This is a select sampling of written features I’ve produced over the span of my career:
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Crossroads Church and the Phenomenon of its Annual Christmas Show, “Awaited”
Neighborhood Arts Centers Mushrooming in Cincinnati. Wanted: More Neighbors to Use Them
Will Anyone Step Forward to Fill the Shoes of Cincinnati’s Major Cultural Donors?
Cincy Punk Fest: Not Your Parents’ Clash and Anarchy
Holy, Comics! Dueling conventions to collect, confound and compete for comic book fans
After Leelah Alcorn’s death, a timely encore for Rebecca Kling’s ‘Something Something New Vagina’
REVIEW: Cincinnati Ballet Playful, Modern, Daring
St. paul pioneer press
Minnesota Orchestra Cello Audition series
- PART 1: 56 Cellists, 1 Seat: Musicians from all over the country compete for the job of a lifetime
- PART 2: Playing for Keeps: Vying for a seat with the Minnesota Orchestra
B.T. BOMBERS in St. Paul’s Frogtown area is part boxing gym, part community center
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA: Fifth-graders at Linwood Elementary School—and the professionals guiding them—wrote and staged their own opera. With the curtain about to pull, a bright girl with a leading role is missing.
Lonely at the Top: A ‘Great Giant’ struggles to fit into a small world
Faith and Quake: Youth Encounter the Ministry
End of the Rossmor: Storied warehouse about to go legit and leave old tenants behind
Dr. Fan: Eccentric collector thrives on the obscure
Oue’s Final Bow: Departing music director taught orchestra to play from the heart
Ride of a Lifetime: The people and lifestyle of high school rodeo in Minnesota
Class of 2000: Focus on Hmong: Five youths caught between cultures
Class of 2000: Amy Christie: Ambition, feminism, Christianity clash for her attention
Run for the Rays: University’s solar car fueled by sun, but heart comes from students
Called to Serve: Mormon missionaries leave own lives behind to spread their faith *(published in Fairfield, Ca., Daily Republic)
Matt Peiken 