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Forget what anybody else tells you. Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year. The fake cobwebs, the glowing pumpkins on people’s doorsteps,...
Second-Gen Theater
Despite refocusing the 2020-2021 season on virtual or outdoor programming and navigating ongoing economic uncertainty in the years since, Stage West is stronger than...
Rewired for Radio
Matthew Broyles is a busy man. As a musician, mostly performing under “The Matthew Show,” he plays several nights a week. In addition, he...
Monkey Wrench
Sometimes you read books that are powerful and evocative in a way you don’t see coming. Stuff that shakes you awake, challenges you, and...
Escape to Reality
The works of Western artists have long oscillated between escapism and the minutiae of daily life. While the otherworldly paintings of Salvador Dali and...
Remembering Aimee Cardoso
The first locals to learn of the recent car crash that killed artist Aimee Cardoso and husband Lucas Cardoso were Aimee’s closest friends, Ariel...
Make the Revolution Irresistible
America’s white power structure has historically resorted to violence as a first and last means of quelling Black-led movements seeking social and economic equality.
Take...
Revealing Layers
As a spotlight beams down from the rafters, the patrons of Arts 5th Avenue turn their attention to the small stage and quiet down...
Down to Earth
Archeologists, linguists, and historians have spent centuries piecing together fragmented clues left by the once-dominant indigenous culture of Mesoamerica. The beautiful chain of Mayan...
Lost in The Real Unreal
Inside Grapevine Mills is a house. Inside that house is a refrigerator. Inside that fridge is a room full of more fridges. And inside...