SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) At the California Academy of Sciences, even the fiercest predators can t escape the impact of COVID-19, with the giant T-Rex replica in the the lobby now sporting a face mask. And after closing once again, just weeks after reopening to the public, you could say the academy is evolving. Science stops for no one, points out Chief of Science Shannon Bennett.
Bennett says the academy continued its groundbreaking work away from public view. In a kind of ocean incubator, researcher Rebecca Albright has been able to coax living coral to reproduce and making discoveries that could help them survive climate change.
ARTS
Adios, Robinson
Brava & La Lengua Teatro en Español present a radio play in Spanish (with English subtitles) by Julio Cortázar, with an updated anti-colonial take on
Robinson Crusoe. Thru Dec. 5. https://www.brava.org/
Alice in Californiland
AXIS dance revises their performance of the magical strange dance-tale of a young girl s journey. https://www.axisdance.org/
Ballet22
In a blend of classical ballet, pointe work and contemporary styles, the new Oakland-based company Ballet22 will premiere new dances recorded at SF s ODC Theater, some with a modern holiday edge. The program, titled Breaking Ground, premieres December 11, will include a modern take on the Sugar Plum Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker; Juntos, a neo-classical work by Cincinnati Ballet Soloist Joshua Stayton; and a world premiere by Artistic Director of Boca Tuya, Omar Román de Jesús. Concerts will stream Dec. 11-13 and 18-20 at 5pm & 8pm. Tickets range from $20-$250. (Read the article in this week s
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 surpassed the number of World War II combat fatalities on Thursday night, just hours after a committee of leading U.S. vaccine scientists recommended the Food and Drug Administration authorize the first COVID-19 vaccine for Americans.
The vaccine, though, won t help soon enough, said Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning that the country s daily death count will likely rival national tragedies such as the 9/11 terror attacks and Pearl Harbor for months. We are in the timeframe now that probably for the next 60 to 90 days we re going to have more deaths per day than we had at 9/11 or we had at Pearl Harbor, Redfield said during at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, The Hill reported.
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