‘Arts’ Archives
Color Visions
By SHELIA BLANDRed roseBlue jeansBlack nightsGreen seas Orange horizons Yellow dusksGolden DawnsDreamy haze Drip and dreary daysBlanketed whites and grays Patterns and texturesSplattering colorDimensional creationA fictional maze Color burstsSound explosionsFlights of fantasyRainbow revelationsShelia Bland lives in Midtown Phillips. She has been writing most of her life to help herself understand the experiences and people in her shared world.
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, [...]
