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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 17 March 2020
What now? Facing life without the entertainment world

By LEANNE ITALIE set up next to the piano. I
NEW YORK (AP) — Over- played the first movement
heard as the entertainment of a Beethoven sonata.
world stalled in response to People played Chopin.
the coronavirus outbreak: There was some Gershwin. I
“What are we gonna do think we’ll do it again.”
now, read books?” Elsewhere, the TV binge
That’s exactly what Pame- is definitely on with some
la Milam will be doing, and new gems on offer.
lots of them. The Walt Disney Co. will re-
Milam is a selection reader lease “Frozen 2” on Disney-
for the Women’s National Plus several months early to
Book Association, a non- give families cooped up by
profit established in 1917 to the coronavirus a welcome
support, well, reading. She distraction, and give its
and her colleagues began streaming service a boost.
a marathon this month to For documentary lovers,
make it through as many Netflix is rolling out new fea-
as 100 books each as they tures and series from ac-
help develop the organiza- claimed creators, includ-
tion’s annual Great Group ing “The Innocence Files”
Reads list for National by Liz Garbus, Alex Gibney
Reading Group Month in and Roger Ross Williams;
October. “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich”
She’s also an avid theater by Lisa Bryant and Joe
goer. She lives in the heart Berlinger; and “David At-
of Times Square and goes tenborough: A Life on Our
to the theater about once Planet.”
a week, but when Broad- “We subscribe to nearly ev-
way and many other en- A sign announcing the suspension of all Broadway shows is posted on a door at the Minskoff The- ery streaming service, or so
tertainments canceled, cut atre, where "The Lion King" had been playing, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in New York. it seems. I’m hoping to find
back seating or postponed Associated Press some gold in there,” said
performances last week, Julie Crislip in Pennington,
Milam knew exactly how Gorder, co-host of the Netf- cused on any of that, and ball is a therapy dog who New Jersey.
she’d fill the extra time. lix series “Stay Here,” asked social distancing shouldn’t routinely visits patients at For most people, the new
“I’m happy snug on my followers on Instagram to be a problem. She and her care centers. With new re- coronavirus causes only
couch. I’ll do my best to share home improvement husband, along with their strictions, those visits are on mild or moderate symp-
make the most of that,” she goals that had been lin- four children, love to spend hold. toms, such as fever and
said. gering at the bottom of time in the mountains sur- “So instead we’re stay- cough. For some, especial-
Many concert tours, to-do lists. Cleaning blinds, rounding their Belgrade, ing home, brushing up on ly older adults and people
awards shows, festivals, a basement sort-out and Montana, home. obedience, and I’m teach- with existing health prob-
museums, sporting events deck repairs are now on “I have so many plans that ing him some new tricks to lems, it can cause more se-
and more have shut down front burners. I’m actually looking for- amuse folks when the quar- vere illness, including pneu-
to help “flatten the curve” Nicole Schaefer in Port- ward to being forced out antines are lifted,” Mandell monia. The vast majority of
as the virus spreads around land, Oregon, is usually out of social gatherings,” she said. people recover.
the globe. Bans on big and doing something. Now, she said. “We plan to spend Cynthia Shaw in Brooklyn is Psychotherapist Jeff Larsen
medium-size gatherings almost feels guilty about all time outdoors camping, a classical pianist and pia- in San Diego has a plan, for
are proliferating, prompt- the free time. Almost. hiking and fishing. The sun- no teacher who regularly himself and his clients.
ing more people to hunker “I feel like now I have time shine and exercise will help gathers with students and “It’s all about slowing
down at home. to relax, if that makes sense. us be as healthy as we can friends who play for each down,” he said. “So ab-
“We’re catching up on our With my evenings freed up, be.” other. Since many in their solutely pick up that book
reading. I just started `Love I’m learning to make my While Musson and others group of eight or so are that’s been gathering dust,
in the Time of Cholera.′ own macarons. I’m making head outdoors, some folks older, including some in watch that movie or binge-
It seemed appropriate,” a present for my boyfriend. who are shunning or shut their 80s, they’re giving up watch that TV show that
said Beverly Pfeiffer in Sil- I’m knitting. I’m exercising out of their exercise classes their monthly home gath- you haven’t had time to
ver Spring, Maryland, of the as long as I want to. There’s are working out new rou- erings for now, but played watch. Most importantly,
Gabriel Garcia Marquez so many things to do with- tines at home. Sunday using a video con- it’s the mindset that we, as
classic that plays out amid out concerts and plays and Linda Johnson Mandell in ferencing platform instead. humans, need to have go-
an outbreak of the disease. shows to go to,” she said. Los Angeles is going an- “Some of the older mem- ing into this time period. It’s
Other people are working There’s binge-watching other route with her giant bers had a hard time figur- always a good thing when
more, especially now that galore, of course, and white Labradoodle, Frankie ing it out, but they did,” she we can slow down and
they’re doing it from home. devotees of opera and art Feldman. The 5-year-old fur said. “I had my computer simplify our lives.”q
Some have upped their are being treated to spe-
kitchen game by taking on cial live streams and virtual
fussy recipes and baking tours. Museums have joined
projects. a social media movement
One company that offers started by the Museum of
online courses has seen a the City of New York to of-
huge jump in business, as fer art and other imagery
has another that sells digital using the hashtag #Mu-
photo scanning services. seumMomentofZen.
Interior designer Genevieve Melanie Musson isn’t fo-