Stories Tagged ‘Kathryn Johnson Gindlesparger’


Holidays with the Whole Family

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Hello blogland! Katie (writing director) here again. A few Fridays ago the VOICES staff, board, volunteers and funders met for our First-Annual Volunteer and Funder Appreciation Holiday Party. Many of you already know that we are in the process of merging with another Tucson storytelling organization, SharMoore Children’s Productions/Stories that Soar (STS). We have been [...]

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A Day in the Field: Jax Kitchen

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

(VOICES Photo/Josh Garcia)
I picked up Hector Mendoza and Lilliana Lopez and we got to Oracle as fast as we could. Hector was running late for his interview, so he got a crash course on photography from Lilliana in the car. We arrived as the sun began to set, and one of the owners of Jax [...]

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Editorial: Brigette Dumais on Jazz Solos and Social Skills

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Jazz Solos and Social Skills
By:  Brigette Dumais, 16, Tucson High Magnet School
The coffee shop at the Idyllwild Arts Academy in the mountains of southern California had several round tables that could sit four or five people at once, wooden floors and big windows that faced the forest. It smelled like rain and freshly brewed [...]

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College Admissions Season

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Hello VOICES friends! This is Katie (writing director) again. I’m sitting here at my desk in our EXTREMELY COLD office staring at the cork board on my bookshelf. I’ve got my VOICES press pass hanging up, a list of everyone’s phone extensions, a business card for a VOICES alum’s portrait photography business…and a list of [...]

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Tucson Weekly: Stephanie Fleming on supporting her soldier brother

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Click here to read the story on the Tucson Weekly’s website.

Guest Opinion: I am a proud sister of a U.S. Army veteran
by Stephanie Fleming
When I was young, my brother Patrick and I were always close. We would play Zelda together, or eat buttered tortillas and watch The Emperor’s New Groove.
In 2005, all of that changed. [...]

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KUAZ: Lewis Dawley-Hill on Cosplaying

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Lewis Dawley-Hill, 15, Canyon Rose Academy
Lewis, a “self-described all-around nerdy teen,” shares his adventures in cosplay, in which he dresses up as his favorite villain from a video game and prepares for his first major cosplay convention.
AZSpotlight_2009_11_20_Voices_L_Dawley-Hill.mp3
(VOICES Photo/Lilliana Lopez)

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KUAZ: Katie Tarter on Being in the Band Family

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

VOICES: Community Stories Past & Present Inc. High school student Katie Tarter talks about her impending decision to continue with music in college after she graduates from Tucson High School this May.
KUAZ: Katie Tarter

Katie Tarter, 17, is a senior at Tucson High School.   (photo by Reyes Suarez/VOICES)
http://radio.azpm.org/azspotlight/

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