Sharing Joy: An Interview with Iris Tansman

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING When the flash of the camera hit Iris, more than the air around her lit up. An utter ham who could not be pulled from the limelight even in her own living room, Iris’ sense of humor and play were immediately evident as […]

January 8, 2015  |  Read Article

Cultivating Appreciation: An Interview with Wade Madsen

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Listening to Wade speak and watching him dance, the word that came to mind was intelligence. Beyond the passion and physicality, Wade exuded intelligence. His torso seemed to think; his extremities seemed to ponder. It was not heady academia, but a mind-body-soul connectivity […]

January 5, 2015  |  Read Article

YOLO in the New Year

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER I have an admission to make: I love the slogan YOLO. I don’t care if it sprung out of a rap song and became a kitschy mantra for millennials; I adopt it whole-heartedly. For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, YOLO […]

January 1, 2015  |  Read Article

Unraveling Rolfing

BY ALINE WACHSMUTH Self-care is usually prescribed to relax, calm down and escape the hard work we endure (or impose upon ourselves) on a daily basis. A lot of the time, we utilize other people or practitioners to do this healing for us. We schedule to get a massage and […]

December 29, 2014  |  Read Article

Deck the Barres

BY MAGGIE STACK AND EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; RECORDING BY TREVOR DAVIS Deck the barres with sweaty t-shirts Fa la la la la la la la la Cry because your bunion still hurts Fa la la la la la la la la See your bulging muscles working Fa la la la la […]

December 25, 2014  |  Read Article