inFocus

Kusama
A pioneering figure in the art world for decades, blending elements of minimalism, surrealism, and pop art.
The Photography of Jon Rendell

The Artists of
Monhegan Island

Monhegan has been immortalized in American art by famous painters like Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent, Robert Henri, and Edward Hopper
Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold

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Visionaries of the Cinema
Ennio and Made in England:
The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Two new documentaries begin with old Italian men
Miles David Moore

Future Poet Laureate of the United States?
The World?
David Alpaugh

inView

Lost in Perdido Street Station
MichaelBettencourt | Scene4 Magazine | www.scene4.comHis "slurry" (as one reviewer called it) of steampunk, alien cultures, sprawling geographies and moral twists and knots makes the Dune movies look and feel as plain as sand.   
Michael Bettencourt

and in the beginning...
Arthur Danin Adler  Scene4 MagazineWhat we know is that the male and female pair of the species dominantly evolved because this combination survived and reproduced better than any other. Didn't we?
Arthur Danin Adler

Nope
Claudine Jones | Scene4 MagazineI cannot in all honesty recommend/follow anybody without raising the specter of failed omnipotence.
There's my favorite YouTube guy for the moment.

Claudine Jones

Conversation With the Muse
Les Marcott | Scene4 Magazine | www.scene4.com
My muse for instance is a wise cracking, smack talking,
carnival barking, cigar chomping, flimflamming,
leisure suit wearing guy named Artie.
Les Marcott

Return to Henrietta (Part 1)
Gregory Luce | Scene4 MagazineAfter I published my three-part reminiscences of my time in the small Texas town of Henrietta, I decided to expand the story, if not into a full book, at least a longform memoir.
Gregory Luce

For the Love of Joe
Patrick Walsh | Scene4 MagazineFor nearly 20 years I've been making my own espresso. It will come as no surprise that the guy who listens to vinyl LPs and drives a 1967 Mustang uses an old-school rig for his twice-daily shots.
Patrick Walsh

inSight

Cuba in December
The Steiny Road Poet went to Cuba in December and anything else she did in 2024 pales by comparison
Karren Alenier

AI on Art and Poetry
A poem by the poet AI on a painting created by the artist AI followed by an essay by the critic AI on the poem by AI
David Alpaugh

Udom Chimpukdee
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The founder of the WMW (World Master's Watercolor Exposition) project, which was first held in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Janine Yasovant

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For the New Year: When This Series Was New
Kandinsky's Theatre Life
A Breathless Resume, Part 2

This piece answers questions I often get from people. Whether you were there when this series was new in 2019--or are new to Kandinsky beyond painting!--this is for you.

Lissa Tyler Renaud

The Big Dreams of a Gravedigger
How close are the dead? Does the one I call for hear? I reach for my great-grandfather, Black Jack Shea, a violent youth, whom a hundred and four years of experience did not improve
Brian George

Perspectives

writings

Together    Altenir Silva
I'm an iPhone, but I mustn't reveal which version I am because that might lower my prestige. Steve Jobs was my creator. I don't know exactly how much time he took to create me, but I bet it was much longer than a week.

imagery

Fruit and Bird
with poem
River Crossing

The Art of David Wiley

The Art of SS. Burrus
A Retrospective

When the Earth is ravaged
and the animals are dying,
a new tribe of people will appear
on the Earth

Patrick Nagel
It's in the Eyes

media

Audio  

Scene4 Magazine: Perspectives - Audio | Theatre Thoughts  | Michael Bettencourt  | www.scene4.com


Theatre Thoughts
An entertaining array of audio essays on an array
of theatre topics by an astute and entertaining essayist

You Don't Say!
Occasional Musings by an occasionally amused writer

Video

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Undress Me  
In a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to
undress her, by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue


Light Fantastic  
Weighty matters of brain neurons and addiction, two kisses, single-malt scotch, the green dance of blue, yellow lasers
 


Ear Buds
What happens when we love our devices
 — and they love us back


The Greed Gene
A young couple is told by their genetic counselor that
their child has the greed gene, there is nothing they can do

letters

books

 

 

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State of the Art of the Arts
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SpecialIndexes


The Steiny Road
Index of Karren Alenier's
columns and writings
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Film Reviews
Index of Miles David Moore's 
reviews and writings
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Writings
Index of Renate Stendhal's
writings and reviews
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Writings
Index of Arthur Danin Adler's
columns and writings
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Kandinsky Anew
Index of the series by
Lissa Tyler Renaud
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