By a Lash
Some composers play piano and others play violin, but composers who use the harp as their instrument have been relatively rare. However, that describes...
Secret World
We’re still at a loss as to why Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s anime film The Secret World of Arrietty wasn’t a bigger success when it came...
Get to Crackin’
Rounding out this year’s salute to Tchaikovsky’s three great ballets, Texas Ballet Theater begins its annual performances of The Nutcracker Friday in Bass Performance...
Street Art
If you needed a reminder that it’s September already, Fall Gallery Night lands this Saturday evening. Many shows are up through next month, but...
Oscar All Day
For those who treat moviegoing as an extreme sport, we give you the Best Picture Showcase. AMC Theatres has been running this program for...
The Outsiders
Away with the derivative and tritely academic products of the art schools! Give us the original artistic visions developed in isolation by lonely cranks...
Give Me a $20
The president of the United States is an outsider who rose to the Oval Office thanks to feckless coastal elites losing touch with the...
Nielsen Rating
Undoubtedly the greatest classical music figure to come from Denmark, Carl Nielsen has been steadily gaining appreciation in the last few decades. The composer...
On the Edge
Ordinarily we would give pride of place to Spring Gallery Night (see: Saturday blurb), but we can’t resist an arts festival that’s making its...
Choosing Fourths
With July 4 falling on a Saturday this year, Independence Day celebrations are going on all weekend. As usual, the Concerts in the Garden...
