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inFocus

A Theatrephile returns to London. | Carla Maria Verdino-Sullwold | Scene4 Magazine | December 2021 | www.scene4.com

Plays…Glorious Plays…
A Theatrephile returns to London.

Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold

Chayanisa Sriwichainan

She calls herself the Crypto Lady.
She is part of the new
Crypto Art world.

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Janine Yasovant

Chayanisa Sriwichainan | interview with Janine Yasovant | Scene4 Magazine - December 2021 www.scene4.com
The Many Saints of Newark | reviewed by Miles David Moore | Scene4 Magazine | December 2021 | www.scene4.com

Return of the Tough Guys
The Many Saints of Newark, Cry Macho

Except possibly for Game of Thrones, The Sopranos is the most renowned series (is it too ironic to say "beloved?") in the history of HBO.

Miles David Moore

A Romance with Frugality

The German saying "Liebe geht durch den Magen" (Love passes through the stomach) might have been coined for my mother.

Renate Stendhal

A Romance with Frugality | Renate Stenshal | Scene4 Magazine - December 2021 | www.scene4.com

inView
Commentary

Sci-Fi Infrastructure
Michael Bettencourt | Scene4 Magazine | www.scene4.comDune may think it presents a "real" world, but it really only presents enough detail to create an armature for holding up its fables and fictions. In this world, people don't pee.
Michael Bettencourt

Don't Know Why There's No Sun Up in the Sky
Arthur Danin Adler | Scene4 Magazine | www.scene4.comStormy weather, sang Billie Holiday,
Since my man and me ain't together.
Keeps rainin' all the time.

Arthur Danin Adler

Still
Claudine Jones | Scene4 MagazineSitting very still microphone right up to my mouth
Sitting very still. Listening to the sound of my voice
in a very quiet space.

Claudine Jones

The Death of Santa
Les Marcott | Scene4 Magazine | www.scene4.comSanta's press secretary confirms the
rumors of his demise in the
Santa Claus Monologues

Les Marcott

Crooked Smiling Light
Gregory Luce | Scene4 MagazineAlan King continues his explorations of
Blackness, family, parenthood,
including sonhood and food.

Gregory Luce

Reflections on the Civil War
Patrick Walsh | Scene4 MagazineBefore the insurrection of January 6th, the last time our nation's capitol was even remotely threatened by Americans was during the Civil War.
Patrick Walsh

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inSight

Appreciating Tender Buttons
How does one appreciate Gertrude Stein's most mysterious work? Is appreciation the same thing
as understanding?

Karren Alenier

Kandinsky Anew | Lissa Tyler Renaud | Scene4 Magazine | www.scene4.com

Re-Visiting Violet:
Kandinsky's Pre-Dada Masterwork
with first extracts in English

Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud

Visual Poems

The Young Are Begging
Zen Moment
Crossing The Aisle
Have A Nice Day
Kookamunga
Joe Chats With Xi

David Alpaugh

Visual Poems | David Alpaugh | Scene4 Magazine | December 2021 | www.scene4.com


I Left at Dawn for the
 Eternal City:
It Seems That I Have
 Misplaced Several Days

Part Three
Brian George

I Left at Dawn for the  Eternal City: It Seems That I Have  Misplaced Several Days Part Three | Brian George | Scene4 Magazine - December 2021 www.scene4.com

The WNO Champagne Celebration

Welcoming their first audiences back to the Kennedy Center since the Covid-19 pandemic

Karren Alenier

The WNO Champagne Celebration |reviewed by Karren Alenier | Scene4 Magazine | December 2021 | www.scene4.com

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Perspectives

From Dogpatch to Dogtown | Jon Rendell | Scene4 Magazine | December 2021 | www.scene4.com
New Wave New World | Phillip Gerstein | Scene4 Magazine | December 2021 | www.scene4.com
Supplicant | David Wiley | Scene4 Magazine | December 2021 | www.scene4.com|
Fire Reborn | The Art of SS Burrus-A Retrospective | Scene4 Magazine | www.scene4.com

From Dogpatch to Dogtown
San Francisco to Melbourne
The Photography of Jon Rendell

New Wave New World
The Art of Philip Gerstein

Painting
Supplicant
Poetry
Objective Correlative 
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

writings

She Loves Pepsi And He Drinks Coca-Cola   Altenir Silva 
On Christmas Eve, Paul and Chloe realize their differences.

Coronavirus Solitary  Vincent H. O'Neil
Why is this happening?  What did I do to deserve this? 
How do people I only know as faces on the TV get to send me
to my room, and not tell me when I can come out again?

media

Audio

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


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, and the green dance of blue and 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

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Letters to
the Editor

 

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Prior Issues

Scene4 Magazine | Black Women in Art | November 2021 | www.scene4.com Scene4 Magazine | A Child of the First People-October 2019 | www.scene4.com
Scene4 Magazine | Experiences | October 2021 | www.scene4.com
Scene4 Magazine - FRIDA ... in celebration - August 2017 www.scene4.com
Scene4 Magazine | Whispered Footsteps | April 2021 | www.scene4.com
Scene4 Magazine | Art and The City-February 2020 | www.scene4.com
Scene4 Magazine | A Cat Is A Cat | March 2021 | www.scene4.com
Scene4 Magazine | Walt Whitman-A New Bard Is Caroling | August 2019
Scene4 Magazine | All Is True-July 2019 | www.scene4.com Scene4 Magazine | THE ROAD TO FREEDOM December 1220 | www.scene4.com
Scene4 Magazine | Dawn | October  2020 | www.scene4.com
Scene4 Magazine | Art |   September 2020 | www.scene4.com
Scene4 Magazine - FACES OF LOVE - May 2018 www.scene4.com
Scene4 Magazine - CELEBRATING OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY - June 2020 www.scene4.com

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SpecialIndexes

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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 Arthur Danin Adler's 
columns and writings

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Writings
Index of Renate Stendhal's
writings and reviews

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Kandinsky Anew
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The Dresser addresses what's
underneath the art


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