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Unique Organ in Concert Spotlight

March 23, 2018 Cliff 0

Not since Virgil Fox has a concert organist so captured the public imagination as Cameron Carpenter. His latest album, All You Need is Bach, reached no. 1 on the Billboard Classical charts in the US […]

Schumann Symphony Sparkles

February 24, 2018 Cliff 0

The latest offering by the Austin Symphony Orchestra was an instructive lesson about why some composers are cherished and remembered, while others are best left forgotten. Offering a centrepiece piano concerto by a composer few […]

Bella Tames the Beast

January 13, 2018 Cliff 0

Taming Stravinsky’s beast took a Bulgarian with a violin made in 1655, but the feat was accomplished in Austin by Bella Hristova. While some music experts I talked with in the audience at The Long […]

A Texas “Hit”

January 16, 2020 0

The 2013 play by C. Denby Swansen, The Norwegians, has arrived but not in Austin. Should you care? In a word, yes. If you want to laugh pretty much non-stop for 90 minutes, this is [...]
WELCOME TO AUSTIN

December 27, 2017 0

The first post to the news website Sun News Austin features a welcoming embrace from First Lady Laura Bush. This exclusive Sun News Austin picture was taken in the House Chamber of the Texas State [...]
Christmas at the Bush43 White House

December 29, 2017 0

Christmas in 2005 at the George Bush White House was a much more elaborate affair than the 1967 Christmas profiled in a companion story on the Sun News Austin website. That one was when Lyndon [...]

A Texas “Hit”

January 16, 2020 0

The 2013 play by C. Denby Swansen, The Norwegians, has arrived but not in Austin. Should you care? In a word, yes. If you want to laugh pretty much non-stop for 90 minutes, this is [...]
Christmas in Tinsel, Texas

December 20, 2019 0

What could be more appropriate than a play entitled Dashing Through The Snow just before Christmas? The title is the only appropriate thing about Dashing Through The Snow. Inappropriate is the order of the day [...]
Show People

August 11, 2019 0

Show People is a rather vague play about 4 nutty people coming together to act in a ‘Grand Charade’. The driving force is Tom, who hires a couple to portray his parents in a weekend [...]
SPACE TREK

August 11, 2019 0

If you ever wondered what Star Trek on steroids would be like (and who hasn’t!) pay a visit to The Gaslight Theatre in Tucson. They are currently staging Space Trek, a version of Star Trek [...]
Ann Richards: The Play

August 4, 2019 0

The play Ann by Holland Taylor is just about as controversial as the person who is the subject of the play: Texas Governor Ann Richards (1933-2006), who served one term from 1991-1995. I often ask [...]