The musical CATS is right up there with root canals and cleaning the litter box for Scottsdale "Stage Mom" Lynn Trimble. But photos from Spotlight Youth Theatre in Glendale have Trimble taking a second look at the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical inspired by T.S. Eliot's cat tales.

Lynn Trimble stumbles on a teacher workshop while attending another event at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Monday -- then has to control the urge to tell the teachers they're standing on the very spot where Kristin Chenoweth once sang "Taylor the Latte Boy." Small (scary) world.

After daughter Lizabeth called home to share her feeings about experiencing the 9/11 Memorial in New York City, Lynn Trimble and her son Christopher headed to the Scottsdale Center for the Arts to see a 9/11 memorial exhibit featuring the National Unity Flag.

In a world where so much time is spent chasing espresso, three Valley arts organizations offer delightful opportunities to slow down with a spot of tea and charming child-friendly adventures.

When Republican presidential candidates were asked what they'd bring along to the White House if elected, Lynn Trimble was saddened that no one mentioned a tiny little tea set perfect for toddlers and teddy bears. So she devised her own tea party platform.

Lynn Trimble thought often of her husband and daughters while watching Southwest Shakespeare Company perform the Arizona professional premiere of "Titus Andronicus," which show the depths to which a father can fall when his daughter encounters the diabolical.

Thanks to a resolution passed last summer by the U.S Congress, the second week in September is National Arts in Education Week. Still, arts in education is woefully underfunded and underappreciated in Arizona. Lynn Trimble shares ways you can get involved in bringing arts in education to more Arizona students.

Lynn Trimble and her son Christopher recently visited Moving Memories, the 9/11 memorial at Wesley Bolin Plaza near the Arizona State Capitol. Today, as an interfaith memorial takes place at the site, she shares photos of a few of the words and images they encountered.

Lynn Trimble reflects on three national memorials honoring those whose lives were affected by 9/11 and shares some of the ways people are pledging to make a difference through acts of service and remembrance.

Lynn Trimble describes plays and films that explore issues at the heart of 9/11 -- faith, identity, prejudice and more -- and shares news of a community screening of a film that follows five people whose lives were forever changed by the events of that day.

Lynn Trimble shares reflections and photos from daughter Lizabeth, a new New Yorker who happily covers the Broadway beat for "Stage Mom" readers back in Arizona. Lizabeth's first assignment: The "Broadway Unites" event presented by Broadway League in support of a 9/11 tribute movement called "I Will."

  The floor in my house is vibrating. My 14-year-old son Logan just spent his hard-earned cash on a brand new electric guitar and amplifier....

Lynn Trimble opens the morning paper to find news of Nick Jonas returning to Broadway as her daughter Lizabeth in NYC is preparing for two 9/11 tribute events featuring Broadway performers and other distinguished actors of stage, film and television.

Lynn Trimble admits there was too much tv and too little talk in her house as 9/11 attacks unfolded a decade ago. Today she shares expert tips for parents eager to do a better job of having 9/11-related conversations with their children and teens.

Lynn Trimble chats with a Gilbert firefighter who read the book "Fireboat" to Valley fourth graders this week, then shares additional 9/11-related titles that can help parents and teachers talk about 9/11 with children and teens.

While searching for 9/11 memorial events, Lynn Trimble stumbled on a play being performed this Friday by an Arab American theater company -- then went in search of other arts and culture that explores the role of Arab Americans in American society.