100-Year Revolution
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution and the 60th anniversary of Shostakovich’s “The Year 1905” Symphony No. 11. When Fort...
Musical Games
Here's to the local symphony orchestras doing weird things with their programming.
This weekend Dallas Symphony Orchestra does an all-Leonard Bernstein concert, which raises the...
Middle East Texas
Most Weekly readers surely know that Texas art is no longer confined to cowboys and bucolic landscapes. Still, most art in local galleries is...
Music of the Now
Fort Worth’s contemporary classical music scene is in much better shape now than it was 10 years ago. It’s not just the universities and...
Turning Corners
How do you keep a classic play like Our Town from going stale? It's simple - turn it into an opera. Of course, it...
Double Focus
We were supposed to have only one new exhibit at the Modern to look at this weekend, but thanks to climate change, we’re getting...
Buscando Felicidad
In Mexico, the Christmas season lasts almost a month, and every day between the 16th and the 24th there is a parade called a...
Always Better
This weekend, the TCU Festival of American Song returns for its second annual event and welcomes Jason Robert Brown. The 45-year-old composer is one...
Sing Through the Pain
About eight years ago, French actors Valérie Donzelli and Jérémie Elkaïm were informed that their 18-month-old son was suffering from a brain tumor. Their...
Keys Master
For every shade of every mood you’ve ever had, there’s a piano piece by Frédéric Chopin that perfectly captures it. Some people know the...
