Welcome to Our 25th Year of Publication
July 2024
Murals and Grafitti in Fitzroy, Australia A testament to its rich cultural tapestry, artistic freedom, and its role as a hub for creativity. The Photography of Jon Rendell
Mark Morris World Première Via Dolorosa plus Socrates at Cal Performances Berkeley Renate Stendhal
An Enchanted Evening Enjoys Its 75th Anniversary Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s South Pacific Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
Art in Miniature The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Strange Way of Life Two of the most renowned living directors surprised their fans in the past year by releasing short films. Both films are masterful. Miles David Moore
The Body and the New House With the buying of our new house, my body has found a new phase of being, a constant state of stiff, sore and not-so-supple. Michael Bettencourt
Promise Me A Garden On this, our 25th anniversary, here is a tribute to that beginning and the woman who inspired Scene4. Arthur Danin Adler
Run-up to Showtime Supreme Court strikes down federal ban on bump stock devices Oh absoLUTEly, yes!! Now we just need these folks to stand in a big ole circle. Preferably all likkered up. Claudine Jones
The Old Men Monologues - Part II All right, first I would like to thank everyone for showing up tonight. I realize it's a little late for some of us guys. However, there is coffee available for those who are nodding off. Les Marcott
Notes Toward a Memoir of Madness and Writing - Part II The tipping point arrived on an unseasonably warm day in late January. My anxiety had ratcheted up to a near panic attack, ironically enough as I was heading for an appointment with my psychiatrist. Gregory Luce
“A brilliant red Barchetta . . .” Summer after summer, I get deeply into the Rush song “Red Barchetta”. Maybe it’s because I do a lot of cycling in the warm months and on a favorite route of mine, the bucolic country road. Patrick Walsh
Three Trapped Tigers: A Cautionary Tale The writing style with its highly evolved word play evokes Stein’s nemesis James Joyce and the Joy(ce) ride accomplished in Ulysses. Karren Alenier
The Emperor of Ice Cream Wallace Stevens
All poems have a You and an I—although they don’t always use those pronouns explicitly. In the simplest instances the “I” is the creative presence we call The Poet.
David Alpaugh
Re-Visiting July 2020 Peace and War: Some Unknown Poems by Kandinsky So many of the early pieces in this series–since 2019–deserve re-visiting by its longtime readers, as well by readers who joined us more recently. Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
The Stranger Face of the Friend Part Four At cross-purposes, wearing constellated masks, two actors perform what they are scheduled to perform, and they may not turn to applaud each other’s skill. Brian George
Benjamat Bangluang เบญจมาศ บางหลวง She is a good example of a new artist, presenting women of Thailand. Those who see her work ask what happens when she conveys the meaning of her own life. Janine Yasovant
writings
A Trip of An Idea Altenir Silva James McDahousing, a writer, is typing the following words on his MacBook: "Then, Gordon, after some minutes of looking in the mirror, turned the light off, and only the walls of that silent place heard the sound of a gunshot.”
images
Tauromachy The Art of David Wiley
To Welcome This Summer I am writing this welcome on the threshold of the Summer Solstice arriving in our Northern Hemisphere. The Art of Philip Gerstein
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
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
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
Letters to the Editor
books
Special—Issues
July/August 2015|●
Everything Old Is New Again January 2013|●
What Is Obscenity and What’s Not? January 2012|●
A Brief But Quirky History of the Arts January 2011|●
The Rising Fall of the Arts January 2010|●
The One January 2009|●
What Is Art? January 2008|●
View of the Arts January 2007|●
The Art of Sex in the Arts February 2006|●
State of the Art of the Arts October 2005|●
Special—Indexes
The Steiny Road Index of Karren Alenier’s columns and writings|●
Writings Index of Arthur Danin Adler’s columns and writings|●
Kandinsky Anew Index of the series by Lissa Tyler Renaud|●
Good Reading Is Currently On Sale Here
Karren Alenier The Dresser addresses what’s underneath the art ▼ Sponsored by Scene4
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