On a coastal spit of land in Contra Costa County, there is a pair of immense cat sculptures. Who put them there, and why? Are they evidence of an ancient cat-worshiping civilization? If you hold your ...

Sculptor Mary Donovan was born in New York City but grew up in Elmira, and now lives on the West Coast. Donovan started experimenting with scrap steel and other recycled materials to create her ...

Strange, intricate art projects have a way of randomly popping up around the Westword office, but usually they come with some kind of semi-frightening note with a phone number, or at least an ...

Here in the western half of the country our wide-open spaces are wonderful places to pause in blessed silence and breathe in a stunning vista. To feel connected to the earth, as both its servant and ...