‘Arts’ Archives
Dave’s Dumpster March ’23
Dave Moore & Linnea Hadaway have lived here since the Reagan 80s and became life partners while originating the cartoon series “Spirit of Phillips.”
Youth Performance Company
By MARY ELLEN KALUZA I first learned about the Youth Performance Company (YPC) after interviewing Sha'Vontie Rose Juneau Hosfield as the June 2022 alley’s spotlighted youth artist. This December I went to see Sha’Vontie in YPC’s The Velveteen Rabbit with my (adult) daughter. We both left the performance uplifted and happy. This was not the The Velveteen Rabbit old timers will remember from their youth. YPC’s version is clever, humorous, and much more entertaining. YPC’s new Artistic Director Maya Washington (an alum of YPC herself) wrote, directed and choreographed this modern adaptation. The cast was beautifully diverse in age, race, and gender. Sha’Vontie played the title role of the Velveteen Rabbit. She and all of the cast were terrific! The music by Kymani Kahlil, local composer and musician, was fabulous; and the choreography perfect. I think what impressed me the most though, was the Q & A after the performance. All the actors were poised, [...]
Movie Corner’s Top Ten of 2022 (And More)
Howard McQuitter II By HOWARD MCQUITTER II #1 Everything Everywhere All at Once. Fantasy/Comedy/Action/Science Fiction/Thriller. Directors: Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. #2 Till. African American/Biographical/Drama/History/Civil Rights. Director: Chinonye Chukwu. #3 The Banshees of Inisherin. Drama/Period Piece. Director: Martin McDonagh. #4 The Whale. Drama. Director: Darren Aronofsky. #5 Elvis. Biography/Music/Drama. Director: Baz Luhrmann. #6 Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio. Animation/Claymation/Drama/Family/Thriller. Director: Guillermo Del Toro. #7 The Fabelmans. Semibiographical/Family/Drama/Period Piece. Director: Steven Spielberg. #8 Nope. Science Fiction/Science Fantasy/Thriller/Drama. Director: Jordan Peele. #9 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Science Fantasy/Action/African American. Director: Ryan Coogler. #10 The Gravedigger's Wife. Drama/Romance/Road. Director: Khadar Ayderus [...]
