Monarch hatchery, school begins and Bolshoi’s Don Quixote

Soon the treasured Monarch butterfly will be flying south. Tanya Clusener pursues her remarkable hobby hatching and feeding the Monarch at her Long Island home before sending them on their annual odyssey. Then, it’s back to school with much trepidation about C-19 in the classroom. There are no easy answers. Below that, two stories from Russia reflecting the split personality of this gloomy, enigmatic land.