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Life after COVID: Arts groups beginning to emerge from pandemic
For local arts groups, performances have been nearly impossible during the pandemic. Here s how they managed and what the future holds.
Carolyn Muyskens, The Holland Sentinel
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11:35 am UTC Apr. 9, 2021
Cast members with the Holland Civic Theatre rehearse their production of Is There Life After Fifty? on Tuesday, March 30. The production is the theater s first in-person since COVID-19 restrictions were intitiated.Brian Vernellis/Holland Sentinel
HOLLAND Holland Community Theatre is preparing for its first show since the pandemic halted life as we knew it last March.
The show is a comedy about the squabbles of middle-aged couples on vacation together, called Is There Life After Fifty? but it might do with a rebranding as Is There Life After COVID? For these amateur actors, the answer is finally yes.
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Life after COVID: Is there a path back to ‘normal,’ or has the pandemic changed politics?
Will political division heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic last into future elections, even once the pandemic is over?
Arpan Lobo, The Holland Sentinel
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11:10 am UTC Apr. 7, 2021
HOLLAND Political polarization has deepened in Michigan and nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is stretching into its second year.
Since the first states entered lockdowns or stay-at-home orders in March 2020, the U.S. has seen national protests against racial injustice and police brutality, a deeply divisive presidential election (and a subsequent insurrection) and protests against health orders in place to try to stem COVID-19’s spread.
Michigan GOP chair Laura Cox accuses proposed successor of secret deal with party funds Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press
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LANSING – Long-simmering tensions within the Michigan Republican Party exploded into accusations and recriminations Thursday morning, two days before the state party convention.
Michigan Republican Party Chair Laura Cox, who was scheduled to step down at the convention Saturday, is calling on members to instead reelect her on a temporary basis, accusing her proposed successor, Ron Weiser, of making improper payments to keep a candidate out of a party race in 2018, when Weiser earlier served as chairman.