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Opera for rent?

Recalling her youngest daughter's early fascination with opera, Lynn Trimble goes in seach of opera in unexpected places -- where opera is anything but boring or stuffy.

Art meets community college

Lynn Trimble explores visual and performing arts coming soon to Valley community colleges, which often offer no-cost or low-cost art, dance, film, music, theater events and more.

"Rango" meets "Beastly"

Lynn Trimble goes to the movies with two of her kids, shares some of the thoughts they exchanged afterwards, and gives each movie a letter grade on the A-F scale.

Chandler tales

Lynn Trimble recounts tales her 17-year-old daughter Lizabeth shared after attending the Ostrich Festival in Chandler, then looks ahead to diverse arts and culture offerings coming soon to Chandler.

When Irish eyes are smiling

Looking ahead to St. Patrick's Day this Thursday, Lynn Trimble explores this year's Arizona Irish Festival at Margaret T. Hance park in Phoenix -- where she discovers that plenty of Irish eyes are indeed smiling, though some appear to be ready for naptime.

Seeing red

Lynn Trimble and daughter Lizabeth are "seeing red" after learning of the 2011-2012 season recently announced by Arizona Theatre Company -- which features all sorts of works Lizabeth will have to miss while she tackles her freshman year of college as a theater arts major.

A work in progress

Friday will find students at Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix working with teacher Trish Galindo Kiser and playwright James Garcia on vignettes they'll be presenting later this month at a free event titled "Performing 1070 Short-Play Festival."

Celebrate women's art!

Today marks the 100th annual  "International Women's Day" -- which celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women. It's a lovely excuse to pause for a...

Broadway tales

Lynn Trimble and daughter Lizabeth are thrilled with the 2011-2012 "Broadway in Arizona" lineup just announced by ASU Gammage in Tempe, but sad somehow to think that their days of seeing lots of shows together will end once Lizabeth leaves this fall to study theater in college.

From new to nostalgic

Lynn Trimble shares the line-up for Phoenix Theatre's 2011/2012 season -- which trades sardines for stewardesses and full puppet nudity for prim and proper prom wear -- as nostalgic themes remind us of seemingly simpler times.

A labor of love

An hour slotted for running errands quickly turns into a hour spent with the arts, conjuring vivid memories of a true labor of love.

Buber trumps Bieber

Lynn Trimble finds a kindred spirit in comedic monologist Josh Kornbluth, who shares her admiration for philosopher Martin Buber over pop star Justin Bieber.

Odds & ends

Lynn Trimble admits she sometimes feels like she's playing a game of "Monopoly: Midlife Edition" as she throws together a post full of odds and ends there was no time to package into tidy little themes.

Burning questions

Lynn Trimble ponders Oscar night hosts, fashions and advertisers -- then poses "burning questions" to three Valley theater companies before composing an eclectic "note to self."

It could have been "Beastly," but it wasn't

A young girl who lives about as far north as you can get in the northwest Valley went to Tempe to see a movie...

Keeping up with chores online

Zach Murset is a typical 13-year-old with a busy schedule. Awake by 5 a.m., he hurries through his list of chores before breakfast. After...

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