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Anyone yearning for a live theater experience, or the closest you can get to one in these COVID times, will want to check out “Theatre for One: Here We Are,” offering a digital connection which brings together one audience member and one actor for an intimate virtual performance. “Theatre for One” was created in 2010 by Christine Jones (best-known as the Tony Award-winning scenic designer of shows including “American Idiot” and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”) and originally housed in a mobile theater booth and performed in New York City public spaces. People would line up outside the booth and wait their turn for the one-on-one experience.
standardized tests. just days ago, some of them protesting outside the department of education in washington. they argue schools are becoming test prep factories where the joy of learning has decreased as stress increases over taking these tests. elizabeth laidlaw is a parent who s flipping back over standardized tests. she joins us this morning, good morning. good morning. for those of us who don t have children, kids are required to take a test every year from third through eighth grade just to see how they re doing, am i right? that s the case if new york state, yes. and why do you think this is a harmful practice? so the test itself is a one-time snapshot of the kids performance. so i liken it to a beauty contest being measured by the contestants driver s license photograph. it s just not a good measure. that s one reason why i have a problem with the test. the other reason is how it s
deadly avalanches sweep over hikers. i thought i m dying because the snows continuously covering my body and my face. and i couldn t see anything. now the search is on to find one man still missing. also, adam scott takes home the coveted green jacket, but it s the text message that has everyone talking. you re live in the cnn newsroom. good morning. thank you so much for being with me. i m carol costello. in north korea, a reason to celebrate. for the rest of the world, a reason to watch. it s a holiday, a time to recognize the birthday of its fou founder. and we ve seen his grandson, the current leader, kim jong-un. he did not mark the day by firing firing a ballistic might go still. to make it clear to hopefully reasonable somebody who is reasonable in north korea as well as to the chinese who have an impact at north korea that we are deadly serious about our obligations and about our desire, our intent to stand up to these provocative and reckless actions. anna