Art In The Black: Vortex Theatre Finds New Home For Charming Opening Play Vortex Theatre Finds New Home For Charming Opening Play “Welcome to our new hole in the wall,” jokes Marty Epstein, the Vortex board president, as he welcomes a full house on opening [...] Nora Hickey \ Sep 11, 2014 Read More Vortex board president Marty Epstein welcomes a full house on opening night. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Stage Whispers: Negligible Wage And Leader Of The Pack Negligible Wage Who hasn’t held down that lousy first job that paid minimum wage: dishwasher, stock boy, supermarket cashier? It’s all well and good when [...] Alibi \ Sep 11, 2014 Read More Welcome to the low-wage economy. L to R: Marina Sage, Margie Maes, Carolyn Hogan (seated), Colleen McClure (James Cady)
Culture Shock: Mo’ Tasty, Early Bloomers And Old Town Old-Timers Mo’ Tasty Just when you thought your cup already runneth over, Food MoMA: Pudding Things Places brings you completely real foodstuffs for purely visual feastings. [...] Lisa Barrow \ Sep 04, 2014 Read More (Adrian Toto)
Righteously Retro: Get Psyched For A Gnarly Prom Night Get Psyched For A Gnarly Prom Night Like, omigod. The prom is just like, a few days away. I totally need a bitchin’ dress. And like, 10 bottles of Aqua [...] Kristi D. Lawrence \ Aug 28, 2014 Read More Get to work, kids. That hair’s not gonna tease itself. (courtesy of whs87s.wordpress.com)
Culture Shock: Crossing The Line And Labor Of Love Crossing The Line Art, music, poetry, vended wares and delicious food come together in a two-day, three-venue, border-busting extravaganza dubbed AZ/NM Connection. With over 60 participating [...] Alibi \ Aug 28, 2014 Read More AZ/NM poster art by Jeremy “Eyerock” Arviso (detail)
Get Lit: Translation Nation Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage Murakami’s latest effort launches with a death wish. It’s Tsukuru Tazaki’s sophomore year in college, and his four best friends in the world [...] Lisa Barrow \ Aug 28, 2014 Read More
Stage Whispers: Cuckoo For Gaga And Cha-Cha, Darlings! Cuckoo For Gaga It’s the hottest dance form to come out of Tel Aviv in ages. Gaga, a “dance vocabulary” that involves a hyper-awareness of form [...] Alibi \ Aug 21, 2014 Read More Get in touch with your body and clean your floors! (photo courtesy of Keshet)
Blue Is The Funniest Color: Comic Josh Blue Talks Disability, Denver And Radical Honesty Comic Josh Blue Talks Disability, Denver And Radical Honesty There’s a belief in comedy that goes a little something like, “Comics are tragic people who are sad and lonely and probably on [...] Genevieve Mueller \ Aug 21, 2014 Read More Josh Blue likes to defy expectations. (photos courtesy of the artist)
Culture Shock: Reckless Endangerment, A Prison-Theatrical Complex And Vintage Virtues Reckless Endangerment On the heels of an eloquent opinion piece in The New York Times voicing opposition to commercial development in the Grand Canyon (“A [...] Lisa Barrow \ Aug 14, 2014 Read More Big flood = the perfect time for a boat ride? (courtesy of Kevin Fedarko)
Face Your Tulle-Wrapped Terrors With Ballet Pro Musica Do you know what’s fun? Doing something really uncultured, like eating peanuts in your underwear and then standing up and announcing loudly that [...] Gail Guengerich \ Aug 14, 2014 Read More