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COVID-19 Update: June 10, 2020: Not Over Yet

Even as cities reopen, there are plenty of signs indicating that the pandemic is far from over.

COVID-19-related hospitalizations are rising in more than a dozen states and Puerto Rico: tinyurl.com/y7sqaz7x. In Arizona, hospitals are activating emergency plans: tinyurl.com/y8awnba2.

The president's coronavirus team is worried about a new wave of coronavirus outbreaks, related to the current demonstrations against racial injustice: tinyurl.com/yd9b6jy5.

Coronavirus developers are chasing outbreaks before they disappear: tinyurl.com/yd5lrs2w.

Despite what you've been hearing, unemployment is closer to 20%: tinyurl.com/y9aumuvs.

There's still plenty of PPP cash available, with loosened restrictions: tinyurl.com/yaztpqso.

When will group singing be safe again? tinyurl.com/y9ozhbxh.

Around the country:

In California:

The state is ready to restart film and TV production, but is the industry ready to go? tinyurl.com/ya3vbjh5.

The Switchfoot drive-in concert, in San Diego's Petco Park, is a hit: tinyurl.com/ybsqa8qj.

In Florida:

When it reopens on Thursday, SeaWorld Orlando will cap attendance at 33% of capacity and stick to a five-day-a-week schedule: tinyurl.com/yd2nyy7h.

In Illinois:

Lollapalooza, Chicago Jazz Festival, and other events have been canceled: tinyurl.com/y7c7jy3f.

In Kansas:

The AMC cinema chain reports a $2.2 billion loss and announces reopening plans for July: tinyurl.com/yacce466.

In Rhode Island:

Providence's Trinity Rep will postpone starting its season until January 2021, although it will present its annual production of A Christmas Carol in November and December: tinyurl.com/y9vl3rqb.

In Texas:

The governor has given a green light to performing arts venues, but logistical challenges remain: tinyurl.com/yd42znhj. Meanwhile, Actors Equity says that Texas' spiking infection rate proves the importance of relying on science: tinyurl.com/y7mabysh.

Training:

Interactive Technologies is offering extensive CueServer training: tinyurl.com/ybhc9gt2.

Entertainment:

The Cherry Orchard Festival presents Boston's Arlekin Players Theatre with State vs. Natasha Banina (www.ArlkekinPlayers.com), a newly-conceived live Zoom interactive theatre art experiment, directed by Igor Golyak and featuring Arlekin company's leading actress and 2020 Elliot Norton Award winner (Outstanding Actress) Darya Denisova. Performances will take place on Sunday evenings: June 14, 21, and 28 at 8:00pm live on Zoom. State vs. Natasha Banina is based on a play by contemporary Russian playwright, Yaroslava Pulinovich's Natasha's Dream. For information or to reserve a Zoom spot, visit www.CherryOrchardFestival.org. Each performance will also offer live post-show discussion.

Red Bull Theater will presented its free livestream presentation of its acclaimed production, The Government Inspector, on Monday, June 15 at 7:30pm at www.redbulltheater.com/live, on Facebook, Vimeo, and YouTube. The cast includes Michael Urie, Arnie Burton, Stephen DeRosa, Michael McGrath, and Mary Testa.

Sennheiser's #DontStopTheMusic concerts, on Sennheiser's Facebook page, include Tom Wurth and John Ford Coley, Wednesday, June 10 at 8:00pm EST; Tuco Gadamn on Friday, June 12 at 12:00pm EST, and Ludo Ji on Monday, June 15 at 11:00am EST.

For your pleasure:

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with Wynton Marsalis, in the "Quarantine Blues:" tinyurl.com/yadhb4lk.

That's all for today. Stay safe. -- DB.

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(10 June 2020)

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