Once upon a river
Few novels have garnered more attention than Mark Twain’s late 19th century “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” which imagines a trip down the Mississippi River for a young man named Huck and an escaped...
View ArticleI Never Saw Another Butterfly
Hundreds of shoes sit strewn around the border of an outdoor stage at Scottsdale Community College. Atop the stage sit just a few simple set pieces — a pair of panels draped with strands that look like...
View ArticleBeyond the blockbuster
“Three friends with Down syndrome who love movies leave the care home where they grew up to search for their dreams.” It’s the sort of synopsis rarely found in mainstream movies. If you’re fond of film...
View ArticleIf books were people
If books were people, we could ask them questions. And they could answer back. Most days, those who converse with books are simply exercising their imagination. There’s no real dialogue involved. But...
View ArticleSocial justice meets sewing machine
“I am interested,” says Colorado fiber artist Sara Rockinger, “in how global issues and daily life intersect.” Rockinger spent five years collaborating with videographer Mark Conkle on a project meant...
View ArticleArtwork at the 9/11 Memorial Museum
Artwork abounds at the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York City, which opened to the public on Wednesday, May 21. It’s a powerful testament to the power of art to help us feel, think,...
View ArticleArt meets global warming
Reflecting today on the legacy of Rachel Louise Carson, described by the National Women’s History Museum as “an American marine biologist and nature writer credited with catalyzing the global...
View ArticleWhen dreams collide
A man who assumes that his disability dooms him to a life of loneliness. A woman both drawn to and repulsed by a man who abuses her. A father willing to risk his own safety so his son can go to...
View ArticleQuestioning the cause of death
An EastLake Mortuary casket sits centered along one wall of an intimate performance space at Phoenix Center for the Arts, where BlackPoet Ventures performs “The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole...
View ArticleCultural savant
A cascade of chairs hangs inside the exhibit space at Scottsdale Civic Center Library, where an eclectic assortment of chairs below sit anchored by a giant white sphere punctuated with a scoop of...
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