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KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 15 The season of Metropolitan Opera broadcasts ends with an encore presentation of Handel’s Giulio Cesare, an off-the-wall and widely acclaimed production that re-imagines Julius Caesar and his fellow Romans as 19th-c...
Life Is a Journey
BIG TICKETSo much of art history in the 20th century can be seen in the work of Romare Bearden. Born in Charlotte in 1911, the artist started out being influenced by Mexican muralists such as Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco before...
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KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 8 For this month’s Design Talk, landscape designer Ange Harvey and co-hosts Joe and Tracy Self will discuss colorful yard art as a reflection of personal passions and a shared culture. Pink Flamingos & Painted Tre...
New WoCA Shows
BIG TICKETIn continuing its mission to provide gallery space for female artists of color, WoCA Projects has lined up two shows that will run concurrently through June 7: Joy Ude’s From Black to Daylight: Caricatures, Obscurities, and C...
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KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 1 Have no fear, home saleswomen, because Dixie Longate is back. The Alabama housewife, a.k.a. Kris Andersson, takes centerstage in Dixie’s Tupperware Party, a one-person show about her dazzling success selling those i...
VELVEASL Cheese
BIG TICKETHere’s an interesting fact about velvet paintings: Velvet comes from the Kashmir region of Asia, and the first paintings on black velvet were executed by Russian Orthodox priests depicting religious icons of the Caucasus regi...
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KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 24 As sometimes happens with opera composers, Jake Heggie found himself unable to shut off the tap of inspiration after completing work on his opera version of Moby-Dick. So he composed a further orchestral piece about ...
The Great Outdoors
KRISTIAN LINThere won’t be enough hours in this weekend to attend all of the different outdoor events going on, so you can just pick and choose which ones you’d like to use to take advantage of the lovely spring weather. Oenophiles are...
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KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 17 Like his contemporary George Gershwin, Vincent Youmans was a successful Broadway songwriter before his career was cut short — he left show business in 1934, at the age of 36. You can hear his talent for songcraft w...
Opera Festival Time
BIG TICKETThe annual Fort Worth Opera Festival is back. Taking place mostly at Bass Performance Hall over the next several weeks starting this weekend, the event will feature a mix of old and new operas, including Puccini’s La Bohème,...