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questioning 1 – death penalty
Hoards of questions cluster, like the ghosts of those put to death. As with any complex issue, the arguments both pro and con are multi-layered and capable of arousing strong emotions. So to start with, [...]
painting – ThrOwn sets
This is a Whim W'Him first! An entire set (backdrop, floor, and four "legs" on each side) created expressly for ThrOwn, which is the centerpiece, choreographed by Artistic Director Olivier Wevers, of the next company [...]
dancing – Tory Peil
Tory Peil, the newest of Whim W'Him's dancers, has an animated face. She speaks articulately and is capable of great variation of expression in her body as well, perfect for the fluidity of roles she [...]
out on a whim – Jared Rue
Branches, water, light, calm. The paintings, quintessentially Northwestern, of Jared Rue are quiet and yet full of movement. There is a way in which they rather remind me of Philip Glass music: slight differences, nuanced [...]
out on a whim – Jesse Edwards
Jesse Edwards is as big a bundle of contradictions as you could find in a day’s travel, on foot, in a boat or by air. He relishes squalor, bad language, and contrary behavior, paints canvasses [...]
out on a whim – Greg Boudreau
In the half dozen years since he graduated with a BA in marketing from Seattle University, Greg Boudreau has put on a dozen solo exhibits, contributed to a couple of dozen group shows, and had [...]
out on a whim – Jesse Higman
The first notable thing about Jesse Higman's whirling, mysterious recent paintings is the surprising contrast they make to the meticulous, controlled and linear work he produced earlier (and sometimes still does): designs for album covers, [...]
About the writer
Victoria Farr Brown is a former historian, a writer, now mostly of fiction, and a long-time lover of dance. She has written about Whim W’Him from its first steps in 2009.