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Mike Lazer-Walker has repurposed a 1927 Western Electric 551-A switchboard into a hectic game that tasks players with quickly learning the obsolete job. “Hello, Operator!,” although controlled by a ...

The last day of this month is the final call for the “Hello Operator” exhibit at the Sioux City Public Museum. It features iconic telephones, historic photographs and switchboards. Museum curator Matt ...

The entire company is put on hold after the boss asks for the administrator password to the corporate phone system It’s a bad sign when the non-IT boss asks for an administrator password. Often it ...

This week, Washington Ensemble Theatre opens The Callers, a world-premiere musical by Ali el-Gasseir and Ella Dorband about telephone psychics and phone-sex workers. Andrew Russell, the young gun ...