Gallery Box
Dreamscapes Gallery
Jan Jackson owned art businesses in Ohio, Arizona and Illinois before she came to Albuquerque.
See the work at Dreamscapes Gallery on 5th from noon to 5 p.m., closed Wednesdays and Sundays at 1523 Fifth NW. For more, call 242-1311 or go to dreamscapeson5th.com.

Culture Shock
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Ah, marriage. The joining of two parts into a stronger whole, and other metaphors. Since summer is the traditional wedding season, let us look to pieces that seek to marry disparate elements in the creation of holistic works of art. Or, if you're more carnally inclined, a couple of artsy parts do it and have an art baby.

Performance Review
The Truth About Beauty
The Vortex Theatre presents Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde believed in beauty, and the aesthetic movement he helped to promulgate held that life was to be lived decadently, beautifully. He was a large man of larger appetites. He saw living as a string of opportunities for happiness through sensuousness, not a series of moral lessons to be suffered and learned. It’s too bad he happened to live in Victorian England.