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Fellow Greater Phoenicians: Do you know you live in a cultural desert? No, not a place bereft of culture, but a literal desert teeming with the stuff. It's the difference between “this place is, culturally speaking, a desert,” and “This desert city is filled with museums, music, theater, dance and more.”

The Cultural Desert™ blog on ShowUp.com is where to go for news, features and commentary on the arts in the Valley of the Sun. For ten years at The Arizona Republic (1995-2005) I wrote about Phoenix music and dance. I've also composed for orchestras, singers, chamber ensembles and the stage. Thanks to various professional connections, I’ve met thousands of artists of every kind, all with stories to tell. The Cultural Desert™ is a place where they can be told.

- Ken LaFave

Sep
11

Moscow Muses

By Ken LaFave

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Annie Moscow

Phoenix songwriter Annie Moscow’s witty and enchanting – if ponderously titled – one-woman show, The Philosophical Musings of a Suburban Dwelling Free-Spirit Ex-Hippie Wannabe with Longings for Connections and Security (we warned you), plays through Sunday at Theatre Artists Studio. When Moscow, a songwriter of both lyrical insight and musical savvy, first did Philosophical Musings last year for the Herberger’s lunchtime series, she took a few swipes at everybody’s favorite scapegoat, dear old mom. After thinking it over, Moscow now says:

“The first show had jokes about my mother that may’ve been a little harsh. Don’t worry. They’re still there.”

Even so, Moscow has written a new song for the revival called “I Think I Understand You Now,” which reportedly softens the blow.

For info on her show, go here.

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