by Stowaway Magazine | Mar 27, 2015 | Arts, Culture, Spring 2015
“Religious buildings, more than any other type of structure, are a unique window into the heart and soul of man. They tell of people reaching for something greater than themselves,” says Grant Herron, a master’s student in architecture at the University of Michigan....
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2015 | Arts, Fall 2014
Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, London Bridge—each of these and a thousand other landmarks make London worth seeing. But for many visitors, the most fabulous side of London is found in the west . . . the West End, that is. This side of London boasts some of Britain’s...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2015 | Arts, Culture, Winter 2015
When it’s 102 degrees in the middle of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, everything burns. The Playa, as it is known to those who brave the bleak desert conditions, is a dry lakebed, a desolation of acidic dust, and a place of raw self-discovery. Each year at the end of...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 17, 2014 | Arts, Culture, Winter 2015
It’s nearly two o’clock in the morning, and Alexis Jensen and her family are still maneuvering the ever-narrowing road that winds through the Black Mountains in southern Wales. Not having anticipated the farmland, tricky terrain, and occasional stretch of forest, the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 4, 2014 | Arts, Culture, Fall 2014
Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, London Bridge—each of these and a thousand other landmarks make London worth seeing. But for many visitors, the most fabulous side of London is found in the west . . . the West End, that is. This side of London boasts some of Britain’s...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2014 | Arts, Culture, Fall 2014
The lights are low in the small, whitewashed performance hall. Four men play quick, dramatic music on their guitars as five or six dancers take turns on the stage. The women wear red polka-dotted dresses flared at the calf, and the men wear black pants and frilled...
