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After two hours and 45 minutes of unhappiness, you emerge from Uncle Vanya, oddly enough, happy

Christine Lahti talks playing a former KGB agent with hidden depths in “Russian Troll Farm,” feminism, Trump, family trauma, love, awards, and how telling all helped her to heal.

The biggest drama at the GALA Hispanic Theatre this year didn’t happen on stage; it was the $250,000 that was stolen when its bank account was hacked and drained, threatening the long-serving Spanish-language performance space as its 50th anniversary approached.

Poet, writer and social activist Lev Rubenstein, age 76, succumbed to injuries sustained when he was hit by a car in a Moscow intersection on Jan. 8. The poet's death was reported Sunday by his daughter, Maria, who wrote on LiveJournal, "My Papa, Lev Rubenstein, died today."  Social media and Russian independent media were flooded with memorials to Rubenstein.

Poet, writer and social activist Lev Rubenstein, age 76, succumbed to injuries sustained when he was hit by a car in a Moscow intersection on January 8. It was reported by his daughter, Maria, who wrote on LiveJournal, "My Papa, Lev Rubenstein, died today."  Social media and Russian independent media were flooded with memorials to Rubenstein.