Creative Courant: Newsletter #13
Happy Monday!
I hope you enjoyed your weekends. My family and I spent ours sticking pretty close to home. While we are venturing out for some outdoor pursuits, the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise, throwing even more uncertainty our way.
This week we have gathered some follow-up stories from some earlier innovations we highlighted and gathered some fun activities from baking bread, romantic ballet to virtual rock concerts with Sir Elton.
Have a great week and stay healthy.
Suzanne
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The results of the UV robot featured in this newsletter at the beginning of the pandemic seem promising
An “A Chorus Line” production by a local theater company in Norfolk, Virginia, COVID-19, auditioned, rehearsed, and ultimately shared their show almost entirely virtually
A product called the “C-FACE Smart Mask” sits over a typical face mask and uses Bluetooth to translate speech into 8 different languages
Farmers’ adaptations for socially distant visitors range from expanding produce pickups, a “drive-through” farm tour, and small-scale classes
Veterinary telemedicine companies are another technology that has evolved during lockdowns
MIT has found a way to deter people from sharing COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Things to Do Around the World
The first online theater company, Playdate Theatre, used virtual conferences and Zoom to create original plays that will be exclusively streamed online July 26-August 9
A six-week virtual Elton John: Classic Concert Series began in July to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation
Bread Ahead bakery school and shop in Borough Market, London, runs free, twice-weekly online tutorials on its instagram page @breadaheadbakery
The Royal Opera House opera and ballet will stream The Sleeping Beauty ballet on July 24 at 7PM GMT.