staff for virtual storytimes for your little ones and yourself. There will be songs and stories.Monday, Dec. 14• Virtual Storytime (MCPL360): 10 to 10:20 a.m. Join library staff for virtual storytimes for your little ones and yourself. There will be songs and stories.Tuesday, Dec. 15• A Christmas Carol Special Virtual Performance by Gerald Dickens (Vimeo): 10 to 11:30 a.m. Gerald Dickens is returning to MCPL this holiday season with a special virtual performance of his great-great grandfather Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol.”• It’s Cookie Time (MCPL360): 10 to 10:45 a.m. Tis the season to bake and eat. What are your favorite treats? Go to…

Big Paul Ferguson Cleopatra Records LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, December 11, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- L.A.-based indie giant Cleopatra Records and Big Paul Ferguson, the British percussionist for proto-industrial post-punk legends Killing Joke, are proud to announce their new partnership, which was officially cemented this year. Ferguson founded Killing Joke, along with vocalist Jaz Coleman, in London 1978 and the two quickly expanded to a four-piece guitarist Geordie Walker and bassist Youth. The band then proceeded to completely remake the musical landscape, incorporating elements of punk rock, noise rock, dub, and industrial to create a body of work that’s as visceral as it is sophisticated. Ferguson’s tribal-style of drumming became the backbone for some of KJ’s biggest songs including “Wardance” from their 1980 debut album as well as “Eighties” and “Love Like Blood” from the classic 1985 album Night Time. After stepping away from the group in 1987, a reunited Killing Joke came roaring back in 2008 with Ferguson on drums for some of their most brilliant work to date, including the band’s most recent album 2015’s Pylon, which Ferguson co-wrote. Meanwhile on this side of the pond, Cleopatra Records, founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, had earned a reputation as…

MANHATTAN (CN) — A pastor who calls himself a “former homosexual” appeared unlikely Thursday to win a second chance at suing the website Vimeo for removing his posts about conversion therapy.  At a Second Circuit hearing held virtually this morning, U.S. Circuit Judge Rosemary S. Pooler pressed for evidence, “even threadbare,” of James Domen’s discrimination claims. Nada Higuera argued for the pastor that Vimeo’s actions were “not against content, but against James Domen himself, and based on his sexual orientation.”  “But they did target content,” the Clinton-appointed Pooler said, cutting Higuera short. “They said they wouldn’t allow it, and he knew that when he signed up. What did he not understand?”  Vimeo’s terms ban content promoting “sexual orientation change efforts,” and the video-streaming website warned Domen in 2018 that posts on his channel appeared to conflict with those rules. After Domen failed to take down the videos, Vimeo removed the pastor’s entire library and blocked his account.  Higuera tried to make the case Thursday that the company did so in bad faith as most of the pastor’s library had nothing to do with sexual orientation change efforts and included topics like “cookie baking.” “The five videos that were allegedly problematic…

An image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that accompanied Sister Meg Guider's address to the virtual gathering of Women Affirming Life. Courtesy photo Women Affirming Life's virtual Advent mini-retreat Sister Christine S. Setticase, FSP Friday, December 11, 2020Faith Help us expand our reach! Please share this article on social media Sister Guider's main message is that, like the Blessed Mother, we, too, are in confinement (quarantine) and uncertain what the future will hold. For over 25 years, Women Affirming Life, Inc. has hosted an Advent gathering that consisted of a Mass offered by Cardinal Sean, followed by breakfast and a speaker. But 2020 and the pandemic would change that.Back in July, Marianne Luthin, director of the Pro-Life Office, decided that this event would not be possible in 2020. However, knowing how much the attendees enjoy the WALI gathering because it gives Advent a spiritual boost, she explored other ways to encourage a meaningful preparation for Christmas.The decision was made to host a virtual event featuring Sister Margaret "Meg" Guider, a Sister of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate and chair of the Ecclesiastical Faculty at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. The title of the talk mirrored its content:…

Automattic, Mozilla, Twitter and Vimeo have penned an open letter to EU lawmakers urging them to ensure that a major reboot of the bloc’s digital regulations doesn’t end up bludgeoning freedom of expression online. The draft Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act are due to be unveiled by the Commission next week, though the EU lawmaking process means it’ll likely be years before either becomes law. The Commission has said the legislative proposals will set clear responsibilities for how platforms must handle illegal and harmful content, as well as applying a set of additional responsibilities on the most powerful players which are intended to foster competition in digital markets. It also plans to legislate around political ads transparency — under a Democracy Action Plan — but not til Q3 next year. In their joint letter, entitled ‘Crossroads for the open Internet’, the four tech firms argue that: “The Digital Services Act and the Democracy Action Plan will either renew the promise of the Open Internet or compound a problematic status quo – by limiting our online environment to a few dominant gatekeepers, while failing to meaningfully address the challenges preventing the Internet from realising its potential.” On the challenge…

John Wilson will be filming in the streets again for a second season of his left-field non-fiction series after HBO renewed How To With John Wilson. The series, which launched on October 23, follows Wilson as he documents the lives of his fellow New Yorkers, giving everyday advice on relatable topics. Episodes in the first season included How To Make Small Talk, How To Put Up Scaffolding, How To Cover Your Furniture and How To Make The Perfect Risotto. The show, which started out as vignettes on Vimeo, is exec produced by Wilson, Nathan For You’s Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Clark Reinking “John’s lens is so deliberate and dear,” says Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming. “Seeing the audience connect with How To has been an absolute joy. We’re eager to see what 2021 has to offer with him behind the camera.”