The studio program was part of a “Campaign for Independence” at Taliesin, under which they needed to raise $2 million in funds for the school, so that it could operate independently from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Building support for the campaign and the Globe-Miami Studio Project fell to Donofrio, …

Part I in a two-part series regarding a recently announced four-year studio project between the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture and Globe-Miami, Arizona, beginning in 2016 and extending through 2019. The unlikely pairing of an internationally recognized school of architecture and a small rural mining community over the next …

Originally published in the Fall of 2006. The old Globe Café at the corner of Broad and Bailey has been undergoing renovations since 2005, when fate and investor/owner James Dowly stepped in to rescue the building from becoming another casualty of neglect. At the time, anyone looking at the building …

The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture (Taliesin) announced just before Christmas that the school had succeeded in raising $2million dollars for the Campaign for Independence with over $785,000 coming from the Globe Miami community.   The money raised in Globe-Miami for the campaign will be spent on projects in …

“The Frank Lloyd Wright/Globe-Miami Project will bring innovative designs and sustainable solutions to many challenges our community faces,” says Linda Oddonetto, Board President.  “We believe they  have the ability to impact a wide range of local issues from youth programs, to community engagement and economic development and will benefit many agencies …

Kip Culver’s Legacy and the future of the Globe Main Street Program When the community lost Kip Culver, the captivating and much loved director of both the Globe Main Street Program and Center for the Arts this past July, it was as though a dark cloud drifted over downtown Globe. …

He was called the “greatest warrior” and the “worst Indian who ever lived.” He brought hope to his people and terror to his enemies. And he survived the most bloody of conflicts in the settling of the Arizona Territories of the late 1800’s – to tell his story “in his …

Kip Culver, the captivating and much loved director of the Globe Main Street Program and Cobre Valley Center for the Arts, died on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at his home in Globe, Ariz. Considered by many to have been one of Globe’s greatest assets, Mr. Culver was a passionate champion …

        …the Rest of the Story When the Apache Drive-In closed in 2013, it signified the end of an era spanning more than forty years of outdoor movies in Globe. Like so many drive-ins across the country, the economics of an entertainment venue dating back to the …

It’s mid-day at the Bus Barn located on a hill overlooking downtown Globe. The parking lot is beginning to fill up with drivers coming in for their afternoon run. I’m here to do a ride-along with Marsha Cowan so I can get a better feel for what it’s like to …