We interrupt this liveblogging with this bulletin: James Levine didn’t show for the Volpe Gala. (Obviously he wasn’t going to conduct, but not even to walk out onstage?)

What’s more, Rudy Giuliani didn’t show either.

And Uncle Joe himself didn’t even make a speech.

Oh, God, how they must all hate him!

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