A New Apple Family Play, Live, Via Zoom

Richard Nelson introduced the Apples in 2010, and then wrote a whole cycle around them in the early 2000s. He moved on to other families for a while. But “for many who met them at the Public or on tour or on public television, the Apples have come to feel like kin. And in the midst of a pandemic, we could be forgiven for wondering how they were doing. Thoughtfully, Nelson and the Public Theater have arranged a video conference.” – The New York Times

Boston’s Institute Of Contemporary Art Is Using One An Outpost To Feed Local Families

ICA Watershed in East Boston is closed, of course – but then the staff of the ICA learned that East Boston had one of the area’s highest rates of Covid-19 infection and that the people of the area were in some serious need. They organized their regular caterers and a lot of donors to use Watershed as a launching site for boxes of produce and dairy. “‘We know this is just a drop in the bucket of need,’ said ICA director Jill Medvedow. … ‘It is wonderful to use the Watershed as a distribution place for food and to understand the many ways the arts can be in service to our community.'” – Boston Globe