Celebrating Composers
Gunther Schuller turns 88 next week, and so UTA is holding a celebration of this composer who has led an extraordinary life. A sideman...
Driving Piston
When thinking about the great American modernist composers, people tend to think of Copland, Bernstein, and Barber. They don’t tend to think of Walter...
Cirque de la Symphonie
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra does the circus. Live circus acts will perform with the orchestra in Bass Performance Hall as part of a pops...
American Vistas
This week two of Fort Worth’s major art museums open shows against each other, and they offer sharply different views of our nation’s history.
Museumgoers...
Nights of Cinema
Federico Fellini began his filmmaking career as the Italian movie industry was picking itself up from the ruins of World War II, much like...
Finally, Giselle
It’s hard to believe that in more than 40 years of creating and staging ballets in Houston and Fort Worth, Texas Ballet Theater artistic...
On the D.L.
Has anybody noticed that not much improvisational comedy goes on at the Improv? The haven for traditional stand-up comics goes back to 1963, when...
Workin’ Like a Dog
While our nation celebrates the anniversary of its independence, our former colonial oppressors are marking another anniversary. This weekend is the 50th anniversary of...
