Category: Arts & Culture

Confessions of a ballerina

By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff

Before the stage lights come up and the music begins, there is a certain electricity in the dark air of a packed theater.

The electricity, …

Gift guide 2022

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

The irony of me writing a gift guide is as thick as molasses in wintertime. I’m terrible at buying obligatory gifts. I know there are …

Like a musical postcard

By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff

The Gothard Sisters came upon Celtic music by chance, and the subsequent musical journey has been nothing short of remarkable.

Real-life sisters Greta, Solana and …

The spirit of song

By Cate Huisman
Reader Contributor

It is a warm, bright September evening, the kind that gives no hint of the cold and dark that will inevitably come. Sweaterless, I toss …

‘Be bold’

By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff

Dan Carpenter isn’t one to take himself too seriously. The lifetime artist, known for his works in the wildlife and Western art genres, is quick …

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