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Cirque du Soleil's "Kurios" | reviewed by Karren LaLonde Alenier | Scene4 Magazine | September 2016 | www.scene4.com

Cirque du Soleil’s Kurios
A show to set you free
Karren LaLonde Alenier

Portraits Without Faces | Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold | Scene4 Magazine | September 2016 | www.scene4.com

Portraits Without Faces
This Is A Portrait If I Say So
A Provocative New Exhibition at Bowdoin
Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold

Samuel Barber's "Vanessa" | reviewed by Renate Stendhal | Scene4 Magazine - September 2016 www.scene4.com

Samuel Barber’s Vanessa
Modern and romantic at Santa Fe Opera
Renate Stendhal

Commentary

Why I Love My Wife
She's the one who reminds me to be
a human being, to focus on the light
rather than the murk
Michael Bettencourt

Bits&Pieces
Marrying the Merrisome
Jane Eyre, About Horses and
A Bridge in Paris
Arthur Meiselman

It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
What has changed in the audience
is the question of how we deal
with each other in a public space
Nathan Thomas

Balled Feet
I ain't complaining.
I sat on Piaf's lap backstage
in San Francisco in ‘53
Claudine Jones

Update-Joyner’s Shotgun
There are times the writing
transcends the genre, passages
that stir, move, and disturb
Les Marcott

On Reading War Porn
War is the abject failure of
human beings to summon their
humanity. It is obscene.
Patrick Walsh




			Opera and Politics - 2008 is 2016 Susan B. Anthony: Men are afraid of black men because they are afraid of women Karren LaLonde Alenier



			Arts of Thailand—Pratuang Emjaroen Art is in every particle of nature Janine Yasovant



		Hello And... Goodbye! There was a plague, there was anguish It was a time of fear and loneliness Arthur Meiselman




	Artists At Work (Film Reviews) Genius, The Music of Strangers, Remember It strikes me as a flat-out masterpiece Miles David Moore



		Old Fart Village And... the winner is? Elliot Feldman



	The Castle Gates The ‘90s glitz of Donald Trump’s divorce Ivana and the Leona Helmsley scandals Griselda Steiner


	Taking It to the Streets of San Francisco The Photography of Jon Rendell

	Painting At the Start of the Grand Canal Poetry Bridges to the Arsenal The Art of David Wiley


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


	The Greed Gene Michael Bettencourt A young couple is told by their genetic counselor, the "genie of genes" that their child has the greed gene, and there is nothing they can do.

Scene4 Magazine: Perspectives - Audio | Theatre Thoughts | Michael Bettencourt April 2016 | www.scene4.com


	THEATRE THOUGHTS


	An astute and entertaining array of audio essays on an array of topics by an astute and entertaining essayist.


Letters to the Editor Recent Letters

Que Pasa Notices, announcements and coming attractions

Qreviews Long & short reviews of theatre, film and more


	Karren LaLonde Alenier The Dresser addresses what’s underneath the art

	Miles David Moore Thoughts and observations from, to, for or against


	Les Marcott Dr. Barnabus T. Bynum's Travelling Minstrel Show

	Arthur Meiselman Nightdances


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	The Steiny Road to Operadom Index of Karren Alenier’s columns and writings in Scene4. Click Here for Access



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