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“Icons in Transformation” Art Show

by By Val Valdez on May 18, 2015

Art has a way of getting things out of the system. A purging of emotions, such as love, grief and anger and joy. It frees the soul. That was the approach Russian-born artist Ludmilia Pawlowska...

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Health & Wellness: Foxtrot to Health at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio

by Autumn Rhea Carpenter on May 6, 2015

My dance background is sparse. In the first grade, I barely learned third position in ballet when soccer came along and stole my heart. I traded my canvas ballet shoes for cleats and never looked...

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q&aTX: Erica Swindell (Broadway Across America’s “Once”)

by Autumn Rhea Carpenter on February 19, 2015

Winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards including best musical, “Once” is a poignant musical stage adaptation based on the 2006 movie that shares the same name. The minimalist set-a Dublin pub-hosts the musicians who play the...