Online entertainment, culture, & education during SARS-Cov-19.

A thread to gather in one place any links for online entertainment, cultural, and educational resources that are free, or that have been made free or are offering a reduced price as a result of the SARS-Cov-19 situation.

Either direct links, or pages with a list of links.

https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/news
https://www.metopera.org/
https://theoperacritic.com/
https://www.wqxr.org/story/must-see-concerts-covid-19-streaming-edition/
http://www.tcbo.it/
https://www.rossinioperafestival.it/en/archive-news/
https://www.youtube.com/user/TeatroFeniceVenezia/videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMSOrchestra

https://music.youtube.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/BarbershopHarmony38/videos

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/16/classical-music-opera-livestream-at-home-coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2...ts-the-best-theatre-and-dance-to-watch-online
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...onavirus-john-legend-chris-martin-code-orange
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...terature-and-events-from-australia-and-beyond
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...l-music-online-livestream-at-home-coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/culture...ure-self-isolation-coronavirus-live-streaming
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/...lds-best-virtual-museum-and-art-gallery-tours

https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery-21122353011
https://librivox.org/
https://www.gutenberg.org/

https://www.zoo.org.au/animal-house

 

for anyone into dance/ballet
https://www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com/royal-ballet-announcing-free-programme-online-content

@Grigor

 

Museums that can be visited online

6 Italian museums
https://anamericaninrome.com/wp/202...hPlUqk1GIsLedxnF_soWnOXbAR7JqmGcS8uRpx9mPtLs4

12 museums world wide
https://www.southernliving.com/syndication/museums-with-virtual-tours

 

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/w...-museums-concerts-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours

https://takelessons.com/blog/online-activities-quarantine

Patrick Stewart on Twitter has been reading each day ( Shakespearean sonnet yesterday)

 

Sandi Toksvig delves into The Book Of Days to discover some quite interesting things about historical events on today's date.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL4mHvlV6UOggYiXM3lcAHw/videos

 

Virtual field trips: a random selection with a slight American bias of 30 virtual field trips, ranging from SAN Diego Zoo, to the Louvre, to the Great Wall of China to Mars.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1SvIdgTx9djKO6SjyvPDsoGlkgE3iExmi3qh2KRRku_w/mobilebasic

 

I'm just watching panelshows on youtube and old football matches on footballia .

 

The Metamorphosis has to be seen, but ballet it is not!

 

Not sure if this is included on some of the other links above:

Visit Cambridge University's collections online

https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/visiting-the-university

 

Scribd are offering 30 free days free access to all their books and audiobooks. Need to register.

https://www.scribd.com/?lohp=2

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archive.org (aka the 'WayBack Machine') is opening access to their digitised textbook collection.

They also have millions of other free access works of video, audio, TV, concerts, etc.

 

For baseball fans, the MLB are offering 30 classic games for free.

https://www.mlb.com/news/watch-classic-mlb-games-for-free

 

Virtual tours of some historic/archeological sites

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/03/5-virtual-tours-of-historical-sites/126924

 

Khan Academy.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4a-Gbdw7vOaccHmFo40b9g

 

Harry Potter At Home: JK Rowling launches new platform to help with coronavirus lockdown

https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home

@lunarainbows

 

How exciting!! @Sarah94 I think you might like this as well. Excited to see what they add to the hub.

 

This page at The Guardian I listed in the first post gets updated frequently.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...terature-and-events-from-australia-and-beyond

 

New site offering public domain movies (i.e. free), including some goodies.

https://vole.wtf/voleflix/

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Alternative to Audible for audiobooks. Also offer the first month free, and have 'sales'. Seem to offer more flexible options than Audible, and supports independent bookstores.

https://libro.fm

 

https://secretldn.com/virtual-harry-potter-escape-room/

A Virtual Harry Potter-Themed Escape Room Now Exists, And All Muggles Can Take Part