Dogs of War
The line “Cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of war” comes from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. At the time, the line was even more...
No Walls
This week, all the best events are happening outdoors. We begin with that old standby Mayfest, which includes local acts like Poo Live Crew,...
Stormy in Fort Worth
Well, it would take something big to knock both Fortress Festival and the Fort Worth Opera out of this column, and we’ve got it....
True Stories
It’s not just Stage West’s new play readings (see: Saturday blurb) that has been going on for 11 years. The same is true for...
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...
First Hearing
Not only is Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth performing completely new music this week (see: Saturday blurb), TCU Opera Theatre is doing the...
War and Remembrance
Texas Ballet Theater’s performances this weekend are all about memorializing the dead. The troupe previously performed Ben Stevenson’s Mozart Requiem in 2013 and its...
See It All
Now that it’s actually pleasant to be outside, you can go to Spring Gallery Night and see what all the artists were creating while...
Symphonic Serenade
When the composer Benjamin Britten met the tenor Peter Pears in 1937, he fell in love with both the man and the unusual quavery...
Cast Away
Fishing has often cultivated an image of itself as a solitary pursuit, through which a man (it’s usually a man in the written-up fantasies)...
