Arts & Books  There's nothing really egregious about this alley, between two buildings on Southeast Foster Road at 66th Avenue. This part of the city is full of narrow, muddy, unpaved alleys leading nowhere in particular. But this particular alley is the scene of a crime. No, not the tagging—that's just asshattery. What happened here is far worse.In 1999, an artists named Becky Bristol painted a pair of ...   More

News Last week, we told you about the threat facing the really cool mural at 424 NE Broadway. Today, we're happy to report that it looks like the colorful 13-x-27-foot mural greeting westbound commuters is finally safe. Talk Mobile, a concept store for T-Mobile, will rent the space and keep the “Hope is Vital: It Takes a Planet to Save a Village' mural intact. Store owner Shehbaz Chaudry ...   More

News At 424 NE Broadway, you'll find a terra-cotta red building that once housed the drum shop Rhythm Traders. While the business has been gone for about three months, one of its key visual elements remains. It's a mural that depicts a line of 18 people of different cultures dancing arm-in-arm and playing instruments. Across the 13-x-27-foot mural is written, "Hope is Vital: It Takes a Planet to ...   More