If you’ve lived in New York City long enough, you’ve encountered the aspiring actor. They may have a master’s degree…
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Bette Midler takes on fascism while accepting the 2026 Woody Guthrie Prize
Bette Midler accepted the 2026 Woody Guthrie Prize in Tulsa and delivers a surprise performance of the folk legend's anti-fascist…
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‘Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen’ could use a safe word, for all the wrong reasons
"Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen" ushers you into a Paris brothel, though its kinkiest secret might be how rarely it seduces.
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Phoenix’s best art gallery is outdoors
A photo essay on Phoenix’s vibrant murals, painted by the local artists who make the city’s walls a gallery.
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The keys to Tucson are waiting inside this downtown art gallery
Inside The Tucson Gallery on Congress Street, where 50+ local artists show their work and Tucson Trolley Tours sets out…
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Desierto Books: the Southwest’s best stories are hiding in a shipping container
Desierto Books Tucson sells new, used, and rare Southwest titles, plus vinyl, from a shipping container in the MSA Annex.…
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Taliesin West nears 90, and the experiments keep coming
Frank Lloyd Wright built Taliesin West from Sonoran rock and sand. This winter, Scottsdale artists Future Retrieval bring new work…
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Before urban renewal, Tucson had 100 Chinese grocery stores. One is back as art.
Feng-Feng Yeh’s Chinese grocery store installation at the Tucson Museum of Art revives a borderland story of Chinese and Mexican…
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9 niche NYC independent bookstores for horror fans, theater lovers & cookbook collectors
From a Williamsburg horror haunt to the Drama Book Shop saved by the “Hamilton” team, nine NYC independent bookstores for…
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Ryan J. Haddad’s ‘Good Time Charlie’ plants a queer family tree grafted with chosen family
Ryan J. Haddad returns to the family backyard in "Good Time Charlie," honoring the queer mentors who made him a…
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