Posts Tagged ‘night’
Top Local Shows of ’11
HearsayTo finish off the list-giving so I can go back to doing whatever it is I do, I’ve come to humbly offer you HearSay’s (Very Loosely Ordered) Top Five Local Shows of 2011 (and by “local,” of course, I mean “performed by...
Another Fifth of Christmas
The season isn’t just for children, as SceneShop annually reminds us.JIMMY FOWLER
The big holiday story of 2011 has been the so-called “Black Friday creep” –– the decision by major retailers to start the Christmas shopping season earlier than ever by piggybacking on the actual day of Thanksgiving. Ac...
Night & Day
KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 9 History geeks and public radio fans rejoice! Sarah Vowell comes to UNT this evening. The author with a flair for bringing obscure subjects to humorous life will read from Unfamiliar Fishes, her new book about the infl...
TBT’s Giselle: New Heights
Texas Ballet Theater puts on ethereal but visceral production of theRomantic ballet.LEONARD EUREKA
Giselle, a Romantic ballet from the 1840s, travels from happiness to tragedy to a redemptive finale, leaving you moved and glowing rather than exhilarated by the end. Girl doesn’t get boy, as in many storybook ballets; rather...
Sacred Line to EPIC RUINS
HearsayEvery time EPIC RUINS plays, it’s a pretty big deal. Even if drummer/co-songwriter Jordan Richardson didn’t have a full-time job backing big-timer Ben Harper and did live here, an ER show would still be an event, a highly m...
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Brand 10 ArtspaceGallery
It’s your last week to catch several of the Fall Gallery Night shows, including the one at Brand 10 Artspace egotistically (and ungrammatically) called Selfless. Selfish. Selfiness. The show of works by Terri Thornton, Tiffan...
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Firehouse Art GalleryGallery
Firehouse Art Gallery’s September show continues this week, showcasing works as different as Joyce Martin’s specimen case-like objects, Brenda Benson’s glassworks, and Pam Stern’s clay sculptures. Unlike the other Galle...
Night & Day
KRISTIAN LINWED ? 31 Oh, this is too good to be true. Former Delaware Tea Party U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell, the first politician we can remember who felt the need to make a TV ad saying that she wasn’t a witch, appears a...
FWSO’s American Celebration
No redneck rockers, thankfully. Just the holy trinity of Copland, Bernstein, and Gershwin.LEONARD EUREKA
In a dramatic change of direction, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra turned its focus from traditional European fare to American theater and concert music for FWSO’s annual pre-season festival in Bass Performance Hall last we...
Stars and Stripes
Big TicketOn Friday, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra will launch its annual pre-season festival, this year saluting popular American composers Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and George Gershwin. Van Cliburn will appear as soloist Saturd...