inFocus

Burning Man
A Vicarious Experience
It has transformed into a massive global cultural movement centered around Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis built entirely from scratch by its citizens in the Nevada desert.
Jon Rendell

Everyday Horrors
Obsession, Backrooms
It may say something about the Zeitgeist that two of the biggest movie hits in the late spring were horror movies that generated enormous amounts of existential dread.
Miles David Moore

Behind the Mask, the Presence, and Behind the Presence, the Mask Part Two
Many previous imperial technocracies have existed, both in this world and in others, the great majority of which have left evidence of no more value than a Rorschach blot. There is no way to count them.
Brian George

Classic Theatre Across the Pond
During my annual jaunt to London to enjoy the theatrical riches of the city, I was struck by a trend in the West End to mimic Broadway in producing ever more lavish, spectacles reliant on high tech bells and whistles that wow audiences.
Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold

There Is Music In The Air
I don’t paint without music. It surrounds one with a protective layer that withstands the usual disruptions. It vibes exquisitely well with the act of painting.
Philip Gerstein

inView

Islands
We are mostly unknowns to each other – and, I would argue, mostly unknowns to our individual selves. How many dark unexplained pockets exist in my own being.
Michael Bettencourt

The Wee People
You're probably reading this just before and maybe after the electoral circus in the United States. Hope against hope, however the finale turned out, anxiety floats through the air like a sewer gas.
Arthur Danin Adler

Cauliflower Follies
Miracle of miracles I just woke up and it's 8:30 AM. I set my new electric blanket for one hour and that was at about 4:30 AM. Y’all probably know I've been having some issues. 
Claudine Jones

It Feels So Good Again: Rediscovering the Music of Chuck Mangione
Hearing the opening notes of "Feels So Good" instantly
transports me back to a different era.
Warm, melodic, and unmistakably optimistic.
 
Les Marcott

Nothing Like the Sun
A new exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library
reveals unexpected diversity in both Shakespeare’s London
and in his ongoing influence.

Gregory Luce

These Are a Few of My Favorite Facts
You'll win many a wager with my favorite trivia question:
How long did it to take to build
the Empire State Building?
Patrick Walsh

inSight

Barbara Kruger’s Belief + Doubt,
an Art Intervention
Karren Alenier

Untitled Poem
John Keats
David Alpaugh

Iranian Theatre and Kandinsky:
From Painting to Performance,
Part 2
Kandinsky’s presence in Iran did not depend solely on his painting; his writings have circulated for years.
Katayoun Salmasi

Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims, the Crusade and the Government
Many Americans say Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday. Next time someone says that, let them know what a struggle it was to get it officially.
Hans Gallas

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Sunisa Assawinrungroj
also in Thai สุนิษา อัศวินรุ่งโรจน์
Art is not simply about creating beautiful images. It is a space of dreams, love, goodness, and the healing of feelings.
Janine Yasovant

The Night Manager
A Conversation With AI
This is not a regular review of a TV series. It’s a reflection of the show with AI as an informant and interlocutor.
Renate Stendhal

Perspectives

writings

Where’s Sarah?                        Altenir Silva
I left Sarah’s parents’ house on Berry Street and ran toward Good Bar, wondering how our friends in Brooklyn could have no idea where she was.

imagery

Painting
Hieroglyph V
Writings
Homeric Outing
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  

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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, comments

  & responses

books

What's New

Notes, Announcements, Comments from Scene4 Writers and Artists

Prior Issues From The Archives

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Special—Issues

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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

Hours of fine reading and research. A unique array of articles as comtemporary as when they were first published.


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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