Thursday, April 2, 2020

All You Need To Know about Stimulus Checks, Unemployment, and More

In their coverage of the pandemic, The New York Times has produced an informative and thorough article on the benefits the federal government is currently providing. It addresses key questions such as payment size, eligibility, when and how to receive payments, how long payments will continue, and so forth. The highlights are as follows
  1. Stimulus Payments: $1,200 per adult and $500 per child under 16
  2. Unemployment Benefits: $600/week more, 39 weeks
  3. Student Loans: Payment suspension until 9/30/2020
  4. Retirement Accounts
  5. Charitable Contributions
  6. Other Features of the Bill
We encourage you to read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-stimulus-package-questions-answers.html

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High Quality Entertainment for Social Distance Shut-Ins


As the pandemic continues to affect communities across the world, people are coming together in historic solidarity. Companies and organizations are many providing high quality programs, performances, movies and other forms of arts for people confined at home by the virus. Did we mention, they’re also free? 

The Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, a legendary performance venue, announced last week that the theater will livestream their best programs on their YouTube channel for free. Our team here at PLG has enjoyed 3 of them including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Tsar’s Bride. 

Here are the dates for three more performances at: http://www.youtube.com/bolshoi 

April 4th  – Marco Spada
April 7th  – Boris Godunov
April 10th – The Nutcracker

The program will be online for free view for a 24-hour period. Don’t miss them!

The following is a list of other exciting events and services free of charge in the month of April:

1. Download Over 300,000 Books from the NY Public Library for Free: https://reurl.cc/lV06jv

2. Collection of IDFA Films and New Media Projects: https://reurl.cc/d0VZjq
3. Incredible Virtual Tours To Help You Pass The Time: https://reurl.cc/j7q0j2
4. Google Arts & Culture : Exhibits from 1,200 Museums in 70 Countries https://artsandculture.google.com/
5. Berliner Philharmoniker: https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/zh/news
6. Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Now free, no Donation Required! https://livefromorchestrahall.vhx.tv/browse
7. Metropolitan Opera, 7:30 PM EST, Every Night Operas, Free for 20 Hours:  https://www.metopera.org/
8. Collectif Jeune Cinema: During covid-19 crisis, Some Films Are Available to Watch in Their Entirety: https://reurl.cc/X6ennE
9. Broadway Shows at BroadwayHD, 7 Day Free Trial: https://www.broadwayhd.com/
10. The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World: https://reurl.cc/lV061d
11. Filmmaker Gary Hustwit is streaming his documentaries free worldwide during the global COVID-19 crisis. Each Tuesday a new film: https://www.ohyouprettythings.com/free
12. “For as long as schools are closed, we're open”, Amazon free audio books in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Japanese: https://stories.audible.com/discovery 

Thank you for your time! It is our hope that we have provided you with either information that can help in a time of need or resources that allow you to escape from this unprecedented reality for a few minutes. As said before, although it is business NOT as usual here at PLG, please reach out as we can still take care of your translation needs. 

Best,
PLG
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